The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-31
NEWS Of LOUISIANA
State Printing Contracts Are
Awarded, Only Few Bidders
for Some Classes
PRICE CONSIDERED TOO LOW
Some Parish Papers Refuse to Bid
for Printing of Amendments to
the Constitution.
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Baton Rouge.-The state printing
board at it's meeting made the first
award of the printing contracts under
the terms of the new printing act,
which lets all state printing on CON-
petitive basis.
Ramires & Jones, of Baton Rouge,
were awarded the largest part of the
printing under the new bill.
They were successful bidders for
first, second and fifth class The first
class is the printing Of all bills dur
ing the session of the general assem-
bly,, the second class is the printing
and binding of thu journal Of the legis-
lature, and the fifth class is the re-
binding of books.
For these three classes there were
40 other bidders. For the fourth class,
comprising the printing of assess
ment blanks, there were three bid
ders, Ramires 81 Jones, of Baton
Rouge, Schumert-Warfield Company
New Orleans, and Palfrey, Rodd &
Pursell, New Orleans. The contract
| was awared to Schumert-War
The same three firms bid on the
sixth class, which embraces the print
ing of letter heads, envelopes and gen
eral stationery supplies, but the con-
tract was awarded to Ramires l.
Jones, as the other two firms did no;
make bids on all of the specifications
The New Advocate was awarded the
contract for the third class, which is
the official journal of the state.
For the seventh class, the awarding
Of contracts for the printing of the pro
posed constitutional amendments in
the different parishes the Printing
Board awarded contracts in thirty-tWc
parishes The contracts awarded
were: Allen Parish, Gazette, Kinder;
Avoyelles, News, Marksville; Beaure
gard, Enterprise, De Ridder; Bossier
Banner, Benton; Caddo, Journal
Shreveport: Calcasieu, American
Press, Lake Charles; Cameron, Cour
ier, Lake Side; De Soto, item, Gram
Cane; East Baton Rouge, Advocate
Baton Rouge; East Fe1icfana, South
ern Watchman, Clinton; Franklin, Re
porter, Winnsboro; Grant, Chronicle
Co1fax; iberia, Enterprise, New
Iberia; 1berville, Sentinel, Plaque
mine; Lafayette, Advertiser. Lafay
ette; Jackson, Independent. Jackson
La Sale, Ledger, Jena; Morehouse
Enterprise, Bastrop; Natchitoches. En-
terprise, Natchitoches; Ouachita
News-Star, Monroe; Piaquemines, Low
er Coast Gazette, P6inte la Hach
Rapides, Democrat, Alexandria; Rich
hand, Democrat, Rayville; Vermilior
Meridional, Abbeville; Terrebonne
Times, Houma: Tangipahoa, CONNER
cial, Kentwood; ST. Martin, Banner
st. Martinville; St. Mary, Banner
Franklin; st. Tammany, Farmer, Co,
ington; Sabine, Banner, Many; Winr
Comrade, WINFIELD; washington
Era Leader, Frankiinton.
There are thirty-two parishes fror
which no bids were received, or fror
which the bids received were nc
drawn as required by law for the bid
accepted. The prices ranged from /
cents a square OF hundred words t
the limit allowed by law, SO cents fo
the first insertion and 20 cents 70
the subsequent insertions. No bid
were received from the Parish of o.
leans, and the papers there APPARENT
are not willing to 90 the work tfor tn
small price fixed by law.