The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-21

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G following report;
o the Hon. Mayor and Common Council
the City of Kenosha
Your Committee to whom was erred
matter OF ascertaining the price aC
lich fifty or more copies of the city
arter and ordinances, &C., could be OBJ
ned for, report as follows:
We have been unOble to obtain any
/ from the telegraph Office.
From the Union Office" we obtained
. following offer:
Estimate for so Copies OF the Kenosha
ty CHARTER Ordinances, sc. So
nss per page fifty additional copies
900, and for each additional fifty $13-
and we further report that the same
,rk done in 1866 cost the city $249.20
t the number of copies printed wes are
lablo to state. The work was done at
? Telegraph Office. We also annex
0 proof pages from the Uniof, Office
owing the type aud work to be done
the consideration Of this body,
Your Committee recommend the accept
ce of the offer of the Union Office, as
ported above.
S Sc s: % Ss En-. o'rr'.. !.
ich report was on motion Of cid.
lend adopted by the following vote !:
es, Aid. Head, O'Brien, Van Vie,
nmons, Berens, Weber, Lentz
lend, Hret3er, Bruins. Noes: AID Reed
le.
The foregoing report o. the COMMITTEE
far from the truth that we canno
1t pass without stating the facts so tar
We are concerned. Neither Mr. Lentz
Mr.. Weber ever spoke to us about
printing. Some time ago Mr.. Berens
he into the office and sad he wanted
know what VIC would print aud bind
indefinite number of pamphlets Of an
ehnite size and number Of pages for,
he wanted to know in a short time.
requesting him to state the number Of
lphlets and the SIZE aud number of
es, he liked the numbers OF pam phlets
'e estimated for at 25 and rs, and re-
ed US to the City Charter for the SIZE
number of pages, leaving us to find
City Charter. We told Mr.. Berens
We would make an estimate by the
g, if possible, but feared it would not
The time passing without being able
lake an estimate, we called On Mr..
ems and said we had not been able to
ie an estimate, but could make it in
} for the next meeting of the Council,
got no answer whether it would then
n time nr not. On the afternoon OF
18th, the day before the meeting of
Council. Mr.. Berens came into the
e and said he wanted our estim ate
on our replying that we had thought
ould be in time if ready for the meet
of the Council on next Monday night,
aid he wanted it then as he wanted 10
'rt on it in the evening We replied
it was nearly ready and would be
pleted if possible. At the time we
under the press making some adjust
t and Mr.. Berens left before We came
under the press. And we were SO
b occupied that we did not get To- it
evening. La the evening and the next
ling we completed the estimates.
will be seen, Mr. Berens asked us
estimate for rs copies and rs copies
Committee, according to their report,
to ascertain what fifty copies and
could be obtained for. no one of
committee ever asked of us an est1-
for fifty copies.
e offer of the Union is 95 cents page
copies. There are III pages with
hecover in the old charter. Counting
over there are l75 pages which at
'nts per page amounts to $176.25 for
0 copies. The Unions price for 100
8 is $196S5 a63 - a4st
estimate for Is copies was $l13 10,
or rs copies $126.54. AS will be
the Unions estimate for so copies
DIS ours for rs copies by $49.75
lat;vely to our estimates for % copies
or Is copies our estimates for so
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