Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-01
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
S2z7 PER DAY SAVED THE
GOVERNMENT IN SALARIES.

no Employees of tho Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing Walk the Plank
"a Accomplish the Saving-The Dis
charges Based on the Report of Messrs.
Rogers and Huntington.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-A reduction
Of lI9 persons in the force of the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing took effect
t1is afternoon. The saving in salaries
mus Effected amounts to $277 per day.
THE II persons detailed to act as guides
10 strangers visiting the bureau are re-
tIrned to their original duties as printers
assistants, and an order has been pre-
rared to be promulgated tonight desgnat
inc Saturdays, between the hours of 10
and >, as the only time in the week when
visitors can be admitted. This order is
rendered necessary by the delays which
result from TIE great number Of visitors
who have been allowed heretofore to pass
through the work-rooms at all hours. The
salaries Of the guides amounted t9 SS, 500
per year.
AUST WORK EIGHT HOURS.
Another order, to take effect tomorrow
nornn-. REQUIRES strict enforcement Of
the el1ht-hour law throughout the bureau.
Heretofore a Considerable part Of jhe force
has 105 been required TO report un1u $40
O'clock each morning, while al nave been
excused at O'Clock on Saturdays. The
re,y order will bring the entire force on
Guu at s o'clock and keep them at work
uuti o'clock each day. All counters,
examiners ana numberers, a great many Of
whom nave heretofore keen paid by the
riace, are hereafter 10 be paid by the day.
Thev viii be divided into three classes, to
la paid at rates OF 81, 81 75 and 81 80 re-
suectiyely OF the discharges made to-
tay 81 are In the clerical branches Of the
bureau, the force Of clerks being cut down
from SIS to 81.
GROUND OF THE REDUCTION.
This reduction in the clerical force is
largely based upon recommendations Of
Messrs, Rogers and Huntington of the
Treasury Department, who We're detailed
some time ago by Secretary Manning to
examine into the system of aecOunt-keep-
ing practiced IN the bureau, and who, in
their report, recommended large reduc-
ton in the number Of forms used. q. o.
Graves, Chief Of the Bureau, 20 whom,
acting under authority of the Secretary Of
The Treasury, the reduction and changes
TO be- effected are due, has been carefully
examining the working methods of the
bureau since he was appointed to its
amount Of work to be required of the
bureau during the next fiscal year has
been taken into consideration, but the
laJs6r,clioGs in chief part fhaye been made
+beeS,y the adoption Of improved and
lice ASK latic methods of work.
card. and DEPARTMENT CHANGES.
- - ----...--- - Of transfers and removals
took place in the Treasury Department
to-day, and it is expected that more viii
be made tomorrow. Twenty clerks IN
tbeclassifed service were dropped from
the rolls, and the force in the Offices of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue and
Of the Register were reduced by
Transfers to other Offices. The
former lOOses about thirty clerks
and the latter about twenty. Most
OF the clerks dropped We're until recently
borne on the rolls Of the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau, but were detailed TO work in
other offices. VIM. Somerville of Illinois.
Chief clerk of the Internal Revenue Bu-
re8u, rendered his resignation, and Frank
VI. Th0rne, of Erie county, has, been
selected as his successor. It IS under
stood that the vacancy in the Office Of
Chief Of the Customs Division, caused by
the resignation Of II. 3. james. will be
hled 10y the promotion Of Capt. J. b.
McGregor, assistant chief, who has been
IN charge Of the Office for over a month
past.