The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-03

Stewart Brothers Want $1,000 on Back
Claims.

Claims.
Stewart Brothers, eX-State printers,
through Mr.. Moses Stewart, a member
of the firm. have filed claims with the
State Auditor for S6.711.S1, which they
contend the State owes them. The Au-
ditor issued warrant of $27 of this
amount which had been approved by the
State examiners; as for the rest of the
amount, this appears to arise from the
way the State examiners measure and
the way Mr.. Stewart says that they
should have measured. One matter of
contention, for instance, is the pension
blanks. Mr.. Stewart says that he was
not given proper credit for the labels
printed on the back. He also contends
that the summary Of the paragraphs
printed on the margin of the page in
some of the books was not measured.
However, Auditor Aver, says that
these accounts have been passed upon
| by the State examiners once and settled,
so he cannot pay them.
| Mr.. Stewart was asked if he would
bring suit to compel the Auditor to issue
the warrants. He replied that he did not
intend to do so. He said further that he
had no attorney and did not need one,
the matter was too simple for that.
even if 1 did bring suit" he added,
81 don't think the courts could do any
thing in this matter. These claims
would have to be decided on by the
General Assembly. The State examin-
ers have passed upon the matter and the
accounts settled according to their deci-
sion, but this amount is still owing us
because of improper measurement"
He said that he attached no blame to the
examiners.
1t appears from this that no attention
will be paid to the claims until the next
Legislature meets.
The claims in full are as follows:
Agricultural and Mechanical Printing,
$500. 10: Agricultural Department, 3d.
037: difference in binding Acts of '95
$27: binders material furnished ST.
I06O60: difference in composition on laws
5000. 16: balance due on pension lists
for 1896. $65S.S6, making a total OF
S6.711.S1.
Mr. Stewart says that Stewart Broth
ers still consider themselves the State
printers since no other have been elected
and qualified.
I'VE have had letters from the Secreta-
ry of State asking if we were ready to
go ahead with book work. We wanted
to know by what process of reasoning
he had imagined we were to proceed
with it, and whether we were to get 81
or 40 cents per thousand ems for COM
position and by what authority we would
get pay. To those communications he
replied that if we would furnish the
State Records and at our contract
h. H. 1aI t. y.
Piled that we were willing to proceed
with the printing and at our contract
price. provided we were given all the
printing and binding. We also told him
the price he is now paying for job print
ing is nearly so per cent. higher than
under our prices. The new law regard
ing the public printing did not take effect
until July LIST. But the Council of State
made indecent haste and gave out the
public printing. 1t began to remove our
effects before we did. Auditor Aver
came up in June to see about counting
our paper stock. He said that the Coun-
ell of State, had agreed to give out the
job printing in Raleigh and that the per-
sons getting it would take the Cauca-
slams press and use it and pay them a
consideration, which would enable them
TO get out the Caucasian at much less
figure than ever before.
I'VE said we were not ready
to make a proposition, but were
willing to do what was fair in the mat
ter. Aver in the course Of his remarks
said that the thing which hurt his feel
ings most was that some one had said it
would be worth $500 to him personally
if the printing could be got back to
Raleigh"