The evening Argus., 1868-02-28


The whole amount which received from the
county during the year 1867, for printing and
advertising for the several county Offices, publish
ing proceedings of the board of supervisors, 6c.,
was just S370, ,60.-Rock Island and Moline Ui,-
| ion
But that is only small part of the sum
paid by the county. Look at the bills of Devoe
Il Champion, Culver, Page Hoyne, and
other Chicago houses, for blanks and blank
work bound, All of this kind of work done
for the city is included in our little bills Of
| about six hundred a year.
By the way-why can't the Union spend
a little time in showing up the bills of Jim.
Beardsley and Peetz. The county pays
these two court house barnacles over S.
OO0,0O year,-and their fees, paid by the
people, will probably exceed that sum. We
have no doubt that the county clerks office
is worth 100000 year. The people are
taxed directly, to pay about half this sum
and the balance indirectly in fees.
SHAAEFUL.-The organ of the radicals,
this morning has the following:
'-ASorHER LITTLE Steal On the bill of print
ing which we published yesterday morning, there
is charge of three dollars to C. Petifer for post
| ing city marshaPs notices, the 5th of April
| last. Mr. Pettifer says, instead or three dollars
| he received just seyenty-fve cents for this job.
| The city printer paid him seventy-fve cents and
| charged the city three dollars, thus leaving two
dollars and twenty-five cents in his own pocket
by the little transaction, besides making a false
statement on his bl.
| ANSWER
| RonE TsioDd
Received of j. b. Danforth Jr, Three Dollars
in full for posting notices for the city marshal to
6 date.
(Signed) CHARLES PETrIFER.
Noticing the vllainous falsehood in the
Union, this morning, we wrote the above re-
ceipt and sent it to Mr.. Pettifer, by Mr..
Nepka, foreman of our news department,
Mr.. Nepka says that Mr.. Pettifer signed it
cheerfully, saying that he never told the Un,
ion any such thing, and that Mr.. Danforth
paid him the full amount stated in the re
f ceipt, at the time the work was done.
CITY COLLECTOR TAYLOR, on the 10Th day
of November last, procured the publication
= OF a little item in the Union which appeared
In that paper as follows:
| FIFTY CENTS pays for u business notice of not
over four lines, in this column.
PAY your city taxes in the council room owe,
the First National Bank. II9-2t.
For this item any one can find bill or
file at the city council room, as follows:
Rock Island, ILL.,, Feb'y 10, 1868.
, City of Rock Island,
To Haverstick & Merrill DIR.
] Nov. 10, To Local Pay Your Taxes, (by
City Col..) 500
Now, we presume that any one can SEE
= that the bill for the above, should have beer
:, l,instead of S. and that the Union charged
j. the city just double its advertised rates.
a VIII the Union explain why it charges th'
l. city double its published rates for advertis
h ing?
:, Here is another little specimen of the way
d the Union treats the city
e Rock Island, May 10, 1867
Z. L. {. Cropper, City Marshal,
To L. NJ. Haverstick DR..
er April %, To Pub. Notice to Dealers, $40
This bill was allowed and paid to tn
Union, and the bill for the very same adver
nsement' published in the ARGUS, at tn
same time, was made out, allowed and PAL,
u at only S3. Thus it will be seen that III
'e Union charged the city, and was paid, one
|" THIRD more than the ARGUS for the very sam
y work.
se 1t the Union had an opportunity to do SC
IS it would make the printing bills as large i
: ~ this city as they are in Davenport W
have shown that the Union charges doubl
its advertised rates in one case, and one -thir
- more than the ARGUS charged, in anothe
- case. The people will not be very anxior
= to secure the services of such city printer
h, EXPRESS ARRANGEMEYTs.-The Merchant
n Union Express office of this city has bee
in closed, in accordance with orders from tt
pc Division Superintendent Of the compan-
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