The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-08
II COSTS TOO MUCH.
Move to Abolish the State
Printing Office.
BUDD is In FAVOR OF IT
As a Measure Of Economy for the
State.
PROPOSED CHANGE In THE MILITIA.
There Will Be Vanishing OF Gold
Lace if the New Law Is
Passed.
PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE MILITIA.

ably have to be done through constitu-
| tional amendment. The printing estab-
| lishments of San Francisco are in favor OF
the abolition of the Office. George F. Neal
of San Francisco, manager of the Com
mercial Publishing Company, is here in
| the interest of the proposed amendment.
| Some time ago he addressed circular let
| ter to every member of the Legislature,
| calling attention to the extravagant price
which the State pays for its printing, and
citing the fact that but one other State in
| the Union, Nevada, maintained State
| printing Office Mr.. Neal called on the
Governor to-day and had long audience
in favor of the abolition of the Office by
masses of statistics.
| The Governor has for some time past
I been engaged in gathering data on the sub
| ject and will probably submit the result
| to the Legislature shortly recommending
| the abolition of the office.
| In circular addressed to the Legislature
| Mr.. Neal says: 1--WE will call your atten-
! ton to one thing, and that is that the city
| of San Francisco gets her printing done
| for less than one-third of what the State
| pays for the same amount of work.
Then Mr.. Neal asks: "Why not frame
| law so as to let the work out to the lowest
| bidder, allowing him the use of the State
| plant to do the work with and holding the
| contractor responsible for any damage that
| the plant might receive other than the
natural wear and tear? The public printer
could still be maintained with his $4,000 a
| year salary as an inspector of work that
| o,erl4 10 h,y4 I1o
| Mr.. Neal cites figures to show that
| Nevada, with about half the population of
Arizona and maintaining State printing
Office, pays five times as much as the Terri
tory does for its printing. He also cites
| figures to substantiate his claim that there
| is not a State in the Union which pays
| half as much for its printing as California
| He declares his Willingness to put up a
bond to do for $4,000 the printing that
costs the state $4,000.
These statements have made an impress
sion on the Legislature, so much so that
Assemblyman Phelps has called special
meeting of the Retrenchment Committee
for Monday night, at which Mr.. Neal will
make an address on the waste of State
money through the maintenance of pub
lie printing office.
The cost OF printing for the year 1884
in the several States according to figures
in the Governors possession is as follows:
California, $2S7, 469 49, Iowa. $SS, 73S O6;
Massachusetts,, including the ballots for
one year and the printing for the city of
Boston, $123, 106 81: New Jersey, $49, 426 40;
Ohio, one year, $685. 81; Wisconsin,
$59, 800 05; Texas, $31 1897 50.
The Committee on Military Affairs of
the Assembly has appointed sub-com-
mittee of three, consisting of Powers of
San Francisco McKelvey and KENYON of
Los Angeles to draft substitute bill for
the four submitted to the Assembly They
have decided upon an organization of sew
enty companies, sixty of which are to be
infantry, five in the naval battalion, one in
the cavalry and four to be decided upon by
the subcommittee. With this as a basis
the subcommittee are to draft their BILL
Since both Powers and McKelvey have
bills providing for one-brigade organiza-
ton there is no doubt as to the main
feature that will mark the new BILL
The entire Assembly committee is in
sympathy with that movement 1t is the
Senate committee that is divided Senator
Pedlar wants the Fourth Brigade, that
will give Fresno general. This is true on
general grounds and because General
Muller of Fresno is his brother-in-law.
Senator Gleaves thinks that if four brig
AIDES are allowed, fifth may follow, and
then the veteran Brigadier- General Mont
gomery of Chico will have a chance to
retain his command. The Military Com
mittee will fight BRUSHES general appro-
priation bill, which has cut off all the
allowances to the National Guard except
about two-thirds of what is needed for
armory rent.
DIR. r. Beverly Cole, W. R. Searbv. Pro-
fessor Jones and Professor Soule of the
State University appeared before the Sen
ate Committee on Public Buildings this
afternoon to urge the necessity of the pass
ing OF the bill introduced by Senator Bert
appropriating $3.50, 900 for building for the
affiliated colleges. 1t was stated that the
medical college, the law college, the dental
college and the college of pharmacy were
absolutely in need of such building: that
the present facilities were inadequate. and
that the colleges were seriously hampered
in their work from the lack of suitable
accommodations and facilities. Senator
DuIkc dISucu dt SOllc leuSLn IN support OF
the bill. After a prolonged discussion it
was decided to report the bill to the
Finance Committee, with recommends
ton that it pass.
The Senate Committee on Finance is
making record for economy. The cost to
the State for aid to the aged INDECENT is
$500, 900 year. The Senate Finance Com
mittee recommended that this expendi-
| ture be discontinued, and the Senate
acquiesced. The bill repeating the act
granting this aid has now gone to the As
sembly.
The Finance Committee has given its
disapproval to the Jordan claim for $751;
600, but strenuous efforts are being made
to get it to reverse its decision.
Edgar Raymond, H. M. Clement and j.
NJ. Chretien have been here for some days
past in the contested election cases in the
Assembly. The Committee on Elections
of the lower house will report tomorrow
recommending recount of the Thirty-f first
Thirty fourth and Forty second Assembly
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