The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-30
The City Printing.

The contract for printing the council pro-
ceedings was let Saturday to THE TIMES
and The Press for $l10, and on Monday
evening the council by vote of seven to
three approved the contract. The commit
tee met, asked THE TIMES, The Press, The
Argus and The American for bids, which
were: Times-Press $110, American $S5,
Argus 500 with all job printing added.
The committee believed that the best SER
vice could be secured through the two week.
lies and by a unanimous vote gave them the
contract.
The Argus editor in commenting on the
action said few things which he knows
were not true. Aid. Dewey was not
with the committee at their meeting, did
not know what bids were sent in, did
not know what THE TIMES bid was, and
in fact, had nothing whatever to do
with the matter. The editor further
asks who understood higher prices were to
be charged for job work. He does not state
that he does not know it. for he does and
was himself the originator and first execu-
tor of the idea, and as sample we men,
ton the order books for which he charged
SIS, the same work having been done by
THE TIMES for $l4. His insinuatiOn that
the bills for printing would be railroaded
through is an insult to the c0uncilmen and
especially the committee on claims and ac
counts, but considering the fact that it came
from the man who agreed ON his honor not
to print the proceedings except at a certain
price and then made contract, the alder
man will not take any notice of it. The
signed agreement and tho contract
and statement by one of the aldermen who
scared Mr.. Campbell into making him
play the traitor may be put up at auc-
ton some day and George L. may be a
high bidder.
THE TINES suggested that the COM
mittee on printing name the price and
then ask the council to choose an official
paper, but some of the newspaper
people wanted to bid and so the committee
received bids. We are satisfied as long as
the printers were unwilling to do something
for themselves to have the matter settled as
it was, because we can stand it as well as
the rest.
Alderman Dewey expected more or less
criticism and abuse from some jealous
gentlemen, but really if their space is not
worth any more he is young and his shout
ders are broad and he can stand it.
In the hearing of me L,ncago lake
front scrip case Land Commissioner
Herman allowed ten days for the filing
of supplementary briefs and will render
q decision soon after these are filed.
Washington Gibbons, 70 years old,
who was for many years a prominent
Buffalo lawyer and politician, died sud-
denly at New York.
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church
at New York will celebrate 200 years of
existence with elaborate ceremonies,
which will begin on Sunday, May 2,
and continue every day for one week.
w. II. Darnell, a 15-year-old boy re-
siding at Hardin, Marshall county, KY,
proudly writes TO newspaper: II am
Is years of age, and weighs $50 pounds,
and am feet inches high with my
shoes off"
The Turkish authorities have con-
demned to death the murderers of the
agent who was distributing the British
and American relief funds at Diarbekir,
Asiatic Turkey.
An interstate mass convention is to
be held in Topeka or Wichita, Kan,
In June in an effort to compel railroads
to reduce freight rates to the gulf