Salt Lake Herald | 1895-03-08 | Page 1 | The Official Stenographer

THE OFFiCIAL STENOGRAPHER A Teat Wa3 Made on thc Debate of Yesterday The committee on official stenographer stenog-rapher was confronted yesterda morning with a question of choice between be-tween speed and economy P E Me Gurrin bid on the work at 515 per day for the stenographic work and 15 cents a folio for transcribing the proceedings proceed-ings while Miss Berry McMasters bid 27 50 per day and 5 cents a folio for transcription and Thomas Maroneaux bid 510 3 day and 10 cents a folio I was finally decided by the committee that If those who made the lowest bids could do the work satisfactorily one of their bid would be accepted Therefore There-fore they were told to make i test on the proceedings yesterday and show what each could do Of course all competitors admitted they could not hope to rival HcGurrln on speed but they contended that the proceedings I would not necessitate such a high order of ability and therefore they could attend to the matter The whole thing will probablv rest with the reports re-ports tad yesterday though to tell the truth the proceedings were not such as to show the full capacity required re-QuIred when the president shall have become more familiar with the rules and more able to dispatch business with promptitude McGurrin says he is not entering Into the contest because be-cause of the money in i claiming he can make much more in his office in the time that will be offered However How-ever he feels he would like the honor of being the official stenographer of ihe constitutional convention J J t > i