Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-19

tais bureau nat less than twelve 81
x-avers erk "a sinE-e plate ole q
spec -4-lst il 0orLre- -s another a -eel a--
ls- in Flsn-l-es. anola.r b sc.--7I ln
selfe- az. 1er specialist in scroll
worz or border ana 50 on. 10 often
raaas six months ID ensrl 40 one plate.
H9e 10 IS reatF - prime ~ n n..g
single rl4-e Nl-l- D1- answer q b. ea-tei
" ths defaaai Many presses r.lsl
prllt a. l.e f-on plates th-t are exactly
aL.s. Only la ore nay can such a plate
81 multiplied. It's hardened snd across
igs faces j. passed heavy roller ot sofI
steel Ih-n the deeresolons ot the
plate anpea- On ta-rol Ter n raised lines
and when the roller IS hardened IS Is q
perfect die. From rlls roller Is made
the numerous ? lates required, by rolling
lt alternately upon soft steel plates and
then hardening the plates. Each plate
complete, containing the faces or backs
of four notes. costs about &, 0O0
The paper OF al our current bonds
and bank notes - made ~ Dalton, Mass.
by process that j. kept secret. Ia CO.
operation with the manufacturers IN
keeping the secret, Capt Meredith has
prohibited the carrying away of any
paper bY ANYBODY even the waste
5hreds clipped from the sides OF the
bills The penalty Tor having any Of
this imprinted paper in ones possession
Is a fine or =, goo and Imprisonment.
The two single threads OF colored silk
running length wise Of every Govern
ment bill are inwoven by a process that
has never been successfully repeated by
counterfeiters
There arc 2Oo plate printers. and each
one can print FROM g 600 20 500, 600 a
day, assisted by a woman who lays the
paper on the plate and takes II of The
printers business Is 70 ink the plate with
4 roller, wipe of all the surface ink,
/ polish the surface with the hand rubbed
or chalk. and then pull the impression
with lever. 1t Is q very primitive
method OF printing. and il cannot be
! long before Congress RECEIVERS from the
insanity which seized u last winter and
returns % tho superb steam presses
which now stand huddied a the end of
The building. powerful but powerless,
7 like elephants blankcted and in chains.
u "A known that a steam press Will do
/ n rec times as much as hand press for
he same expenditure. and the work on
the backs of bills is SO nearly identical
that nobody can pick out the bills.
Very few sheets are spoiled-not more
than one or Two in a hundred. From
the time the paper IS received till il is
sent 20 the Treasury Department
printed and signed, il is counted thir-
ty-eight times 70 make certain that
none have got away" al any stage. II
one sheet is missing all are prisoners
in abe Office until the error is rectifed.
Sometimes the Office runs for months
without single sheet being even tenn
poraTily missed
have spoken Of greebacks. only, but,
IN fact, all the government evidence o:
Indebtedness arc printed here-the
national bank issues. the bonds and the
internal revenue stamps. In one recen,
year the bureau printed and delivered
s25s. 600. 600 worth Of bsnk-notes and
bonds. besides 500. 600. 600 revenue
stamps 1t once printed $40, O0o, 900 OF
per cent. bonds IN thirty days. All
the postage stamps arc made in New
York
One OF the most interesting processes,
because Of extreme dexterity, IS that
Of exam ming printed sheets TO see If
they arc we'll done. The women 20 whom
this service Is entrusted are lightning
cslculators. rapid Of brain. eve and fn-
ger tips tirnod one girl Who was in
specting these sheets and she kept half
donen IN the air all the while The
Chinese juzgler's FANS ere no whore ~
comparison. a part OF the time she
clipped ne sheets at the rate Of one
hundred a minute. Zach girl is expected
- average zen thousand sheets in eight