Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-03
No DeIay by Company

~ ~c."llrr the legislative printing due
T..tes.@v morning. NJ Flynt said there
v@S T. delay SO far as his company was
concerned Tire work was delivered 10
'Ho h.n6er q: the usual time The work
Of printing tho Senate and House regis
TOYS AID the Tin t.- the same was taken
RI; Nh T.yul @sclled his having charg-
"a tnr C"n'pos.tlon on the second lot,
.'t3Cuch ne type had not been distrib-
.ttl oL the ground that, as under the
.1"traCr he vas allowed to charge ior
t-rupostIon when in usual course Of bus
H"ss type would have been distributed,
lad ne nor thought there might be an
other oTGer and kept type standing. The
s"ticIe relative to constructive" print
ss. stating that the State would not
~ for WORK not actually done did not
ar}ly to tins, he believed. The bids were
not such as { company could make any
money ou except. in some cases, by their
fCresie2; I'm such instances, and such
Charges h. said. Were customary.
Governor Curtis pointed out that
that III tan for The registers was an
advance from Sl55 in 1913, to sS74 in
49,. ana with an increase Of 141 per
cent. un on. tom. the Council thought
best - find 0Gt where they stood
without ,roccrHiEG VOC far. Regarding
l4Tg, amount tuH overtime al the last
session. Nj. Flynt explained that the
i'resiG nj Of the Senate and Speaker
uf the House wanted all bills printed
and delivered the morning following
'he order Tor printing. AS the copy
for these bills did not reach the print
- lntil late in The afternoon il was
all extremely difficult and expensive
Job
In answer 10 question by the Gov
crnor he SAID that not all the bids
were . iiE.n, price and that no money
II mad on some sections Of the work.
Nj Flynt said that from an inter
view with the Governor and Council
Friday forenoon he understood that h.
was to start on no order Tor printing
for the LEGISLATURE Until the same was
approved IL the Governor and Coun-
c.l. bur j. Wa explained 10 him that
II was simply to hold up on overtime
work until such approval was given.
Mi. Flynt made it plain, however, by
the evidence Of the auditor and the
council clerk Of printing that he did
receive orders on Friday last TO hold
up on the ordeY for the Senate and
House registers which caused the or
der introduced in the Senate Tuesday.
Asked what he was going to do un-
der me order passed in the Senate,
Mr. FLINT said he would rather wait
until il was passed by both branches
and ne had studied the contract and
law more before expressing an Opin-
ion. Other details Of the legislative
printing y ere gone into. and Mr. Flynt
Nas told that until the order was re-
volled lie should not do any work re-
curing overtime until authorized by
the Governor and Council. but not to
hold up regular work. At first he de-
clined 10 answer q question by Coun-
cillGI Scates as to whether he had
been asked TO delay the printing
Monday. but later stated that they
hadn't been asked TO delay the print
ing anG hadn't delayed il.
Harry Reid of the Maine State Book
Binding Co. State binders, was sum
moned. In answer TO questions. he
said that the regular matters of lesis-
lative printing were delivered this aft
ernoon instead of this forenoon, be-
cause President Eersey Of the Senate
asked him not to deliver them until
this afternoon. saving the Senate pre-
ferred 10 have theirs delivered after
dinner. He consulted Clerk Harvey of
the House. who said that would be all
right SO far as the House was con-
ceYned
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