St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-05

I1ldQe part OF JllS report.
In conclusion. your committee would
recommend that the contract be awarded
to the st. Paul Dispatch Printing COM
pany, and that the st. Paul Dispatch be
designated at this meeting of the Coun-
Gil as the official paper of the city. Re-
Spectfully. O. o. CULLEN, Chairman.
The following is the opinion of j. w.
Cunningham, referred to in the forego-
ing report:
To the Committee OH Printing OF the
Common Council.
GENTLEMEN: The bids for city
printing for the ensuing year,
made to the Council by the
Pioneer Press Company and by
the Evening Dispatch, and referred to
your Committee, having been submitted
to me for examination, l have carefully
gone over the same, together with the
accompanying specimens, and herewith
submit my conclusions.
The Pioneer Press Company make
two distinct propositions:
First-To publish the proceedings OF
the Common Council and the various
departments of the City Government,
which require but one insertion, at the
rate OF 2S cents per inch.
SecOnd-To print all notices and ad-
vertisements required by the city at the
rate of 81 cents per inch for the first in
sertion and 25 cents per inch for each
subsequent insertion,
The Dispatch Company make but one
proposal, which is to do all the publish
ing and advertising called for by the
city at the uniform price OF % cents per
inch for the first insertion and 20 cents
per inch for each subsequent Insertion.
Upon the face of the proposals it
would be easy to determine which was
the lowest bid. But there are other
considerations, aside from the mere
price per inch of space, which may en-
ter into the cost, and which must be
considered.
Each bidder has submitted some
twenty specimens of city advertise
ments set in the type and manner in
which they propose to do the work. The
specimens presented by the Dispatch
are all set in agate type, and those OF
the Pioneer Press in the same type,
with the exception of the council
proceedings. which they propose. to
set in either nonpareil or minion.
Out of the twenty specimens presented,
[ have selected fourteen OF each Tor
comparison. as these are identically the
same matter and set in the same type.
OF these fourteen specimens ma tnat
in every instance those presented by
the Dispatch Company are set more
compactly than those of the Pioneer
Press, the latter using ''catch lines" OF
larger type, which, while they serve to
add prominence to the advertisement,
also necessarily increase the space oc-
cupied.
The measurements of these fourteen
advertisements as made by the bidders
themselves, are as follows:
Pioneer Press. S..................42 ~ !ncneS
Dispatch. ..........,...,....oo 80 Inches
making a difference in favor of the
Dispatch of one-siXth, or 1873 per cent
in the manner of setting alone, Ii this
style of display is satisfactory,
which it would seem to me to be,
and the bidder should be required to
adhere to it during the year, a saving
of 162s per cent would he effected Ill
this item alone.
Again. if we take these fourteen spec
linens and reckon the cost OF each for
the number of times they are required
to be inserted at the price by each bid
der, we get the following result:
Pioneer Press Company. $50 81
Dispatch Company. :...:....;;. 80 IA
lowing conclusions, viz:
First-That the bid of the Pioneer
Press being % cents per inch for Coun-
Gil proceedings, and 81 cents and 25
cents per inch, respectively, for all other
advertisements the bid of the Dis
patch company being 25 cents and 20
cents per inch, respectively, for all work
done. upOn the face of the bids the Dis
patch company is the lowest.
Second-That by comparison of the
mode of setting, an additional amount OF
162I per cent is gained in favor OF the
Dispatch.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted. j. W. CUNNINGHAM.
Dec. 81, 1888.
Report of committee accepted.
Aid. Sanborn thereupon moved:
That the .'SU. Paul Dispatch" the
newspaper which is printed and pub
lished under that name in this city of
st. Paul every weekday in the year. be
and it is hereby designated by the Com
mon Council of the city OF st. Paul, the
official paper of said city for the year
A. d. 1889, and until its successor shall
be designated; in which newspaper
shall be published, during said time, all
ordinances and other proceedings and
matters required by the laws OF the
state of Minnesota, provisions of the
charter of, or laws pertaining to this
city, and bylaws, ordinances, resolu-
tions and acts of the Common Council
of this city to be published in any puJ-
lie newspaper.
The motion prevailed by the follow
ing vote:
Yeas-Ald. Blom, Book. Cullen, Con-
lev. Fischer Gehan, kavanagh, Mlnea,
Melady, Pratt, Sanborn, Sullivan. Weber.
Yoerg, Mr.. Presidents
Aid. Sanborn moved that the Corpora
ton counsel be. and he is hereby, in
structed to prepare a contract be-
tween the proprietors of the "St.
Paul Dispatch'' and the city of
st. Paul, embodying therein the
provisions Of the motion of Aid.
Sanborn of Dec. Is, A. d. 1888, the bid
of said proprietOrs under said resolution
and such further provisions as are con-
tanned in the contract between the pro-
pretors and the city, as evidenced by
said motion and the bid hereunder and
that he present said contract, signed by
such proprietors, in duplicate for the
approval of the City Council at it's next
regular meeting.
The motion prevailed. Yeas Is.
OF Committee on Ordinances and Pub
lie Accounts-Reports Examined
Committee reports that it has eX-
amined and found correct the reports of
Clerk of Municipal Court, Chief Of PO-
lice. Inspector of Buildings, john Gu
niff, Acting Poundmaster. all for No
vember, 1888; also reports of Market
Master, Market Hall rent since report
of Nov. 20, 1888, of j. E. Conway, Act
ing PoundmaSter, for September, OctO-
Der and November, 1888, and of Board
of Control for December, 1888.
Adopted.
Also,
Maryland Street Grading
Committee recommends that report of
City Engineer to Board of Public Works
referred to City Comptroller.