The Red Cloud chief., 1882-10-06

ISsodests make their report In writn:
70 the chioe 81 the bureau
Tho dfying-room. where The sheets
are tsken 70 Be dried sftsr receiving N
impression. II heated u . icmpersiure
of l50 degrees The sheets m wbcrled
Into tho room % . sort Of rsiirosd
truck and put upon drying frames. and
there they remain long enough for them
10 get dry and crisp. When all the
impressions hare been made they 20
into the examining where the
women examine them To see that there
are no defects in the work After this
they are pressed in . hydraulic press.
Then another YET Of men cut them;
then they are counted and done up in
packages ready TO be sent 10 TIE wants
The examiners receive s1.75 . day.
The ladies who count the notes do it
with . facility tina, is simply marvellous.
Old III. Test, the clever old gentleman
who showed me around the place.
pointed with pride 10 one lady in \
striped dress. who had been i'm the de-
partment for . long time, and who
could count q; the rate Of one hundred
and eighty notes q minute: that Is three
In . second. II Is hardly probable that
there is q teller in any bank in the
country who can do this. II this lady
counts i've dollar notes for six hours
during o single day. two hundred and
seventy thousand dollars would pass
through her hands.
The engravers occupy the lower floor
Of the building. and it is almost need
less to say that the highest talent Is
employed in this department OF tho
service. There are five different style,
of engraving on . bill-the written or
script part. . peculiar kind Of work
done on the end of the bill near the Zig.
ure representing the denomination. and
which is done by the gcometric lathe.
the lettering, the yignette and the pOr-
trait. Each Of these styles Of work arc
done by q single man. so that one man.
no matter how long he may be in the
service, a eve engrayc a bill in its
entirety. 1t is a somewhat annoying
confession TO make. however, that there
are two men in the country. counter
letters. whose ability as engrayers is so
great that they are able to make all
parts Of n bill. On the other hand. it
may be said that the engraving on the
United States notes and securities has
long been acknowledged TO be the best
in the world, and has been awarded such
by foreign ExpOsiiions and the Centcn-
NAL Fair receatly held In our own conn
try. The engrayers receive from sc to
% n day.
I The vaults in the basement Of the
building where the money is deposited
after it is maize are huge compartments.
the entrance being through an immense
iron door, seemingly large and strong
enough to defy the united efforts OF q
party Of giants. The door is worked by
a combination lock, so arranged that It
requires three men to work il. They
have charge of the plates on which the
engravers and printers are at work dur
ing tho day. Each afternoon these
plates must be returned before four
O'Clock. In n glass Ease near these
vaults may be e Q the swords of tho
rebel Major-t;eneral Twigg. which were
captured by General Butler during the
late war. There are three Of them, al!
presents in consideration of his bravery
in the Mexican war in 1916. One il
worth 5000, another $40. 00l, and tho
third $50. 0O0-the last being largely
made of gold and set with precious
The heirs of General Twigg are
now making efforts Il have the Govern
ment restore this property TO them, and
It is generally supposed that the effor:
will be successful.
There Is now being tried in this build.
ing q new patent process for %printino
United States securities. 1t is called
after the inventor, "Mulligan's Patent
Plate Process" The presses which
are run by hand in the upper part OF
the building. and 10 which allusion has
been made, do not get through the |
work very fast. The new press is run
by steam. and all the necessary opera
tons but One are done by machinery
of by hand. the printer remain
ing ut one point of the machine and be-
ing only required to rub of the surplus
ink with his hands. Of course q great
deal more work is done by this method.
but work Is accommodating so fast on the
that some labor saving
method. it is claimed. is getting to be
necessity. The inventor worked the
a year and a half for the Gov
ernment before the officials were salts
led TO give it a trial. Then the Govern
built i've presses rs n commence
nent, and now they are talking ol
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