The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-12
BOOTHS AND BALLOT BOXES.
The Joint Committee selects Parnpher.
MALTA for Carrying out tho Australian

The Joint Committee selects Pnrnpher.
naliu for Carrying out tho Australian
Election Law.
The joint committee appointed by
tho County Commissioners and City
Council to purchase paraphernalia for
tho elections under llhe Australian sys-
tom, met last evening, at tho county
boards Office, alter considerable Skin
mishing to raise quorum, with tho
following members present: Messrs.
Hall, Robertson, O'Kane, Bailey, Freese,
Mckinley, Cruise, Koch ind ..McGregor,
tho chairman. B l3 aH
Scaled bids were received from six
different firms, for 152 polling booths,
10 ballot boxes, 1G2 guard rail posts
with ropes, and "a election tables.
The following were tic bids received:
Zuckriegel& Co., Tell City, Ind, sin.
glo suspension booth, 50; wooden double
booths, 50; triple, SIP; with painted
iron covered crates for storage, So extra;
ballot boxes, So 80 and 81; guard rails,
with twenty feet OF ropG,ytS1-50; with
twenty-five feet OF rope, VS.; folding
tables, each with six folding chairs, $40
each.
I CD. Barnard & Co., st. Louis, printed
steel booths, IS; steel annexGs,$$ 81; wood,
81 annexes, 81; canvass, 81 anncxes,
S. 5O-this to include post and guard
rails. Japanned iron ballot boxes, $3.50.
FanDorn Iron Co., Cleveland, Ohio,
wood ballot boxes, two locks, s. 10;
tables, So 80; guard rails and posts, As
cents gates, Is cents each; rope, three
fourth cent per foot; CLAIM, one cent
per foot.
Koontz Bros. & Phillips, New Mar
martlnsville, W. Va, booths, S.. so; fold.
ing ballot boxes, wood, s. Is; sixty
pieces Of twenty foot rope, 25 cents
each; tables, IS so; guard rails, 50 cents.
Bradley, Gilbert & Co., Louisville, Ky,
booths, IS; ten ballot boxes, 81 IS, less
20 per cent discount. sltE46
Wheeling Hinge Co., booths, steel
frames and cloth sides, $3.50, 81 and
81 IS, according to style.
On motion of Mr.. O'Kane a secret
ballot was taken on tho booths, to show
the committees preferences, resulting
in Zuckricgel 4 Co. receiving six votes,
koontz Bros. & Phillips one, and G. d.
Barnard & Co.. two. After considerable
discussion the Zuckriesel triple booth
was adopted, to cost S15 each, with
outer sides OF crates covered with paint
ed iron for preservation and storage.
This booth, which was the cheapest
and most durable booth shown to the
committee, is built OF bass and poplar
wood, and stands six feet and six
inches high, with interior space OF
go by 90 inches, with translucent cur
tains. This booth is a marvel of inge-
nuity. In construction, it is strong and
durable, and can DO folded; Up after use
into a small compass and lockcJ. 1t
also contains space for the storage of
ballot boxes, guard rails, etc.
The Barnard ballot box was adopted
on m open vote. 1t resembles very
much in shape a 'speanut roaster.n is
made Of japanned iron,3with a double
lock, no two keys Of any box being
alike, and it also has a patent seal in
side, which is closed after use and can
not be opened until the box is un-
locked. 1t costs 81 so each.
The guard rails and rope OF Zuckriegel
4 Co. were adopted at a cost Of 81 each.
The table selected by the committee
is manufactured by tho Van Dorm Iron
Co., Of Cleveland, is an excellent and
substantial table, with o stained pine
top and patent folding iron legs, and
when closed it occupies aspace OF three
inches deep and can be stored in piles.
The price was 81 90.
Following shows the total cost OF the
material contracted for:
152 polling booths at SIS. .... ..... s. $50 90
lG2 guard rails, posts aud rope mt S2.-..... r32l o.
GO ballot boxes Mt 81 N"".......m...... 30 00
81 election tables at 50 G..m....-........, 90 &C
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