Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-24
UNCLE sAm,S MONEY MILL.
The Work Done At the Bureau Of En-.
craving and Printing Last Year
More Room and Bigger Approprin.

craving and Printing Last Year
More Room and bigger Appropria.
tsons Wanted.
The annual report Of 7. n Burrfll, chief OF the
bureau OF engraving and printing, summary OF
which was recently printed In TIE STAR states
that as result OF the years work there were CON-
pleted and delivered sl9i 676 sheets OF notes and
securities, with face value OF SECS $780, ACT
sheetS OF internal revenue and customs stamps
containing 4so,s06,S,s stamps; .o32 sheets OF
checks, drafts, &c, and large amount OF miscel-
laneous work, besides impr.nting "Act March 8,
1885, upon S65167 sheets OF tobacco, snuff, cigar.
ana cigarette stamps. containing s3sl $40 stamps
furnished by the commissioner OF internal revenue
The aggregate expenditures for the year were
s9 30i So including sa5,o45s0 for salaries OF on
GERS, So 362.y FOR labor III bureau and $l45 OS
Tor material, &c.
THE DECREASE IN EXPENDITURE
There is decrease" the report Says, "in both
the expenditures and In the amount OF work COM
pleted and delivered during this year. Excluding
the item OF salaries OF officers the AUGMENTATION
for Which is specific and does not vary from year
TO year, the decrease In the expenditures or this
year, as compared with last year. Is slightly less
than IL per cent The decrease IN the deliveries OF
noteS and securities is 10 &c per cent and IN inter-
mai revenue stamps Is 1855 per cent. There IS a
slight Increase In checks, drafts, &c. The work Of
impfipting the stock OF stamps held by the CON-
missioner 10 make them conform 10 the act OF
March 3, 1888. was substantially completed last
year, leaving but a small number u be done this
year. The causes or this decrease are The dscOr-
tlnuance, under act OF March D. ISSl. Of The bank
check and proprietary stamns-eXc,id.nc the
amount OF these stamps delivered in 1885 from the
calculation, there was an increase Of - per cent
OF the remaining classes or stamps delivered IA lisa
over tie deliveries in lSs3-and the reduced appru-
priationS made by Congress Tor notes and secylri-
ties The appropriation FOR United States notes. gold
and silver certificates, and registered bonds for
1883, was 100000: the same item for 1884 was
600 decrease OF 10 per cent; the reduction In
this work delivered In 1884, compared with 1885,
is 81 per cent. The result OF the reduced appro
Congress q
suspension of the printing OF one-dollar and two
dollar United States notes, from January 81 to
June so, 1884.
INADEQUATE APPROPRIATIONS.
The appropriation for circulating notes Tor na-
tlonal banks for 1883 was exclusive OF paper $685.
oco for 1884, was only slG5 o0a decrease of IS per
cent. The decrease in the work delivered In 1884
as compared with lSS3, was also l6 per cent The
bureaus estimates OF the amount OF appropriation
needed for that part OF the work directly under its
control-f e.. United States notes gold, silver and
currency ctrtllcates, and registered bonds-has
been each year since 1850. exclusive OF distinctive
paper as follows 1850, $3.50 orc: 1881, s4o0 eco; 1882
1928 COS: 1883 4a5 COO; ISL sis5 Geo. While the ap
preparations have been: 1880, inclusive OF distlnc-
tive paper, $3.50 000 1891. inclusive OF distinctive
paper, s3f5oo0. Thereafter, exclusive OF dlstlnc-
tive paper 1882 ,000 1884, s4000 co., 1884, 1851 OO
1t win thus be seen that for five years past the
appropriations for this work have been very con-
siderably below the estimates submitted by the
bureau, and have proved inadequate 10 the neces-
stiles OF the service, as the supply OF new notes
usually held In the Office OF the Treasurer OF the
hiSSO W N!eeI Oi Tue PUBIC
In redemption and exchange is exhausted OF one
dollar and two dollar notes. The number OF per-
sons employed on the first working-day OF each
month during the fiscal year, was as follows: July,
1,214; August 1919; september, 1,2o2;; october,
1,199: November, 1875; December. 1.1s7; January,
11Ss; February, 1,S6; March, Use; April, 1,1S5,
May. 1,lS2, and June, 117a
MORE ROOM NEEDED.
beg to again call attention to the necessity for
an enlargement OF the building occupied by this
bureau The reasons for this fully set forth In
my report for last year. The unsuitabieness OF the
rooms occupied as dressing rooms by the printers
ON one side OF the building, and by their assistants
on the other side, has been again called to my
attention during the past year by complaints from
those who use them. While it is conceded that the
rooms are not suitable for tie purpose for which
they are used, yet, as have no other rooms at my
disposal, no improvement can be made unless an
appropriation be made TO enlarge and improve
them. suitable out-buiiding for use as a stable.
Tor storage, Tor carpenter-shOp. S-nillS and
other such purposes, is also very much needed The
out-buildfngS now occupied for stable and harness.
house, and those occupied as a carperter-shop and
for storage, are temporary frame structures not
well adapted for these several purposes, and the
continued use OF which endangeTs public and
private property because OF their liability to be
destroyed by fire."