Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-06 | Page 4 | State Saves Money on Motor Directory

STATE SAVES MONEY ON MOTOR DIRECTORY Contract Let for 191S Issue, Which Will Consist of Approximately 400 Pages. Although paper, ink and other printing materials are much higher In price now than formerly, a considerable savins to the state has been made in letting the contract for printing the IMS motor vehicle ve-hicle directory, which will consist of approximately ap-proximately 4'H) pa ijes. This year the state board of examiners, exam-iners, through the ma to printer, awarded the contract for printing; the directory to the Inland Printin-r company of Kavs-vi Kavs-vi ile for per pare. List vear the co-t v.-as $1.4$ pr pare and in "l!Ui the lowest and accepted bid was at the rate of $2 per pai;e. At this year's coRt of $1.2! per pare the expense, taking 4'o patfos as the basis for it, will he reduced .7f under that of in 17. and it will be 1 lower than that for the motor vehicle directory lor ;;. Lnder the present practice nt the state cap Ltol. -bids upon printing proposals are 'all--1 for not only from L'tah firms, but from those outside the state. This has had the effect. Secretary of jStato Harden H'-nnlon say?, of brinimr contractor? down to closer and more careful bidding on tate printing. The 5.1 vim- to the utate has already proved considerable from thi metbo-i, the secretary of srate says, and by the time al! of the priirlnc for the yearFmn! have been done, the present Hst-m whl prove to lie an off tive measure of e ono:ny to tho commonwealth. The showtni; niade on the motor venule ve-nule d i rector v ennt ra-t is jrrn 1 1 f y Ini? to merrbcrs of the stare board of examiner whh-h haw In cf:ari:e the b-ttlni: nf all contracts and the pav.-nt of all bllN on su'-h aeeonnt h. M-mrers of the con-. mission mis-sion exnr.jss ihe Ofhnion that a wnrtime flavint; of evpns.' to the mate of nm.ild-er;i nm.ild-er;i i'le maun It a de will follow the hvti em adopted, and they thy will bi-ini; U to hear on all rlasss of tUtf work.