People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-13
IN BUSINESS FOR THEIR HEALTH.
The Monitor-Press People Take the
County Printing for Five Per Cent Of
Legal Rates.

Daily Journal, Tuesday.
The board Of county commissioners
this morning awarded the county
printing to Campbell & Hood Of the
Monitor Press, for per cent of
legal rates. This includes all
sorts of legal publications. The
MontOr-PreSs also gets the couuty job
work at the following scale Of prices.
The blanks are based on Cranes price
list: Blanks in lots of 25O or less, 70
per cent; lots Of 500, 10 per cent; lots
of 1000, so per cent; lots of 5000 and
over, 30 per cent. For personal prep
eTty statements, SO per 1000 in lots
of 5000 and over. Ballots, 30 per cent
of legal rates; folding, % per cent per
1000. Note heads, sl.60 to 81 per
1000. Letter heads, 81 % to 81. 80 per
l,OOO. Briefs, SOC per page, the cover
to count 4 pages. Liquor statements,
22t cents per book of 100, numbered
aud bound, in lots Of 10000 and over.
Envelopes at sl.S5 to S2,55 per 1000.
The MonitOr-Press' Did OF 5 per
cent for the county printing was con-
ditioned upon the award of che job
work at the above prices. Their bid
for the county printing alone was 10
per cent or legal rates fer the two tax
lists, and 81 per cent for all other pub
locations. 1t was the lowest bid before
the board, and their agreement to do
the legal printing for per cent of
legal rates provided the job printing
WAS awarded them was quickly sliced
upon by Commissioners ESpy and
Murphy, who voted for it, while Com.
missioner GOOch voted against it on
the Theory that the county work
ought to be divided between two of the
papers. the job work allowed to &c to
some other office. At the rate which
Campbell & Hood secured the county
printing, they will receive less than
500 for the entire years business,
based on the volume of printing done
last year.
The Voice. Star and Caldwell News
each had bids before the board.
Tinkham Bros. had in a bid for the
JOB work. The Voices bid was high
er all around than any other bid.
Naugle wanted % per cent of legal
rates for all publications aside from
the tax lists, which he offered to
print for 20 per cent of legal rates.
The Star offered to do the work for
10 per cent of legal rates. The Cald.
well News bid was the same. The
bids for the job WORK were about equal.
All of the publishers made a cut rate
on Crane & Cos. price lists for blanks.
The Stars bid for job printing was as
follows: Personal property state
mentS, S295 per 1000. Liquor state
mentS, bound IN books Of 100 each,
S2.2O per 1000. Blanks, in lots of $50
or less, at Cranes price list; lots of
go ana less than 800, at 20 per cent OF
Cranes price list; lots of 500 and less
than 1909, at 65 per cent; lots of 1000
and less than 5000, at 60 per cent; lots
of 5000 and upwards, so per cent.
Briefs, 90 cents per page, the cover
counting four pages. Ballots, one
fourth of the prices named in the
election laws of 1897. Note heads.
from $3.50 to 1925 per 1000. Envel-
Opes, $3.50 to $3.50 per 1000.
The Voices bid for blanks, based on
Cranes price list, was as follows:
Lots less than $50, at Cranes current
prices; lots of $50, so per cent of
Cranes prices; lots of 800, 10 per cent;
lots of 1000, 60per cent; lots of 5000, so
per cent. Note heads, SLIGO to S1.75
per 1000. Letter heads, $40 to 81 40
per 1000. Personal property state
ments, SO per 1000 in lots of 5000 and
over. Liquor statements, % cents
per book of 100 in lots of 10000 and
over. Briefs, IS cents page, the COW
er counting 4 pages.
The Caldwell News bid was 60 per
cent Of Cranes prices on blanks. Bal.
lots, SO per 1000 or fraction thereof. |
Letter heads, sl.SO to 81. Note heads, |
sl.5O per 1000. Envelopes, SLIGO to
1920 per 1000. |
Tinkham Bros bid was as follows:
Blanks in lots $50, 70 per cent of
Cranes prices; lots of $40, SO per cent;
lots of 1000, SO per cent; lots of 5000
so per cent. Envelopes, sl.45 to 50. go
per 1000. Letter heads, S2.lO to s2.35
per LOCO. Note heads, sl.75 to sl.9O
per 1000. Personal property state
ments, 50 per 1000 in lots of 5000 and
over. Liquor statements, 20 cents
per book of 100 in lots of 10000 and
over.