Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-26
was very large ana the increased cost In all the

NaS Vtfy iafgS, anu tQe lnCrt8Se0 COST ID tQo
materials, made Il very expensive In single
u, 2S5,oo The printing for the War depart
nent In 1850 was less than SCI 900: IN sol &c was
- oSSll In 1869 Ssi9 81 81; In 1863 f35s $50 81;
In 1854 ss2 eis a.; and In 1895, the last year OF
the war, it fell 60 Sllo.64S.6S In the other de-
paTtments the Increase was not 80 great but
90 %. single year. ls6o. the ofilce dlsoursed
s;a 'oss.sZ Tor printing for the government.
Srnce the war, with fifteen years OF growth OF
out country the aggregate expense has very
20 oao IN. ahSreased until Is now averages about
NOTES OF INTEREST.
one OF the largest Jobs ever undertaken a.
the WORKS Is now In hand This is The Rebel
lion Record. Ii is estimated by Col Scott. who
has the WORK IN charge, that these records
each or 90 80 pages Ten thousand copies M
each volume are 10 be printed for Congress M
Will require - OoO rcams or paper and wiz re-
Quire s30, 400 coo ems OF type TO produce It.
Some wonderfully hasty ana rapidly executed
Jobs OF work have been done here. Notable
among them are II. 5. Revised Statutes"
comprising ,0Ss pages, printed and bound In
three days AS these were statutory laws
they had TO be literally perfect ana without
error, and were so ia the incredibly short space
named. A Senate document or @40 pages WAS
printed and delivered IN 30 hours
In 1871 single order was given 60 New
YORK type foundry for 1900 pounds OF type.
which was subsequently Increased TO 1900
pounds, being doubtless the largest order ever
given or niled In the worlds history.
During the late war the employees acted as
SoldlerS Tor The protection CT the Government
printing Ofhce, taking certain hours daily for
drill and doing regular night duty for an allot-
ted period ION guard"
In 1861 the wages for skilled worknen were
sl4 per week; In 1868, SIC; IN December, 60. SIS:
In June. Ca s2l; and IN November Ca f24 per
week. Under the present law the rates were
reduced TO ~ cents per hour for composition,
and all operatives were reduced Ia similar pro-
portions. The men earn from $500 10 81 200 a
year; the women all the way from $3.50 10 $40 q
year.
THE OFFICIALS IN CHARGE.
The following is the official stan OF the Gov
eminent Printing ONCE at this time:
Hon. John ID. Defrees Public Printer
A. ID. ). Davis Foreman or Printing.
{. NJ. Robinson. Proof Reviser.
John Furlong, Foreman Proof Room.
*. w. Kerr, Assistant TO Foreman OF Printing
Much more might be said or this interesting
Institution, but limited space forbids II. The
above, and host OF other. Interesting facts and
figures, descriptions and Incidents, In fGu de-
tail, may be obtained ere long In a book now In
preparation from the pen OF X. w. Kerr esq,
OF the official stan OF The Office IN which an eX-
tended history OF public printing. and copi-
ously illustrated detailed description or the
works, with Its beautiful and costly machinery,
all sketched, Will be given. for much OF the
above Data We are Indebted 10 the author VINO
Kindly permitted glance at the advance sheets
OF the forthcoming book, which Will be entitled
Public Printing Record OF Century, from
1888 to ISL" IL VIII doubtless have large
circulation and become a standard library
volume, as IL is full OF live interest.