The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-04-23
TIE COUNTY PRINTING.
A Few Facts All Figures for the
Taxpayers.

ti'tc NUS StTS sUt'sl24t -. exc u u III
Times, published by Dserslln. JGe 5rVsa
Mcdonald, OF the Post Falls pcse IN,
one from the Ceur d'Ale2e Pass, Pub
fishing Co. So TAR this locks - 'ls,,rsi
lie commissioners wcse Gtss-aGs d.
doing what is RICH, and xc-.3 /. 4.
printing TO the losest b,t4rr.- hos = ".
emily scheme Of these .L-,e v.lr rs.
i.cians TO nislsai the pubiic. a -
be shown eiseS here in tL.s zr-s-sss
They may be able, at present. to cz--~
things with a high hand AMI il ate,
disregard al tie amount Q; Indebtedness
they are pi'ing on the taxpayers, bu: j
day OF reckoning j. coming when the
people, unable longer 10 Remain silent.
Viii rise IL their wrath and crush the
rlngsters and iob5ers under an ayalanci.
public Indignation. Bur We are straw
ing from the subject. In bidding ior
lie county printing we supposed the
contract would be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder, but We were sadly
mistaken III the luea We were deaLiry
with and instead Of the lowest bidder
being awarded the contract, after OPEN
ing the bids aud postponins action from
day TO day fer over week, the board
finally awarded the pri ting to Duerslin.
the highes. bidder What for, po!it;
cal consideration? or wa it other in
ducemen.s. BE this as il NAV. The
peopie will have TO foot the bills while
the ring enjoys the spois We put in
nd tina. covered al:nos. eyerYthin. in
the printing ike that the county uses
II was most complete, giving the
weights ana quality oi stock 10 Dc used
In doing the job priuting-neither OF the
other bidders did this We gave price,
Tor various forms OF blanks ty the
thousand and FIVE hundred. We CAV.
prices on the various grades AID quail
ties OF envelopes, letter heads and all
other printing OF similar nature. We
Dio t"eniy cents an inch for the frs,
insertion and ten cents an inch for each
subsequent insertion OF the county adj
vertising. Duer>lin Jumped it at $50 90
Tor the year. We, were actually the
lowest bidders, to the eyiden: dis omit
ture 81. the Commissioners and reliable
parties IN RathdrIm inform u that
they admitted IL much and il honesty
Was to prevail in awarding the contract
1t should have been let to Us. Had thj.
been done the county would have been
s+Terai hundred dDliars aheaI at the
end OF the year and while we admit
THAT our bii WAS very low and would no,
net US much, we figured OH mary:l o.
prcht that would justify Us in !o:ra
The work. We wish the public u III
derstand that it is not the desire cf III.
fsEss to siandyr any oifcial Of the ca,-,L
ty, yet rs we sand in our first issue. "
reserve the right 10 cfi.icis- the s.;s o. !
any public officer, no matter TO wha,
party he belon4-, Whenever he il no |
faithful 70 the 'rast imposed in him by |
the people, and when We make a stat
lnent we viii be preparel to back il i, |
ample proof. So in regard % III. mai |
Ter OF county printing, we are prapare, |
70 oacE every statement We make. l. |
The FIRST place we wish TO call public at
lentlon to 4 few cold facts aad shall be
gin with the county advertising, ". |
submitted bid OF twenty cents an inch |
lonpariel measure; Duerslin submitted |
bid OF 400 % for all Advertising dur
ny the year-a very queer sort Of A bid to
entertain, and little figuring will show
bat 1t was plenty high. At twenty
ents an inch one column Of adver. ISM
would cost the county a aud at ,hi.
ate, t2 equal the amount Di Duerslin',
I'D, it would require 1852 columns of
dTerti=ing durin- the year, or in fit,
N' nuin' ers Ct the paper cvcrg Issue
must contain almost thr.. and on. half
o'nmns Il iycr,isirg-a nice h.. Of AL
cruising that. Tor one county; but n
are lian can Ire made 10 believe thai
he county viii use, On an aver &c, that
huch space in every issue ofaIaaer
=
iate, the county viii not use over
no column week which, at orr
CURES amounts to sos in the cours.
year. $20S subtrac,el from
'n"rslin's Id Of $3.50 leaves diiFcrcne.
VA and the taxpayer. will foot the
al. In the matter Of jcb printing. our
Id Oh legal blanks av, ragged from - 80 :
zoo per thousand less than Duer.lin's; ,
Meter heads, envelopes ana similar ,
Ia'lonerF We averaged ll.G1 thousand 9
= lhan Ducrelin, vet in the ace Of ali ,
us he was awarded the contract by the I
GARD OF cjunty commissioners w,o =
'ake 'arcc OF legitimate comIe ition !
further their own political ends. [
Fin board is composed Of two demo I
ats and one republican, 20 called. :
re lr.niins Vas given To- Ducrslin, not h
cause he WEB loves: bidder. ~ W.. 4
ave >a.d before, but etaasr IT,. co,a- :,
lss'oheFs have II ~! ca scheme 10 :.
-rk anr;ng he coming c4u4ra.sn ami -
c1n.d l." utilized . i.r her ;ar.r +
ds. fAi- scheme vii I,y.5, la;cr.
d night here W. Si,,r to ~ Duai-h n. iii
pub ioa"s ii Noos, II county to r.. ,
~ ,Jr"sui To- select liner be-, .u,n far go
ohc's and "..>G tn cJgi..ayo,r- r.,
~i'lcnc t." p,9r,c spac u.rti.-l. al
4 Az x tar t..rI- ,s,u-.- the %,