Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-07
COMMISSIONERS
OPEN N The BIDS ( D J.
Printing for the County, lnclud-
ing Delinquent Tax List,
To be Awarded.
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BIDS BRING BIG SAVING.
BIDS BRING BIG SAVING.
Three Papers Iflc Offers Highest Be-
ing Republican and Lowest
The Telegram.

At their meeting yesterday afternoon,
the county commissioners opened the
bids submitted by the city newspa pers
for the advertising of the county for
the year ending June, 1910, That the
suit Of County Attorney Lyon against
the county commissioners for letting
the contract for printing the delin-
quent tax list to the Republican last
fall, without asking bids had borne
fruit was evidenced by yesterdays ac-
ton. Bids had this year been solicited
through public advertisement by
County Auditor Hegenbotham. and.
after being opened the bids were re-
! ferred to Commissioner Mackay and
the auditor for tabnlation. This was
+ necessary owing to the lack Of uni
formity in the bids received.
The Herald and the Tribune submit
ted no bids. The Telegram's price was.
40 cents an inch per each insertion
on general advertising, and for print
Il ing the delinquent tax list. 5 cents for
each name for the entire 10 Insertions
4 Should there he 10000 names in the
list, this would make the bid OF the.
Telegram 81 500.
The Deseret News bid was three and
one-half cents per issue for each
name, for printing the delinquent ta.s
list, not three and one-half per inch
as enormously stated by some of the
papers on basis or 10000 names
this bid would amount to $4,000 for.
u the 10 insertions.
The Inter- fountain Republican sub
a mitted a bid of 40 cents per inch per
issue on general advertising, and for
nd n n a
per issue. or so cents per name for
; the 0 issues. On a basis of 10000
names this would amount TO 5000.
BIDS FOR OTHER PRINTING.
The bids for stationery were received
from the Utah Telegraph company;
Kelly & Company, the Shelton Publish
ing conpany; the Grocer Printing tin com COM
5pany, and the Tribune Reporter com
s,any Those bids were in schedules
and for Il variety Of styles.
The commissioners under the statute
must average the entire bid of each
firm and give the whole contract to
one firm. This will be done the latter
part Of the week
Is The commissioners approved the bond
of the Panly jail Building company for
s2s.592.B1, which is half the amount that
a the firm Will receive for constructing
the company to begin Immediately with
the excavation and rush the building
through to completion. The company
will start work tomorrow morning.
The site on which the building is to
Z be located is little too small. The
commissioners met with Mayor Brans-
ford yesterday afternoon and opened
negotiations to secure about six feet
of ground from the city which has a.
Y,ta <,f3 1of nd ~ la nj M no CT Qio,
probable that the city will grant the
county a right of way. over the ground
for a roadway.
s5sf PAYING DETE1yrIyE SERVICE.
III The commissioners allowed q. claim.
OF $3.50 to Detective Sheltona private de-
tectfve, who assisted Sheriff Joseph G,
Sharp III securing evidence against
the stocka.de. which Is now thing OF
the past. Sheriff Sharp said that 1t
was necessary to employ some private
help because the owners of the stock
nde had .sleuths' watching him and
his men all the time and it was diff
sficult to get into the stockade before
the signal was given to extinguish the
lights. There will be another extra.
bill Of $3.50 for a special prosecutor. iii
the red light cases. Attorney Philo
Farnsworth. who acted In that capa-
sioners yesterday that all the cases had
been disposed of. Three were tried
and found guilty, and the others
amounting to Sc in number, pleaded
guilty and had left the city under sus-
pended sentence.
The commissioners affirmed the APP
spointment Of Adam Bennion, who was
employed as an extra clerk in the
county auditors office
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