The Arizona sentinel., 1879-07-19

Believing it possible to procure paper for Government purposes equal in all re- spects to the localized fiber, and at more favorable rates, Secretary Sherman, on October 29, 1878, by circular and advertise ment, invited proposals for furnishing distinctive paper, &c Bids from nineteen persons and firms were opened or Decem- Der 5, 1878. by committee of experts ap- pointed by the Secretary.
 From devices presented four "eie
 lected by the committee, and the oiiSi''" tors were reouested to furnish samples oi naner containing their peculiar oesisn', in order that the paper might be subjected to practical tests in the Bureau oi hngraV- ,nr and Printing, under the direction oi ,bo committee. These bidders were as fellows. Messrs. Wilcox &Co., a localized ;ute- fbre: Messrs. Crane & Co., silk-fbre mt localized: Mr Geo. ". Casilear, differ ent colored silk threads, and Messrs, Hud- son & O., of Hartford, Conn.,, silk threads in straight lines The com mittee have been pursuing their experiments since January last, and finally decided to ap- prove as a distinctive feature different colored silk threads combined with dis trIbuted silk dbre. It will be perceived that DO one design was adopted, but a combination of two, and as the patent on the silk fibre, which wss held by MT. Haywood, had expired, the Government will not have to pay for the distinctive fea- tGre. which has been adopted, The com mittee then invited proposals for furnish ing the paper, and received large num- Der. IL was decided that the paper fur nished by Messrs. Crane & Co was the most desirable. both in point of quality and price, and the committee submitted tlsir report to Secretary Sherman em 50dy. ing these facts. The Secretary has ap- proved the report, and ordered the award of the contract accordingly. Crane & Co.,. with Wilcox & Co, are the largest paper manufacturers Tn the country, and tht only firms that make bank-note paper Crane 6l Co. agree to furnish the best liner
 paper, and al price which is reduction
 o: about s per cent, in the prices now
 paid to Wilcox & Co.
 The supply of the old paper now ol
 hand will last the remainder of the pres
 ent year, but Crane N Go. will begin t manufacture the paper immediately, as
 require. scme time for the drying process
 After the paper receives the impressions
 the colored silk threads will not be visibl
 to the naked eye, except in one place ol
 the back, as in the old paper. The Coy
 ernment now having adopted this distinc
 tive feature, any one manufacturing 0
 using this kind of paper will, according t
 the law, be subjected to heavy penalty
 Messrs. Wilcox & Co.,, during tie tel years they have worked under their con tract, have furnished the Government tw hundred and fifty million sheets of the fibr l paper, which would aggregate in weigt about three million three hundred thoui | and pounds. Should as much distinctly : paper be needed duringi he next dec.d ! 3 was used in the past the present contra' , will save for the people eight hundre thousand dollars. Still we part with Il localized fibre paper with regret, as it hs stood an insurmountable barrier to u
 most expert couuterfeiter.-Departnaent ReUiesg.