The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-07

when did yon make your first pur-
| chase for the citizens travelling libra
| res?'
y think IT was In March
did you go to New York to make the
purchases
AsYes, SIR
did 1t occur to you to let any one
! else bid on these books except Putnam
NO, sir
| why not2"
Because ! had ample facilities there.
Have YOU recently ordered any books
| returned to Bellr'
| u may have"
Now isn't 1t a matter OF fact that you
| got one of these books from Eel and an
other from Putnam, and returned the for
! mer because of the duplicates when you
J had gotten the rest of the series from
| Bcll?"
THAT may bc, though cannot say
| about this. .
| Now. Alr. Kennedy, | understand YOU
| wish to make u statement You will be
| allowed to make Your statement in your
| own way and in your own time
Witness first took up the purchase OF
4 school travelling libraries from Putnam
| e Company, ana discussed this feature
| at length. in view of an estimate recently
submitted by the Educational Publishing
( N-tilIhiiSr W NIitl lilSS +Cbui1 hiNt
| furnished the books for lie showed by
his calculations that the actual difference
in bids in favor Of Putnam was s109.1o.
Difference in Prices.
He submitted the following detailed
statement on the subject:
NOW gentlemen, the books as pur.
chased for the school travelling labrnries
cost the State SHEETS for 1,77a titles
while the bid ! just read you treferrng
to Putnam's bid was on 2.l90 titles
which is n difference in the number oil
titles amounting 10 Az
'ln order TO show YOU what the diff.
ference between these two bids actually
is | would state that the difference ir
price is $1O9.l0 this difference being due
in a large measure, to the addltona
number OF books supplied by the Educa
tional Publishing Company. In order tt
show YOU where this difference lies,
viii state that on the original list, which
the Educational Publishing Company bi.
on, there We're 1895 books That were price,
t at IS cents or less, and there We're bu
t 1ol books OF this class actually pur
i chased, as they We're found to be eithe
: unbound or not the books actually neede
: for the library. That In itself is
difference in numbers of 294 books.
4 ION the original list there are IS
y '1D''2
G fishing Company bid that We're listod a
n between % ana 80 cents. while the nun
Der of books under that heading actual
s purchased amounted to 2O7. This is
n difference OF seventy three books. BE
II tween the prices Of &c and SO cents tn
old list contained 469 ana the revise
4 list 397. a difference OF 7o books.
: This, Mr.. Chairman, shows that frol
three classes alone the Educational Pub
y fishing Company bid on I39 more thu
e we've not purchased. and these books wei
listed by the Educational Publlshir
n Company at $l0l.44 You will, therefor
II see Mr.. Chairman, from this statemei
that the actual difference IN bic
Y, amounted to Slo9.lo and the actual diffe
re cnce in books purchased as compare
With the original list amounted 10 4
q volumes. You will also see that a
. books are listed by tho Educational Pull
fishing Company at slol.44. which. d.
10 Quoted from $l,221,SS leaves balan,
stu IN Putnain's favor " S204E, frhi
), Mr. Chairman, brings the bids vel
W closely together and demonstrates beyo.
doubt that the prices secured on bool
~ IN question were as low az could ha'
~ been secured IN the city OF New Yorl,
:" Mr.. Kennedy cited the difficulties !,