The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-30
MAKING MONEY.
How the Grecnbaek is Prepared for Cir-
 sulatiOn.


 "All paper money" said Treasury official, in conversation with Chroai- cle reporter few days since, "both legal tenders and national securities, are now engraved, printed and finished in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington. Some years ago one-half the note was finished in New York by the Columbia Bank-note Company, but that has been done away with for some time. Under an act of Congress, a building has just been completed for the sole use of the bureau. Before moving into this they occupied portion of the Treasury Department"
 What about the process of making a greenback?"
 The process of making the greenback and other government securities is this :: The paper is first taken to the wetting division. There it is counted and damp ened. It IS then delivered to the plate printers, each sheet being charged to them. They again count it in the pres ence of their assitant, who is lady, and give receipt therefor, the assistant certl- lying that she witnessed the count. The receipts are taken to the wettilg divis- ion, where they are compared with the books before 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 these presses are registers which keep. count of each sheet of paper as it passes through, so it is impossible for the printer to secrete any without being detected. The note then passes into the examining division, where it is counted while wet and then place in a drying box. When perfectly dryit is taken out and again counted, and the work examined by experts, all Jf whom are ladies. The sheets found defective 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 are per to the wetting division, where they are again dampened."
 "What is the next step in their manu- facture?"
 "Well, they are taken to the printing division, where they receive the sec ond impression, 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 again 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 examin- ing room, dried, pressed, counted and examined, the same as on both previous occasions. From here they are sent to the numbering division, where they re- ceive the numbers that are seen on the upper right corner and lefteft centek. Both legal tender and national bane notes are printed on sheets, and therr are always four 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 machinary. After being sep arated they are again counted and placed in packages of 1000 notes each. This is also done by ladies, who are ex- perts. One lady Mrs. Silver, will count l 1000 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 separated, but are sent to the banks that issue them in sheets of four each, so that they may be more readily signed. The rules governing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are very strici. In fact, during working hours the are treated more like prisoners than they are like ladies or gentlemen.
 From 1000 to 1,600 persons are em- ployed there, the ladies outnumbering the gentlemen considerably"