Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-05-21
Cash Counters.

Uncle sam has so much money just
now that twenty-five extra money
counters are to be Immediately added
to the United States treasury force at
Washington. All of them will be wo-
men, because they have been found
10 be more efficient than men in this
kind of work. This tact was discov-
cred during war times by General
Spinner In those days they Were en-
gagged in the business of reckoning
shinplasters, cutting them apart with
scissors
The counting of the cash that goes
ont and comes INTO the treasury Is a
gigantic task. The department finds
itself at present very short-handed
with l2O persons constantly engaged
in this work. Fifty of these clerks
are in the redemption division, whore
the old and worn-out money IL re-
ceiNed from Tue S"o-' ''Su'''s, ''o'"
banks and from individuals all over
the county H'N'" """''ed '"o"'''''
dollars worth of notes come in during
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preparing these paper 'uoeS' using "
round SUCK ior the purpose lhey
are oi various Sizes "''o'u'"B a. ,"e'
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oi giving ne" money io' o'' =" S's'''
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loss Oy wear. lni' loss amounts "
about three per cent Oh al tue s'i'er
COINS IN clrcula'loh' lne ''ie o' " FIJI
yer dollar IL only about hve years. AT
the end o' "i'c" % ''"' Oe''''e 'e'
faced 20 such an eht'n' a. 70 heed re-
placing WIN a 'reSh one 'n '"e o'"
er hand Uncle sam makes " Probt on
ms paper money. 1t Is estimated that
one per cent oi the notes ana certlh-
Gates il totally destroyed while in cir
culation, or else lost, and meyer comes
back at all
The packages Of paper money that
reach the redemption division all 90
to one man, who occupies a sort Of
cage He receipts for them in big
book When a counter has finished a
job, she goes to the cage and gets a
fresh parcel, giving her receipt for it.
She takes it 10 her desk, breaks it open,
and proceeds TO sort the notes by de-
Nominations, doing them up IN little
bundles Of 100 bills each with brown
paper strap. Her reckoning ought to
tally exactly with the statement Of
contents accompanying the package.
If there il big discrepancy tele-
gram Is promptly dispatched to the
sender.
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