Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-06-09

TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 9, 1851.
THE CRY PRrNTING.-The Democrat,
in abiding TO our article upon the City
Printing, says our bid was imperfect,
and the Council had to adjourn over for
day TO give rs An opportunity to correct
it, Now this is all nonsense, and even
the editor of the Democrat would doubt
the fitness of cor City Council for the dis
charge of the duties If the offices they
hold, if he believes them incapable of I'M
Outstanding our bid, in every particular
called for. That or readers may Judge
4or themselves, we will publish our bid,
and ask our neighbor to point out wherein
j, is "imperfect," cc needs correction to
he understood.
We received a notice from the City
Clerk, which after stating that sealed pro-
pcsals would be received fer doing the
printing fer the city during the coming
year. until certain day, and soliciting a
bid from US, went on to say
Proposals will be received as follows ::
Book Work-compcsition per 1000
ems Press Work per token. Stitch
ing. folding, gathering and binding will
"be paid for a, regular rates as charged
"oy Madison binders.
Handbils-Fourth sheet, first 100,
leach subsequent 100. Handbils-Half
"sheet, first 100, each subsequent 100.
Advertising-per folio, frs: insertion,
leach subsequent. insertion. Common
Council proceedings (official copy) per
100 ems.
Blanks composition per page, cap
sheet--press work per 100.
"AdYertisning will include Ordinances,
:" Proclamations, Sc"
This is the manner In which the pro-
posals were to be made, and to which we
answered as follows:
"TR1BUsE Orr1cE,
Mineral Point May 10Th. 1857. (
81 propose to do the printing for the
city of Mineral Point during the coming
tear a. the following rates, to wit:
Book WoRK.--Composilion, 80 cents
per 1000 ms. Press Work for the same
80 cents per token.
HAND BILLs.-Fourth sheet, Is, 100
SIPS; each subsequent 100, IS cents
Hand Bills, half sheet, Is. 100, Sl75
each subsequent 100, 81.
ApvERTIsIsG-Per folio, first insertion
90 cents, for each subsequent insertion,
~ cents per folio.
COMMON Council PaocEEp1xGs, (offi-
cial copy Free
BLArKs--Compositio per cap page,
SO cents; press work on the same per
100, 20 cents
Nowl will the Democrat inform us
wherein our bid was q imperfect" or will
Ii publish its own bid that its readers may
learn IN what respect it is more [" com
plete It's all moonshine for the Demo
crat to pretend that the Council had tc
adjourn to give us an opportunity to cor.
rect our bid" and we have no idea that i
will tell lis readers the real cause of the
adjournment. Our neighbor is mistaken
II. he supposes we we're in the least dis.
appointed in not getting the city printing
We do not believe we should have got i
If our bid had been fifty per cent. lower
than It Sas, and our only object in putting
IN bid at all was &c do away with The
necessity of the city /" being compelled /,
pay the editor OF the Democrat such pri
css as he might choossIo ask" We have
published oil the ordinance of the village
OF Mineral Point for the last ten years
and have never charged for one of then
higher Than the city is now paying The
Democrat for the same kind of advertis.
ing, so that the Alderman who wished
the Democrat continued 10 prevent oul
shaving the city had but little grounds fol
his fears