The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-06

arc permitted 10 depart. As soon as {
printer has printed two hundred sheet,
he sends them 10 the division where the
next process Is TO be gone through with
There are four divisions in the building
each managed by II superintendent, and
at the close of the day these supcrin
tGndcnts make their report in writing
10 the chief OF the bureau.
The drying-room, where the sheets
are taken TO be dried after receiving IN
impression, Is heated ut temperature
OF 100 degrees. The sheets are wheeled
into tho room ON Il sort OF railroad
truck and put upon drying frames, and
there they remain long enough for them
to get dry and crisp. When al! -.
impressions have been made thu ry
INTO the examining room where the
women examine them TO see tina, there
arc no defects in the work. After this
they are pressed in II hydraulic press.
Then another set Of men cut them;
Then they are counted aud done up in
packages ready to be sent TO the vaults
! The examiners receive $40 dny.
The ladies who count the notes do il
with n facility that is simply marvellous.
Old Mr. Test, the clever old gentleman
who showed me around the place,
pointed with pride 10 ono lady in 4
striped dress, who had been in the dc
partmcnt Tor long time, and who
could count al the rate Of one bundled
and eighty notes Il minute; that j, three
IN asc."nL 1t is hardly probable that
| there is Il teller in any bank in the
country who can do this. If this lady
| counts five dollar notes for six hours
! during Il single dny, two hun Ircd ard
seventy thousand dollars would pass
through her hands.
The cngrayerI occupy the lower floor
OF the building and il is almost need
less to say that the highest talent is
employed in this department Of the
service. There are five different styles
OF engraving ON Il bill the written or
script part, peculiar kind Of work
done on the end Of the bill near the iig-
IRE representing the denomination, and
which is done by the gcomclrIc lathe,
the lettering, the yignctte and the por-
trait. Each OF these styles Of work are
done by single man, 20 that one man.
no matter how long he may be in the
rYlcc, can ncyc; cngrayc Il bill in lis
entirety. IT is somewhat ANNOYING
confession To make, however, that there
are two men in the country, go inter.
iclicrs, whose ability rs cngraycr, i, 50
great that they are able 10 make all
parts Of II bill. On the other hand, il
may be said that the engraving on the
United States notes and securities has |
long been acknowledged TO he the best
in the world, and has been awarded such |
by foreign Exposition. and the Ccnren.
nal Fair recently held in our own com-
try. The cngravers receive from 50 10 |
- 4 day.
The vaults in the basement OF the
building where the money is deposited |
alter II IL maize Arc huge compartments, |
the entrance being through an immense
iron door seemingly large and strong
enough to defy the united efforts OF u
party OF giants. The door il worked by |
Il combination lock, ~ arranged that il |
requires three men 10 work it. They |
have charge Of the plate, on which the /
cn@rnycrs and printers are at work dur
lng the day. Each afternoon these
plates must be returned before four
D clock. In glass ease near these
vaults may be seen the swords Of the
rebel Major-''cncral Twigg, which were
captured 10y General Ru,lrr during the
late war. There Grp three ul them, all
presents in cor sdcraion OF il bravery
in the Mexican war in 1916. One il
worth 5000, another Sip. UUu, and the
Ihrd so, Oop- the ia.l being LARGELY
made Of gold and set with precious
ones. The heirs Of GrurraIUwiyp are
now making Efforts ~ have the Govern.
mrn' restore this property 10 them, and
1t IS generally supposed that the effort
Will bc successful
There is now bringlrioI in lhi, build
me- now patent process Tor printing
lmled states SECURITIES, It ia called
n ter the inventor, "Mulligan's Patent
Plate Process The presses which
are run by hand in the upper part of
Ice building, aud to which aIlusion has
lccn made, do not get through the
work very fast. The new pres, is run
" steam, and all the necessary opera
IONS but one are done b, machinery,
instead of by hand, the printer r,main-
ny ut one point OF the machine and he.
ng only required To rub OF the surplus
nk with his hands OF course u glcal
lead more work is done by this method,
'ut work is accommodating so fast on the
government that some labor. saving
method, it is claimed, is getting to be
, necessity The inventor worked the
Il year and half for the Coy
eminent before the officials were salts
fed to give it trial. Then the Govern.
mcnt built live presses ~ a commence
lcni, and now they are talking Of :
more WASHINGTON Letter. ,,