| Show 1 r AKOCT TIE SSTInt70RY 1 COSWTIOX OF TiE J lnED LAWS OS Thursday lat Jlarch cab the Sews coaUiiicJ an article on the evils frequently resulting from the lowest Lid eywra I was fchown J that in confidias on important transaction t the hands of nay p V fon or n there were considerations considera-tions moro weighty than mere ErG Er-G f j face cheapness which Is often the mot expensive process in the end l ASl illustration in point the report port of the legislative committee pr to li latu cmmite 44 appointed under the statute on the S tulject patted and approved In i 1SSS t compile and distribute the t laws of Utah wag cikd The reTort Tort nude by the committee T t the Assembly asserted that I lIE the contract for printing the laws was 5 imperfectly executed L exe-cuted that the urgent necessity for C the compilation was the only consideration con-sideration that prevented the rejection rejec-tion of the work Mr Herbert Pembroke the gentleman who was I awarded the contract for the printing print-ing because of his old being largely below any other has handed in for I publication the following communication com-munication SALT Lute March 01EM Z < Jtcr SeeeretXocs In you of Thursday her f yon cndeai to prove it bad policy t award a contract to the lowest bidder i I bid-der you do mo injustice and I beg of r you space for an explanation At that time there w a Printing Htnso Aseociauoa comprising tbo I prominent printing offices of Salt Lak and this association Ik lis adopted alaton aJope a scale of price I was not a member p of lire combination and was bund by no scale but put in my bid ba ed on Independent calculations I was sat isfied with the result Tbolendency of your article h to convoy tho impression that I am an incompetent printer Ton 1oow that such Is not a fact and so do suc s all the printers of this city You must admit that lbs printing of the Compiled Laws was I Comple Ls an excellent < My contract was for printing and binding the Lawk of lESS 116 L and It was I fulfilled t the letter r < I now wish t defend myself against the report of the committee aglnt rprot te cmmit on compi Lotion Tho copy for the books 01 bks was no arranged In a nmnge complete and Intel ligible manner not one single section number was inserted numbr insr In tho whole batch of copy these figures were in twrted by me at the re te expense of a great many hours The total cost of that work was nearly f i The committee would not pay mo for this labor A proofof this prf matter and thi 5 matr a proof of oyeryj ga after its make np a fur nebed nehedbyme m If laws I wero oniJttd sod errors were left undetected that was not wa my fault my contract for printing Knit cntmc the Jaw being And the committee ought not to blame me for It A Jet amount of small type com position a necessary which one oud not estimate upon for it was not written t the time For Instance the old volume to of laws contained about 16 pages of fades matter cnte the new books contained about ISO abut 16 pages of index more oopkras side note aud Opas larger small type Leadings the entire extra cost of which was about 500 This the committee also cmmlUl refused to pay and I now charge the py cbat te members membr of that committee with ommlt wih unfairness in arbitrarily withholding It from me me Tho committee in no cmmite Instance kept its contract with me and wt you can judge of Its general ineompetency when I tl you that the chairman of it came to me last week to get the figures upon which 10 nJu prepare his report of some of tin expenditures rtpr Yours tc I rpicnoai Referring t the impression al leged to have a e been conveyed In our article that Mr Pembroke isau lirirotripetcut craftsman Rich a cue itruction is strained The un ts fmtory condition of the Compiled Law stated to 0 the Comic result of ibis being forcedowing to tho lowness low-ness of his bid t taU one of twoS two-S lorD of a ditrcemsaet f Inou nu ilgnt use work entrusoj t him 1 Ho is not 3 poor workman come quenlly the ehnpe in wl ih the I Compiled Lan appear deco Urn in appr 11m ju > Uce in tlmtinspeer ilr Pembroke states that be I not responsible for the situation aud astaila the legislative commit tee who tl however are probably able to take care of lko cr thcaisclvts Tn this rvsncct be mnina r lc ma m < > flm3 nmlfl03 that tlio see tionsof tho laws were not numbered In the and that the ropy numbers were inserted by him He InSrc does not seem to understand that tie section numbers are a very important fea lure of claw and errors in err that line are liable to Utstroy its meaning effect and force especially where one syclioairefci3to another He admit I therefore tat he has been feuiiijr oft icKisiatiDR witnout au thoritr a serious ollene although dOUbt Tvlthortt any Intentional i idea of committing svrjng The mkIn the absence tht of alen an t espriss undentandins to the con trary Is that the contracting colrctng pub IWier shallread the proof and Correct Cor-rect all literal errow The errata In I crt the Compiled Laws appear to bo t appr b largely of that character The cnargo of general inertia petcncy laid s > giln t the committee by Mr Pembroke h Pembrk I exceedingly V t I sweeping and for that reason fccri cue especially when It j Plaly I In directed at men of such known and suc acknowledged acknowl-edged ability as SKThurman C C Bichards E D Hog Ii It I TutUejJ Carlisle W C HaJJ G ButHerfnd V SIteand and J T Ham mond i mondme 1 me application of the chairman t thojprinter fur information to I iufrmatrn t en I f able hlia to make up his report does rpr dOe not by any means i i mtS necessarily Jndi I I catelncoaipetenry ta the contrary f I i may simply have been the result 1 of care to I < t ensure correctness which i always commendable I cmendble especially j vebea exhibited by a public officer I |
