The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-02
How the National Culrrenrv (;
Made. Counted and Worn a. F.

Haue.Counted and Worn Out
New York Mail and Express.
Washington Letter. The ,..
chilled iron and steel vaults of &. M
treasury are objects OF much intarss.
to visitors, but only certain ones a. S
be entered by outsiders, and tbeas q III
y on 2 permit from the Treas,,ra,
The five principal vaults are commas
ed with the Treasurer's office for 81.
contents OF which he is respons;bla
They are known as the cash yault =
serve vault, and silver vault. tha Z,
| demptlon vault and tine nat;c,s, g,
bank vault. The cash vault is ssi ,,saa
more than all the Others combipad =
the daily transaction of business Ana
! presents more interesting featurss
1t is constructed on the most approvsd
modern principles, and is, styjetIs
speaking, an iron-bound apartmant
lined with gold and silver. Tie walls
floor and ceiling are of chilled iro,'
built in sections. These walls areovss
a foot thick, the space between the Is.
ner and outer plates ofiron being tilIaa
with heavy iron balls, forming j com.
pact mass, the removal Of wbieh
would require much time, skill and il.
Dor.
The Bureau Of Engraving and Print.
ing, where all our national currency i
manufactured, occupies a Lfpe brirk
building built expressly for it, at &
cost OF some 100000. 1t has three
stories and high basement, and is II
the Romanesque style of architecture
Here $50 plate presses are worked bv
hand, and over 500 men and women
employed in the processes OF printing
sheets OF bank-notes, bonds and IN.
ternal revenue stamps. The lonr
spacious room, running the entire
length OF the third story, is scene of
intense activity during business hours.
Six hundred sheets per day are printed
on each press, and after each Inn
presslon the delicate copper and steel
plate must be removed from the press
carefully wiped dry, polished With
whiting, linked and then returned to
| it's place for another impression. The
fibre paper must be handled expertly
and everything about the work done
with precision and care. All is perfect
| system and exactness here. Theg
| backs and other securities issued by
the government, from the time the
| paper is manufactured until the fin.
ished note is issued, are subjected toa
system OF registering and checking at
every step, so minute and precise, that
the chance of any error or dishonesty
i'll the handling of this most valuable
product is reduced to minimum.
The sheets, before being wet are de-
livered to the plate printers, counted
and charged to them, and again count
ed in the presence OF lady assistant
| who certities to the count. Attached
20 the machines by which the wetting
| is done are registers which automatl-
cally count the sheets o third timSS as
they pass through. Next comes .ie
examining division. where, alter the
fourth count, the sheets are dried ana
counted for the fifth time. Lady ex-
perts then examine the sheets, and
those which are pronounced perfect 90
into the hydraulic press, from wnlcn
powerful machine they emerge 10
smooth state ready for printing ANY
sheets spoiled in printing ngnt
or too dark or otherwise Imperfect
are thrown out by the examiner, but
cannot be destroyed until after pass,
ing through a. regular prescrloeu
course. The lettering and numbering
divisions, and the engraving division
on the other floors, are interesting a'.
so. Visitors are permitted TO inspece
all the divisions of the bureau, ana
guide is provided to conduct gu VIZ
| apply on a "tour" OF the rooms. y
the 500 or 600 persons employees y
the bureau a large majority are laales'
and some OF the most difficult ana r.
sponsible work is performed py iaay
| experts. The bureau turns out an
| average OF 500. .000iri notes prineeu
daily. III.
The redemption division ol tne
Treasury is one of the most inseress.
ing and busiest. Here worn ana u'u
tilated bank-notes, retired from ILL., lSsa
lation. are examined and counted prs.
| yious to being cancelled. Every yenos yno
currency tothe value OF $500, ,OOU''Vv
is counted. cancelled and destroysu'
The counting is done by female caslns,
many of whom acquire great sklll a',,i q
seldom make a mistake. some - =
these acountesses" have been az wors oS
ten wears or more, and have couneet
many millions OF dollars. They s'eas =
long tables on which the rotes a;9 &
piled, and package after pacssaags:. q i
opened, the notes closely scrlt'i''1sa =
and counted. and then turned over ,,:'.', =
the officials in charge OF the cancs,s;ns ;,'s
machine, which is run by Q 'uio'''
wheel.