36th Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, f Mis. Doc.

2d Session. J 1 No. 11.

PUBLIC PRINTING.

LETTER

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING,

TRANSMITTING His annual report.

January 9, 1861. —Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.

Office of the Superintendent of the Public Printing,

Washington, January 9, 1861.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, in order that it may

be laid before the House, the eighth annual report of this office,, showing the condition of the public printing.

I am, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,

JOHN HEART,

Superintendents

Hon. William Pennington,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Office Superintendent Public Pmnting,

Washington, January 9, 1861.. To the Senate and House of Representatives

^ I have the honor to submit, for the information of Congress, the* eighth annual report of this office, showing the condition and cost of

the public printing, and such other information in connexion therewith as is deemed of public interest.

printing of the 1st session 36th congress.

The very large amount of printing ordered at the 1st session of

the present Congress has been expedited as much as practicable,
2 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

both the offices engaged in its execution having worked extra hours

during nearly the whole of the recess, and one of them up to the

present time. The orders are now neaily completed, so far as depends upon the printing, and copies of all the documents, with

few exceptions, are within the reach of members of Congress.

The Report of the Exploration of the River Colorado of the West. by Lieutenant J. C. Ives, topographical engineers, has not been

delivered to the printer, for the want of the necessary wood- cuts and engravings, no order having been communicated to this office by

the Committee on Printing, which is authorized bylaw to give directions for procuring them.

The Report on Meteorological Observations, from the Commissioner

of Patents, has been in process of execution for several months; but

owing to the labor and time devoted to the examination of the proofsheets by its editors, it has progressed very slowly, and its completion is not expected during the present session.

The Reports of the Military Commission to Europe are nearly completed. That of Major Mordecai is in the hands of the binder, and

will be delivered in a few days; and Major Delafield's Report will be

ready before the close of the session. The delay arises from the numerous illustrations, some of which are of the most elaborate

character, requiring much time and care in their preparation.

The Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, which also has been delayed on account of its maps and charts, will also be

delivered in a few days*

The very large editions of the Agricultural and Mechanical Reports

of the Patent Office have also been completed by the printer, and,

with the exception of a small number, delivered to Congress. The

remainder are in the hands of the binder.

The following statements exhibit in detail the cost of the printing,

binding, &c,, ordered by each House of Congress during the 1st ses- sion of the 36th Congress, with the exception of the Report of Lieutenant Ives and the Meteorological Report hereinbefore mentioned:
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OF TIIE PUBLIC FEINTING. 9
10 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

PRINTING FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

The cost of the printing for the executive departments and for the

Court of Claims, or so much thereof as has been ordered through

this office, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1860, is as fellows:

Statement showing the cost of the printing , <£c, ordered by the Executive

Departments during the year ending June HO, 1860.

Department and Bureau. Cost of print- ing. Cost of paper. Total cost.

Sta e Department. bo $1, f\ A Q

4t> Consular Bureau . . . . ...

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i U OSOO Diplomatic Bureau . ...... - .... 118 85 32 48 151 33

Agent's Office . ... .... 20 95 5 77 26 72

Passport Bureau. 22 60 5 52 28 12 Total 727 76 592 73 1, 320 49

Treasury Department. 448 81 299 37 <48 18

19 65 3 94 23 59 Second Comptroller's Office.. . 5 25 3 84 9 09

First Auditor's Office 134 45 100 82 235 27 Second Auditor's Office 74 32 30 08 104 40

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TTi'rnrtVi A n/~J \ fr*r' a Offir*£> 35 65 12 96 48 61

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170 36 133 04 303 40

55 20 32 28 87 48

14 19 3 97 18 16

6 20 81 7 01 285 14 140 44 425 58 3,696 40 1, 150 60 4 847 00

Total 5,725 73 2,385 09 8 110 82

Interior Department. 193 07 89 16 282 23

Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 76 97 36 02 112 99

Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. 39 30 31 80 71 10 318 65 146 43 465 08

Office of the Commissioner of the General Land

Office 1,920 95 832 75 2 753 70

1, 157 37 653 21 1 810 58 9,876 66 13,518 98 23 395 64

Total 13.582 97 15,308 35 28' 891 32
OF THE PUBLIC FEINTING.

STATEMENT—Continued.

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Department and Bureau.

War Department. Secretary's Office Adjutant General's Office Quaiterrmster General's Office Surgeon General's Office...-- _. Ordnance Office Engineer's Office Topogra phical Bureau . Paymaster General's Office Total ...Navy Dipartmtnt. Secretary's Office Bureau of Yards and Docks - Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Bureau of Construction, &c

Bureau of Ordnance, &c

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing...

Total

Post Office Department. For the department proper

Office of the Attorney General

Office Superintendent Public Printing

Office of the Court of Claims

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on Commerce and Navigation.. (binding, $1,700 50).

The Biennial Register (binding, $250 00).

Cost of printing. Cost of paper.

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1,758 70 416 10 48 38 45 52 69 12

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BLANKS FOR THE POST OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES. In accordance with the fifth section of the act of Congress approved

February 15, 1860, the printing of the blanks for the post offices of

the United States was given out by contract. I am gratified in being

enabled to state that, by the adoption of this system, a great saving

has been effected, while, so far as this office is informed, the government has been as efficiently served as heretofore. The following

statements show that, while the average monthly cost of printing
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these blanks for the nine months preceding the operation of the act of 1860 was $3,509, the average monthly cost for the succeeding six

months was but $844 97, a reduction of $2,664, or a saving of nearly

$32,000 per annum, and thus emphatically refuting the prediction

that the new system would cost more than the old one.

Statement showing the cost of the bionics for the post offices of the United

States from July 1, 1859, to March 31, I860, at the prices established

by the printing act of 1852.

Months. Cost of printing. Cost of paper. Total cost.

1859 July $3,882 74 $4,761 37 $8,644 11 2,979 29 3.875 39 6,854 68 2,799 19 3,592 24 6,391 43 3,504 30 3,932 55 7,436 85

3, 190 41 3,978 17 7, 168 58 4,459 69 5,657 70 10, 117 39 4,787 47 6,591 31 11,378 78 3,377 22 4,649 72 8,026 94 2,600 69 3,580 58 6, 181 27

Total 31,581 00 40,619 03 72,200 03

Statement shoiving the cost of the blanks for the post offices of the United

States, from April 1 to September 30, 1860, under the contract authorized by the act of February 15, 1860.

Months Cost of printing. Cost of paper. Total cost.

1860 April $952 30 $4,057 85 $5,010 15 May 768 88 3,409 22 4, 178 10 889 69 4,304 73 5, 194 42

July 8«0 88 5,699 25 6,590 13 816 71 3,196 88 4,013 59 751 37 3,821 11 4.572 48

Total 5,069 83 24,489 04 29,558 87 Monthly average under the printing act 3,509 00 4,513 22 8,022 22 Monthly average under the contract of 1660. 644 97 4,081 51 4,926 48

PAPER FOE THE PUBLIC PRINTING. The following statements exhibit the quantity of paper purchased

for the public printing, including that for the post office blanks, during the year endiog December l f 1860:
OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING. 13

Statement showing the quantity and cost of the paper purchased for the public printing during the year ending December 1, 1860.

Quantity and kind of paper. Cost. Total.

PRINTING PAPER.

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14 lbs., at 2 59......do 518 00

16 lbs., at 2 96... ..do 592 00

16 lbs., at 2 96... ..do 888 00

20 lbs., at 3 70... ..do 1, 110 00

26 lis., at 4 81.. ..do 481 00

30 lbs., at 5 55... . .do 166 50

36 lbs., at 6 66......do 999 00 44 lbs , at 8 14......do 407 00

56 Jbs., at 10 36......do 362 GO 66 lbs., at 12 21 ...do 366 30

2 6 lbs . at 4 81......do 192 40

30 lbs , at 5 10.. ...do 30 60

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30 lbs , at 5 32$.. ..do 13,845 00

8 lbs , at 2 40.......do 285 60

11 lbs., at 3 30......do 66 00

17 lbs., at 5 10.. ...do 112 20

20 lbs , at 6 00......do 114 00

22 lbs., at 6 60......do 132 00 23 lbs., at 6 90......do 151 80

32 lbs., at 9 60.. ...do 432 00

30 lbs., at 7 50.. ...do 375 00 PAPER FOR POST OFUCE BLANKS.

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18 by 18 inches, 22 lbs., at 18 by 22 inches, 24 lbs., at 18 by 22 inches, 24 lbs., at 18 by 25 inches, 26 lbs., at 18 by 25 inches, 26 lbs., at 16 by 26 inches, 23 lbs , at 16 by 26 inches, 23 lbs., at PLATE PAPER. 37^ reams 19 by 24 inches, 50 lbs., at $9 50 per ream

49|f reams 21 by 24 inches, 52 lbs., at 9 88 do..

938-if reams 19 by 24 inches, 60 lbs , at 11 40 do.. 106'£ reams 24 by 32 inches, 84^ lbs., at 16 00 do..

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619 20 360 00

1, 135 20 660 00 5,572 80 360 00 21,465 00 3,120 00 27,076 84 8,280 00

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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. By the joint resolution in relation to the public printing, approved

June 23, 1860, the Superintendent of the Public Printing was authorized and directed to contract for the erection or purchase of the ne- cessary buildings, machine^, and materials for the execution of the

printing and binding authorized by the Senate and House of Representatives, the executive and judicial departments, and the Court of

Claims. In compliance with the directions of this joint resolution,

and by virtue of the authority conferred on me therein, I have made

a contract with Mr. Joseph T. Crowell for the purchase of the printing establishment formerly owned and occupied by Mr. Cornelius

Wendell. In further conformity wr ith the joint resolution, I have

submitted the contract to the Joint Committee on Public Printing,

and it was approved by them unanimously. My letter to the Joint

Committee, with the contract and accompanying papers, are ap- pended to this report.

The public printing establishment is situated at the northeast corner of square 624, at the corner of H street north and North

Capitol street. The lot is 264 feet 9 inches on H street, by 175 feet

3 inches on North Capitol street, containing 46,397 feet, and afford- ing ample space for any additions or improvements that may be

deemed desirable. The buildings consist of a printing office and

bindery, four stories high, with a breadth of 61£ feet and a depth of

243 feet ; a paper warehouse, 59 feet 7 inches by 79 feet 2 inches ; a machine shop, 22 feet 2 inches by 25 feet, for repairing and renewing the presses and machinery ; a boiler house, 20 feet 7 inches by

26 feet ; a coal house, 23 by 27 feet ; a wagon shed, 25 feet 4 inches

by 24 feet ; and stables, 23 feet by 41 feet 2 inches. These buildings are all of brick, built of the best materials and in the most- durable manner, and were erected under the supervision of Edward

Clark, esq., now the architect of the Interior Department, expressly

for the purpose of executing the public printing and binding. His

statement as to the character of the materials and workmanship will be found in the accompanying papers. They are completely isolated

from any contiguous buildings, being bounded on the north and east by public streets, on the south by a thirty-feet alley, and on the west

by a vacant lot of 21 feet 9 inches, included in the purchase. The

buildings are in a perfectly sound condition, and the machinery and

materials are ample and efficient for the prompt and satisfactory execution of the printing and binding for all the departments of the

government, for which purposes they are available at any moment.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN HEART, Superintendent
16 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

Washington, January 3, 1861.

Sir : Yours of the 31st ultimo is just received, and, in reply, I would state that the printing office in square 624 was constructed

under my supervision.

It is built of good materials and in a substantial manner.

I know of no building of like character so well adapted to the

purposes intended.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

EDWARD CLARK, Architect.

John Heart, Esq.,

Superintendent of Public Printing.


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

NORTH CAPITOL STREET.











REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 24

DRY-PRESSING ROOM,


26 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

Office Superintendent of Public Printing,

Washington, December 6, 1860.

Sir : In accordance with the provisions of the joint resolution in

relation to the public printing, approved June 23, 1860, and by virtue

of the authority therein conferred, I have contracted with Mr. Joseph

T. Crowell for the purchase of the premises at the corner of H street north and North Capitol street, in square numbered six hundred and

twenty-four (624) in the city of Washington, with the buildings, machinery, and materials, as is more fully described in the accompanying contract and schedule annexed; and respectfully submit the same

for the approval of the joint committee of the two Houses of Congress.

The joint resolution authorized and directed "the erection or purchase of the necessary buildings, machinery, and materials for the

execution of the public printing, provided the sum contracted to be

paid therefor shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 13 Upon a full consideration of the subject, I was impressed with the

conviction that the purchase of a lot of ground and the erection and

equipment of the necessary buildings would involve an expenditure

exceeding the sum named in the law, while the requisite approval of

the contract by your committee would necessarily defer the com- mencement of operations under it to so late a period as to make it impracticable to complete the printing office and have it ready for operation before the 4th of March next, when it will be required for the public service. The alternative was thus forced upon me of

making a selection from the existing printing establishments; and

after a full investigation, aided by the practical knowledge of skilful and experienced architects and mechanics, I was convinced that the

public interests would be best promoted by the purchase of the

premises above referred to. The buildings were erected expressly

for the execution of the public printing and binding, to which they

have been devoted for a number of years. They are in fine condition, and are admirably adapted to these purposes. The machinery

and materials are in good order, and the additions necessfry for the

prompt and satisfactory execution of the printing and binding of all the departments of the government can be made for a sum that will

bring the entire expenditure considerably within the limit provided

by the law.

Accompanying the contract will be found the proposition of Mr. J. T. Crowell for the sale of the premises, a plat of the same, a detailed

estimate of their value by Mr. John C. Harkness, architect and

builder, and a statement of the cost and an estimate of the present

value of the machinery and materials by myself.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. HEART,

Superintendent

Hon. G. N. Fitch,

Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing.
OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING. 27

Washington, D. C, June 21, 1860.

Dear Sir: Being the owner of the well-known printing establishment at present occupied by Messrs. Larcombe & English, I hereby

offer to contract with you (as Superintendent of the Public Printing,

under the authority vested by the law recently enacted, authorizing

the establishment of a Government Printing office) for the sale of

the ground, buildings, machinery, and materials, at their actual

value. And you being practically versed in all matters pertaining

to the cost and equipment of such an establishment, I will bind myself to sell at the price you may, in your judgment, assess the true

valuation. Or I will abide by the award of competent and disinterested appraisers.

Yours, respectfully,

JOSEPH T. CROWELL.

John Heart, Esq. , Superintendent of Public Frinting.

AGREEMENT.

This agreement, entered into at the city of Washington, in the

District of Columbia, on this first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty, between John Heart, Superintendent of the Public

Printing, of the United States of America, for, and in behalf of the

said United States, of the one part, and Joseph T. Crowell, of the city

of Rahway, in the State of New Jersey, of the other part, witnesseth:

That the said John Heart, Superintendent of the Public Printing,

as aforesaid, by virtue of the authority on him conferred by the provisions of a joint resolution, approved by the Congress of the

United States, entitled a "Joint resolution in relation to the public

printing," which said resolution was approved by the President of

the United States on the twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty, has agreed, and doth hereby, for and on behalf of

the United States, covenant with the said Joseph T. Crowell, to purchase of him, the said Joseph T. Crowell, for the use and benefit of

the United States of America, the full and complete title, in fee

simple, in and to the parcels of ground, situated on the northeast corner of H street north, and North Capitol street, in square numbered six hundred and twenty-four, and running westwardly two

hundred and sixty-four feet on H street north ; thence southwardly

one hundred and seventy-five feet, to a thirty feet alley; thence

eastwardly along said alley two hundred and sixty-four feet to North Capitol street, thence northwardly along said North Capitol

street one hundred and seventy-five feet to the place of beginning, with all the improvements thereon, comprising the buildings

known as the Government Printing office and warerooms, with all the

machinery and materials therein, as are particularly described and

set forth or referred to in the accompanying schedule, which is hereby

made and declared to be a part of this agreement. And the said

John Heart, by virtue of the authority on him conferred by the pro-
28 EEPOET OF SUPERINTENDENT

visions of the joint resolution aforesaid, hereby binds the United

States aforesaid to pay or cause to be paid to the said Joseph T. Crowell, his heirs, or assigns, for and in consideration of the ground,

improvements, machinery, and materials aforesaid, the sum of one hundred and thirty -five thousand dollars, so soon as the money shall be

appropriated by Congress for the purpose, stipulating, nevertheless, on his part, and in behalf of the said United States, that this agree;

inent shall be binding only when the same shall have received the

approval of the Joint Committee on Printing of Congress, agreeably

to the provisions of the joint resolution aforesaid.

And the said Joseph T. Crowell, on his part, hereby agrees and

binds himself, his heirs, and assigns, upon the^fulfilment of the terms

of this agreement, according to its true intent and meaning, by the

said United States, and simultaneously therewith, to execute to the

said United States a complete and perfect title in fee, and free of

all incumbrances, to the whole of the property, of all kinds, enumerated in the schedule herein before referred to, and to place the said

United States, by their proper officers and agents, in full and immediate possession of all the premises, real and personal, herein before

mentioned as agreed to be sold and conveyed.

In testimony whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their

hands and seals this first day of December, eighteen hundred and

sixty.

JOHN HEART, [seal.]

Superintendent of Public Printing.

JOSEPH T. CROWELL. [seal.] In presence of

William Towers,

Daniel Buck.

Schedule of materials, machinery, and fixtures. DRYING ROOM.

1 hoisting machine.

5 hydraulic presses.

1 pumping machine.

1 large drying apparatus.

100 wooden pressing boards.

125 gross pasteboards.

Fixtures complete.

1 timepiece.

PRESS ROOM.

23 Adams's presses.

3 cylinder presses. 2 large racks for forms.
OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING. 29

25 pine tables. 2 trucks for hauling paper.

1 rack for stereotype plates.

14 roller cases. 10 sets mallets and planers.

5 wrenches.

1 hoisting machine.

1 hoisting machine, for forms.

2 large wardrobes, complete.

1 small wardrobe, complete.

1 40-horse engine.

Shafting, running-gear, &c, complete for 26 presses. Gas fixtures, water pipes, &c. WETTING ROOM.

standing presses, hydraulic press, large press-boards,

small press-boards,

pine tables. paper wetting machine,

wetting tubs. Water pipes, gas fixtures, &c. COMPOSING ROOM.

93 double stands.

349 pairs cases. 19 imposing stones. 108 double royal chases.

35,000 pounds small pica.

3,000 pounds English.

800 pounds pica small caps, (for heads.)

3,500 pounds brevier.

6,500 do. 2,500 pounds nonpareil.

110 galleys, quarto, wood.

90 galleys, octavo, wood.

84 do. do. 36 galleys, brass, wide.

15 galleys, brass, narrow. 70 sets furniture, octavo, metal.

50 sets furniture, quarto, metal.

12 sets furniture, bills, metal.

7 sets furniture, orders, &c, metal*

4 standing galleys. 2 make-up stands, with nests of drawers.

16 pine tables. 22 boards.
30 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

5 bureaus, with shelving, doors, &c.

3 ink tables, with rollers. 2 large racks for forms.

3 rule cutters. 10 pair shears.

1 desk.

1 water cooler. 2 buckets.

5 dozen spittoons.

1,000 pounds of leads and slugs.

30 mallets.

30 planers.

2 clocks. 24 dusting brushes.

2 sets of moulds, for furniture, leads, slugs, &c.

1 fount 2 -line long primer.

1 fount 2 -line brevier.

1 fount 2-line nonpareil.

1 fount Clarendon.

160 composing sticks. 1 table for rule cutters.

1 large cupboard for cases. 3 small cupboards for cases. Gas and water fixtures. &c. 12 wash basins, with water pipes, &c, complete.

16 sets of wooden blocks—256.

1 set of iron blocks—16.JOB ROOM.

9 medium chases.

31 cap chases.

4 half cap chases.

3 imposing stones.

1 imposing stone, (small.)

1 ink table and roller. 2 racks and cases of job type.

4 planers.

4 mallets.

1 fount double small pica script.

1 fount double small pica script.

1 fount English, roman and italic. 2 founts great primer script.

1 fount English script, secretary.

1 fount English script, plain.

1 fount pica script, plain. 2 founts great primer, roman.

2 founts great primer, italic. 1 fount English condensed, upper and lower.

4 founts border, pica.
OF THE PUBLIC PBINTING.

1 fount pica meridian shade.

1 fount 2-line English, condensed.

1 fount 2 -line English, extra condensed.

2 founts 2 -line minion.

1 fount 2 -line great primer.

1 fount 2 -line full face.

1 fount 2-line great primer bold face, condensed.

2 founts English scribe text. 2 founts double English scribe text.

1 fount nonpareil bold face. 1 fount long primer meridian shade.

4 founts 2 -line pearl, light face.

1 fount 2 -line long primer gothic.

1 fount nonpareil gothic.

1 fount brevier antique.

1 fount double scribe text. 1 fount great primer scribe text.

1 fount 2-Kne brevier gothic.

3 founts 2 -line nonpareil.

1 fount pica gothic.

1 fount great primer, black shaded.

4 founts 2-line imperial, ornamental.

2 founts 2 -line brevier, ornamental.

2 founts 2-line brevier, shaded.

1 fount brevier bold face. 1 fount small pica black.

1 fount English black.

1 fount pica gothic, shaded.

1 fount 2-line pearl, gothic.

1 fount brevier, black.

1 fount brevier, gothic.

1 fount long primer bold face, roman.

1 fount long primer bold face, italic. 1 fount long primer bold face, antique.

1 fount long primer bold face, large, antique.

1 fount long primer bold face, ornamental.

1 fount brevier, gothic, shaded.

1 fount brevier outline. 1 fount meridian shade.

1 fount long primer black.

1 fount double pica, black, shaded.

1 fount pica black.

1 fount double pica black.

1 fount great primer black, heavy.

1 fount 2 -line diamond, condensed.

1 fount double long primer.

1 fount 2 -line long primer.

1 fount small pica bold face. 1 fount brevier bold face, italic. 1 fount double great primer script.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

1 fount double paragon.

1 fount nonpareil gothic outline.

12 swell dashes, brass.

3 sets of braces.

75 metal cuts.

1 standing press, with fixtures.

1 rack, with sliding boards, &c. 4 pine tables. 36 chases, of different sizes.

1 large pine desk, with pigeon-holes, &c.

1 small pine desk, with pigeon-holes, &c.

1 long pine table, with 48 drawers, &c.

1 long pine table, with slides. 1 long pine table, with drawers, &c.

1 water cooler.

1 clock.

1 standing galley.

19 spittoons.

1,000 pounds leads, slugs, &c.

1 rule -cutter. 1 large slice galleys.

6 quarto slice galleys.

6 brass galleys.

11 octavo galleys.

18 double stands.

224 cases, upper and lower.

25 composing sticks. Lot of mixed quotations.

1 set circular quadrats.

FOLDING ROOM.

Chairs, tables, counters, shelving, &c, for 200 girls.

3 trucks for hauling paper.

1 water cooler. READING ROOMS.

8 arm chairs.

2 pine desks, with pigeon-holes.

1 mahogany desk.

Shelving.

1 large painted closet, with shelving, doors, &c.

1 copying machine.

1 large fire-proof safe. OFFICE.

1 walnut bookcase,

1 walnut chiffonier, marble top.
OF THE PUBLIC PEINTING.

1 walnut washstand, marble top.

1 mahogany sofa. 1 velvet carpet. 2 damask stuffed arm- chairs. 6 arm-chairs.

1 walnut desk.

1 mahogany desk. BINDERY.

2 ruling machines.

2 cutting machines.

4 standing presses. 80 press boards.

2 ink brushes and bowls.

1 grindstone.

1 brass kettle. 1 ink jar.

4 sewing benches.

10 pair compasses.

10 pair shears.

1 pair large gauge shears.

10 laying presses. 19 rolls. 2 polishers.

2 lettering pallets.

3 gold cushions.

3 spatchels. 2 saws. 10 hammers.

Large glue pot.

4 bodkins; 10 press pins.

1 wash basin.

1 paste tub.

4 small paste tubs.

8 paste brushes.

3 blacking brushes.

2 sprinkling brushes.

1 sprinkling sieve.

6 oil stones.

1 clock. 2 small type cases and type.

5 pine tables. 2 finishing tables.

1 large leather closet, with doors, shelves, &c.

1 water cooler. 10 chairs.

2 finishing stands. 2 patent blocks.

35 hand stamps.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

1 hand rack.

10 working tubs.

MACHINE SHOP.

1 one-horse engine.

1 carpenters' bench.

Half set carpenters' tools. 1 10 -inch circular saw and bench.

1 large grindstone.

1 small lathe and patterns.

Half set of tools for hand lathe. Pullies and belting.

1 turning lathe and tools. 1 planing machine.

1 bench, with 3 vises. 2 drawers, with files, tools, &c.

1 anvil and forge.

1 blow-pipe and fittings. 1 ladder.

Lot of castings.

BOILER HOUSE.

1 60-horse boiler, complete.

1 steam pump, complete.

1 set of fire tools. 525 feet fire hose.

5 buckets.

2 furnaces.

2 iron kettles. 2 copper kettles. 19 roller moulds.

STABLE.

1 black horse.

1 bob-tail bay horse.

1 wagon.

1 carryall.

2 set single harness.

2 wheelbarrows.

1 large harness closet, with doors, &c.

1 large closet, with doors.

PATENT OFFICE BINDERY.

1 standing press. 2 laying presses.

1 small hand finishing press. 2 lettering pallets. 1 small case and type.

1 pair shears.
OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING.

1 sewing bench.

32 press boards.

1 glue kettle and brash.

1 paste tub and brash.

1 small furnace.

14 rolls. 2 hammers.

2 pair compasses.

1 polisher.

1 pair shears.

4 tubs.

1 grindstone.

1 sprinkling sieve and brash.

1 oil-stone.

1 bucket.

STATE DEPARTMENT BINDERY.

4 fillets. 1 roll and polisher.

4 cases and type.

1 lettering pallet.

1 gold cushion and knife.

1 plough press and key.

1 small saw.

1 sprinkling brush, bowl, and sieve.

1 small furnace and glue kettle.

1 pan and paste brush.

1 sewing bench.

1 hammer.

1 pair shears.

PENSION OFFICE BINDERY.

1 standing press. 7 rolls. 1 polisher.

24 press boards.

12 press boards, (large.)

1 table shears.

1 plough press and pin. 2 working tubs. 2 sewing benches.

1 small furnace.

1 glue pot and brush.

1 small case and seven fonts type.

1 gold cushion and knife.

1 lettering pallet.

1 small saw.

2 hammers.
36 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

2 bodkins.

2 pair compasses.

2 pair shears.

1 paring stone.

1 pan and brush.

1 sprinkling sieve, brush, and pan.

1 pair backing irons.

1 grindstone.

Extract from the journal of the Joint Committee on Printing, of the two

Houses of Congress.

"Wednesday, December 12, 1860.

'

' Resolved, unanimously, by the Joint Committee on Printing of tlie two houses of Congress, That the foregoing contract, and schedule

annexed, entered into by John Heart, Superintendent of the Public

Printing, and Joseph T. Crowell, of the city of Railway, in the State

of New Jersey, on the first day of December, eighteen hundred and

sixty, in accordance with the provisions of the joint resolution in

relation to the public printing, approved June 23, 1860, viz: 'That

the Superintendent of the Public Printing be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to have executed the printing and binding authorized by the Senate and House of Representatives, the executive and

judicial departments, and the Court of Claims. And to enable him

to carry out the provisions of this act, he is authorized and directed

to contract for the erection or purchase of the necessary buildings,

machinery, and materials for that purpose; said contract to be subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing of the two

Houses of Congress: Provided, That the sum so contracted to be

paid shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,' for the

purchase of the premises at the corner of H street north and North

Capitol street, in square numbered six hundred and twenty-four, in

the city of Washington, with the buildings, machinery, and materials,

for a sum of money less than that stipulated in the said joint resolution, be, and the same is hereby, accepted and approved.'

January 10, 1861.

I hereby certify the foregoing resolution of the Joint Committee

on Printing of the two Houses of Congress to be a true copy of the

journal of this committee.

J. K. ROGERS,

Clerk to the Committee.
OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING. 37

Estimate of the value of the Public Printing Office. Washington City, August 20, 1860.

Dear Sir : I submit, at your request, the following estimate, at

cost prices, of the Printing Office at the corner of North Capitol and

H streets, viz: Brick work $13,520 95

Carpenters' work 6,311 45

Lumber for ditto 5,500 00

232 windows, including painting, glazing, hardware,

carpenters' work, and lumber, at $18 4,176 00

25,148 feet tin roofing, and painting ditto, at 10| cents- 2,703 41

850 feet eave, gutter, and down spouts, at 14 cents • • • • 119 00

Iron columns, ironmongery, and hardware 2,500 00

Plumbers' work - 2,500 00

Sewer and painting, not included above 625 00

37,955 81

Inside fixtures:

Carpenters' work • $1,336 55

Lumber for ditto 1,000 00

Hardware 100 00

2,436 55

40,392 36

The lot, 264.9 by 175.3, contains 46,397TV feet, which

I estimate, including grading and paving and fence

walls, at 30 cents per foot 13,919 22

54,311 58

Commission, $10.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN C. HARKNESS, Measurer. John Heart, Esq.,

Superintendent of Public Printing.
38 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT, ETC.

Statement of the cost, and estimate of the present value of the buildings,

machinery, materials, and fixtures in the public printing office.

Materials, machinery, &c. Cost. Deduction. Valuation.

$48 500 00 i

4 $36 375 00

ft-f ac* m pnffiinp t»t~\pti H £i ctpc 26, 300 00 1f

13 150 00

15 000 00 i

12 000 00

8 000 00 jl4 6 000 00 4 000 00 i

3 000 00 Ann fivlnroc! 2 900 00 1t 2 175 00

StQL<lJLLU^Ug*lJlCeoGO fmr1ino"«"nvp5j<2PG 5inf1 d-ilU fivfvnrpft ijLA.tu.ICo inAH "Hip LUC wpf WClUlJjLg fin D" 1UULU, rnnm ctcinrlino'-'rirpcicPQ DVcblillllig jJICooCo, tyi JJ-ldV^XIXliCX fi r»Vi inprv qnrl fiv- , Cvllvl JJLA." tUlUo 111 tile UlLUXKsL j &LLKX lUlUUlig lUUilioj machinery and fixtures in the machine shop,

cases, chases, imposing-stones, stands, water29, 300 00 i

19 534 00 134 000 00 92, 234 00 The buildings, consisting of printing office, paper

warehouse, machine shop, stables, carriage house, coal house, boiler house, all of brick 45, 000 00 40 392 00 The ground, 264, 9 X 175. 3, = 46, 397. 5 6, 800 00 13 919 00

185, 800 00 146, 545 00
•

36th Congress, > HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( Mis. Doc.

2d Session. J I No. 4.

PUBLIC PRINTING-.

LETTER

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING,

TRANSMITTING A report of the condition of the public printing during the year I860,

December 10, 1860. —Referred to the Committee on Printing*

Office of Superintendent Public Printing,

Washington, December 10, 1861.

Sir : The continued absence from this city of Thomas H. Ford, esq., House printer, and the refusal of Messrs. Larcombe & English, who

executed for him the printing ordered at the last session of Congress,

to continue that arrangement, make it my duty to communicate the

facts to the House of Representatives, and to respectfully request its direction as to the printing of the present session, a considerable portion of which is now in this office, the immediate completion of which

is urgently required for the exigencies of the public service.

The reasons of Messrs. Larcombe & English for the course they have

pursued are assigned in the accompanying letter. It is but justice to them to state that the work intrusted to them heretofore by this office has been executed promptly and satisfactorily.

In this connexion I deem it proper to state that, in pusuance of the

provisions of the joint resolution in relation to the public printing

approved June 23, 1860, 1 have entered into a contract with Mr. Joseph

T. Crowell for the purchase of the printing establishment formerly

owned by Mr. Cornelius Wendell, which contract I have transmitted

to the Joint Committee on the Public Printing. Should it meet their

approval, the entire printing and binding of all the branches of the

government, or any portion thereof, can at once be executed under its own control and by its own officers. The expediency and propriety

of such a policy I have heretofore strongly advocated, and present

experience has but strengthened my convictions upon the subject. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN HEART,

Superintendent.

Hon. William Pennington,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
2 PUBLIC PRINTING.

Washington, December 8, 1860.

Sir : Having executed the printing for the House of Representatives

for the first session of the 36th Congress, under a contract or partnership with Thomas H. Ford, House printer, and, as we trust and believe, to your entire satisfaction, we deem it due to you to inform you that we cannot any longer continue our contract with the House printer.

The reason for taking this step lies in the fact that Congress, at the

last session, reduced the prices to he paid for printing 40 per cent,

below the prices paid at the time we made our contract with the

present House printer, leaving barely enough, as we believe, to pay

the actual cost of the work.

While, therefore^ we would be willing to execute the printing for the House of Eepresentatives directly, Tor the prices now allowed by

law, we cannot consent to do it for any intermediate party.

We are anxious to keep our office employed ; our relations to those

who constitute the establishment impel us to obtain all the work we

ean ; but it could not be expected of us to execute it at a sacrifice. We are, very respectfully, your obedient servants,

LARCOMBE & ENGLISH.

John Heart, Esq.,

Superintendent of the Public Printing.
36th Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. C Mis. Doc.

2c? Session. J J No. 5.

DEFICIENCIES FOR PAPER AND PRINTING-.

LETTER

FROM THE SUPEEINTENDENT OE THE PUBLIC PRINTING,

COMMUNICATING Estimates for Printing and Paper.

December 10, 1860.—Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be

printed.

Office Superintendent Public Printing,

Washington, December 10, 1860.

Sir: It becomes my duty to inform the House of Representatives

that the appropriations for the printing ordered at the last session of

Congress, and for the requisite quantity of paper, have proved inadequate for those purposes. Upon the completion of the printing, it

is estimated that there will he a deficiency in the appropriation therefor

of one hundred and two thousand dollars, a very large proportion of

which sum is now due for work executed, and the residue will be re- quired in a few months, when the printing will be completed.

The deficiency in the appropriations for paper amounts to the sum

of eighty-five thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars and thirtyeight cents, all which is now due to the contractors.

I have to request, therefore, that an appropriation may be made as follows

'

' To supply deficiencies in the appropriations heretofore made for printing ordered by the Senate and House of Representatives at the

1st session of the 36th Congress, and for paper for the same, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars

and thirty-eight cents."

I have also to state that the appropriation for the printing of the

present session of Congress is but 870,000, and for paper $100,000.

The estimates for this service, prepared at this office, and submitted

to the Register of the Treasury, required $132,250 for the printing,

and §178,849 for the paper. The amount appropriated for the printing, (870,000,) notwithstanding the reduction of forty per ^ cent,

authorized by the act of the last session, will in all probability be
2 DEFICIENCIES FOR PAPER AND PRINTING.

insufficient for the purpose ; and as the paper is purchased by contract from year to year, after public advertisement, I have reason to belive that no material reduction will be made in its cost, and that the

amount appropriated ($100,000) will also be insufficient. For these reasons I respectfully recommend that further deficiency

appropriations may be made as follows; " To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for paper required for the printing of the 2d session of the 36th Congress, fifty thousand

dollars. " " To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the printing of

the 2d session of the 36th Congress, thirty thousand dollars." I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient

servant,

JNO. HEAKT,

Superintendent.

Hon. William Pennington,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
36th Congress, ) HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIYES. ( Mis. Doc.

2c? Session. J J No. 9.

PUBLIC PRINTING OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS^

THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.

LETTER

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OE PUBLIC PRINTING,

i>f RELATION TO The 'printing of both Houses of Congress.

December 29, I860. —Laid upon the table and ordered to he printed.

Office Superintendent Public Printing,

Washington, December 12, 1860.

Sir : In compliance with your verbal request, I submit the following statements, embracing, I believe, all the information required by

you. They are based upon estimates prepared in this office with

much care, and are believed to be very nearly correct

THIRTY- SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.

1st. —Total amount of printing ordered by the Senate $67,139 00

Total amount of printing ordered by the House 145,489 01

Total amount ordered by both Houses.. 212,628 01

2d. —This printing has been, or is to be, executed as follows : Printing of the Senate by the Senate Printer $52,672 52

Printing of the Senate by the Bouse Printer 14,466 48

Total amount of printing ordered by the Senate... 67,139 00

Printing of the Rouse by the House Printer $88,202 51

Printing of the House by the Senate Printer 57,286 50

Total amount of printing ordered by the House... 145,489 01

Total amount of printing executed and to be executed... 212,628 01
PUBLIC PRINTING.

Amount of printing by the Senate Printer for both Houses $109,959 02

Amount of printing by the Rouse Printer for both Houses 102,668 99

Total amount 212,628 01

3d. —Upon the completion of the printing, the amount due to the

Public Printers will be as follows : To the Senate Printer, for Senate printing $27,077 42

To the House Printer, for Senate printing 10,119 12

Amount due for Senate printing 37,196 54

To the Senate Printer, for Bouse printing $51,475 73

To the House Printer, for House printing 13,955 74

Amount due for House printing 65,431 47

Total amount due the Public Printers 102,628 01

4th. —Total amount of printing ordered by the Senate

and House 212,628 01

Appropriation, per act of March

3, 1859.. $70,000 00

Appropriation, per act of May

24, 1860 40,000 00

Total amount of appropriations..... 110,000 00

Deficiency in appropriations 102,628 01

It may be proper to remark that the amount for dry pressing

is included in each of the foregoing statements, for the reason that the

cost thereof is charged to and paid out of the appropriations made for printing.

Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant. JOHN HEART, Superintendent.

Hon. John Seerman,

Chairman Committee of Ways and Means,

House of Representatives.