Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-09

would have cost. if printed under the old
system. $685., the chief element in the
saving being of the cost of re-setting the
type. where it may be used twice.
Example three. In the State assessors
report for 1906 there are 3O7 pages in the
valuation lists. costing for typesetting
alone $95l.i0. The same feature in the
1908 report makes 1872 pages at a cost of
$3lS22 Here is a saving of $633. As. The
saving on stock and press work is $1025S
Total on this report $13G.06. This saving is
effected by Il change in the style of ar
rangement of the page. The same change
is carried to the tax act documents for
1869 and 1910 on which the saving will be
approximately $9l5.46.
Example four. In the printing of the
laws of 1909, the tax acts are included in
substantially the same form in the
documents. The State assessors vaiua-
ton lists. upon which the State tax Is
based. set new in the old form would cost
Sl264.A. If set new in the revised form
referred to in Example Three, it would
cost Si14.2i. Saving on composition alone
$79o60 A further saving on stock and
press work of S106.52 would result This
makes $Sy7.12. But there is still further
saving resulting from supervision in be-
half of the state. Under the present con-
tract the opportunity is reserved to the
State to save nearly all the first cost of
composition when type is kept standing
for future use. In this valuation list the
type is used for three distinct jobs. and
by slight changes adapted to two runs
IN each Job. The auditor of State printing
has secured this saving to the State:
whereas under the former statute pro-
vision the printer would unquestionably
be entitled to charge composition six
times. Following the style used two
years. under prices of present contract,
S120iS4 or $15S9o4. We will pay for this.
under present arrangements. A74.4. with
additional allowances for changing
forms etc. of perhaps $40 to 500.
Example FIVE The insurance depart
ment requires set Of large blanks an
nually for returns of insurance companies
to the department In 1906 the five blanks,
containing total of % pages, cost $500.
cost s1052.24. In 1907 the corresponding
blanks contained Il total of 11S pages and
cost $301. "A. They would have cost under
the old prices J2S6.93. In 1908 these
blanks had increased i'm total bulk to 1874
pages. The cost. however. was further
reduced to so6S.
Example six. These are labels for coat
room in executive department In 1907 we
.h@h eipr' labels. a different name on each
label The printer claimed, under tech
meal point III the contract that he was
entitled to charge each as separate job,
amounting to 1926 The same job recent
" done under present contract, there be-
ing seven names instead of eight. cost "a
cents.
Example seven The House and Senate
DO, .tne,ts have few lines of endorse
ment on the last page, with few excep-
tons the only printing over the page The
printer is entitled to the measurement of
full page Of composition by the gener-
ally accepted rules Of the trade. Until re-
Gently these half dozen lines have been
set in S-point tvpa. Now nv @irectidn of
the auditor of State printing, they are set
in 10-pont type. like the otner pages the
gain to the State in changing to 10-point
is 50 cents per page. A fair estimate of
this item OF saving is $500.