National Republican., 1877-09-24
AT THE CAPITOL.
THE TELEPHONES IN EXCELLENT
WORKING ORDER.

NEW FEATURES OF THE BLUE BOOK FULLY
ExPLArNED-wILL TILE LAW BE COM
Piled wITH'-FACTs FROM THE GOVERN.
MENT PRNTINo oYFICB-oiLDED AGE
PASSING AwAY-BARToLDI FOUNTAIN.
The arrangements for communicating with
the heads Of Departments, chicfs of bureaus
and others telophonographically are progress
ing. An experiment was tried on Saturday
to crafty the wishes of several persons who
wanted information relative to the
| .--...... BLUE BOOK.
"Thcre Is to be feature Of the Blue Book In
the coming edition mover adopted before"
came back In response 10 an interrogatory,
"and that Is an index Of tho names
of all parties connectcd:with the Government.
There will he great many more names In
this edition than there has been in any other,
" the law Is complied with rs has been re-
qucsted to be done. Heretofore the law has
not been complied with. Up to within the
last two or three editions tho person who COM
piled the Blue Book took Just what was sent.
The heads of Departments aud bureaus, how
ever, have been corrcsponded with and re-
quested to include the names Of all persous in
those Departments OF bureaus. This will
bring In the names of all the employees in the
Government printing Office; under the archi
tcct at the Capitol, etc, Us we'll as all others
all over the United States employed by the
Government It is proposed to change the
lOfin OF tne DOOk from u Silaii "
ROYAL oCTAyo,
and II possible to make an index Of all the
names at the end, which will change the form
Of IT, The book will not be as thick as it was,
however. The last two Blue Books were much
larger than those that preceded them, because
, earnest effort was made to get the law fully
complied WITH which had never been done be-
: fore. Tho Democrats attempted to make cap
ital out of this by holding that the number of
employees under the Government had In
. creased but their efforts were foilcd when the
true cause of the increase Of names in the book
was explained. The request has been made
for the names of all employees Of the Govern
ment on the both Of this month, but 1t has
been found impricticable to issue the Blue
Book before February. IL Is, however. hoped
that the forthcoming volume will be issued
earlier than any Of its predecessors. The
, alphabetical index of names will make 1t much
more valuable for reference quickly than the
volumes now out" The following Is
WHAT THE LAW CALLS FOR:
I. Correct lists Of all the officers, clerks, en-
Iloyees aud agents. civil military and naval; IN
aud midShipmen, which lists shall exhibit the
amount Of compensation. pay and cmolnments
was born; the state and Terri itory from which he
was appointed to office, and where employed.
the ships and vessels belonging to the United
, , states, and when and where built.
3, Lists of all printers OF the laws OF the United
States and Of all printers employed by Congress or
, y any Department or officer OF the Government
! during the two years preceding the Inst day OF
September up to which such list Is required to be
| made with the compensation allowed to each, and
designating the Department or officer causing the
T. 4 statement Of ali allowances made by the
Postmaster General within the samc period Of two
years to each contractor on contracts for carrying
the mail discriminating the sum paid M stipulated
by the original contract and the sums paid as add
tional allowance.
The compilation of the bluc-book will be
done by Rev. John q. Ames, in the Interior
Department. assisted by Mr.. Daville, formerly
,, of the New York Herald, although not a
/, graduate of Dublin college.
A great crposc is expected, if the require
mcnt of the law is fully complied with, that
=; will not be relished by many whom it is
rumored are holding sinccures In different
, branches Of the public service all over the
country An attempt will be made, no doubt
by some who have received blanks not to
: fully comply with the law. In instances
= where this Is done dccapitation will ensue on
positive proof Of dcreliction.
, The following are some Of the names that
will appear in the blue book; Patrick
: Whoulshan, /. NJ. Younghans, Peter Crow,
. John Felingtail, laborers
Communication having been opened with
the
|, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
! ! the following information was obtained :
u THE number of applications for work every
, day Is about one hundred. We are running
y in the press and folding rooms and In the
< stitching department Of the bndery about
half force. The number of employees on the
September payroll is 1l57, Of which about
!, half are females. Many Of these work only
Z half time. A large portion Of the force that
l. will be employed as soon as their services are
needed after Congress meets have bcen fur
g loughed.
9 IAN applications from those who desire to
g obtain Work here are placed on file. The work
u in hand is the Agricultural Report for 1875
. Ordnance Report for 1877, Hayden's Fossil
q Flora, List of Merchant Vessels, Ordnansi
e Regulations, Major Poore's Index Of Organic
70 Laws Sailing Directions In the Mediterranean
e Sailing Directions in the British Channel and
n the Reports of the Chief of Ordnance from 1Sl.
~ ~ to 1871, The employees in the bin9ery arc
u engaged on the Caperton and Kerr Eulogies
n Hayden's Monograph Of Rodenta and the
's Monograph of the Mustlidie. The Suprem,
" Court has about exhausted its appropriation
:. aud is having only some special cases set up
~ 1t will require at least 800 900 to complete th
printing Of the back notes.
"a new press has just been got In to print th
~ Record on. 1t Is n Babcock & Cottrell, and will
81 print sixteen quarto pages at once, fou
or times as much rs an ordinary Hoe cylinde
press will do in the same time The Who'll
edition of the Record is $500"
70 INTERESTING TO sHowMEN.
IN There is in the crypt of the Capitol larg
ed quantity Of pdpier mdche ornaments, removed
tn from the hall OF the House Of Representatives
en- They are "all covered over with gilt" an,
" now that the glded age is passing away an
&C. there is no further use for them here, could b
ne purchased cheaply Of the Government and ut
ur ized in the establishment of an auditorium
lst or in q spectacular play.
he THE RARroLDI FOUNTAIN
having been removed from Fairmount Parh
Philadelphia, where II attracted 80 much d,
/. served attention during the continuance Of tn
ne We Centennial, and placed in the Botanical Ga,
10, den, work is progressing on the largo basi
Nv W that surrounds 1t. Some comment has alread
", been made adverse to the placing Of so beat
NV tful an object there, In such an out-of thewa
~, place, as the location has been characterized
iiy It IL said in reply II there is any one porto
". of Washington that should be more beautihe
~ than another 1t is that in the vicinity of ii
~ Capitol and that this fountain was place
W. where II is not No much TO embellish the b
er' tanical garden ss that q magnificent view ca
m ,s be obtained of II from the portico Of the Cap
~ tol library. Vistas will be opened to enhan,
w the view. Arrangements have been made
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