Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-22

he has Especial pefmtG Wn l
Of ono department are through ToL. %
for the day and all have rendered tne
.ceounts straight, the superintendent
;n rharoe Of that branch marches down
II the head OF the whole force ana
vhile they wait places a little straagns
Lev with a button at the end OF It into
the hole designated rs his div1sion'
Then there is q loud ringing OF an eiec.
tric gong that sounds throughout
the building, and the watchms n. seeing
the kew in the hole, permit the men
to pass out This is repeated as the
DAVIS work of each DIVISION Is done
The last key to be put ups that OF tne
custodian Of the vault where the plaIes
! are kept, and when it Is there the
building is supposed to be empty eA-
ccpt of watchmen. Any founo IN .ne
building after that would nave 10 re-
main there until there was an order
from the proper authority to let him
out
The closing scene at the end OF the
dav in this great money factory Is IN
terestiup. In the morning each man
and each woman has been given the
nroner assignment of work Inc
women are the counters, testers, Wet
ters and helps to the pressmen. Eacn
employe on taking the material 1or
work, whether it is paper or Piates'
gives a receipt for it to the CUSTODIAN.
No one ever gives anything to any one
else without a receipt The paper on
1vhich the money is printed is counted
:. as SO much money, and every tine ~
. !. changes hands must be counted ana re
ceinted for. Even the girls who act al
helpers and carry the paper from tns
wettinp-room have to count 1t Tor thei1
!. own protection and give receipt z
= clear from responsibility the superln
tendent of that room. AT the emu
the dav each must return in one form
y or another all that his receipts sho'
, him to have had during the day, an
until he has a check showing that I'M
a has been done he cannot leave To
~ room. When the paper and IN
:. notes and stamps have an oee
IS turned in by those working o
re- them they are taken ~ w. w.
80 custodian of the vault in whose pre-
ence everything is counted and checke
u. ~ off Every scrap of paper, blank
~ otherwise, which was given out In u
III morning must be returned. This belr
done the custodian puts it all In u
vault. Then the keeper OF the ina
:. door of the vault must pull! that ooor
without as much as putting his 1901
w side the vault, and, while the rest stal
apart from him SO as not to see the co,
bination, must lock it securely.
s custodian of the vault then locket
nu ~. outer door, which is provided with
~ time lock, so that, being once fastene
"a it cannot be opened before the ne
a. day at the hour set This being &c
.sn the custodian and his assistants are I,
~ oar to go after the key has been put IN
~ board at the main door.
~. Then all the plates which have NC
pc in use and all those which are 10
foi- cess of engraving, and all rolls
- parts of plates, have, to be returned
~ the custodian of the plate vault
-. man can leave the room until ev
\ bit of engraved metal has been retur
49, to the custodian. If one OF these pis
~. should be missing not soul wouio
~ permitted to leave the building unt
-;as was found 1t is almost impossl DIG
~ ANYTHING to go astray, as no''
w ~ changes hands, even for NOM
without the change being made
~. record Each man takes sole respo
a,I bility for whatever he is charged "
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