Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-01

holding that the amount charged
by the Central Printing company
publishers of the Evening Herald,
for printing the election ballots for
the recent special election was
Unreasonable" the county COM
missioners unanimously voted to
reject the bill at their meeting yes
terday afternoon. 49,,
Official ballots for Bernalillo
county numbering S4,431 were
printed by the Central Printing
company at rate according to the
bill presented of S25 a thousand,
totalling $S55.75. There was also
$500 sample ballots printed at n
total cost of $3.50. The bill pre-
sented to the commissioners yester-
day, and which was not allowed by
the board, amounted to $893.25.
The bill was brought up in the
course of the general business OF
the commission. Upon the bill pe-
ing announced, Albert G. Slmms
chairman of the commission, asked
County Clerk Fred Crollott to read
letter which he handed him, ana
which, he stated he thought would
be Of interest.
Signed Letter Produced.
The letter was written by Com
missioner Simms to Albright and
Anderson, printing firm of this
city, and purported to set down the
glst Of conversation between Com
missioner Simms and George Vail
liant, of the Albright and Anderson
company relative to the cost of
printing ballots similar to those
printed for Bernalillo county for
the special election.
The letter brought out the fact
that the firm of Albright and An
derson had printed three thousand
ballots for Sierra county at rate
Of S11.33 rer thousand and that
the paper was of the same size and
quality.
Mr.. Valiant stated, acc@rding
to the letter, that the Alha6ght and
Anderson price for approximately
10000 ballots would have been $40
a thousand. The Central Printing
company price was SIS a thousand.
A statement signed by George
Valiant appeared at the bottom OF
the Simms letter saying that the
above had been the gist OF his con-
versation with Commissioner AL
bert G. Slmms.
County Clerk Crollott read the
letter, which was then translated
into Spanish for the benefit of the
commission.
Ss55.75 VS.. $3443f. -.
The difference between $S55.75,
the price asked by the Central
Printing company for printing the
34,431 official ballots and $344.3l,
the amount which Albright and
Anderson would have charged, il
s511.44. The difference in price
for each ballot Is one and one-half
cents.
Commissioner simms then
moved:
IT move that the bill for $S93.25
1. of the Central Printing company
for printing the ballots for the last
special election be rejected for the
reason that the bill calls for an
unreasonable amount for such SER
vice"
County Commissioner Severe
Sanchez seconded the motion.
which upon being put to vote,
TGCelV6Q tlc uIldillliiOuo opPlcNNA
Of the commission, A. G. Simms,
Severe Sanchez and Max Gutter
rez being present.
The bill was then marked re-
jected.
Letter Put in Records.
Commissioner Simms asked that
the letter he had written to George
s. valiant, of the Albright and
Anderson company and which car
ried the note from Mr.. Valiant
stating that the letter carried the
gist of their conversation, be filed
as a part of the minutes OF the
commissioners meeting and take
it's place In the public documents
of the county. This was done.
According to statement of
County Clerk Fred Crollott, imme-
diately following the commission
er's meeting. the printing was let
to the Central Printing company
without the receipt of other bids
for the work.
IT was ordered by the commits