Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-31
Making Money.
How the Greenback Is Prepared for Cil
 cuIatIOns.

I How the Greenback Is Prepared for Cir. cuIatIons.
 The following appears in the St. Louis ] Chronicle: 'tAll paper money" said Treas l ury official, in conversation with a Ch90nicl, reporter few days since, ''both legal tenders | and national securities, are now engraved printed, and finished in the Bureau of En. l graving and Printing at Washington Some years ago, one-half the note was finished in New York by the Columbia Bank Note Com pany, but that has been done away with for some time. Under act of Congress, a building has just been completed for the sole use of the bureau. Before moving into this l they occupied portion of the Treasury de- pertinent. :"
 "What about the process of making a greenback ?''
 ''The process of making the greenback and Government securities is this: The paper is first taken to the wetting division. There it is counted and dampened. It is then deliv- cred to the plate printers, each sheet being charged to them. They again count it in the presence Of their assistant, who is lady and give receipt therefor, the assistant cer- tifying that she witnessed the count. The re- celpts are taken to the wetting division, where they are compared with the books be- fore work is begun, and must agree, The paper is then given the first impression, which is on the back. This is done with hand press. Attached to all of these presses are registers, which keep count of each sheet of paper as 1t passes through, so it is fmpos- sible for the printer to secrete any without being detected. The note then passes into the examining division, where 1t is counted while wet and then placed in a drying box When perfectly dry it is taken out and again counted, and the work examined by experts, all of whom are ladies. The sheets found de- fective in any way are cancelled, and the per feet ones placed in hydraulic press, where an immense pressure is given them. When taken out they perfectly smooth. They are then sent back to the wetting division, where they are again dampened."
 ''What is the next step in their manufac- ture Pr
 ''Well, they are taken to the printing di- vision, where they receive the second i'm pression, which is the black part of the face after which they are taken to the examining division, the dry box, the hydraulic press, and back cgain to the wetting division, the same as at first. They are taken from here the third time to the State printing division, where the third impression is received, which is the large red seal 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 numbers that are seen on the upper right corner and left centre. Both legal tender and national bank notes are printed on SneeCS, auQ Iu0r6 are d1WayS 1Our notes on each. After being numbered the legal tender notes are taken to another room, where the margin is trimmed from the paper and the notes separated. This is all done by machinery. After being separated they are again counted and placed in packages of l 1000 notes each. This is also done by ladies who are experts One lady, Mrs. Silver, will count ,O0O notes in five minutes. This is the final count. They are then ready for delivery to the parties authorized to receive them. The national bank notes'are not sep arated, but are sent to the banks that issue them in sheets of four each, so that they may be the more readily signed The rules governing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are very strict. In fact, during working hours the employees are treated more like prisoners than they are like ladies or gentlemen. From 1, 1000 to ], 800 persons are employed there, the ladies outnumbering the gentlemen conaiderably"
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