Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-08-13
INTERNAL REVENUE PAPER.
How 1t Is Wade Government Hands
Watch the Process and Count the
Sheets.

How At Is Wade Government Hands
Watch tie Process and Count the
Sheets.
The work Of manufacturing $50 600
pounds OF paper for internal revenue
stamps for one year, in accordance
with the contract just obtained from
~the government, is IN progress at the
paper mill at Richmond and Tioga
streets, says the Philadelphia Record.
This is the first time that such work
has been attempted in this city. and
every effort has been made to giye
satisfaction. After the mill had been
IN operation for short time it was
found that the paper was being rolled
off III satisfactory manner, and the
work of preparing it for shipment be-
gan. The paper used does not differ
IN quality from ordinary fine paper.
1t IS mace from pine pulp, chiefly of
cotton stock with sufficient proDor-
ton OF linen stock to give proper
strength, clay or any other adultera
ton beng excluded Entire freedom
from thread knots, grit, or other for.
elgn substance is required, and the
paper Is calendered sufficiently 10 sd.
NIT of wetting down for plate printing.
and of subsequently writing upo. 1t
with pen aud ink. With all thase
condulons 1t IS required tnat the paper
shall possess no greater strength than
will insure It's printing and necessary
handling. The quality Of the paper
IS, therefore, necessarily of high or
der, That which, apart from the ia .
milar light green tint of revenue
stamps, distinguishes this paper from
other paper materials in the letters
U. S l. r water marked upon il so
thckly that every square inch must
contain some portion of this sign.
This marking is done by means of a
dandy roller, which is placed among
the series of rollers through which
The paper is passed on its road from
the pulp~tuo to the receiving rollers.
The paper passes over this roller while
IN a wet, pulpy condition, and the
impression of the letters is then made.
Thls roller Is furnished by the govern.
ment, and was sent on under charge
OF D Waterman. 1t is never out Of
sight OF some Of the officials, and will
be returned to Washington as soon as
the contract is completed. The whole
operation IS auder t.e supervision Of
the government officials, who keep an
eye on the paper fron the time it re
ceIves It's water marking, Which makes
1t revenue paper, until the perfected
sheets are packed and shipped or the
waste pieces are returned to the pulp.
No one is admitted except under their
care. This precautlOn Is taken to pre-
vent the government from being de-
frauded through engravers securing
paper upon which stamps of high de-
nominations could be printed. To
have even small piece OF this paper
in ones possession will ubiect ons to
a criminal prosecution.
The paper is wound into rolls about
four feet loug and weighing three
hundred pounds After being trim
med and cut by two cutting machines
into sheets twelve by fourteen inches
it is handed over to the counters.
j. II. Lichliter, of the internal rev.
enue department, represents the gov
arament, aud has twenty two ladies
to act as examiners and counters, and
six men employed as iaborers and
watchmen. These ali receive SO per
day, bearing their expenses them
selves. The ladies, who were selected
for this specicl work, are from Wash
lngtoL and Baltimore, and are quar-
tered, under Mr.. Lichliter, ia private
houses near the mill. The sheets are
first counted by the employees of the
mill and are thGn passed to the ex
amlners, who carefully inspect each
sheet, Rejecting all containing any
blemish. The government counters
then count the sheets, arranging them
in bundles of one thousand sheets,
each girl attaching tag with her
name. On reaching Washington the
paper will be again counted and the
counter held responsible for any error.
The completed bundles are placed by
the mill employees in shipping cases,
holding about four hundred pounds
each, when the government officials
seal the cases and receipt for the paper.
Ii is then out of the hands of the man
ufacurer, and the officials see to its
safe shipment TO Washington, where
it will be printed in the bureau of en-
craving and printing. A package of
one thousand sheets weighs about
twelve pounds, aud each counter viii
1ouat and arrange fifteen packages a
day,