St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-02

places. The auditor was also instructed
to advertise for bids for painting the
outside of the jail building.
The following report was presented
by the chairman of the printing COM
mittee:
To the honorable chairman and board
of county commission ers: Pursuant to
resolution of the Board of county
commissioners, the county auditor adj
vertlsed in the usual form for bids for
furnishing Ramsey county for one year
with blank books, miscellaneous print
ing, ithographing and stationery. At
a regular meeting of said board on the
nth day of June proposals in the usual
form were received from the st. Paul
Dispatce, III. p. Hall and Brown, Treaey
d Co. for the blank books, printing and
lithographing, and from the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company, Brown,
Treacy & Co., and the st.
Paul Dispatch. for furnishing the
stationery. Sealed bids being referred
to the committee on printing. Messrs.
Mitch, Boyd and Lavallee, they met at
2 o'clock of the same day in the court
house to consider them in detail, all in
terested parties being present.
BY general consent the chairman OF
the committee proceeded.t oiread the bids
item by item, that all might know and
decide for. themselves who were the
lowest bidders. This being done, the
bids were referred to the expert printer,
who reported at an adjourned meeting,
of the committee Saturday, June %, the
following figures as the total footings
at the respective bids:
For Blank Books, Printing and Litho-
graphing
n p HslI a. oo1 40
The st. Paul Dispatch. .......... 1896 81
Brown, Treacy d CO................ 4, lis AZ
For Stationery
st. Paul Dispatch $17O 2S12
Brown, Treacy 4 Co 1876 Go
st. Paul Book q Stationery COM
Paiy 1OI IF
This report was supplemented with
the following statement:
ST. PAUL, June 20, 1SS9-To the Honor
able, the Chairman and Committee on Print
lng-Gentlemen: l beg leave to submit Tor
your consideration a tabulated statement OF
the printing and stationery bids per your ro-
quests. Through an oversight and otherwise,
Brown, Treacy IL Co. and III. ?. Hall failed to
furnish samples or mention what quality OF
paper they propose to use for the miscellane-
GUS printing. ED r. HARBOUR,
Expert Printer, Ramsey County.
Referring to this note the committee
is informed that heretofore the subject
HIS I6VeT entered 1nCO Tie QutSblOlls
and with one or two exceptions we are
unable to learn that paper samples were
ever furnished by any bidders for the
county work, and in this instance your
chairman was not supplied with sam
pies from any one of the bidders for
blank books. printing and Autograph
ing; that the bid to the auditor and
county commissioners to award the con-
tracts to the lowest responsible bidders,
your committee, on behalf of the tax
PAYERS of Ramsey county, respectfully
asks that the board unanimously join
in awarding to the st. Paul Book
& Stationery company the contract for
all stationery required for the use of
said Ramsey county, and to Brown.
Treacy d Co., the contract for all blank
books, printing and lithOgraphing re-
quired for said county, they being the
lowest responsible bidders. Said
contract to date July s, 1889, and con-
tinue in force one year from said date
to July s, 1890.
Owing to the illness of Mr.. MitSch at
the second adjourned meeting of the
committee on Friday. June 2S, Messrs.
Boyd and lavallee only were present,
and adjourned to this date without
agreeing on unanimous report.
PAUL A. LAvALLEE.
The award was postponed two weeks.