Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-22

TO Washington at this time is as chairman OF
the Senate committee on public buildings
and grounds, to inspect tue bids recently
opened for paving with concrete the walks
and roadways east of the Capitol. Architect
Clark and the Senator will In a day or two
determine TO whom the contract for the work
shall be awarded.
SECRETARY SHERMAN AND THE TREAS
URY PRINTING BUREAUaSecretaryS her-
man has written letter thanking the COM
mittee who Investigated the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing OF the Treasury. He
tells them that many of their recommenda-
lions have already been carried into execu-
ZION, and that he will from time to time put
INTO execution such as meet his approval
and are within the power OF the depar tment
and Will submit the report in the annual
report OF the Treasury department TO Con
sTess for such legislation as il may deem
proper 10 perfect the management OF this
important bureau.
"Boss" KEYEs, chairman of the Repub-
iican State Committee in Wisconsin, left
here last night in high dudgeon for his home
II appears that he wanted Madison selected
as the city for the location of the CONSOLE
dated pension agencies OF Minnesota and
Wisconsin. Secretary SchurZ, however,
recommended Milwaukee, and his selection
was approved by the President. Reyes said
that Schurz and Germany were running the
administration, and Mr.. Hayes seemed to
have very little influence with il. He gave
as the ground for this conclusion. that the
President promised Senator Howe that fad
lson should have the agency. The Senator
left here on Wednesday night.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Lieutenant William II .
Parker, ordered TO the Boston navy yard on
July LIST; Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles
L. Gravatt, to the receiving ship Wyoming
S3th inst; Paymaster George K. Hendee, to
the receiving ship Independence, August /:
Passed Assistant Eng ineef L. w. Roe 10 the
Monocacy, Asiatic station, per steamer of
lllh July; Lieutenant j. g. Eaton. detached
from The Marion, European station. with
permission To return home; Lieutenant W.
II. Mayer, jr., from the Canonicus, and
placed on sick leave; Surgeon Theo. Wool
yerton, from the naval hospital, Norfolk,
3Oth INST, and placed on waiting orders:
Passed Assistant Surgeon T. c. Heyl, from
the navy yard, Washington. 3Oth inst and
placed on waiting ORDERS Passed Assistant
ship Wyoming, 3oth inst, and ordered To
duty at the Washington navy yard: Pay
master ID. Il. BatiOne, from the receiving
shlp Independence, LIST August next, and or
dered 10 settle accounts.
THE PRINTING BUREAU REPORT Sc
yERELY CRITICIsED.-Gen.B oynton writes
as follows TO the Cincinnati Gazette concern
ing the extraordinary report made by the
Treasury committee upon the Printing bu-
reau:
"The Secretary of the t. .sury is not very
well pleased with the repcg. of the commit
The Chief objection seems to be the eXagger-
ated presentation of abuses as an illustration
OF The present condition Of the work aud force
as compared with the time when three or four
times as much work as al present was be
ing done. When the commissioners began
oil hands were frightened lest their dis
charge would be recon- me nded unless they
turned out great amount of work. The
total work done under this kind OF spur and
strain appears TO have been accepted as fair
measure OF what each one could do regularly
and as standard by which TO measure the
proper force. The ridiculous point that
among the abuses was the not deducting the
pay Tor holidays is cited here as an evidence
OF the extreme to which the committee went
to make a showing against the bureau,
Every member of the committee has been
recelvDJ pay for years for holidays; and for
a month vacation. besides, every year
but the strong criticism upon the report is
mat III virtually recommends the abolish
ment OF the printing division and the per
fofmance OF the work OF the government by
private companies. The showing is made
that this would be cheaper at the prices
which now prevail, but little is said OF
the check on prices which arise from the
government not being at the mere . of the
Rank note companies, Opposition to the re-
port has also been excited by the fact that
the agents ofthe note companies were on the
ground the moment the report was ready.
and before anything more than the proof had
been printed calling the attention of CORE
spOndents 10 1t, TO insure its being sent.
There has doubtless been grave abuses
which need correction, but correcting these
and the abolition Of the division are two
very different things. As a matter OF fact,
most OF the improvements recommended by
by MT MCPHERSON since he took charge of
the bureau"