Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-02
PROPOSITIONS
ON CITY PRINTING
What the Various Publishers Propos'
ed to do in Way of Official
Publications.

Gil FRIDAY nlSnC the prOpOSlLloHS
submitted by the Freeman-Tribune
were turned down and those sub
mitted by the Herald and Journal
were accepted. Following are the
propositions:
Webster City, Nov. "a.
To the City Council of the City Of
Webster City, Iowa. Gentlemen: In
view of the fact that the council has
abrogated the contract heretofore ex-
listing between the council and the
newspapers of Webster City, where
by all legal notices were published
in the various papers of the city for
the remuneration allowed by law for
one publication, the Freeman-Trib-
une Pub. Co. wishes to submit the
following proposition for your con-
sideration:
This company will publish in the
Weekly Tribune all ordinances, all
notices to contractors, all assessment
notices, etc., including all notices
required by law to be published, and
in the manner required, for one-third
of the rate allowed by law, or thirty
three and and one-third cents per
square. AS part of this agreement
it is to be understood that the coun-
Gil will give the Freeman Tribune
Pub. Co. opportunity to bid upon all
job work done for the city and that
the work will be awarded to the low
est bidder.
Upon the acceptance of these
propositions by the city council the
Freeman Tribune Pub. Co. will enter
upon a contract to fulfill it's part of
the compact.
Said contract may be abrogated
upon thirty days notice by either
party provided such action might not
interfere with the proper publica
ton of any notices.
The Freeman-Tribune Pub. Co.
w. F. Hunter, Sec.
AS a separate proposition the
Freeman Tribune offers to publish
the minutes of the council, including
a schedule of the list of claims, re-
ports of officers, etc., in both it's
weekly and daily publication for the
remuneration of two cents line in
both papers, the city clerk to fur
nish the copy.
The Freeman-Tribune Pub. Co. re-
serves the right to withdraw these
propositions any time prior to their
acceptance by the council.
The Freeman Tribune Pub. Co.
W. F. Hunter, Sec'y.
The Herald and Journal submitted
the following counter propositions
which were accepted:
Webster City, Iowa, Nov. %.
To the Mayor and City Council.
Gentlemen: We hereby offer to pub
lish in the Webster City Journal all
notices and other matter required by
law to be published by the city Of
Webster City at one-third of the le-
gal rate. This proposition subject to
its acceptance on or before Dec. l,
1913.
The Journal Publishing Company.
BY Geo. c. Tucker.
Webster City, Nov. 25, 1918.
To the City Council of the City of
Webster City, Iowa. Gentlemen:
The Herald company offers to pub
lish in the Weekly Herald all ordin-
ances, all assessment notices and 9TH
err legal notices required by law to be
published according to law for thir-
ty-three and one-third cents per
square in lieu of the legal rate, or u
of the legal rate per square. This
proposition is made subject to &C
ceptance on or before Dec. 1, 1913.
The Herald Publishing Company.
BY D. c. Chase.
BY the action of the council in re-
jecting the Freeman ribune's prop
osition for legal publications and &C
cepting the propositions of the Her.
aid and Journal the cost to taxpay-
ers and property owners is doubled.
True, the publications will appear in
two papers, but the action taken by
the council at it's meeting on the
18th inst shows that the number Of
papers in which notices are publish
ed is considered by the council of no
consequence, as at that meeting the
publishers were informed that here
after notices would be published in
but one paper, at the price allowed
by law, or one dollar a square. When
the Freeman-Tribune submitted its
proposition to publish all legal no
tees at one-third the legal rate, the
council, in order to take care of it's
newspaper pets, had to pretend that
publications in two papers were
worth twice as much as one, though