Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-06

Bangor showing that 121 moose We're
| shipped through there this year
as against III last year and 26 bears
this year as against IL last yer; fewer
| hunters hive been in the State and
fewer deer have been killed, the deer
| season being practically over now, SO
| far as hunters from outside the State
| are concerned. The record of trans
portation through Bangor to date is
2519 deer as against 1906 for last year,
or falling eff of about IA per cent.
"VariouS reasons are given for this
falling off, such as poor conditions for
hunting and fewer hunters, yet there
seems to be pretty general agreement
that there are fewer deer in the State
than formerly.
at is impossible to estimate accu-
rately the number of visitors to Maine
on vacation during the season, as no
record is kept of it. Those best quail
fed to judge. like the general passen-
ger agents of the railroads. estimate
the number at not less than 0.000
This number may be too Iargc-but the
probability is that the number is be-
tween 200, 900 and 100000
"1he number of visitors who have
been here to hunt, while we have not
the hunting licenses, will be about
1000
1--WE have d record of so moose lille
gally killed. mostly cows and calves,
| and 1873 deer illegally killed. This is
a less number than last year.
The almost universal practice of
carrying arms in the woods in close
| time is a fruitful! source of the illegal
killing Of game
eve have instituted more than 100
prosecutions during the year and about
| $4,000 has been collected in fines"
The following statement was given
out Saturday oy f. N. Carver, auditor
Of State printing, relative to the re-
cent BIDS for the State printing and
binding:
After two and one half hours OF
strenuous labor opening and reading
| bids on printing and binding Wedncs-
| day. while printers, binders and report
ers and clerks were sabulating the
same, the auditor of State printing. T.
n. Carver. was asked by the newspaper
men which were the lowest bids, how
much would be saved. etc. OF course
| only a Easty and crude estimate was
possible at that time.
To-day, however, Mr.. Carver is pre-.
pared to Supplement- the news given
| to the press yesterday by further state.
nents based on a careful, though not
detailed. examination of the figures.
ct is estimated that the bids on
printing received in October. 1909. if
they had been accepted. would have
resulted in a saving of more than 5000
over present prices. The committee OF
the Council on printing and binding
decided to reject all bids received last
October and advertise for new bids,
Under the later competition there were
more competitors than ever before. and
the compe tition was sharp on all tn.
heavier lines of work. The estimates
now made up indicate that a further
saving of over $4,000 on the printing
will result from the last bids.
"The feeling has been expressed
among printers and State officials alike
| that the book and job printing had
| heretofore reached practically bottom
prices and that the Legislative printing
alone was costing the State more than
| i; should
probably the most important devei-
| opment under recent events is the
| fact of securing real competition on the
| Legislative class of printing.
The binding has been under the
competitive system only about q year
and the matters relating to these bids
have not reached so advanced a stage
as those relating to the printing. How
ever a distinct gain. as viewed by the
State has been made under the last
| competition.
"Class a CT the binding constitutes
the bulky and costly part of this work
Prices submitted in October last made
a rise of some $500 on this class alone
| The reason was naturally attributed
to the fact that there had appeared NJ
competition on this class. Under tn.
latest competition several bios appear
ed and the prices returned at least tc
the level of last year"
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