People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-01-16
County Printing.


Oa Monday by the board of county
commissioners excited more than
ordinary interest. All the publishers
ia the county except the Belle Plaine,
Milan and Argonia boys were pres
ent, and for while in the forenoon
there were rumOrs of a combination
bid. When the bids were opened,
however, there we're but four iDdivi-
dual bids, viz: The VOICE, Monitor
Press. Mail and Star, and the Cald-
well Advance. These bids were so
close that it required great amount
Of figuring to determine which was
really the lowest bid. The bids were
opened at 3:15 and supper time found
the board still wrestling with the
figures. An adjournment was taken
till seven o'clock. The board were
again Oh hand promptly, and after
much calculating arrived at the con-
cluSiOu that the VOICE had the lowest
bid on the county printing proper and
the Mail and Star the lowest on the
job printing. A clause in the VOICE
proposition permitted the board to
separate the two branches of the
work but Mr.. Richards of the Mail
and STAR at first refused to agree to
this. The MOnitor-Press bid on the
whole Of the work combined was only
a little higher, the chief item raising
their average being IS per 1000 for
election ballots, where the VOICE and
Caldwell Advance only bid s. and the
Mail $3.50 provided there were not
more than four tickets in the field
next year. 1t may be said that this
item, perhaps, turned the tide against
them. Mr.. Richards after consult
alton with County Clerk Sadler, final
ig agreed that the work might be
separated. The board then retired
for consultation and in few minutes
returned ready to ballot. The first
ballot resulted in two votes for VOICE
for county printing proper, one for
Mail and Star, and three for Richards
tor the JOB printing. Mr.. Richards
bid was really four distinct PROPOSE
tiOnS to the board. The VOICE be-
comes the official county paper. Its
proposition leaving off the job print
ing was as follows:
WELLINGTON. KS, Jan. 13. 1896.
To the Honorable Board of County Commits
sipners, Sumner County:
GENTLEMEN: | herewith submit
TO you my bid for the county print
Sng for the ensuing year. will give
ample bond as your honorable body
may require for the faithful perform
ance of the work. | desire to state
for your guidance and information
that my paper the PEOPLES VOICE is
one of the established institutions of
Sumner county, having considerably
the largest circulation of any news
paper published in the county. We
have large list of subscribers at
every postOtfice in the county. As
you well know the VOICE is well print.
ed and is amply equipped with first
class type and machinery for the
execution Of the contract it proposes
to undertake. Should the work be
awarded to US we can safely guarantee
in Our bond that it will be executed
in the highest and best style of art.
We will print the proceedings OF
the board in the VOICE free of cost.
Allowances Of claims and other
publications included in the county
printing, or over which the board or
any county officer has supervision, ex-
cept delinquent tax list and final tax
notice, ten (l0) per cent Of legal rates.
Tal lists, both final notice and de-
linQuent lists L1nddesc riptions SC.
Lot descriptions &c.
Respectfully Submitted,
LYMAN NAUGLE.
The VOICE's bond was fixed at $500
and the Nails at $500. Based on the
amounts paid for work last year the
Voice will get 1850 where the same
work last year brought sl756. The
Job printing last year amounted to