The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25

moving into this, they occupied . part
Of The Treasury Department"
What shout the process Of masking =
greenbackPH
The process of making the green
back and other government securities 10
this:-The paper is hrSt taken to The
gsttiRg division. There Il is counted
and ~dampened. II Is then delivered 10
the plate printers, each sheet being
charged to them They again count il
in the presence Of their assistant, who
is a lady, and give a receipt the, sfor.
the assistant certifying that She witness
ed the count- The receipts are taken
TO the wetting division. where they are
compared with the books tefore the
work is begun, and must agree. Ills
is done with a hand press. Attached TO
all these presses are registers. wbicb
keep count Of each sheet Of paper as n
passes through. SO it is Impossible TO
secreie any without being detected,
The note then passes into tho examin-
ing division, where 1t 10 counted Ahile
wet and placed in q drying box. When
perfectly dry it is taken put and gain
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 pl red
in ahydraulic press. where an Lmense
pressure is given them. Whei taken
out they are perfectly smooth. They
are then sent back TO the we.tiny
division, where they are again do lpen.
Cd"
What il the next step in their manu-
facturep"
We'll, they are taken to the Printing
division, where they receive the secodd
impression. which Is the black part OF
the face. after which they are taken
TO the examining division, the dry Jox.
the hydraulic press, and back again "
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. Aitor
this they are taken TO the examining
room, dried. pressed counted and az
amined. the same as on both previouS
occasions. From here they are sent u
the numbering division. where they
receive the numbers that are seen on
the upper right corner and left center.
Both legal tender and national bank
notes are printed on sheets, and thsie
are always four notes on each. After
being numbered. the legal tender n.,es
are taken to another room. where the
margin is trimmed from the papsr.
and the notes separated. This is ali
done by machinery. After being sspar-
ated. they are again counted and
placed in packages Of one thousaud
notes each This is also done by ladies.
who are experts. One lady, o Mrs.
Silver. will count one thouSand notes In
i've minutes. This il the final count.
They are then ready for delivery to the
parties authorized to receive them.
The national bank notes are not separ.
ated. but are semi TO the banks that
issued them in sheets Of four each. 90
that they may be more readily signed.
The rules governing the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing are very s.ri,..
In fact, during working hours, the
employees are treated more like prison.
crs than they are like ladies or gentle
man. From thousand 70 dftssn
hundred persons are employed there,
Tho ladies' outnumbering the gentle.
men CONSIDERABLE" -.