New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-04
WASTE IN PRINTING NOW.
Croft GiUes ont Report on the
Schools Alleging IL.
MANIPULATION OF WORK CHARGED

MANIPULATION OF WORK CHARGED
Controller Gr5at Continued bis rtriss with the
Boara OF Tdue .tion yesterday. making public 3
yoiurninous reo.-t Of h. 2. Mcintyre. ar examiner.
es.igted By l. yard FeeneF or disbursements o.
the bonrd Various eilerea evidences OF waste in
furnishing supplies and % manipulation OF work
IN order 20 eli tie chsrrcs for TIE same" are
found.
The report speaks % the contract With the J. W
Pratt co.npany the department printing contractor.
Tor ipcs There are said 70 g & number o. con-
tract. rtiu outstanding end unpaid but from
vouchers obtainahle. the sum OF Ss.sfs o. has beer
paid OF this amount fz7 2ss 81. or about cne-haif
was for printing the minutes end specifications, OF
which nearly 3 per cent was for alterations
IN printing specihoat;ons for the general con-
struction OF school the report states tha' et-
trevagance IS shown. as TIE form is too elAoorhts
In nrsnting the minutes OF the board little saving
could be made, but in tabular matter, Il Is SAD
..the tabular matter inserted Is rule. so eH-
tended that the cost o; printing such tables Is IN
necessity Increased about 50 per cent
The use os ''slurged" CT double Leader tables
sr,,,as Of solid" matter the contracts provide
FOR made up close ss possible also receives
adverse comment This IS spoken or In the printing
O, the 1908 budget where SIS IS could have oeen
saved Il IL said. and where l2S pages Wouio nave
answered what It was necessary to spread over Sc
pages uy,..
In the ns, OF supplies furnished TIE De WIN
Clinton Hish School Dir. Mcintyre states tha' IN
usunlly large amounts OF some supplies even more
than was necessary were ordered and received In
this connection. he says:
With = total scholarship OF epproxirae ;eiy seo.
~ vorld seem that sa.50o admission ana oeciL se
tickets ought be SUFFICIENT Tor yehrs - So' a.
Tbe liberal supply OF $3.50 recitation caros y, -
ec,alled hy the orders for 1900 Pupils reelPlS
BOOZE The extensive correspondence OF the sgneo
snnarantIv called FOR Is 900 letter heads ana 1s
1pte bes6s Win envelopes. and 1850 postal ceIGs
Various blanks used were also ofoeIeo Va '"s
liberal scale.
In speaking OF bills from the = w Pratt COM
panv. M Mcintyre says. In part:
Al examination OF the lin Of the J W. Pratt
COMPANY rendered on September a Ays susse 's.
tho FEASIBILITY OF lack OF proper care IN cneckln :
claims OF contractors that may have existed uliuei
former conditions ia the supply DIVISION. SLft4 :
intendent OF Supplies Patrick Jones had dlssecteo
re stems OF the hill and eliminated several M
portant charges therein. The GeuDctl99.so
sune-snteFSe1t Jones amounted to S.ll4 20 out OF ?
TOTAL Of s. $40 . leaviug balance OF claim above
~ SIS 5O The only inference appears 70 pe tHa ~
I'M It's original form there wa. an oKercharse IA
the bin. The bill bears an Endorsement ecCeylls
the reduced amount. . .. $500
The bin as originally rendered, II would appear
rassed through tie Office OF the bureau CT sup
ssIies and Was approved October 9. 1893
Ii appears that The board is Irm beneFsr IN
the use OF u-futer's INK and distributes Us docu-
rneufs in some directions with great prodlga1t
A member Of one OF the local school boards states
that she has received seven pounds OF printed
mater from the Board OF Education since Septei-
ber 1919: that IS she has authority as an oiil-
cal Of the department. she protests that TINS
svalsncbe Of reports and other school literature IS
OF sbsolutey no use 10 her and Is sheer waste OF
money.