The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-01-11

ever be used again another count l
then gone through for the purpose o
checking the operators of the machine
aud preventing them from approprlatint
any OF the condemned money, AiteI
the ~cancelling, the money il mkt cut II
half, and once more the separate halye'
are counted, and when ascertained TO bt
all right are placed in boxes pr the pur
pose 81 removing them to the maceratinl
building before alluded TO. These boxer
are securely locked while in transit from
the treasury 10 the macerating establish
ment, where they are opened in the pres
cnCe Of three representatives OF the treas
ury, one acting in the behalf OF the sec,
retary, another for the treasury, aud
the last for the register, for each batch IL
usually accompanied by n quantity OF
bonds. From the boxes the bonds,
which afe cut, are cancelled thoroughly,
and the fractional currency are emptied
into the maccrating cylinder, which is
also locked with three separate lock-, the
kcysof which are held respectively by the
officers named above, The process OF
maceration IS very simple, The ma
cprating cylinder Is %reyolyed by Il sixty
horse power engine, and at the same
time lets of steam are injected into 1t
which speedily soften the mass OF taper
The moi-tened paper by its own gravity
keeps dron ping and is reduced to Il pulp
by the sharp ridges which form the in
side Of the cylinder, After being sub
iectcd to this treatment for about thirty
Xix hOuts the Cylindct Is unlocked by
the three officers and the pulp is then
allowed to fall on an elevator which con-
veys it to a large tub, where it is thor
oughly cIeansed, and all the fatty matter
removed by the agency OF quickIlme
and soda.
The washing of the pulp completes the
process, and it is finally dumped in n
heap to lie until purchased. Yesterday
about 81 800, 600 worth Of fractional cur
rcncy were placed in the macerator.
This was an unusually large batch, the
average Cummings, D as the maceratings
are known, being much less. There Is
now an immense quantity OF the pulp on
hand, probably several hundred tons,
This will be sold to the paper manutac-
The rate usually paid for the
pulp Is in the vicinity Of 50 per ton, and
the principal purchaser is Mr.. George
Hill, Of this city, who manufactures
rom it the very nice article Of paper at
Ms mills in Georgetown. An approx
nate estimate Of the quantity of pulp
made out of fractional cur
'ency or bonds at this establishment is
tx hundred and fifty tons. The pro-
,eeds resulting from the sale of this may
Ne accounted as a net Gain over the old
as the burning of the money or
,onds required an expenditure Of as
much labor as does the present macerat-
ng system, and consumed a great deal
more coal. The national bank notes are
onverted into pulp by the centrifugal
inside the treasury building, the
adopted being almost in every
similar to that pursued with the
lctiOnal currency and bonds as described
bove. The improvement on the burn
" plan is too obvious to need extensive
Extraordinary precautions
ere required to keep the destroyed
lOney from flying out of the furnace
Kinney, and the odor of the burning
lper was an intolerable nuisance, and
as very injurious to the health of those
in the neighborhood of the place
here it was carried on, This last reason