The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-15
z. G. Simmons and the Telegraph Job
- Printing Office.


ness matter in which the name of z. G..
Simmons was connected, we took the lib
erty to speak of the printing of which he
had the control by virtue of his connec-
ton with different Telegraph Companies.
We put the printing which he controlled
at 5000, and said that considerable por-
ton of it could be done as we'll and as
cheap in this Office as in Chlcagosor New
York, and that we had not for a year past
done work for him to the amount of One
dollar Our object was to reclaim the
printing which ought to be done in Keno
sha, without having, or intending to ex-
press, any unpleasant feelings towards
Mr.. Simmons, or to cast any unjust rehec-
tion upon him.
We have been asked in conversation if
we have brought Mr.. Simmons to terms.
To do justice to Mr.. Simmons and to an
swer all such questions We will state what
has transpired between Mr.. Simmons and
ourself and how the matter stands as to
this office doing the printing which Mr.
Simmons controls a quarters rent be-
coming due on the first of July, Clerk
of Mr.. Simmons called upon us in the
morning with bill for the rent receipt
ed. We told the CLERK that the money
was ready but that we wanted Mr.. Sim
mons to call and receive it himself. In
few minutes Mr. Simmons called and, in
the course OF conversation, he said he sent
the bill as a matter of torm that if it was
not convenient topay the rent then we
could wait till it was, and that, if the
rent was too high, he would put it low
enough to make it reasonable. We replied
that we were prepared to pay the rent,
(Which we did, that we made no objec-
tions to the amount Of the rent, but that
we wanted to do business enough to en-
able us to pay the rent, and that he should
help us to what business could be done
here as we'll and as cheap as he could get
it done for in any other place. That Mr..
Simmons said he had always done and
would continue to do. He had always
given preference to the TELEGRAPH
Printing Office whenever it could do the
work as, cheap and as well as it could be
done elsewhere. And now whatever the
TELEGRAPH Printing Office could thus do,
it should have the privilege of doing
In a few days we sent one of our prin.
tiers to see what work Mr.. Simmons could
give this office to do. He soon returned
accompanied by Mr.. Hinsdale,s with sam
pies of Message Heads and Letter Envel-
opes for the use Of the North Western
Telegraph Company The printing bust
ness which Mr. Simmons can control of
the North Western Telegraph Company
amounts perhaps to $1,000. That of the
Western Union, which he cannot control,
may amount to from $4,000 to $4,000.
The House in Chicago which furnishes
the Message Heads has the plates
Electrotyped and machinery constructed
on purpose, and by purchasing a large
quantity of material and doing large
amount of work at once, it is thought that
the Message Heads can be furnished
cheaper than we could purchase the pa
per. And strange as it may seem, the
House in New York, which furnishes the
Envelopes, can do it for less than the
House in Chicago can buy the paper.
Mr.. Simmons has some printing, however,
which can be done in this office, and such
he has given and intends to gioe. Such is the
result of the interviews with Mr.. Sim
mons and Mr.. Hinsdale, and with it we
are entirely satisfied.
The TELEGRAPH business like other
! business, is effected by the dulness of the
times. And we are not alone In feeling
its effect. The House in Chicago has felt
it and has taken occasion to enquire il
dissatisfaction was the reason why nc
more work was given.
When the Kenosha TELEGRAPH frs
rented this Office of Mr.. Simmons, Mr.
Sholes was apartner, and being a practical
printer, and stakeholder In the NORTH
Western Telegraph Company it wa
Thought that he might command {
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part OF the printing business Of the Tele
4 graph Companies. Perhaps it nigh
| have been done at that time, but. having
gone away and into other channels pre-
pared for it, and having grown to it