The Phoenix herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1879-1882, 1880-10-08
How tho eresnback is made.

"All paper meney." said a Treas
ury officer in conversation with :
Chronicle reporter Il few days ago
both legal tenders and national Sc
curities, is now engraved printed
and finished in the Bureau of Eu-
craving aud Printing at Washington.
! Some years ago one-haif was I'm
/ ished in New York by the Columbia
Bank Note Company, but that has
been done away with for some time.
Under an Act of Congress Il building
has just been completed for the sole
I use of the Bureau. Before moving
into this they occupied part OF the
Treasury Department"
"What about the process of making
a grecnback?'
The process OF making the green
/ back and cher Government securi-
ties is this: The paper IS first taken
| to The weiting division. There it is
counted and damEened It is then
delivered 10 the plate printers, each
sheet beng charged TO them. They
! again >unt ii in the presence OF
| their assistant, who is lady. and
give receipt therefor, the assistant
certifying that she witnessed the
count The receipts are taken 10 the
wettinE division, where they are
compared with the books before
work is begun, and must agree. The
paper is then given the first impress
sioh, which is on the back. This i
done with hand press. Attached 10
al of these presses are registers,
which keep count of each sheet OF
paper rs it pass through, so it is i'm
possible for the printer 20 secret any
without being detected. The note
then passes into the examining divi-
SION, where 1t is counted while wet
and then placed in Il drying box.
When pert city dry il ii taken out
and agar counted, and the work eX-
amined by experts, all Of whom are
ladies. The sheets found detected
in any way are cancelled, and the
perfect ones placed in n hydraulic
! re s, where an immense pressure is
gwen them. When taken out they
are perfectly smooth. They are then |
sent back to the wetting division, |
~here they are again dampened."
what is the next step in their |
manufacture?
well, they are taken to the print
ing division, where they receive the |
second impression, which is the |
black part of the face, after which
they are taken TO the examining divi- |
sion, the dry box, the hydraulic
press, aDd back again to the wetting
division. The same as at first They
are taken from here the third time 10
the plate printing division, where
the third impression is received,
which is the large red 81 al on the
face. After this they are taken TO
the examining room, dried, pressed.
counted and examined. the same as
On both previous occasions. From
here they are sent to the numbering
division, where they receive The num-
Ders that are seen Oh the upper right
corner and left center. Both legal
tender and national bank notes are
printed on sheets, and there are al
ways four notes on each After he
ng numbered the legal tender notes
Ire taken to another roam, where the
is trimmed from The paper
md the notes separated. This is ali
lone by machinery. After being Sc
they are again counted and
,iaccf! in packages of one thousand
notes each. This is al-O done by
;dics, who are experts. One lady, a
Hrs Silver, will count one thousand
iotes in five minutes. THIS is II c
NAL count. They are then ready fer
elivery 10 The parties authorized to
eceivc them. The national bank
O:cs are not separated, but are Sent
> the banks that issued them in
Ileets Of four each. so that they may
e the more readily 81. ned. Tie
nles governing the Bureau of E..
raving and Printing are very strict.
II fact, during working hours the
mployes are treated more like pri-
0ners than they are like ladies or
en,lemen. From one thousand "a
teen hundred persons are employed =
lere, the ladies outnum boring the
emilemen sensiderahly."-St. Louis
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