New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-23
PROV WARRINGTON.
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- emf is necessarily suspended until tne
umeuts communicated 10 Congress s >. n win
Howsyer be printed and bound before ''e ""'0u'A'
Rc. Of the oe~m,.ie.g q Ts.nTS make s about u
-.ne Is hynna in two volumes. Of when 4ooo
sopies IN addition 20 the usns, Of ,ssa ne stereo
eereo 70 os srations and the electrotype plates OF
s.siion Of patents granted are Teody ior press Du
copies have yet esea 20 Congress at It's present
al mich will make three OF these reports tnea on
ls1S 0ttss s ssS By Senator'S 1000 6y Rep
entsfryes and 10 0c0 by the Commissioner OF fatens
The paper alone FOR the extra copies OF each q these
nsrts al preseut prices will cost e65O0o. or SSSVp
a. th three and the binding OF them will cost not less
$50 600 In view OF the cost OF these repors ana
sse length oftime required TO print and bind them we
ernedency of reducing the number OF copies respcct
fuly recommended for the consideration OF Congress-
C.sst Sarvsy Report for 1864. quarto-This will make
a yauue Of about the usual size. The preparation OF
d. @sps and charts of which there 40 for this vol
ume) necessarily slow and tedious and 10 the cause o.
the delay Of its publication 1t VIII be ready Tor distr
buiior before the adjournment OF Congress.
R<port of the Commissioner Of Agriculture Jor ieo4-
The delivery Of bound volumes Of this report has re-
Gently been commenced. and will be continued as rap
idy "a possible tits work Of very considerable mag
nitude The present volume makes 90 pages. Detides
es cages Of eecuotyped Illustrations Of which 1868
copies are ordered 10 be printed Ihere VIII DO re-
auired 10 complete IL ITO reams OF paper, costing
325 2 So and the exclusive Of eight OF the largest
presses In the Office for six months.
Memoirs AceOmtSny"S ne Rtgo' q TIE 1o
pages Of which 1000 copies are to be printed II Is
now in hand but being mostly statistical several
months will be requii ed 10 complete II.
INV Register Of Regulars and Volunteers joint
resolution approved the 30th Of June 1864. enacts
"That the Secretary Of War be- and he is hereby au-
thorizcd and required. In connection with the Army
Register for 1864. to 70 be printed and published
full roster OF roll Of all field line and staff officers OF
volunteers who have been in the Army OF the United
States since the beginning Of the present Rebellion.
uhe her thew in the service have
been discharged theretrom and giving casualties and
other explanations proper for such register And TO
ton an edition Of copies Of such enlarged regis
ter shall be published, and may be sold to ofhcers,
soldiers citizens at price which shall not more than
sOS sba NOT in sny case exceed 81 per volume" II
Che time OF the enactment Of this law 1t was ex.
pected that this register would make single volume OF
moderate size the cost which would be about the price
stated-sl. II is now ascertaned that 1t will make
four volumes Of probably 100 or 800 pages each and VIII
cost less than 81 so per volume TO print and bind it.
or the sum OF 1900 100 for 5000 complete SETS being
the number ordered to be printed. will however. be
Published In small editions, and no greater number Of
copies printed than are necessary to meet the demand
for IT, am unable TO say when either will be ready
for delivery. but 1t will be printed as fast as the mann
script is received in this Office and the corrected PROOF
sheets returned.
Reports of The Operations Of the Auies Of s United
Statss-The joint resolution approved on the 18th OF
May 1864 directs the Secretary Of War TO furnish
the Superintendent Of the Public Printing with copies
Of all such correspondence. by telegraph or otherwise
reports Of commanding officers, and documents ofevey
description in relation to the existing Rebellion to be
found in the archives Of his department since the LIST
day Of December le60 70 the pree1t time and during
the continuance Of said Rebellion which may be- IN
his opinion. proper to be published with said CORE
spondence reports and documents which shall be pub
Hshed in their proper chronological ORDER" very
large quantity Of manuscript embracing nearly oil the
battle reports for the years 1861 and 1862 has been fur
nshed under this resolution but have yet been una
Bile to commence printing It, IL is co tempiated 10
take IL up the Office 10 relieved from
aapaeionad nv the yQumilOQs dOCQ-
nents accompanying the Annual Message OF the Presi'
dent 10 Congress- and to progress With IT as rapidly as
possible. Ten thousand copies 10 addition to the usual
number q 500 are ordered to be printed. The esti.
mated cost OF printing and binding this work is vi 80
Der volume OF the sum OF sl7395 for the number OF
copies ordered a. 500 Of each volume. The number OF
volumes required 10 complete the work cannot be
stated with any degree Of precision at this time out
estimating them OF 20 Their aggregate cost VIII ap
Printed copies OF the annual reports OF the heads OF
departments and Of Of the chiefs OF bureaus were
laid upon the tables Of Senators aud Representatives
within few days after the commencement OF the pres
ont session. and the whole edition OF the documents &C
Message OF the President Will be
competed at an early day. In the meantime the current
prnyg for Congress and for the Executive and Judicial
departments OF the Government owing 10 the increased
facilities afforded by the enlargement Of the printing
nished with greater punctuality than ever before.
cosr OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
The cost Of the public printing executed during tho
wear ending on the 10th Of September 1865 compared
VITA the amount the same printing would hare cost
rnder the act Of 1862 the system which Immediately
preceded the present, 70 as follows:
under s the Set q 1889 Zee statement. Nos. and
n. AZ. amount expended in the execution Of this
work lace statement No. 81 was..'..'..''.... t3ssse
saowin, difference In favor Of the present sys-
This result has been accom- plshed by the present
uystem OF executing the public printing notwihstand
ing the great advance In he price OF labor since it went
in that for
several wears previously the wages Of compostors and
pressnen fixed by their Society at sl4 per week.
In February 1863 they were raised TO Si6 per week
in December 1863 to SIS per week; In June 1864 to
eel per week; in November, 1864, 10 t24 per week;
aud al other departments Of labor have been increased
labor was demanded and scceded to on account of
the increased cost OF living In this city, and 10
believed not 10 be too high for good workmen.
II may be a question whether under the old sys
tenn the public printer could have executed the printing
at the prices fixed by law. with this heavy advance In
The price fabor but there can be no question that be
would have made 1t the very reasonable cause for
demand upon Congress for increased pay II is there
fore manifest thstthe present system is better than s
%. ToS q snS X. Sas s
with which IL has been executed during the last four
years with the limited facilities Of the Office. one
viii deny.
PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
printing 10 provided for by law and the Law has been
strictly adhered TO in procuring IL. Proposals in
vited for furnishing 1t through the leading papers Of the
principal cities in the North and West for tie length OF
dime directed by law. At the recent letting. (Nov /.
is6) Is proposals were received and the contracts
were the lowest bidders In each class The
following table will show the prices for the year 1866
compared with the two preceding years:
Printing p.p,r Is. e.. per rs.m. q e. sisse ss s
Printing psper I'd class resm.. u 80 70 10 10 70
Printing paper. ID class, per ream.. u 20 1880 200
Map paper. per pound. ............. "a % 20
Plate psprr per pound. ........... 20 ~
Writing paper per pound......... 30 to - 80 to5 ~
Paper Tor Postof6cs blanks per
mound.
IN order TO increase the competition for the paper re.
auired for the public printing Joint resolution was