Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-30
PRINTERS DELAY
CAUSES TROUBLE
SHELTON Company is Now 0perat-
ina Under Heavy Penalty
Clause.
Mr.. SHELTON CLAIMS OFFSET.
ue Throws Blame on Code Commits
slon-Statemcn of the Com
peting Printers.

The office OF Secretary of State Tin
rev has of late been besieged with In
nulrles as to why copies OF the revised
statutes were not ready for sale and
distribution on Jan. /, 1908, the date
named in the law. The uniform an
swer has been returned that the Skel-
ION Printing company. which had been
awarded the contract, had not been
able to execute the work on time.
when asked as to the probable date of
delivery, the secretary's Office stated
that It was hoped the first books would
be ready about April l."
The contract under which the work
was let to the printers provides heavy
penalty for delay, the exact wording
being as follows:
PENALTY FOR DELAYS.
For delay in completing the work
after the expiration of the time with
In which said work is to be completed,
the contractor shall forfeit to the state
the sum of $25 a day for the first 10
days, and the sum of $50 for each and
every days delay after 10 days, such
amount to be deducted from the price
TO be agreed to be paid; provided, that
the contractor shall not be held liable
for such damages for any day or days
the said work may be delayed on ac-
count of the failure or neglect of the
compilation commission
When asked In regard to the en-
forcement of the penalty clause. Secy.
Tingey said that there was no doubt
the SHELTON company had incurred a
liability of S25 per day from Jan. to
Jan. 10, and 90 each day thereafter
till the completion of the work. This
would mean a total fine for the month
Of January of 1915, and If the
work is delayed until April LIST,
a further fine of $3.50 for Feb
ruary and 81 800 for March VIII be i'm
posed AS a partial offset to these
fines, however. the SHELTON company
will have claim for changes and de.
lays caused by the members of the
code commission. Members of the
commission say that at the most there
has been a delay OF one month on
their part, which would only extend
the contractors time to Feb. l.
Up to date the Shelton company has
received 81 94o.5S for printing the first
916 pages OF the statutes. his is so
per cent of the price agreed upon, 1854
page. In addition, however. there
has been paid s562.66 for 500 hours and
40 minutes extra work. bringing the to-
tai up to S2,50s24. This extra work
is for changes In copy and change in
the bill to the state board of eXamin-
ers say that a charge of 81 an hour
only allows a fair profit
The printing company has also been
paid to date $56S.66 for extras
charged
on the question of the delay and the
penalty to be enforced. Mr.. Grant II.
Smith, member of the commission
says
GRANT II. SMITHS STATEMENT.
The principal delay in the work has
been caused by the printers. The
SHELTON company did not realize the
task 1t had before it when ii under
took to do the work, and that has
caused most of the trouble. Another
thing was that the concern did not
understand the infinite detail in a
work of this character, and the many
corrections that have been necessary
In order to make It perfect. There
has been doubtless some little delay
ocasioned by the commission in maxi
ing changes in the copy but this has
amounted to comparatively nothing
as compared to the delay in the whole
work. In regard to the penalty, that
is UP to the board of examiners, and
the commission has nothing tn say
concerning II. If 1t is TO be enforced
the board Of examiners must do it. l
should say that the extras charged by
SHELTON are allowable under the terms
of the contract, because of the many
changes made in the copy and matter
after 1t had been set up, which the
contractor could not have foreseen. |
hope that the first copies of the stat
utes will be out by the middle of
March, but they may not be out until
April l."
MR. SKELETONS CLAIM.
Mr. SHELTON OF the printing COM
pany who secured the contract, being
asked for his side Of the controversy.