The sun., 1897-01-20

amounting 10 s03.00O. On Dec. 81. 1894, the
arrearages amoun,ed TO s2o.ooo, and may have
1894 were closed, but provision for the pay ent
OF these bills was made In the appropriation for
OF s03. 900 IL is i'm possible for me to know. l
imagine. however, that he has done It oy taking
the bills for printing done for the CORPORATION
Counsel and charging them back as properly
relating to the years in which the orders were
given. When the Corporation Counsel wants
10 the printers. bills are rendered to him. aud
the superyis9r OF the Cg Record mas no ON means ss
are sent to him. No estimate can be made to
meet them and they have to be paid as they can
be out Of the regular appropriation. These
Mir. Strong has evidently taken ali OF these bills
that he could find aud charged them back
his statement that the cost Of the
tHg Record has been reduced from 1000
TO ss,S 4go aone by per What psae,iesliy @ % hishwas
robbery. For twenty-three years the city had
called upon the contractor who printed the Chp
as modern old style. When Mr.. Strong and his
reformers came into ofi,ce they decided that it
mattor set BY machines. which costs one.
third less than hand composition. Therefore
tnS ho had 1sSn ha ssd
vested in special type for the city as
thrown away. Mr.. strong says that he has paid
fore. assume that he Is responsible for It's lack
of what II used to contain. This official journal
who is Mayor Of the city or give the names of
any os the other officers. suppose Mr. Strong
is also responsible for the crude way in which
matter for the paper Is set and Its general STYLE
style which has disgusted all the departmsnts
and called forth protest from the Board OF
Aldermen. He is also responsible. l assume. for
longer printed In tho Record. No annual report
81 snss se s'h has been
quarterly report OF any department except that
OF the Law Department is now printed In the
n.af It ,,pli nf fnrt 1fntn
tratio MS to publish in the ChU Record every ofli-
oiai report Of public interest, II seems to be
ms,ssr ma pe Ss the law compei, % hi him TO publish. ''
Mayor Strong says ho has saved money on
printing. stationery and blank books. cannot
give him credit for that. In February, 1893,
when was supervisor OF the CITY Record, OBJ
jected to the purchase OF steel bond plates on
the ground that they would cost $4,000 or
more und that no provision had been made for
the payment In the annual appropriation MIR.
susS mSsrs o s nnd
that thu plates would not cost more than 1000.
They were bought and they cost $4,000.
that Mr.. Strong knows enough OF printing to
cut down expenses In that line.
printing. and stationery. IL is saved In this way
Under former dmnistrations the city bought
the best books and tho best PAPER. and we We
ledger paper costing ~ cents pound. Mayor
strong us.ss an inferior paper costing IA cents q
pound. We used the best Russia leather bind
Ing; they use cheap American leather bind.
ing. We used the best and latest method
OF binding and stitching SO n ledger would
open fiat. They returned to tho old cheap
style. The city Is now paying thousands
Of dollars a year for copying old records
that were written on cheap paper. Mayor
Strong Is laying up n heavy expense for the city
In years to come by using inferior paper In
books in which records arc to he kept. He calls
attention to an increase Of o, 900 in the number
OF blank books purchased. but Is careful not to
say that they may be books OF pads costing only
or cents each. He does not mention the fact
that the books and printing for tine Supreme
Court are not now Moulded In his list saving
OF Sl0, 900 on one item"