The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-03-10
years of careful experience. The paper is

years of careful experience. The paper is
made at Dalton, Mass, and is even there un-
der the supervision and count OF government
employees. When it reaches the treasury de
partnent it is there counted to see that it
agrees with the invoice accompanying it,
When it is issued to the bureau upon its
requisition it is counted when delivered by
the treasury counters, and again counted
when received at the bureau by its employees.
Every time it -, issued in the bureau, no mat
ter to what division, it is counted when given
out in the morning and counted when r,.
turned i'll the evening. The other counts
during the progress of the work are stated
above. If there is any discrepancy i'll the
balances Mt the close of the work, if single
sheet of paper is missing, not a single EN-
"a .,e is allowed to leave the building until
Tue discrepancy is explained or the sheet Of
paper is found.
In regard to the engraved stock there is
similar system of checks. Every plate, roll
or die, either finished or unfinished, is kept
in a vault presided over by Il custodian al'-
pointed by and responsible to tho secretary
of the treasury.
CARE OF THE PLATES.
The superintendent of the engraving divi
sion makes requistion on this custodian
every morning for the stock that lie desires
for use during the day, and as each piece of
steel is delivered it is checked by its number
and description and charged against him.
He, in his turn, charges the stock to the ell
gra, crs, transferrers and cleaners who use
thell. Only the roll, die or plate required
for immediate use is issued, and this must he
returned and checked Oft Immediately the
work is finished At the close of work all
tie engravers and transferrcrs return their
rolls. dies and plates nnt! they are checked in,
and the whole amount is then turned over to
the custodian and 10y him checked Off piece
by piece before it is placed in the vault.
The superintendent of the printing division
goes through the same operation iii regard to
the plates that he requires to print from. lie
makes reouisition on the custodian for those
he requires and they are charged to him uu-
til they are returned at the close of work and
checked off The bureau is n busy workshop,
and furnishes employment to some 500 per
SONS. The number of employees varies with
the amount of work required. In times OF
pressure, s,lch as when there was n big de
mand for four pcr cent bonds some years ago,
the work is kept going constantly night and
day without intcrmlssion. Then there are
three separate forces who work eight hours
each. and as soon as one finishes another is
ready to take up the work.
There is one process which has not been
mentioned, and that is the final disposition of
the notes and securities after they have been
used and passed from hand hand until they
are thoroughly worn out. When the bills
aud bonds are returned to the treasury as
worn out they are Cancelled, and then, under
the supervision of u special committee, they
are placed in macerater and ground int"
pulp again THIS pulp is worked into heavy
pasteboard and sold to a firm who has CON
tracted to purchase it, and by them it is again
worked over into different kinds of paper.
SO from paper it returns again, if not in its
original, at least to Il kindred state.-Wasil-
inpton Gazette