The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-11-29


, That came 10 ciothe the Aelds with grail
81 And on tke clouds he AAw again
The covenant OF God with men,
Kew ritten with his rainbow pen:
seed time and harvest shall not fail,
And, thungh the gates Of hell assziI.
Ny truth aud promise shall pIeSaii.H
. How GKEENBACKS ARE MADE.
"A ,,
Il The first proceeding is making
: the die. A plate of Boff, 'highl,
. Ipotished steel is selected, and up
ON it is sketched the design, or
perhaps, such portions of the lat
ter as are OF the same color, j
more than one tint il to be used
This is then carefully engraved
the labor Is most eibOrate, and the
skill of the operatives wonderful
Steel plate engraving is SO gener.
| ally understood that we need en-,
! ter into no special description Of
how it is done; but We simply
note the fact that it il the reverse
of wood engraving; that is to say,
the lines which take the ink are
cut into the plate, instead of be-
ing raised above its surface.
| The engraver is limited to such
parts Of the work as can be done
by hand other portions, such as
the scrolls and elborate tracery,
are necessarily done by machinery.
The principal aparatus used ia a
complicated piece of mechanism,
| which we have not space to de-
scribe in detail, but which, in brief,
actuates plate to which the
steel for the die is attached and
caused to press against a diamond
point. Perfectly true and delicate
tines are thus cut into the metal.
making figures technically termed
"cycloid rosettes." The machine,
in theory, somewhat resembles a
Kaleidoscope, as IL reuqires to be
set by accurate pointers and di-
ais to some special figure, which
when the combination is changed,
can never be reproduced. One of
these instruments is in use, and
It's work, together with that OF the
geometrlcal iathes, can be readily
recognized on the national cur.
| rency.
The die being now complete, it
is ready for the transfer process.
! Postage stamps, for instance, are
made in sheets of two hundred, 50
that the die must be transferred
that number of times on a single
plate. It is first case hardened
and then put, face up, in a press
which is made with a combination
of levers actuated by the foot, so
so as to give the tremendous
pressure of twenty-onc tons on a
single line. A cylinder or 'roll"
of soft steel is, by careful ghaging,
placed so as to rest directly over
the face of the die, and, at the
same time, is so arranged as to re-
vo!ve easily along its surface even
when I'm Ter the full weight.
The pressure is then applied,
with the result of forcing the soft
steel of the roll into the lines of
the engraving, SO that when COM
plete, the periphery of the cylin-
der shows an exact reproduction
OF the face of the die, only the
lines sunk on the latter are now
raised on the former. Next, this
cylinder is case hardened. Then
the plate-soft steel sgain-to be
used for the final printing is plac-
ed in the above mentioned press
and the roll arranged above it.
\ Now, the Gy Under leaves its i'm
preston on the. plate, the hard
steel OF the raised lines cutting
deep into the surface, SO that a
precise duplicate of the original
die is obtained. This is repeated
I for as many times as there are to
be repetitions of the stamp or note
on the single plate, which is then
| ready for use. Here we leave it
and turn our attention to another
part of the manufacture. ~
The ink for printing is also
made on the spot. In a large
! room are ten or a dozen paint
! mills, which are buisily grinding
coiors and oil together. The large
Zones are filed with green ink,
suggestive of liquid greenbacks !;
another, with vermI1lioH, while
others are making blue red, and
other tlnt.d inks. Nothing but
the finest color and the best boil
ed linseed oil is here used. We
now pass to the paper room, where
the paper is received directly from
the Government, cut in sheets oil
the required form. The fraction
al currency and larger notes are
made of a peculiar material con.
tanning colored fbers, manufact.
ured at Glen Mills, near Philadei.
phia.
TIE paper for postage stamps
is made by the Bank Note Com
pany OF the best linen. 1t Is 8,
short fiber, very fine, and extreme.
~ strong. The sheets on which
currency is to be printed ara
| counted as soon as received, ana
the result telegraphed to Wash
ington for vcrifcation. Some ides
of the accuracy required may b.
gathered fIom the fact that. fol
every sheet unaccouuted for, thu
company has to pay in cash the
5 full value of what might hav,
been printed on il; that is to say
4 ifa sheet intended for four $1,000
notes is missing, $4,000 must b,
returned. The paper varies il
size according to the purpose 70
which it is designed. Thus tn
sheet for 10 cent fractional cur
Fehcy is ~ By 163 inches, and q
I BON up for the larger denomins
lions.
All the paper Is not received Ger
fectly blank, for the reason that lh
: National company prints but on
side OF each biti.- The material 70
5 the Is ceuI sud IS cent notes is sup
!. piled with the backs already dniet
!, ed-the work being done by th
American B.uk Note company
whi!e vice verss, the 10 cent bill
are sent TO the last mentioned col
: tpo aaiod from the National con
d tpaEy in 6 similar c0BGitiOn. II
d sk els, being counfed, are placed |
r. heapss marked OF In sets Of II
Z aud 1000. When issued tor pfiu
,, ing, the workman receiving the
d has.io preseat a. order signed
e the superintendent. They are the
it charged against him Ia his pas
y DO *, when he carries them awsyA
\ be damped, this being done By sig
:fpl wrappiAg them IL Wee e36tk
it Leaving the pspeE ep0W Ne eu1
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