The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

N-tN AaNt1 Imperfect sNEELs ara EIn-
celcd and forwarded, after the proper ac-
counting. 70 the treasury department
After the backs dry they are again pass
ea 70 the Wetting division. where they
are subjected 90 the same process as be-
lore, anu from this point TO the finish
there IS no difference in detail. the same
drying ana counting AMI transferring be-
Ing duplicated.
The completed notes are then sent to
the sizins room. where the sheets are
passed through "A solution of animal sizing
10 restore that which has been lost In
printing. On the following day the pack
ages are sent TO the hydraulic pressroom
where they are subjected between mill
uoarus TO pressure OF J0t0 pounds to
the square inch, which restores the finish
tlat mas been mutilatcd more or less ty
the process OF printing
Packages containing l,p0 sheets or 4.aD
notes each, are then made up and for
Warded 10 be trimmed. and thence to the
numbering division They are here given
their serial numbers, whence they 80 I'M
Ger guard and In the governmental strong
box to the United States treasury, I'M
der whose official supervision they get
their finishing touches.
IN basement room at the treasury DC
pertinent, located not very distant from
the vaults, there IS a division where the
sheets are cut up into separate notes ara
where several printing presses are en-
ployed daily IN placing the little red seal
upon the face of each note without which
all the previous labor would be fruitless-
~ expended
This Is the finale. and the promises to
pay are put up In packages of 100 each and
now they are ready to go hence upon
their mission Of paying debts.
AS an interesting point TO be made promi-
nent, it should be here stated that from
first TO last the paper. as blank sheets and
after the printing has begun, IS counted
as II passes from hand to hand. Beginning
at the mandatory 1t is counted seven
times before delivery to the superintend-
ent; after 1t reaches the department It
never passes from one branch to another
without being thus accurately accounted
for, and after its reception at the bureau
IL Is counted in and out of wetting-room,
wetting tanks and from division to division
when examined, when II goes to the printer
and when It comes from his press. and at
every stage through its tortuous way back
TO the treasury department and into the
cashiers vaults.
But the paper dollar becomes aged af-
ter while or is mutiated, and Is thereby
rendered unit for circulation. 1t is with
drawn by means of the various channels
that lead back to the treasury and is re-
duced TO pretty nearly its original con-
dition. When a remittance Of such curren-
cy Is received ii is delivered to experienced
counters, who subject 1t to a critical exami-
nation, and 1t is again counted several
times.
The counters arc ladies', whose nimble
fingers rapidly pass the soiled old servants
through on the journey toward "destruc-
ton" Each counter is held responsible for
the detection of the occasional counterfeits
that slip in" under less experienced eyes.
They are also responsible for losses from
the packages after they receive them If
a counterfeit is passed on to the detective
division the counter sustains loss by so
much as the bill represents.
In the very nature Of things there can
be no going back over the records to cor
rect mistakes, and the luckless counter
| foots the bill.
Packages are cut in halves, the dupli-
| Gates each representing, say, $4,000. one
| part-the upper or left half-is sent TO the
register Of the treasury, the other, OF
| right, fraction. to the division of loans and
currency. Each note is examined and
counted, and If errors are found the treas.
urer's office rectihes them.
| Afterward committee of destruction
representing, respectively, the several III.
visions that had the previous work TO do
takes the fractions, and they soon flnd
| their way to the big macerator, whence
| they emerge as pulp, and much of the
namental and otherwise, that one finds
on the shelves on the dealers in souvenirs.
The story would be scarcely complete
| without mention OF the designs The
prevailing present custom in the prepa.
ration Of many plates is to include a Wig
nette, selecting the portrait of some one
| deceased, who in life was distinguished
either as a military or civilian leader.
The new series now being perfected at
the bureau Of engraving and printing
| will be designed upon a different plan,
portraits upon the face OF notes being
| abandoned.
The future silver certificate of certain
| denomination will bear upon It's face as a
| centerpiece a birds eye view of the citv
Of Washington, with the capitol and mon
ument prominent on the border the lg-
ures of a woman reclining and a smaiI
| boy standing at her side, representing the
| instruction OF youth in history. An open
volume containing In very small type a
| portion of the national constitution, also
| appears. Tho words can be distinguished
| by the aid Of a strong magnifying glass.
The IS silver certificate will bear an
emblem representing America; OH Tho
back portrait of Grant and Sherid an,
| respectively. The $40 denomination will
| represent agriculture. by means OF two
| rustics returning from the harvest The
50 bill will eXemplify science, presenting
steam and electricity to commerce ard
| manufacture. The series is one of great
| beauty and VIII be popular.
/ There are four designs for tho certif-
| Gates contemplated-the is, 2s 81, IS. and
,0s. The 81 note was designed BY Win *.
Low Of New York; the 50 denomination
by Edwin II. Beashf1eld of New York; and
the S. and $40 bills by Walter Shirland Of
New York. The designs for the backs OF
/ all these were evolved from the brain OF
Thomas r. Morris of the bureau.
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