Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
.IENS OF LOUISIANA
:,sic Printing Contracts Are
lwarded, Only Few Bidders
for Some Classes
RICE CONSIDERED TOO LOW
..ms Parish Papers Refuse 70 Bid
,or Printing of Amendments to
the Constitution.
-. Newspaper Union News Service.

...ern Newspaper Union News Service.
sston Rouge.-The state printing
..rd at its meeting made the first
,urd Of the printing contracts under
A. terms of the new printing act,
,hIch lets all state printing on COM
xtitive basis.
Ramires & Jones, Of Baton Rouge,
,sre awarded the largest part of the
uIntlng under the new bill.
they we're successful bidders for
nat second and fifth class. The first
ssss is the printing of all bills dur
h the session of the general assem-
N, the second class is the printing
"a binding of the journal of the legis-
hture, and the fifth class is the re
hiding of books.
For these three classes there were
% other bidders. For the fourth class,
uuprislng the printing of assess
uent blanks, there we're three bid
,ss. Ramires & Jones, of Baton
Rouge. Schumert-Warfield Company,
New Orleans, and Palfrey, Rodd G
Fursell, New Orleans. The contract
sss awared to Schumert- Warfield.
The same three firms bid on the
rxth class, which embraces the print.
ng Of letter heads, envelopes and gen.
nsl stationery supplies, but the con-
ract was awarded to Ramires &
lones. as the other two firms did MOI
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-two
parishes. The contracts awarded
we're: Allen Parish. Gazette, Kinder;
AVoyelles, News, MarksviIle; Beaure-
gard. Enterprise. De Ridder; Bossier,
Banner, Benton; Caddo, Journal.
Shreveport; Calcasieu, American
Press. Lake Charles; Cameron, Cour-
Ter. Lake Side; De Soto. Item, Grand
Cane: East Baton Rouge. Advocate,
Baton Rouge; East Feliciana, South
ern Watchm4n, Clinton; Franklin, Re
porter, winIsboro; Grant, Chronicle,
cOlfax; IBERIA. Enterprise. New
IBERIA; 1berville, Sentinel, Plaque
nine; Lafayette, Advertiser. Lafay-
etc; Jackson. Independent, Jackson;
la Sale. Ledger, Jena; Morehouse,
Enterprise, Bastrop; Natchitoches. En-
terprise, Natchitoches; Ouachita,
News-Star, Monroe; Plaquemines. Low
4 r Coast Gazette. Pointe a la Hache;
Rapides, Democrat, Alexandria; Rich
land, Democrat, Rayville; Vermilion,
Meridional. Abbeville: .Terrebonne,
Times. Houma; Tangipahoa, CONNER
eial, Kentwood; st. Martin, Banner,
st. Martinville; ST. Mary. Banner,
Franklin; St. Tammany, Farmer. Gov
ington; Sabine, Banner, Many; Winn,
comrade, Winfield: Washington,
Era Leader, Franklinton.
There are thlrty-two parishes from
which no bids were received, or from
which the bids received were not
drawn as required by law for the bids
accepted. The prices ranged from 10
cents a square of hundred words to
Ne limit allowed by law, so cents for
NE first insertion and 20 cents for
NE subsequent insertions. No bids
we're received from the Parish Of Or
leans, and the papers there apparently
We not willing to do the work for the
mail price fixed by law.