The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-13
Eight Hours FIXED a. Length Of
. Laboring Day.
TREAsuREa's BOND aEDucEo.
Amount, which Has Beea e7s,o00, =
I tics Den1, Guaranty BOaA via
!. he Fsrntshed-ssit Sf Meras nsres.
I en- Cedar River water Conffact
ADDealeA - the Supreme Cesrt

The city fathers held an Sxcepo0na1iv
busy session las. evening which resulted ID
the passage OF q number OF ordinances
and the clearing away Of lot Of routine
business A number OF important meas
ures we're passed. The principal one being
the dxiEsg Of eight hours for al iahorers
or MECHANICS employed on city work. or By
contractors or subcontFactorx doing city
work. The county freAsurer's bond for the
coming year was reduced from $500 TO
$1,000 and instead Of furnishing a sub
scnption bond he viii now furnish guar
antee bond. The suit OF Moran Bros. Com
pany against the city In connection with
the letting OF the contract for the Cedar
river water addition to Gahan 4 Byrue
was ordered appealed to the supreme court
In order TO test the validity Of the nrai-
nance and the contract relating thereto.
Among the more important ordinances for
street Improvement was the one improving
Madison street from Railroad avenue out
to Laurel Shade avenue. A roadway TO
Magnolia blur again came up, backed by
letter from Mayor Hgmes and Get Of
resolutions from the Chamber or Com
merce which have already appeared in the
Post-Jnteliigencsr A weighty petition. In
more senses than one. with nearly sp
signatures. was presented asking the coun-
Cd TO refuse the application for Hquor
license In the New Western hotel at SIS
Third avenue. opposite the First 81. f.
church. The church people. who largely
represented the siEners OF the petition. pre-
waited and the application for license was
refused Among the petitions was one
xrcm Mrs. Nugent asking the council To
pass an ordinance prohibiting the sale of
u9,dreesed poultry in Seattle. 1t Vas re-
ftrrod to q committee.
The committee on printing made Its
report on the two bids presented for doing
the city printing during the year lsss. and
after short debate the contract was
again awarded to the post-Intelngencer.
whose bid was declared the best and low
eat for c0xent reasons set forth In the
following report Of the committee:
City Printing.
-"u) Resolved, That the following are the
names OF all parties whose proposals have
bpen Offered for doing the city printing for
sfhe post inselligsYicer Publishing Conn
pany and the Times Printing Company.
"{z1 That the terms of thn said PROPOSAL
Of the Post -Intslilgencer Publishing Gem
pany are. as follows: For ths FRS inner.
ton, per fnch IS cents; for each subsvqleEit
Insertion. per inch 30 cents; lfleasstrelns nj
q be by nonpareif type and n5ttsr set
.lsD That the terms OF the said proposal
Qf the Times Printing Company are as foi-
pws: Fur each fret insert on. u cents per
Inch. for each subsequent ffiss r;io'l, 70 cents
.'AJ That IT is nowhere indicated in said
proposal Of the Times Printing Company
~ what measurement the work hereunder
Is TO be determined. nor whether The mat
ter shall he set sold or loaded. and the said
proposal for that reason Is indehnit. aud
upsatissactory. Under the bid Of the TIMES
Printing Company thar company could
charge. II awarded the contract. a much
higher price for the publication OF the same
matter than could the Pnst-Inie.ligenea
Publishing Company under its bid. and
the COST ia the city Of Seattle for the pub
licatIou of the city printing would be great
er awarded TO the Times Printing Com
pany than II awarded the Pest-lnteliigen-
Ger Publishing Company under It's bid and
the cost to the city Of Seattle for the pulls
cation OF the city printing would be greater
II awarded the Times Printing Company
than II awarded the Post-inte.l!gencer Pub
lishing Company. II appearing from the bid
OF the Tines Printing Company that IL Is
not limited a. to the kind or character o.
tyne to be- used and the space To be occa-
pied for any matter 10 ne furnished by the
city for printing
1T appearing 10 the city council upon an
investigation Of the facts. that there are
many sizes Of type larger than nonpareil
type and that q measurement of nonpa fel
type set solid has fixed and desinlfe mean
Ing, whereas the measurement Is not mem
toned In a bid. and whether the matter
shall be set solid. the bidding concern can
use type Of any size. and may, If II SO de-
Sizes, place leads or space between the
lines, thus under bid made ike that af
the Times t'rsntns Company the cost 10
the city could be made to greatly exceed a
definite h.a like that % the Post Int iiiet ~
Ger publishing Company. In fact there
would me no limit To the cost 90 the .. "
except the conscience az the bidder, who
might use any sized type. and usg any
space between the lines that he desired.
For example. matter which under the peSt~
lnftNigeneer I'D would measure one inch
IN nonparen type set solid might be made
fe measure from two Inches upwards nra~
der the bid Of she Times Printing Company.
'tAl That the Seattle Observation-Disclosures Is
the oiies; established newspaper TN the ii "
OF Seattle. that IL has a circulation in fhb
city Of Seattle and throughout the IaaIfasi
States greater than the Times 81 any other
newspaper published in the said e.tv that
II has better facilities ana greater expert
euce for carrskrg otst a contract 10 do the
city printing than the Times ar ans ether
newspaper published sn the said cssS. tsat
said newspaper reaches greater rarcs-.st@
age Of the taxpayers ~ the city ot Seattle
And eircnlsses 10 gfeafer extent 81 tie
several states of The tlusan among persona
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