The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-08

nonpareil and is priNte on a Hoe web press.
IL has circulation of 10000 copies. For
this work 100 compositors and 20 helpers are
required. The copy is prepared by the Con-
gresslonal clerks and taken to the office by
record messengers. Two messenger wagons
are also IN the service. Copy is rece. we'd as
late as ii o'clock p. M. If revised speech
by Senator or Congressman comes in after
that hour 1T Is optional with the foreman to
print II or let 1t go over to the next issue;
but for the sake of being oblging he often
receives speech as late as | o'clock a. m.
Many of the speeches made in Congress are
put INTO type at this Office days and even
weeks before they are delivered. There is
no editor for the Record and il often hap
pens that the me sengers from the printing
Office have wild goose chase all over Wash
ing hunting for a Senator who hasa revi ed
proof OF his speech in his pocket, Senators
expect to be waited upon and seldom take
any trouble to forward copy to the Record
printers. A messenger has been known TO
go TO Senator's residence, then follow h m
to hotel, then to another Senator's house,
and finally find him at the White House at
tending reception, with the speech in his
pocket which should be in the next mornings
Record Sometimes half dozen mesSen-
gers from the office are securing the city to
find members and Senators. The time was
when the Record was two weeks behind
time; now it appears every morning in sea-
son for the early mail.
THE LITHoGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING.
All the lthographing and engraving for
this office is done by contracts made by the
Public Printer in competition between the
best houses in the country. Agreat amount
of such work is done for the Geological Sur
vey, the Smithsonian, the National Acade-
my of Sciences, Bureau of Agriculture,
Engineer Bureau of War and Navy, Coast
Survey, photographic Office and for docu-
ments ordered by Cngress. One of the
curious operations of great interest to Wis
itors is the marbling of the edges Of books
by the floating of water colors upon liquid
gum. The man who does this is an exlert
and has stood at the marbling tank from
the very beginning" Many of those en-
ployed in the Office have grown up with it
and have become experts as bookbinders,
rulers, marblers, etc. In fact, as now or
eanized the office is full of skilled laborers.
The copy editors, eviewers, proofreaders,
ETC., number So. The pay roll for labor last
month was $l56.000 and the amount spent
for material was So, 900.
CONFIDENTIAL WORK.
A large cunt of what is known as secret
printing is always being done at this Office,
such as treaties, diplomatic CORE -pondence,
negotiations, etc, for the s ate De partment.
late Fishery Convention were printed here.
The list also includes important fiscal state
ments for the Treasury, secret circulars,
Signals, codes and information for the War
and Navy Departments, as well as the opln-
ions of the sup eme Court and papers az the
Department of Justice. The Presidents
Message is printed in the same manner as
other secret work. This year Mr.. Cleve-
lands message was in type three weeks be-
fore it was made public. The type is set in
the regular manner in the composing divis-
ion, but divided in small takes" and de-
posted at once on the galleys. But one
proof is taken and the type is at once locked
up in a safe. Moo but the Public Printer,
his Chief Clerk and the foreman of printing,
Capt. Henry T. Bran, is allowed access to
copy or proof. The PRONUNCIATION of conf
dental work is unknown on the part of the
Public Printing Office. The stealing of
President Hayes message took place from
the Treasu y Department printing office,
where it was taken to print for special
safety.
Under Mr.. Benedict's management the
Government Printing Office has not only
been more economically administered than
ever before but has also reached its highest
stage of efficiency.