East Saginaw courier., 1864-08-03
How the Government Money Is Made,
Full Description ofthe Manufacture
OF Greenbacks. ..


Full DESCRIPTION of the Manufacturo
| OF Greenbacks. i...
The Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Gazette gives the follow
ing interesting description of the man
ner of making Government money,
prepared by an Ohio ex-editor, now a
clerk in the Treasury Department.; -,
To obtain access from the note
printing bureau requires pass from
the Secretary of the Treasury himself.
For obvious reasons, it is a privilege
rarely granted, and never except un-
der the most thorough surveillance.--- -
No lady not employed upon the work
is ever permitted under any circum-
stances, to enter that part Of the De-
partment. IL for no ether reason, the
crowded machinery would make it
dangerous. y s,.f 3. sn
TIE MACHINE SHOP rY 81.
is the first room we enter. 1t is sup
piled with forges, lathes, and drills
capable Of doing ell the repairing
necessary to be done to the machinery
OF the building, and TO facilitate the
setting UP and working of such new
machines as are demanded by our
extensive paper circulation. Compact
ness and utility has been studied
throughout this branch Of the Treas
ury Department. .o a-sFg a< 4,
fHE. PAPER MILL. y
though not as extensive as one for
general manufacturing, is sufficient
for all the labor required in making
the note printing paper. The engins
used in this room is great beauty,
glittering with brass, as highly poll
ished and clean as the works of q
watch, and running almost as quietly
and smoothly. s;assU 81 ~
The manufacture of paper COM
bining the qualities of wear and be-
ing splitless and unphotographic, was
much desired desderatum. Ac-I
cordingly, it was resolved to make
some experiments, which were entrus-
ted to DR.. Gwynn. He has produced
paper firm as parchment, smooth as
satin, and Of a combination of materi-
ais known only to himself, and se-
cured to the exclusive use ofthe gov
ernment.
He has introduced into IL fbor
which cannot be photographed with
out discoloring the paper to which i'm
pressions may be transferred, giving
it the appearance Of q coarse, black
spider wep. Being moulded into the
body Of the paper it is impossible to
erase il, and it must be great pre-
ventative of counterfoiting by the pho
tographic process, which has latterly
been the most successful. i
THE INK MILLS
are six in number, for making as
many different colors. Each one is
called four-horsc power mill, though
the whole six are driven at the same
time by an engine which one could
pick up in one hand. It not only
turns these mills, but at the same time
runs three Hoe cylinder presses. 1t
was made in the machine shop Of The
department, and derives It's force from
its great boiler capacity. Ofthe man
ufacture Of ink but little is to be said,
for any one having seen a common
paint shop has the process at once,
and perhaps the only difference is that
none but first quality Of material Is
used. % lr =. ~ ftt iff
THE ENGRAVING ROOM.
is of more interest than any we have
yet been in. Hero science and art
are both displayed to. perfection. -
There is, perhaps no engraving SO
fine and requiring SO much time to
execute as that on the plates now be-
ing prepared for national bank note
printing. One the size of a bill, on
which the workman has boon ON
ployed almost a year, is copy Of one
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