The Portland daily press., 1893-02-22
THE LISTING BILL.


tors Thatcher, Grindle and Allan. Repre-
sentatives Murch, Garcelon, Shaw of
Portland, Ferguson, McGregor, Adams,
Parker Farrand, Merrill. The minority
report, resolve which authorizes the
trustees of the Maine Insane Hospital at
Augusta, to build two fire proof wings
from plans now in their possession, to ac-
| commodate 100 patients each, and to
| cost, exclusive of furnishings $4,000,
which sum the resolve appropriates.
| Provision is made for the furnishings
from the accrued funds and current net
income of the hospital.
In their report the minority say that
they are still of the opinion that the re-
solve appropriated by the majority ought
not to pass. They firmly believe that the
present hospital can be enlarged by the
building of two pavillons and with such
additions will meet all the demands that
may be made of it for many years to
come. Senators Mallet Wood and
Waterhouse, Representatives Bracketo
johnson, C. /. Morrill, and Kelley sign
the report.
The State Printing
The committee on state printing and
binding received proposals this morning
for the next two years. As already
stated, the committee this year adyer-
tised for proposals for the whole or any
part of the printing. In response to this
advertisement, Messrs. Burleign & Flynt
of Augusta, who are the present contrac-
tors, The Brown Thurston Company of
Portland and VIM. M. Marks of Portland
submit proposals for the printing.
Burleigh & Flynt accompany their
bid with an argument making
several type written pages to show
why, in their opinion, the printing
should be done under one con-
tract and in Augusta. They give his
tory of state printing contracts since
1880 and lay special stress upon the adj
vantage of having the legislative work
done in Augusta. They say, UNLESS we
could be assured of work enough the year
round to enable us to have in our employ
three-fourths of the force of skilled print
ers necessary to handle the printing of a
legislative session we would not under
take to do it. Such an attempt would
certainly bring discredit upon ourselves
and loss to the state. Again, in the print
ing of the ballots under the Australian
law, the resources of the Journal office,
which, in point of equipment, is the larg-
est printing establishment east of Bos-
ton, are severely taxed, as the officials of
the state department will, we think, bear
cheerful testimony. y 1t is abso-
lutely necessary that they 1.-THE ballots1
should be printed in and sent out from
the state capital. y y We think it
possible that some Offices, having looked
over the published printing contract. and
culled from the work to be done for
the state those portions which they
deem most remunerative, may make
specially low bids thereon but we do not
think that work done on this basis would
be creditable to the state or thst it would
result in any material savings. The re-
ports, instead of being uniform in style
and stock would present variety in
styles of type and shade and quality of
stock that would give our public docu-
ments variegated appearance far re-
moved from neat or tasty workmanship.
1t is doubtless for this reason shat no
state in the Union SO far as we have
been able to ascertain, makes practice
of farming out its printing among differ
ent offices.
Messrs. Burleigh and Flynt present
bid for the whole of the state printing.
The Brown Thurston Company bids on
all but the legislative work, that is the
printing required from day to day by the
legislature during it's session. Mr..
Marks bids on slany part or all of the
annual reports of the various depart
ments.'' In reading the annexed table,
these statements as to the work covered
by each bid should be borne in mind.