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

~as ecfy iafge, ana tne Increased cost u al tn0
materials, made Il very expensive. In single
~ 2ss,o 600. The printing for the War depart
heht In 1850 was less than SCI 900: In sci &c was
- s, II; In 1852 se!9 In 1868 sssS isosl
sne war, it fell 60 Slo. 64S6S. In the other de-
pdIlments, the Increase was not 80 great but
90 % d S single year. ls65, the ofllce dlsoursed
s;noa '.ss,SZ tor printing for the government.
en- the war, with fifteen years OF growth OF
uat Seuntry the aggregate expense has very
90 eSo o, nnsfeased until IL now averages about
NOTES OF INTEREST
one OF the largest Jobs ever undertaken at
the WORKS Is now In hand. This is ..Ine Rebel
non Record it is estimated by Col Scott. who
has the Work In charge. that these onis
each, or 80 80 pages Ten thousand COMES os
each volume are 10 be printed for Congress. It
Will require a. .ooO rcams OF paper and wiz re-
Quire sS0. coo ems OF type TO produce It
some wonderfully basty ana rapidly executed
JOBS or work have oeen done here. Notable
among them are ." L. ;. Revised Statutes"
comprising ,oSs pages, printed and bound In
Three days AS these were statutory laws"
they had TO be literally ptrreyf and without
error, and were so ia the incredibly short space
named. A Senate document or s40 pages WAS
printed and delivered In 30 hours.
In 1871 single order was given 90 New
loik type foundry for 6oeeO pounds OF type,
Whlcn was subsequently Increased 10 IS 900
pounds. being doubtless the largest order ever
given or filled In the worlds history.
during the late war the employees acted as
SolalerS for The protection or the Government
printing Office, taking certain hours daily for
drill and doing regular night duty for an alloI-
ted period ION guard"
In 1851 the wages for skilled workmen were
Sl4 per week; In 1863, $l6 IN December Ga 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
year; the women all the way from $50 TO 500
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
THB DATA.
Much more might be said or this Interesting
Institution, but limited space forblds Il. The
above, and host OF other. Interesting facts ana
ngures, descriptions and Incidents, In tcll de-
tall, 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 a copi-
ously illustrated detailed description or the
works, with Its beautiful ana costly machinery.
all sketched, Will be given. for much or the
above Data we are Indebted TO the author VINO
Kindly permitted glance at the advance sheets
OF the forthcoming book, which Will be entitled
Public Printing: Record OF a Century from
1883 TO ISL" IL VIII doubtless have q large
circulation and become a standard library
volume, as IL is full OF live interest.