Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-01-25

ing off the surplus ink, and the girls
putting the sheet on the plate and re-
moving it after the impression has
been made. After the face Of the bill
has been printed, the sheets are taken
to the drying room, where they remain
two or three days to be dried. Then
they are taken to another division.
where a second printer prints the red
seal upon each bill. Then it will be
taken to another division, cut up,
counted and put into the vaults, for
then it is money. The signature on
the bill is part of the regular impress
ion from the plate. After the red seal
has been printed on the face of the
note, it is printed on the reverse side.
Revenue stamps receive two impress
ions, but lager beer stamps are made
with one.
THE SYSTEM OF RECEIPTS
and checks upon carelessness and dis
honesty is simply perfect. In order to
swindle the government in this direc-
tion there would have to be collusion
through an almost interminable line of
employees, beginning with the men
who make the paper, and ending with
the officer who receives the package of
bills to put them in the vaults. In
fact, the sheets, whether blank, or
partly, or wholly printed, have to be re-
ceipted for by each and every person
through whose hands they pass. The SUI
perintenaent receipts for them as he re-
ceives them from the treasury, the paper
clerk as he receives them from the SUI
perintendent, the printer as he receives
them from the paper clerk, each super
intendent Of a division as he receives
the sheets partly printed from the
printer, and each ub-superintendent as
he receives them in turn from his SUI
perior, and 50 on up to the time when
the banks send in their receipts for the
dollars when Uncle Sam has finally
parted with them never more to see
them, until they come back to another
branch of the treasury in the shape of
old and worn out bills to be burnt up
in the furnace after being replaced by
new ones. Indeed this system Of re-
ceipts is so earnestly spoken of by the
pleasant old gentleman that shows you
round the building that at the moment
you leave the place you almost expect
him to return you a receipt for your
precious person ere you are permitted
to depart. AS soon as a printer has
printed two hundred sheets he sends
them to the division where the next
process is to be gone through with.
'Nbaro oro fO,r Il Visions IN Tho h,,;1lino,
each managed by superintendent, and
at the close Of the day these superin-
tendents make their report in writing
to the chief Of the bureau.
THE DRYING ROOM,
where the sheets are taken to be dried
after receiving an impression, is heated
at temperature of $50 deg. The
sheets are wheeled into the room on a
sort of railroad truck and put upon
drying frames, and there they remain
long enough for them to become dry
and crisp. When all the impressions
have been made they 60 into the ex-
amining room, where the women ex-
anime them TO see that there are no
defects in the work. After this they
are pressed in hydraulic press. Then
another set of women cut them; then
they are counted and done up into
packages ready to be sent to the vaults.
The examiners receive $1.75 day. |
The ladies who count the notes do it |
with facility that is simply marvel
Gus. Old Mr.. Test, the clever old |
gentleman who showed me around the
place, pointed with pride to one lady in
striped dress, who had been in the de-
partment a long time, and who could |