Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-11
Treasury Bureau of Engraving and
Printing.
TIE ANNUAL. REPORT.


ing and Printing. for the fiscal year ending June
3oth last. is made by the Hon. Edward McPher-
son, now on the Philadelphia Press. It says:
The appropriations for the service OF this b,l-
reau for the fiscal year which ended June 30th,
1918, were as follows:
For salaries of officers and persons on the
regular roll, $50 $50; for labor and other ey-
penses of engraving and printing United st lteS
notes. bonds, and miscellaneous securities,
$4,000. OF the former appropriation. Si9,92n.2,
were expended: OF the latter, Sl47, ,l6} So were
expended. leaving an uneXpended balance upon
the two appropriations OF $653245.9I. The ag-
gregate expense In operating the bare III during
the year was Sl3S, Sol :a3, of which 81
were incurred in executing for other bilreaIs
work which was paid for by them out OF their
own appropriations. OF this net expenditure
or $l6I ,GS403 the sum OF Si9920.20 is due to tla
salary account, and S147, 1853 So to the labor and
expense account. The appropriation for slla-
l1es being specific and fixed there is little room
for economy in disbursement. But in the labor
and expense account. which was indefinite and
In gross, the field was found to be a wide one,
and the expenditure upon that account proves
10 nave oeen less than one-fiTth OF The amount
appropriated.
OF the ssOo,oaO appropriated for this purpose
S652 s36.l remain in the Treasury GneXpended.
Ia my last report | estimated the saving at
S6O0CVo. The result has thus proved TO be
more satisfactory than was anticipated from
the experience CT the first four months of the
year.
From the lst OF october last. the bureau ex-
ecuted all the work upon Unred states Noes
ard National bank currency. 50 that during the
year the sum CT only S3.15722 was paid 10 the
columbian Bank Note company OF Washington
city FOR impressions on the backs OF United
States notes, made between the 30tn OF June,
1871, ana the The lst OF october, 1871: The SUM
OF Slo,Sll Is was paid the same company 70" the
same time. from the appropriation Tor expense;
OF The national currency. for printing back
backs on national bank currency.
OF the t.-tI.3o being the cost OF WORK done
for other bureaus, the sum OF S3!0,9S9.50 has
been reimbursed 10 the bureau. leaving out
standing accounts TO the amount OF SIS!.>l
which are In process OF adjustment.
For the present fiscal year. to end June 81.
1879. the sum OF s200,a00 was estimated by the
bureau and appropropriated by Congress. II
the orders be kept within that limit the apprJ-
priation will be sufficient. Mr.. Mcpherson saws
concerning the system inaugurated by him in
the management OF the bureau, that experience
has abundantly proved the wisdom OF This poll
cy. He repeats what was said III his last report,
that. lin my judgment. a purer ard better force
is not employed elsewhere in any establishment,
public or private
Full tables are annexed showing the deIive-
reS OF every description OF work. From them it
appears that this large economy has nos oc-
CURED by reason OF the falling Off in work. GA
the other hand there has been an increase in
nearly every branch OF the business.
The number Of persons employed each month
was as follows: 1871: July. +59; August. +s7; sep
tember, 531; October. 492, November 49j: Deceln-
Der. 5l3. 1878: January. 529: February, 55};
March: 5.1; April, SCI; May $40: June. 653. The
number now employed IS SO. The material III
the fiscal year grew chiefly out OF the demand
for four per cent bonds.
During the uscal year the paper-IniIl at Glen
Mills, Pa. was employed but Short tine the
force at which cost an aggregate OF s5,31o.3i.
During the year no counterfeit has appeared
on any OF the work engraved and executed b.
this bureau.
An exhibit Ct the work Of the bureau in the
production OF United States notes and bonds
was, by your authority. sent TO the Paris EXpo-
sluon, and has received, as announced in the
,fn1,
highest award given 10 government exhibits
After an investigation, an appropriation was
made by congress OF sum sufficient to pIr-
chase site and erect a suitable proof
building for the Use OF this bureau. The u hid
ing. it is hoped, will be finished within this
fiscal year. care has been taken in the de,ailS
venieDce for the transaction OF the pubic bisi-
mess, and there IS no doubt whatever that
great economy viii result from these labor-sav-
Ing appliances The building will he Silncially
adapted to the work OF the bureau, and will be
an attractive and imposing structure.
During the year past The force has been equal
to every emergency, and has proved itself
worthy OF confidence. 1t has always re snonded
10 the demands made upon il, and showed Itself
faithful and reliable. The superintendeatS OF
the various divisions are efficient. The assist
ant chief now the chief has been assiduouS
and devoted to his work.
THE WASHINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,
at its annual meeting. held On saturday even
-.
ing year: President, Simon Newcomb; Vice
Presidents, J. X. Barnes, J. E. Hilgard, ". B.
Taylor, ]. G. Weliing;- Treasurer, Cleveland
Able; Secretaries, J: H. c. Coffin, T. n. GlQ.
gu1shed astronomer, who was elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death OF Professor
Henry. all those elected were old officers.
During the course OF the last year a number
OF new and valuable members have been added
to the society, which, except for the great loss
IL sustained in the death OF Professor Henry
was never in better or more efficient condition
than at the present time.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. C. s. Noyes returned from
Europe by the steamer Mosel, capt. Neynaber)
OF the North German Lloyd line, reaching New
York on Saturday. Prof. Hilgard and wife
Trip over was an exceptionally pleasant one for
dne season 5s sn ~, Hon zaeS Chandler OF Michl-
Hon. II. G. Burchard, OF Illinois, is in the
city attending upon the supreme Court in i'm
portant cases In which he is retained as attOr-
ney. Congressman JOrgensOn, OF Va, the
only republican elected to the 10th Congress
from that state, is in the city. - Clerk OF the
House, Adams, is expected to arrive here TO-
morrow.
GENERAL GREEN B. RAUN, Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue, returned last evening from
the west, and was at his desk this morning He
has been absent about five weeks, principally in
Illinois, his native state. He has during his ab-
sence made a number OF campaign speeches,
taken some rest and attended to good deal of
business connected with his bureau. His party
Is perfectly satisfied with the result of the eec-
tIons In Illinois, he says, with the exception of
the defeat OF Judge Upton, republican, for Con-
greSs. He regards the greenbackers and 1nf1a-
tlOn1StS as factors OF the past in American poll
tics. The commissioner has been in freuuent
consultations with the western distillers. From
their utteranceS he does not think they will at
tempt to secure any additional legislation at the
next session, especially that no change in the
Wh1skey tax will be agitated. He will begin
work at once on his annual report which some
Washington correspondents have taken the
trouble to prepare and publish for him already
GEN. w. B. HAzEN, U. S. A., who was sent to
Vienna, Austria, as military attache to the
American legation during the Turco- Russian
war, has returned to the United States, and is
IN the city. He personally witnessed some of
the most important military operations of that
war, and as instructor has from time to time
made Official reports concerning his ObSerya-
IONS TO secretary McCrary and Gen. Sherman.
EX-SECRETARY CHANDLER ON THE POLITICAL
SiTuATIoN.-Zack Chandler arrived here last
night and is quartered at the Ebbitt house. A
gentleman who had quite chat with him SAYS
that the "Old War Horse " is more than pleased
with the result OF last Tuesdays verdict, AMI
says that the republican party is stronger now
than 1t was two years ago. He thinks that
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