Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-17

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rency are run through machines that cut
them of uniform size, and are self count
ing. Ninety-eight women are employed
here in tending the machines and arrang.
ing the postal currency in suitable pack
ages.
The legal tenders are taken from here
to the numbering room, where there are
thirty-six women engaged in putting the
numbers upon the bills with machine.
The bills are then counted and packed
ready for delivery. All this work Is done
Ia the upper part of the building.
Stepping down into the lower rooms we
gee scores of ladies engaged in counting
the mutilated bills and dirty currency
that have been returned to the depart
ment. After these have been counted,
put in packages of 100 and punched, they
are re-counted and cut from end to end.
the tops of the bills sent to one room and
the bottoms sent to another, and these
separately counted, and if found correct,
the proper person takes the halves and
! puts Ohtil III a SliCsA Will ildnuiSS
extending out from the ends like the arms
of wheelbarrow, and closing the top
sends them down into the endorsement of
the building, where there is large arch,
into which they are thrown and burned
The amount of bills thus destroyed is
enormous, and they make hot fire.
There is so much of counting and re-
counting that there is not much chance
destruction of the money at the treasury
building If sheet or bill should be
missing no one would be allowed to leave
the room till it was found. The count in
and out of each room must be the same
| and if a lady allows a counterfeit to pass
her, the amount that she suffers to pass is
deducted from her salary in her settle
ment with the government. This makes
them watchful, although one would hard
ly think so, were they to see with what
rapidity they run through a package of
money.
In this immense building, which l esti-
mate to be over 900 feet in length, there
are over 1000 persons in government en-
ploy. Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts pro-
poses to reduce this number to about
1854. If it would not take too much
space to discuss the question [ would, in
the present letter, give the readers of the
HERALD some items to show the extraya-
CANT waste that is being made of some of
the peoples money. / think | will devote
my next letter to that subject. am q
Republican, bat will no sooner overlook
the faults of those in power than l would
If they were of different party.
But few topics of interest were before
Congress last week. The oolored Senator
from Mississippi, Mr.. Revel, arrived here
as the immediate successor of that arch
traitor, jeff Davis of Mississippi. He
was the observed of all observers as he
first entered the Senate chamber and took
seat upon sofa. His wife took a seat
in the gallery and was not there long be-
fore Senator Summer vent up and was in
| troduced to her.
1t seems a little strange to see tue col
ored men of the District occupying posi-
! tons of trust and honor. l think it re-
markable that tho white people here &C.
eept them as citizens so readily, and elect
them to the positions which they hold.
The great secret is they can vote and, to
secure colored votes, the white men must
vote for a darkey. They behave we'll, as
general thing, and make good citizens.
1t is strange that so few of them are
obliged to ask for aims.
Colored schools are supported where
young and old attend, have witnessed
some instances where the pupils have
made remarkable progress. They realise
the importance of an education and study
diligently to acquire one. A few days
since I spent two hours where the poor
were being supplied with food and fuel.
No able bodied men or women under ~
years of age were supplied here. About
LOO old people, and those that were bed
ridden had "tickets" for this place.
Black and white were served alike.
| Fifteen pounds of meal, one pound of salt
and one pound Of soap, and a small supply
of bread we're the rstion9 given out to
each we'll person for month. If they
were sick, rice, and tea or coffee were
given instead of the meal. Cast off
clothing, and shoes were also given to
some of the applicants. These charities
| tal NV apH vnlnn tarv
contributions, and the labor of the distri-
button end the visits to see the situation
of the sick, are Iaainly performed by
women, under the direction, or in person
by Mrs. Josephine S. Griffing, to whom
any contributions may be made with the
certainty that they will be appropriately
and honestly expended. H.
LEGAL DEoIsIoN.-W. H. Belknap,
register of deeds at Portsmouth, got a
verdict of 5000 against the Boston and
Maine Railroad, some time ago, because
conductor put him off the train' on the
ground that his ticket was not good for
that trip. The railroad made no money
by appealing, as the second trial results IN
awarding Belknap 81 ,0S5.
i GENEROUS. - President Hopkins OF
Williams College,has succeeded in obtain
ing the sum of $25, 900 for the benefit OF
the College To this amount the State OF
4 Massachusetts, adds $4,000. The class
/, 60, .'a~a hasiust begun set Of "Sociables."
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