The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-26

work at thirteen cents per hundred sig
natures; the $1,000 signatures, at this
rate, would amount to Sl9 80. But
this is not all other bidders offered tc
do this work at nine cents per hundred
signatures; at this rate the pamphlet
would cost only Sl3 50. What then
must be the conclusion in regard to his
charge of $3.50 90 for work which he
had himself offered to do for sig 5O,
and other persons have offered to do for
S13 so.
Ihave examined and analyzed this
small account, not because Of any spec
ial Importance to be attached 10 it, but
because it is an illustration OF radical
errors, which, unfortunately, appear in
too many OF Mr.. Walkers accounts.
The next example OF improper
charges on the part of Mr.. Walker
that shall call your attention to, ls the
printing of $500 copies of the acts OF
1871. His account for this work, ex-
cluding the charges for binding and
paper, is as follows: .,
$40 tokens at t65........---....-.....". sS1 80 80
Reading and supervisio Joy ~
Making up formsp..".... .....-.-..-....... ZiO W
D.
The Committee OF investigation as
certained the correct amount Tor
this work TO be as follows:
l,O2s,5H ems, at S@
Of ~ Al
To,al........... ,OlO 7s
For the printers work on this book
he, therefore, received S2,l75 So more
than be was entitled to. The account
which he rendered was more than three
times greater than it ought TO have
been.
Oue mode OF testing the accuracy OF
this account s q comparison between
it and charges for similar work made
by his predecessor We have seen that
his charge for the printers work on :
$500 copies fthe acts Of II, g medium
octave volume OF 434 printed pages,
was S3,2l6 33. Mr.. Frew's charges
for the printers work on $500 copies Of
the Code OF West Virginia. large oC>
'avo volume OF 9S6 printed pages, WAS
3 follows
- o0) ems at ?l,7So Is
.7is tokens, at 6j........ ............. l,l6i SO
JOtai....-............... -
1t thus appears that Mr.. Walker
charged S2f3 0S more Tor the printer S
work on , 500 copies OF the Acts OF
1871 than Mr.. Frew did !or ; 800 copies
Of the Code. Now is near the truth
10 say that there was three times as
much work on the latter as on the
former. II 80, either Mr.. Frew received
only one third of the amount be was
entitled TO, or Mr.. Walker received
three times too much for his work.
Mr.. Frew charged $lll 80 for reprint
ing and inserting small portion OF the
Code; this sum is not included in the
foregoing calculation, because 1t was
not part OF the original cost OF the
work. Even if this sum is taken into
the estimate, Mr.. Walkers charges for
the printers work on the acts Of II,
will still exceed Mr.. Frew's charges
for the came kind OF work on the
Code in the sum OF $50. | have not
go far spoken OF the paper used in this
book, nor OF the price charged for bind
ing it. Nor do | intend to speak OF the
printing paper further than TO say that
under the old law he was bound to iurn
ish the paper at cost; that he charged
and received Sll per ream for tie pa
per used in this book, and that in his
recent bid he offered to furnish printing
paper at ST 2j per ream. For the rea-
sons stated in its report, the Committee
reported the evidence as to the price OF
binding in hard covers, without express
ing anv opinion az to whether there
was any overcharge. Mr. Walkers |
charge Tor binding > 500 copies OF the
acts of 1871, was $1,000. If this item |
is tested By the recent bid of Mr.. WAL
ker, the whole charge would he ST.
OO3 rs; il tested by the other bids
made at the same time, the whole |
charge would be 94S -.
Mr. Walkers charge for 30 copies |
Of the House Journal OF 1871, s medi- |
um octave volume of SIS pages, was -
follows:
225O0pO at g. .s4,t-' 10
Reading ana supervlsiO n................. ~ rJ