The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-24

Pos,-Inteiligeneer Publishing Company
was the lowest Of any newspaper in general
circulation. The bids per inch. were:
First ssbseqasst
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PosT fxrgLLssEscgR. R.....-.......s9s % " -
IseoEna Lsrieev ....-..4.......... 20 50
Jacauss Mas .....a.-<....... o1 IS
,INeoEn~ Herald. id.......-.--s-.s..+. - ~
-1fg 0fescs Bslietfa -.......-.-.. 81 -
.aay !Ta. noe Ri1pS RSpdrfer .,..'.. = ID to is
OF the bidders marked the Herald Is
now . weekly Sunday paper and in its bid
states its circulation to be l 900 copies. IL
proposes u become a five or six-column
folio daily should the city printing be
awarded it f. n. Fuller. publisher of the
Tacoman, stipuIases TO publish The print
ing in a separate publication, TO be known
as the B,alsetin. the same TO be an official
record of the city's doings. Jacob Adler,
an advertising solicitor OF the Nescs. agrees
in his bid to establish the Rec ord for the
publication of the printing should the con-
tract be awarded him. Mr.. Adler denies
that his is a straw" bid.
The PosT-ISrELLIGEScEk's bid was as
follows:
'In response 10 call for bids for the
city printing. for the city Of Taeoma, for
the ensuing year. the fost-In.eIligencer
Publishing Company. Owners and pub
fishers OF the Seattle Poer-INTELLfsEscER,
OF Seattle, WASH, do hereby submit the
following proposition fof such city print
ing of the city of Tacoma:
Said PosT-IxrEILIsEscxR Publishing
Company will publish ali ordinances,
resolutions. tax notices and any and all
other official notices foe the city of Ta-
coma, IS may be required. at the rate Of 30
cents per inch. lineaf measurement, for
the first insertion. and 20 cents per inch for
subsequent Insertions. ALL such no.
tees TO be set in type not larger
than nonpareil. without unnecessary dis
play, and 10 occupy column or columns
bearing the caption. Official notices OF
the city Of Tacoma, Washington" Such
space as may be required to give sufficient
prominence 10 said caption not TO be
charged for. All necessary copies of the
PosT-IsTELLfGENCER will be furnished 20
the proper city officials Of Tacoma for file
purposes free OF charge.
Attention is respectfully called to the
fact that the Post-Inteihgencer Publish
ing Company have for years maintained n
branch office in the city of Tacoma ana
viii continue 10 do So. and that the Seattle
Posr~INTELLIsFNcKR iE aid has been a
newspaper OF general circulation in the
CITY OF Tacoma
Maj. Grattan, who had made q minute
of ali the bids, referred favorably to that of
the proposed Bulietia. Some one there
upon asked about Mr. Adler's bid, limiting
that il was the lowest.
Fear he r:ight sell out" rejoined Mai.
Grattan.
Mr.. Berry did not think il wise to let the
contract TO any paper not in existence.
Grattan replied:
II consider il cheeky, TO say the least,
for the Ledger to ask this city to pay double
the rate paid in any other city in the state
Al ITS figures IL would cost the city about
$50, 900 tor it's printing for the next year.
At Mr.. Fuller's price il would be about
$4,000. The printing for the last year has
cost about SIS, 900. at the rate asked for
and received by the Ledger"
Mr.. Berry argued that if the printing
were let to q paper not of general cir
culation" lawsuits might result growing
out of such publication. Technically ii
might be contrary 10 law. city Attorney
Murray was asked TO elucidate that point.
In substance he said:
"Tn the case of the Ne,cs VS.. the City, the
supreme court held that II las legal to let
the contract to q newspaper not of gen.
eral circulation at the time, but the news.
paper must be in existence and generally
circulated at the time the contract is en-
tered into"
Mr.. Fontaine-Is it necessary for the
newspaper doing the city printing to be
published in this citvf
Mr.. Murray--I don't think so. lt In no,
absolutely necessary, according 70 our
charter. that it be published here.
He went on to explain that class news
paper, legal or religious newspaper, 70,
instance, was not a newspaper in the sense
of being in general circulation. Mr.. Graf.
tan wanted to know what was newspape,
in general circulation. but Mr.. Berry OBJ
jected to the city attorney answering such
questions.
Mr. Gove-I have under consideration
a Nebraska decision bearing on this point
Ia n suit for libel a man was unable TO re
cover. on the ground that the paper in
which The libel was alleged to have been
published was not one OF general
circulation outside the county in
which IL was published. Aft the
judges of ths supreme court OF thai
state concurred in the decision, which
stated clearly that IN order TO be a news
paper of general circulation, il must circu
| late outside OF the place OF publication
outside the county ard throughout III,
stale and into adjoining states. There
fore the only bids before rs entitled Il
consideration sre taose OF the IcdFe9 aic
the Posr-lS TELIlsfacfM
Mr.. Harris spoke an favor of q new
paper. aud cited the decision of the su
preme court of the state, which granted
the right TO the council 10 award tn,
contract to a newspaper not now in ex
Istence. but which must be in exist
enee at the time the contract Il
executed. He commended this decision
aud stated that IL prevented coliuslon
suca as presumably existed between th,
Ledger and .Y~ss. In referring 10 the nrie.
asked by the Le.fser. Mr.. Harris said:
III tie peopse want 20 help out ths
I<sicey let them vote 90 do IL III il eanno
get along without our help ie; i. 60 down
the same as any other enterprise
He dubbed the $3.50 cent proposition /.
50. GO steal. The bids were then reierrs1
to the judiciary committee, which will ad
vGse Sith City Attorney Murray before
making its ret ort-
Some members Of the council who hsys
been approached by prominent member.
az the Tillienm Club and sounded On th.
Ledger yesgs 90 s-slcent rate havs ressnsee
il. They want il understood 10 membel
of that club is carrying them around il
his vest pocket. and that they cans be de
nvered."