The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
| TUMBLE IS TAKEN
BY COMMISSIONERS
Delectable Trio Is Now Seeking
for Bids for the County
Printing.
COUNTY ATTORNEYS SUIT
BEARING GOOD FRUIT
Three Daily Papers of the City
Submit Tenders to the
Board.

Although no action was taken by
Judge Morse, Tuesday, in the cas-;
brought by County Attorney Job P
Lyon against the county commissioners
of Salt Lake county TO compel them
to refund to the county $572T50, which
they illegally paid to the Inter Noun.
tam republican, their party organ. for
| publshlng the delinquent tax list last
year, the commissioners have made n
start towards complying with the law
! IN that matter at any rate. Having in
mind the litigation which is now and
mas Tor some time past caused them
considerable anxiety, the commissioners
on tuesday afternoon opened comDcti
tive bids from all the napers for pub
lishin2 the fax list this year and if
they continue to follow the law the bid
VIII have to be awarded to another
than the party organ.
Bids for general advertising and pub.
fishing the tax list were received from
the Telegram. Dcseret News and Inter
Mountain Republican and bids for print
ing and stationery were received from
the Utah LIthographing company. Kelly
COMPANY, the Skclton Publishing
company, Grocer Printing company and
the Tribune-Reporter company All the
bids were referred to Commissioner
John c. Mackay and County Auditor
icglnbotham for tabulatlon and VIII
be reported back and probably award
ed at the meeting of the commission
ers to be held on Monday next.
Bid of the News
The Deserct News bid on the ad
Vertlslng was 3ls cents per inch per
issue for each name and description.
The Inter Mountain Republican bid
40 cents an inch per insertion for gen
eral advertising and % cents an inch
or . cents q name and description, per
insertion. for publishing the tax list.
The bid of the Telegram was 40 cents
an inch per insertion under seven times
for general advertising and 10 cents
per name and description for publish.
ing the lax list in the ten issues as
required by law
Under the law. the commissioners |
must average up the bid and give the |
entire contract TO one paper, but they |
are authorized to consider the circula- !
non ot the paper As n factor in award |
ing the bid. But in order 10 give the |
contract to the Republican the commits
Sloners must arrive at the conclusion |
hat 1T has far greater subscription than |
he News or Telegram. According 10 |
The bids submitted to the board Tues. |
lay, the Republican bid is equivalent !
% 30 cents per inch, as against 80 cents |
IF the News, and ID cents of the Tele-
gram.
Secretly Awarded
Last year the county commissioners
awarded the publishing OF the tax list
% the Republican on secret bid at
he rate Of 25 cents per inch, which
lveraged up IS cents per name and de-
'cription. The law fixed the rate al not
o exceed % cents per name and de
crptlon; hence. the Republican was
'aid S5l21.50 for work which two years
before 1T had done for $99731.
County Attorney Lyon instituted suit
lgainst the three commissioners some
ime ago TO compel them to refund the
money which they had illegally paid
he Republican. The commissioners
lied an answer TO the complaint, where
lpon Mr.. Lyon filed motion TO strike
,ut large portion Of the commits.
ioners pleading. This motion was set
or hearing Tuesday before Judge Morse,
nut owing to the absence from the city
# Hiram (. Booth, attorney for the
and president of the In
er-Mountain Republican, the matter
vas continued until next Saturday.