Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-17


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Tsupt. Of schools hssSs sSS&sod e.. 80
Supt. Of Schools. Observation-Disclosures. 2 GO
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Executive Chamber, private Sec. S 80
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Clerk of Senate..)
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Clerk of House. ) All embossed. 4S 80
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Supt. Schools Observation-Disclosures. Z As
The whole bill amounting to about
s309.05, of which about $34.S5 was for
dies, leaving balance of $274.2O, upon
which Mr. Guthrie has received the fol-
lowing credits:
by 209o commission of $274 20. .$54 81
BY error in mediterranean. Z 20-$62 GA
And suppose, in addition to these
things, it were proven that at the latest
accounts september 10th), the Osborn
Company had never received a cent
from Mr.. Guthrie except the credits
above given upon the bills, notwith-
standing the fact that Guthrie, through
subterfuge, had collected long since
this money from the State, except per-
haps a few dollars deducted from the
bills on errors. These articles are ali
provided for in the contract which was
let for printing, binding and station
cry but they were not furnished by
the regular contractor. They were fur
nished on the outside" and are not
the only items that have been bought
outside of the contractor. There have
been purchases of supplies sor work
done by the following firms not con-
tractors: The Intelligencer, the Tribune
Company, A. Hoen & Co., the Thos. W.
Price Company, and an immense
amount of printing paper from the
Diem & Wing Paper Company, of Gin
cinnati. Now, if Mr. Guthrie bought
stationery and paper from Osborn &
Co. and got a commission of 20 per
cent. thereon from the said company,
is it not more than probable that he
had some satisfactory arrangement"
with A. Hoen & Co., Thos. W. Price
Company and Diem & Wing Paper
Company on the immense quantity of
stores purchased from them?
1t is also thought that this station
cry furnished by the Osborne Company
could have been furnished much cheap
er by the contractor or by w. J. C. Du-
| lany, who has all these dies now on
hand from which former orders have
been made
Take, for instance. the 5000 letter
heads for the Secretary Of State: they
appear on Osbornes bill at $780, Under
the contract two-die heading would
have cost 81 and the printing of 5000
letter heads, two impressions, would
have cost $3.50 per thousand, or 10.
Total, S26.
Before We are willing to admit that
this glorious CD administration has
saved the State 50 much money, We
would like to know accurately and
not from garbled figures, the amount
of the cost OF printing, binding and
stationery. done for ALL branches OF
the government during the last four
years, also the amount the State could
have saved on purchases, had not the
purchasing agent received a per cent.
, on orders given firms from which he
received commissions.
1t might also be mentioned here that
during the years of Chilton's admins
| tration, which were referred to in the
article in the Mail, the prices named
| in the contract with the public printer
were much higher than they have been
since that time, such also is the case
with the binding and stationery con-
| tracts.
This cannot be charged to any
| party or administration as the con-
| tracts were let after public advertise
| ment, all possible information was
furnished to every person contemplate
| ing a bid. and also to many stationers
| and printers through the United States.
| The lowest bids were accepted under
| the Democratic administration and we
suppose the same course has been fol-
| lowed by the present administration,
| but the present administration has for
some reason, known TO the contractors,
been able to get much lower bid than
| was ever furnished under Chiffon and
| consequently should save the State
much on the contract It might also
be mentioned that one Of the present