The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-05-17

SEPTEMBER lOtn, 1901.
The following committee was appointed to
consider the ezpedienCy of locating in the
house of the Committee of Publication, to
be used by the Committee, printing press
lately purchased BY the Secretary on his
own account; viz: Messrs. VIM. Brown, Z.
B. Price and G. Gennet.
SEPTEMBER 18th, 1867.
The committee appointed to enquire into
the expedieney of renting part Of the prem
ises held by the Committee to Rev. DR..
Baird to be used for printing press made
report, which was on motion accepted and
adopted as the action Of the Committee Upon
said subject, and is as follows:
To your committee was referred the ques-
ton Of renting part of the premises held by
the Committee of Publication, to the Rev.
DR.. E. 7. Baird to be used for printing
press, and if need be, for the purpose of
compositors' room also.
After careful consideration Of the subject,
the following report is presented:
They have looked at the matter simply as
q business transaction, and are Of the opinion
that it will be expedient to rent two ends Of
the basement story to DR.. Baird; the eastern
to be used for printing press, and the ives.
tern for eompOsitors's room, for which he
shall pay to the Committee Of Publication
$500.
DIR. Baird has purchased, on his own &C
count, press believed to be of very supe-
rior kind, and expects to procure a sufficient
supply of type to execute such printing as
the C6ildrsn'S Friend, and such tracts and
books as We may ourselves order. If it
should hereafter appear to the Committee
that the work can be adyantageously exc
cuted, it seems to your committee that there
would be cOgent reasons for having an ar
rsngement of this kind.
1. Il can be done Immediately under the
Secretary's eye, and if he employs cOmpe-
tent WOrkmen, without more, if indeed as
much time as be now consumes in attending
to the contracts made with parties in this
city.
2. It will be a reduction of at least $3.50
upon the printing of the Children's Friend
alone, and of one-hsE on the price hereto
fore paid for the book work which we have
had done in this city.
8. 1t will be q reduction of $500 in our
rent, and without in the least ineommoding
US in regard to room.
4. We should not be compelled to have
whole editions of books bound at once, but
could store the sheets and have them bound
as needed, making an important economy IN
the use of our funds.
Your committee are satisfied that such
are the prices charged for press work here,
not to speak of the inferior character Of il
at present, that il viii be expedient to make
this experiment proposed, and if it shall sue
coed, it may be continued under such regu
lations as may hereafter be found best.
Should the General Assembly think it
proper for the Committee to become the own
er of this printing office, DR.. Baird agrees 80
transfer the whole. It is at present simply
to be regarded as an expedient and an ex-
pertinent which we hope viii result greatly to
our advantage, without interfering with the
time and service of the Secretary In the dis
charge of his regular duty to the Church
Should this arrangement be adopted, it will
be proper that the printing done in DR..
Baird's Office, shall be ordered by the Com
mittee, and his bills be made payable only on
the approval Of an auditing committee ap-
pointed for that purpose.
For the basis of this report We refer to q
paper presented by DR.. Baird, which con-
tains the facts and stipulatiOns here indicated.
On behalf of the sub committee,
VIM. BROWN, Chairman.
The paper of DR.. Baird was directed to be
recorded, and is as follows:
Msssrs. VIM. Browa, d. d., ReU. p. b
Price and C1as. GeRnet, Committee:
GsntlemeR,-As stated to the Executive
Committee of Publication, at the time of your
appointment, have determined to purchase
on my own account press and sufficient type
to do our ordinary work, if it meets the ap-
probation Of the Committee; and l desire to
lease from the Committee, at the rent Of $500
per year, so much room in the front and rear
of the basement room of cur leased building
"a will answer these ends. The Committee
are aware of the annOyanees to which have
been subjected in getting our work done, and
also of the fact that it has never been done to
suit us. / refer to the work done in this city.
The advantages which this arrangement
will secure to the Committee are such IS the
following, viz:
1. Our work viii be done under my own
eye and direction, causing q great saving OF
my time, which has been much divided be-
tween my office, the printing Offices, and press
rooms where our work is done, and has caused
me several trips to New York and Philadel-
phia.
?. will Do the work of the Committee at
the New York and Philadelphia prices, which
are the same, thus enabling US to have our
books printed at the lowest figures, and our
sheets slowed, TO be bound in quantities as
needed, whereas now we are obliged 60 have
whole editions bound a5 once. This will
cause rs much saving by making our capital
20 farther.
8. The Philadelphia and New York price
for printing the Cbildrea's Friend is $3.50
per token Of the double sheet; at what we
are now paying, viz; Is cents a token for
single sheet it costs Us just the same. Until
the first Of January, l viii do the work at
$3.50 per token for the double sheet, but
after that I will reduce the charge 70 per.
cent. and do the work on the double sheet at
S1.20 per token. This will save the Com
mittee in our present edition about S252.
T. I viii pay the Committee $500 rent
which will be a clear saving Of just that much
without in the least ineOmmoding Us.
5. My press will work forms Of double
size. I will do this work at the Philadelphia
prices, which are lower than those of this
city, and can take q sheet of twice the size
of those heretofore worked. For example
the Book of Church Order was worked in II