Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-24
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
REPaRr q

The report of o. II. Irish, chief OF the Treasury
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing, of the opera
tons OF that bureau during the fiscal year ended
June 60 1881, shows that there were completed and
delivered 714761 sheets of notes and securities Of
the face value OF 81 AS, go; 1s70693 sheets Of
internal revenue and custom stamps, containing
6S4 459, ,615 stamps, and 6S2 339 sheets OF checks
drafts &C., for the Treasurer of the United States
and diSbursing officers Of the several departments
besides II large amount OF miscellaneous work.
The aggregate expenditures for the year were
$9O1, 1873 7S. The amount incurred in executing
work for the several bureaus of the Treasury and
other departments, to be reimbursed by them from
the proper appropriations under their control Was
$780, The net expenditures chargeable to
the regular appropriations were as follows: Sal
aries 81, ,92S.15; labor and expenses 1874, 10
The amounts appropriated for the fiscal year
were: For salaries and officers, $25 $780, for labor
and expenses, ss75 COO. There is an unexpended
balance TO the credit of each OF these apprOpria-
tons as follows: Salaries, &C., S1.S5; labor and
expenses, $553S0
At the close of the fiscal year 1884, the new build
over for occupation by the bureau, and at the COM
mencement OF the fiscal year covered by this re-
port, the entire force OF employees were at work
therein. There, however, remained to be done a
very large amount OF work, In completing, ar
ranging, and adapting the premises to the require
mentS OF the service, Including the finishing and
putting in OF two elevators There were also con-
structed by the bureau as an addition to its stock
of machinery and tools, five steam-pOwer plate
printing presses OF the Milligan pattern, and six
perfOrating machines OF the knife pattern.
Heretofore the work OF plate-printing has been
improvement has been made since their original
adaptation to the work. The experiment with
the new steam-pOwer presses has been very salts
factory, and further improvement in presses
adapted to printing from engraved and transferred
plates by steam-pOwer is anticipated
The Market Troubles.
MEETING OF DEALERS THIS AFTERNoON-RAIsING
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR NEW MARKET BUILDING.
An adjourned meeting Of the market dealers was
held this afternoon at Popkin's dining-rooms- Mr..
Hoover stated that the interview which the COM
mittee on counsel was TO have had to-day with the
District Commissioners had been postponed till to
morrow at O'Clock.
MIR. T. d. Daily said he had received subscrip-
tions to the amount OF $4,000 toward the erection
OF new market, which sum represented half an
Mr. Daily proceeded to reply at some length to
Chandler and Ella.
OF the directors OF the company for the statement
that there was bonded debt OF 100000 on the
market The matter pending before the Commits
SionerS. he said, was In reference to the fixing OF
minimum prices, and he wanted to say that the
points raised would have slipped them all together,
II IL had not Deen ior their Old friend, MIR. Geo.
Oyster, who had defended their cause hand
SOmely.
Messrs. Barnes and Hoover were thereupon an
pointed committee to walt upon Mr. oyster and
Mr. Daily, during the absence OF the committee,
said that the party from whom they had offered t0
purchase the site wanted TO take SIS in stock
and another party had offered to take $25 600 Ol
the stock, but both offers had been declined. as
| they wanted the market to be owned by the mar.
The committee to wait upon Mr.. Oyster reported
that that gentleman had been called away by bust
ne nHd
Messrs w. s. Hoover, Louis Kengla, T. D. Daily,
J. T. varnell, Henry Miller, Theodore Barnes and
draft resolutions setting forth the issues beeWee1
| the market company and the market dealers. The
| meeting was then adjourned