The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-25
STATE Will SAVE
IN PRINTING COST
General Average of New Con-
tracts Lower by 10
Per Cent.
NO COLLISION IN BIDDING
Cost Of Agricultural and Health
Bulletins Cut Nearly
NO COLLISION IN BIDDING

The State OF Virginia will save ut
least 10 per cent on it's printing during
the coming fiscal year. according to the
estimate of Superintendent of public
Printing Davis Bottom, who signed the
printing and binding contracts for tho
state yesterday. 4 few items arc
higher than heretofore. but q compari-
son shows the large majority much
lower than In former years, especially
IN the case OF printing for the General
Assembly The largest reduction comes
In the bids for printing the monthly
bulletins of the Agricultural and Health
departments. the cost of which will be
cut almost onc-half. AS these book
lets are paid for out of the funds of
these departments the reduction In
cost will enable them TO extend their
circulation OF literature without in
crcasing the cost to The State.
BiR deduction i'm Cost.
Where typesetting on these bulletins
has heretofore cost 90 cents. ii will
hereafter cost 80 cents in the Agricul-
tural Department. End in the Health
department the cost is cut from so
cents TO 80 cents. Mr.. Bottom esti-
mates saving TO the State Of at least
$1,000 en- the single classification OF
miscellaneous pamphlet work. There
are small increases IN tho cost of SOW
eral types OF pamphlets. but there Is
cut from % TO 8 cents. and from %
TO 10 cents in the classes Of which
there is the greatest use. The prices
en- tabulated matte are much lower
than heretofore. greatly reducing the
cost OF such reports. as that of the
Auditor, the Bureau of Insurance and
the Corporation Commission. which are
mainly composed OF statistical tables
Mr. Bottom said that from his scru-
tiny OF the bidding sheets there was
10 reason to suspect collision among
the bidders. In former years II has
been frequent charge that the larger
printing Offices got together and fixed
UP their bids so as so divide the work
between them. There was no evidence
OF such collision this year, Mr.. Bottom
said. and. in fact. the prices quoted
hear every Indication Of a genuine com
petitive effort to get the business Con-
tracts for stationery and Office supplies
and for paper viii be awarded within
few days
Printing Contracts.
Printing contracts were signed yes
tcrday as follows:
The Richmond Press: Senate journal
and documents: House journal and
documents; annual report state Cor
poration Commission; annual report
Secretary Of the Commonwealth and
state Library: report Department Pub
lie Instruction; job work for Health
Department. Highway Commissioner
anu COMMISSIONER OF l.aDor, also JOB
work for other departments and nsti-
tutions.
Williams Printing Company Senate
bills. resolutions, etc: Acts OK Assem-
hly: other reports OF officers and in
stitu,ions. Department OF Agriculture
monthly bulletins, ana annual buIle-
tin: al! pamphlet work.
clyde w Saunders: House bills.
resolutions. etc; annual reports De-
partment Of Agriculture, Commissioner
of Labor and Attorney General: job
work for Auditor Public Accounts and
Corporation Commissions; Job work
department. Of Agriculture, State Lii
hrary and Department OF Public In
struction
" .. Hill Printing Co. Annual re-
port Auditor Public Accounts. Second
Auditor and Treasurer: annual report
Adjutant General, Highway Commits
sioncr and state Board of Charities
and Corrections.
Southern Printing Company: Annual
report Bureau of Insurance; bulletins
Tor Department OF Health
binding Contracts.
Contracts for binding were signed as
follows:
W. r. Adams: Binding Acts of AS