Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
They Consider the Printing Bids
Withnut Action.

Owing to the absence of Chairman Mount
at yesterday afternoons meeting of the board
of county commissioners, Member Anderson
welded the gavcl. The first business con-
sidered by the board was the bids for dong
the county printing, over which there has
been considerable wranglc. This was brought
about 4 few weeks ago by THE BEE, which
paper put i'll a sworn statement of CirCula-
ton that staggered all other newspapers.
The Evening World refused to become a
party TO a plan calculated to extin3uish its
rights and iuEgle a journal which had no
right to the contract into the possession
thereof" The paper referred to
was an evening paper known to its
publisher as the Interstate Democrat. The
World claimed the contract for the printing
for the reason that it was the lowest RESPONSE
bic bidder when the proposals We're first sub
mitted. BY reason of this the paper declined
to make another bid. The publisher, how
ever, presented a check for the purpose of
guaranteeing the terms of the previous offer.
For the first time the new Republican
made a proposal. The reason that it did not
come in before with n bid was that it was not
yet off the rocky road. The publisher, in his
explanation, stated that the paper would be
improved in form next Tuesday, and that an
effort would be made TO increase it's circula-
ton. Mr.. Nye asked that this matter be
taken into consideration, because the adver-
Using would be done after this effort to in
crease the circulation had been made.
Otherwise 1t would not be fair to consider
the present circulation in competition with
that of its more pretentiOuS contemporaries.
y young man named Ward, with side
Whiskers, introduced himself to the board as
representing the Herald of Omaha. He asked
if the Worlds communication would be con-
sidered among the other bids. He said it
was rot in compliance with proposals from
other papers. All other newspapers had
complied with the provisions OF the adver-
tisement, as far as using the blank forms,
which had been supplied by County Clerk
Roche, were concerned.
There was some discussion on the question
and then the matter was referred to the
finance committee.
The different bids Of The BEE, World,
Republican, Herald ana Democrat, were
read and will be reported upon by the finance
ut the next meeting of the board.
The regular routine of business was taken
up and the county treasurer was allowed So.
which amount he had paid workmcn en-
plOycd on the vault in the office of the clerk
of the district court.
The finance committee reported on the
register of deeds quarterly report ending
December 81. The report is as folio VS.:
To fees received during the year
and recording ............. ...S22, SO %
BY amount paid for salaries during
the year. l5,3lT9O
Balance on hand. 49,. . ....... 5 1850
The same committee reportcd as follows
on County Clerk Rochc's quarterly report:
Total fees received during the year
for recording lO,9lS instruments So, 800. O5
Salary for clerk of board Of county
commissioners, 'returncr'' ........ 10000
Miscellaneous receipts. .........-.. 2l.5O
Total receipts for 1855. .... ......... So, 97G. 50
Less paid salaries and Office and eX-
ponsos. Observation-Disclosures. 3,9533O
Balance on hand, January /, 1855 1925
The uni recommended that the
county clerk and register of deeds be in
structed TO turn over their balances to the
county treasurer. The recommendations
were adopted.
A claim of County Treasurer Bolln for
SlO704 for pauper transportation was al
lowed.
A bond in favor of Samuel +. Fry as road
supervisor, was approved.
Attorneys for Lewis Berghoff, who is held
on the charge of obtaining goods under false
pretenses, were allowed SSl.5j for supreme
court expenses in getting n new trial.
An appropriation of slf, 967 was made on
the bridge fund.
The county treasurer was instructed to
correct an error in the real and personal
assessed in school district No. Z. In
1855 the tax levy for the district was figured
AT g mills, and the levy was II mills. The
was directed 10 make the correc-
ton at his own request.