The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-08
GIANT CITY LEDGERS.
sP<CIoUs PAGES REQUIRED ron EN-
TRIES ~ SOME DEPARTMENTS.

missioner Andrews's stH.foot Sheets for
Dsmp Aecounts-Ths BIg PubiIe WORKS
Ledger - DupiicntinE Old city Records.
wen put II in the double elephant and then
II will be all right" said Comptroller Ashbel
Fitch the other atterno DON. and he looked as II
he felt that that would settle It.
The Gotham citizen knitted bio brow in .
puzzled way. He had claim against the city
for damages and he wanted to see that IL got
on the record properly.
The d-o-u-b-l-e e-l-e-p h.a.n-t." he said
slowly. What do you want TO put II In an
elephant for7 never heard Of such thing"
Don't know what It is. eh 2" responded the
Comptroller cheerfully. and he called 10 one OF
the numerous aids: Show Mr.. - one Of
our double elephants" The clerk led the clti-
zen to large desk. An entry clerk was seated
in pen carefully registering claims in huge
ledger 1t measured forty inches across from
cover to cover as IL lay open on the desk. The
pages were twenty-sevsn Inches wide.
This 10 double elepha MT" the entry clerk
said. We use 1t as register OF claims. II Is
one Of the largest books In the departms nts.
Well" exclaimed tho citizen who had dis
covered something that he didn't know before.
II say without fear OF contradiction that you
have really got corker on your hands n man
aging book OF that size. A man with q single
elephant on his hands ia generally embar-
leSseu puN u y lOhu lnub6u
The name double elephant. though unfa-
miliar to the everyday business man, is
well known In the bookmaking business. 1t
means the largest sized book made for bust
ness purposes. Big as IL is. though. 1t doesn't
co ne up to the mammoth books made for
special purposes for certain city officials.
J., me city printer is now at work on q yerlta-
II became necessary to get aledger that would
permit Of the Systematic entry OF the daily
ference Of the G"mmissioner' . aids a.. to the
design oil the page. as to ruling. head lines.
make; Commissioner Andrews. to simplify the
complex system OF bookkeeping. wanted all
lie sent Tor superIntend Relso Of the s city
printers 9fflce and laid the matter before him.
Mosos sa MsT st02d Sn ena b rsd
=, Why. you'll have to use step ladder to open
that. book, and yonlI have to build special
page will be ninety.six inches long. A ledger
eSnt s isst onT - something that the world
There was another consultation. The origl-
got into the neWspspers that Com missio ss
an; andrews N had ordered book with pages Fix
drevs wanted the book made and bound in
phants out q sight Mr.. Andrews listened to
APPEALS. and finally consented to have the
mastodon page bound in the middle. so that II
would be six feet long when opened. 1t
not agreed to. The proof OF the great page
Mr. %ndreSs last t week fo @'t "pprovaH 's The
bookmakers will start to manufacture this
satsy Mr. andress Il viii Contains ow.p PSSe
thick pages. and will be bound In leather with
TT viii take three weeks to finish this
who will superntend the lob and It will 90 q
have to be ruled and then folded. After they
Are are folded the back OF the folded sheets will
the paper will be cut out. so that the needle
can be forced through them without breaking.
lions. with patent backs. ThesS backs are
made OF strips OF manila tagging covered with
They are a5 ssTeS into each
They are very strong and will hold the sheets
firmly to the covers when the book Is bound
would tumble to pieces OF its Gwn weight 10 a
with. Russia leather eJeing. and will be a
specimen OF art we'll worth preserving. II will
The Fire pspartment BSSsts ' lsdS ,ssf that is
a regular lin dandy. Billy English says. It
ton came rom the e" commssioner. to super-
visor ke kenny q ,d the ChV Record as follows:
Two hundred dollars" said the Supervisor |
single sim, ledger" and he sent his experts gp to |
It's the biggest book We ever saw" they |
not the size OF the ma nmoth ledger that made |
It's cost so great. hut the amount OF printing in |
the record Of all the supplies for the entIrs do.
partner The department at one time had a
~ These costly, books, don't go nowadays"
Mr.; English said. Supervisor kenny has
Whitfield down the cost OF these huge books BY
inE, and mopoy Is saved TO the taxpayers
drews's Dump Record"
unteered Billy English, Come 10 to the led.
maze iSr so% Cs D,v1s
house every year that is ' so Inches sero:s
$S n. SsE. & Ss: g. ma S.I:"
the strong box in the money safe Is u
iv sas 4ss pToDis94 worn saS
much each Of the army Of employees ha.
made II one should ask for an Increase OF
lied TO the applicant for raise would show
whether he was entitled to receive Il. OF
but the amount Is SaSas IGSs sTsh S
The s,, value e. that record 70 the merchant"
edgsrs that the City Jerks call regular CORK.
ers" They are the water meter records; The
he hooks are three feet long when opened.
This style OF ledger Is also made for banking
Institutions. The thickest book made by the
ity Printer thus far contained 2.4OO pages.
II was made for private concern.
Mr. English has heen nusy for many weeks
preparing duplicates of the records OF the
ioard OF Aldermen. IL Is not generally known
hat the old ledgsrs. containing the minutes
~ the Common Council running back nearly
. hundred years. are still in existence. They
Ire in such bad shape. however ny reason OF
lge and constant thumbing In odsn time, that
has become necessary to do away with the
urthsr handling. and put them ip safe de-
poslt vaults for safe keeping. Chief Clerk
blakss AssistHn ts are busy tTAnscTibinR the
I'D minutes into nsS books with modern bind
ng. and what Is called the new eysrlAsting
binding" such as was ussd in the ease OF Com
missioner ABdreWs's giant ledger. Mr.. Eng |
ish has 70 make a draft Of sample pages OF
zach OF these old ledgsrs. containing the same
'ulings and the same head lines. From this
lew book that, win be a FAC slmiIe. except
ne IN the style 81 handwriting, OF the
he records IN TO lS35 The work OF dupi-
,OmpleLs but whom Il Is done the city Will ba |