Gainesville daily sun., 1907-09-16
STATE PRINTING.

The Board OF State Institutions is
aAvsrtising for bids on the State
pelnting Ssr ne next two years. and
have uoeiiSed all parties desiring to
~ a. sa0e 70 have thsir figures sub
mittsd to the board not later than
September 2Sth. at which time the
board win open the bids and award
the contracts.
The advertisement OF the board
states that . certified check for ten
thousand dollars must be submitted
With BIDS for one class Of the work.
and q certified check Tor two thousand
aa1 five hundred dollars submitted
WITH IDS Foe the other class.
In the opinion Of The Evening News
tie BOARD Of 0tste Institutions has
made . missaks n this matter. We
have been watching for this notice for
Some weeks bat Aad hoped this objsc-
tsooable feature would not be found
h The reqnirsuaents this year. In
nsce. 70 much has besn said. In the
pshaSc psssts and elsewhere. against
tAls clause and % much dissatisfac.
tioa created heretofore by Il that We
az soe think that the board would
blundes again in this respect.
u Aas been charged heretofore that
ehsse checks wsse made . condition Of
~ ~ toe tAs sole purpose Of
out certain bidders and Civ.
~ ~ work to favored ones. We do
see bslievs these charges are true.
ut ~ refusal a the board to abolish |
lA6 esett1eA check rsquirsmsnt. o.
|owsr tAs amount Of the check. will
~ osaa 10 DO away With tho sus-
poeSoas which have bsen aroused by
Dssnss aceipas q The hoard.
Il = perhaps ascsssary to make the
Do11sn 1sposit soastAing in the shape
e esllaAseal With tAslr bids. The
Doaso eught % have some assurance
vAss . ~ b aeeeptsd that the con.
Baees9 Vim carry ost ths work In =
naanse tAat will - satisfactory to the
leeFA. bsAve M O. rsaAins The 3D.
'setiss0snt that tAs successful bidder
. FsgaFed 70 furnish . bo0d Of
WsaGy thoosanA dollars for one class
Z ~ vosk. a1h nvs thousand dollars
- ~ o4hse.
TAs rsal DaSposs for requiring .
|sDesak wjsA ~ bSd 10 to guarantee
- S>~A 49, 49, ~~a>o>>~A,0 AaAA>p |
~ 0doss ths necessary bond. and
- that - Win 10 The work satisfac.
ss1iy. aaA in our opinioa the sum OF
- tAoasana dollars required to be
lepoa1esA With ths ~ Sor this purpose
. saaiPsay eut q fsasoa. There are
AsasaaAs a 0ood nsa In this State
10 eeal0 uaks Q bood for . hundred
AsosanA ao,1ars bot Who could not
i've . certified check for five thous-
~. md IL 0e0bses of the board
{ 0ents lnseiestioos know this As
vsn - ws 70. II
Ths coadleioa6 under which the
~ for the 0eats printing are to be
eeslvsa abeolutsly shut out the little
-, aaA quite Q nuDber Of the big
- h tAs printing business I'm this
)eAte, ed we predict these little"
- are going 70 Be heard from IN no
nesetain terms.
Fur tear some one may think We
ave . psesonal interest In the matter
} nigAe nat - out Of place TO state i
hAa TAs Evening News has NO inten. I
loa q bidding o. any Of this printing.
-RsasAcolA News.
TAs direspectful and disgusting
sasnrss broasht into the meeting
hat awarded the contract In August
10 years ago. when q member threat.
I'd and came pretty near putting his
LIT onto Hilson's nose while the
)ovefH0e waived his hand a. q warn.
ng 70 Hilson to be respectful ana 20
|te. viii not be . art OF the pro
eedtng On this occa sion. which will
70 refreshing. even though bidders
n frooen out again. Let 'er 90
;allagher.-Tallahassee True Demo
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