Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-11
PRINTING BIDS AWAY LOWER
Proposals for County Work in Some Case,
Half Former Ones
BIDS FOR OTHER SUPPLIES ALSO REDUCED
Board IL TabuIating Lists and Finds
Promise of Substantial Cuts in
County's Expenditures
This Year.


to the Board OF County Commissioners was
completed Wednesday The board will take
up the same for action some time this
week. Tho tabulation indicates there will
be a substantial saving in the county print
ing bill for 1906
The Reed Printing company's bid con-
tains figures on large number " items
which differ so radically from the prices
heretofore paid that the commissioners and
Auditor Smith are moved to congratulatory
smiles as they set them down Following
are a few specimen figures:
Last year the county paid 81 per 1000
for petition and bond for liquor license;
this year the low bid is $3.50. A blank
known as firm certificate cost last year
SITS per 1000; this year the price will be
S25 Quarterly report blanks that have
been costing SO will be had for $3.50.
Certificates of appointment for election
officers were 50 per 1000 last year. but Will
only cost $3.50 on the low bid this time.
For the county clerk monthly statement
blank the price last year was $40; this year
the low bid is for $3.50. Report on claims
blanks will cost 1925 instead of s11 per
1000 County agents pass checks will be
cut from 81 per 1000 to $3.50 Notice lof
hearing of assessment complaints have
been paid for at the rate of $l4 per LOCO;
now there is bid for $40. Bond and
oath of ONCE blanks that have been cost
ing 81 will be secured at $3.50, Chattel
mortgage certificates go down from s. to
$3.50.
Price Cut in Two.
Note books for the court reporters have
been paid for at the rate of S35 per 100
The Reed company had a bid in for A.5
which the bidder insists should be $780,
but even at that figure the reduction at
tracts great attention.
Roll calls for county commissioners
meetings have been costing $3.50 per 1000,
but the low bid this time puts them In at
so cents on senate pads of blank paper
there is a cut from Is cents to 10 cents.
Appropriation sheets will cost s5,75 instead
of SO per 1000 On letter heads of various
grades the reduction ranges from 90 cents
per 1000 to So
Printing of postal cards on one side has
been paid for at the rate of $2.65 per 1000
and two sides, A10 Under the lowest bid
now in the figures will be 60 cents and
$l20 Cost of plain receipts will fall from
S.20 to $500, and of another class OF receipts
from s. to S1.50
Candles have been costing 50 cents a
pound; they come in on the new bidding at
IL cents a pound.
Everything f. Reduced.
Pay rolls for judges and clerks of cleo
ton that have been costing Sc per 1000
will come at 1926 oaths of Office are to
fall from IS to $1.75. and treasurer's notices
from IS to $50. Notary public bond blanks
also will be cut from IS to $3.50. Certified
copy certificate blanks come down from
sc to $50.
Many other cuts are made in the above
proportion all through a long list. Under
the advertisement for bids the commission
ers have the right to accept the bid for
all or any portion of the stationery and
printing which Is offered. Under this right
the board proposes to go along the line
with acceptance of the low bids. No one
has yet attempted to figure what the saw
ing will be- in fact this cannot be done
until the quantity and quality used is as
certained.
Low Bids Will Win on Supplies.
What is true OF the printing bids holds
good, but in lesser degree, of the bids for
supplies. One firm that bids lowest. for
instance. on six Of fourteen items, will
only get the contract for the supplies on
which it is lowest. Another bidder is low
on four of the items and two other bid
ders on two items each. Thus there are
eight items out of the fourteen on which
the first mentioned bidder is high so he
will not get the contract for furnishing
the whole fourteen would be the case
II he were low on a majority OF the
items.
The board was in session Wednesday
for the purpose of considering both series
of bids preliminary to awarding the con-
tracts.
Omitted from the list of county board
committees in The Bee was the committee
on Detention home. composed OF Kennard
chairman, Ure and Trainor.
Among the bidders is the firm of John
c. Thompson & Son. who have made some
pretty low figures many items OF print
ing. Mr.. Thompson was seen and admitted
that at present his shop is out beyond
Fort Omaha somewhere, on an acre plot
Ne also admitted he at present has only
treadle press and small Job outfit I'll
get this contract. or any considerabl,
part OF it said Mr.. Thompson, Il shall
at once move my plant down to Omaha
and install power press and other neces
sary convenences"
H., Mr.. Thompson insisls that he is represent
ing himself and his son and is not simpl,
bidding for someone else. The bid wa.
accompanied by the necessary check fol
500 as an evidence Of good faith.
HOSPITAL FUND TAKES Squirt