Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-12
The Congressional Printing Office.

The report of the Congressional Print
er contains much interesting matter in
ragard to the Government. The entire
cost of the Office for the year was ST.
SO2, 343, which is largely in excess of
cept the year 1865, which was $2,227,
099 OF all executive and miscellane-
Gus documents and reports, there are
printed the usual number, ,625 copies
for the Senate and $50 for the House,
and also 825 copies of bills and resolu-
tons fer the Senate and House each.
The aggregate cost of the paper used in
the Office for the year was $69S,9S9. The
amount paid for lithogra phing and en-
craving for Congressional documents
was $40 257 and the cost of maps for
the Supreme Court was Sl,33l. The
public binding alone cost $54l, 663. AS
previously stated, the orders made by
Congress and executed in the Govern
ment office for Congressional printing
and binding, during the past year, end
ing Sept. 80. amount to 1898, 1895 81
The year preceding was $779,Sl9 for the
same class of work. This shows an in
crease during the last year over its pre-
decessor within a fraction of % per cent.
The office has completed during the
past year 119, 284 pages of documentary
composition, and 1869, volumes of
hat class of work, many of which ex-
coed 600 pages each, on the subject of
Patent Office reports, which, with their
costly engravings. were SO expensive 8
the public. The printing Office build
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work, is found to be too small for the
purpose. notwithstanding that a wing
costing $4,000 was finished year ago.
Mr.. Clapp asks for an appropriation to
erect another wing, which, he says, is
urgently demanded. the printing for
the House of Representatives amounted
to $205, 909; and for the Senate, $685.
645. The following shows the cost of
printing for each department: State
Department, $24 JOG; Treasury Depart
ment. $322,S61; Interior Department,
1925, 79S; War Department, 49, 06;
Navy Department, SSS,00l; Judiciary
Department, S42, 742; Postoffice Depart
ment' 1859, 1866; Department of Agri-
culture, $2l.790; Office of Congressional
Printer, S1,503; total, $l,036,307.
Charging the Government for the ma
terials, the machinery, the labor, and
everything used in the prosecution ofthe
business, it appears that the earnings of
the office for the year were $2.267 ,946,
while the expenses of the office were
81, BATH. There are over 1000 en-
ployes, male and female.
Personal of the Indiana Legislature.
The personal" statistics of the new
Legislature of Indiana, just compiled,
show that the Senate exhibits an extra
ordinary average height and avoirdu-
pois. Forty-five members have an av-
erage of feet 10 6 As inches, and an av-
erage weight of l64 27-45 pounds. The
AVERAGE age is A 32-45 years. The tall
est man is President Friedley, who
stands feet 81 inches, and the shortest
is Mr.. Dwiggins, who measures feet 3
inches. Eleven members are feet and
upward. The heaviest man is DIR. Oil
yer, of Indianapolis, who turns the scale
of 225; and the lighteat man, physical.
ly, is DR.. Dwiggins, of Jasper county,
who balances 130-pound weight. The
oldest man is Mr.. Carnahan, of Posey
county, who has spent three score years
and ten, less one, in this vale of tears
and the youngest is Mr.. Daugherty, OF
Wells county, over whose head twenty
eight brief summers have passed. There
are merchants, IA lawyers, manufac-
turers, IA farmers, banker, 2 physi-
clans, 2 editors, lumber dealer, ard l
farmer and lawyer among the forty
five.
RILEY is the name of the funny fellow
of the Danbury Neps.