Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-10-07
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MAKING MONEY.


in conversation with a reporter few days
ago, "both legal tenders and national securi-
ties, is now engraved, printed and finished in
the bureau Of engraving and printing at
Washington. Some years ago the note was
finished in New York by the Colun bia Bank
Note Company, but that has been done away
with for some time Under an act of Con.
gress building has just been completed for
the sole use of the bureau. Before moving
into this they occupied part of the Treasury
Department"
"What about the process of making green.
back"
"The process of making a greenback and
other government securities is this The pa
per is first taken to the wetting division.
There it is counted and dampened. 1t is
then delivered 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 as
si*tant certifying that she witnessed the count.
The receipts are taken to the wetting division,
where they are compared to the books before
the work is begun and must agree. The pa
per is then given the first impression, which is
on the back This is done on 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 secure any without being detected.
The note then passes into the examining di.
vision, where it 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 defective in any
way are cancelled, and the perfect ones placed
in hydraulic press, where an immense pres
sure is given them. When taken out they
are again dampened."
"What is the next step in their manufac.
ture?"
"Well, they are taken to the printing di'
vision, where they receive the second impres
sion which is the black part of the face, after
which they are taken to the examing divis
ion, 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 examining room, dried, press
ed, counted and examined, the same as on
both previous occasions From here they
are sent to the numbering division, where thsy
receive the numbers that are seen on the up.
per right corner and left centre. Both legal
tender and national bank notes are printed
on sheets, and there are always four notes on
each. After being numbered, the legal ten
der notes are taken to another room, where
the margin is trimmed from the paper and
the notes separated. This is all done by ma.
chinery. After being separated they are
again counted and placed in packages Of
1000 notes each. This is Aso done by ladies,
who are experts. One lady, Mrs. Silver,
will count 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 sep.
arated, but are sent to the banks that issued
them in sheets of four each so that they may
be the more readily signed. The rules gov
erning the bureau of engraving and printing
are very strict. In fact, during working
hours, the employees are treated mure like
prisoners than they are like ladies and gen.
tlemen From 1000 to 1900 persons are
employed there, the ladies outnumbering the
gentlemen considerably"
PANAMA HATs-The Jipijapa, or Pana.
ma hats, says the Journal of Botany, are prin
.cipally manufactured in Veraquas and West.
commerce by that name are plated in the
Isthmus; by far greater portion being made
in Manta, Monte Christi, and other parts OF
Ecuador The hats are worn almost in the
whole American continent and West Indies
and would probably be equally used in Eu.
rope did not their high price (varying from
So to $l5O prevent their importation. They
are distinguished from all Others by consisting
only of single piece, and by their lightness
and fexibilily. They may be rolled up and
put into the pocket without injury. In the
rainy season they are apt to get black but
by washing with soap and water, besmearing
them with lime juice, or any other acid, and
exposing them to the sun, their whiteness is
easily restored So little is known about
these hats, that it may not be out Of place to
give an account of their manufacture.
The "straw" (pajaD previous to plating
has to undergo several processes The leaves
are gathered before they unfold; all the ribs
and coarser veins removed, and the rest
without being separated from the base of the
leaf is reduced to shreds After having been
exposed to the sun for day, and tied into a
knot, the straw is immersed in boiling water
until it becomes white 1t is then hung up
in shady place, and subsequently, bleached
for TWO or three days. The straw is now
ready for use, and in this state, sent to diff
ferent places, especially to Peru, where the
Indians manufacture from it those beautiful
cigar cases, which some times bring as high
as $50 each. The plating Of the hats is
very troublesome. 1t commences at the
crown and finishes at the brim. The hats
are made on block, which is placed upon the
knees, and requires to be constantly pressed
with the breast. According to their quality,
more or less time is occupied in their compile.
tion-the coarser ones may be finished in two
or three days, while the finest may take as
many months. The best times for plating
are the morning hours and the rainy season,
when the air, is moist. In the middle Of the
day and in dry clear weather, the straw is
apt to break, and this, when the hat is finish
ed, is betrayed by knots, and much dminishes
the value
A Music LEssoN.-A Highland piper,
having a scholar to teach, disdained to crack
his brains with the names of semibreves, min.
inns, crotchets, and quavers. "Here, Donald"
said he "tak' yer pipes, lad, and gle US blast.
So, vera weel blawn, indeed; but what's a
sound, Donald, without sense You may
blaw forever without making tune OF if l
dinna tell you how the paper maun help you.
You see that big fellow, wi round, open
face (pointing to semibreve, between two