The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-14
PRINTING INVESTIGATION.
Experts Presented Their Report Last
Night.
1t COmmends the + ana cement Highly
and Makes a Number of
Recommendations.

and Assembly to inquire into the con-
/ Duct of the State Printing Office, met
| last night in the Supreme Court room.
| The main feature of the meeting was
| the reception of the report of the ex-
pert printers, Malloye and Brunt, who
had been appointed to examine into the
management of the institution.
| The report was read by Expert Brunt
and is very voluminous. 1t commends
the administration of the State Print
ing Office under the present laws in no
unstinted terms, but makes few sug-
| gestions as to changes that the experts
consider desirable if the necessary leg
| islation can be obtained this session.
One of the most striking sentences in
| the report in view of the charges that
have been made is at the head of the
| second page of the report as follows;
| we find no evidence of waste or ex-
| trayagance in the use or purchase Of
stock, or the employment of labor, at
| the present time"
The report goes extensively into de-
| tails of the office and shows that the
| experts have been very careful to as
certain the exact facts in every case
| With regard to the much-talked OF
waiting time, the report says, AT diff
| ferent visits paid this department, (he
composing rooml, we noticed that oc-
| casionally several compositors would
| be unemployed, awaiting the arrival of
| bills from the Legislature requiring i'm
mediate composition. There is no way
| Of obviating this waiting time, as there
must be requisite number of com
| positors on hand to put bills into type
| III minimum time"
| Each department has a critical anal
ysis of its system and each is almost
unquaifiedly praised.
| The recommendations made in the
Wind-up Of the report are as follows
| Grade the salaries of females en-
I'loyed in the bindery as to ability.
Use time tags for employees of bind
cry similar to those used in compost
ton and press room.
Electrotype all matter needed for flu
ture publication.
Introduce a typecasting machine.
Put in modern style elevator.
Obtain all power required for ele
vator and plant from electric motor.
Use smaller boiler to obtain steam for
heating.
| Attach meter to electric motor and
get lower rate for electricity.
| General Order Book-Add column for
appendice.
| Induce heads of State departments
to use stationery that can be executed
in printing office instead of expensive
lithographing and stamping.
Open a stock book for entering and
checking all such stock used.
| Procure more long nrirpar tvna for.
composing room, either by purchase, or
casting in electro department, to save
distribution of live type
| Replace obsolete type in job depart
ment with serviceable modern faces.
| Procure new and more type for school
| book fund.
Procure no stock without requistion
from general office at Capitol.
| Induce Senate and Assembly to en-
ploy sufficient clerical force at Secre-
| tarys desk to transmit copy to printing
office without loss of time.
Discontinue authors correction on
proof
Apply speed pulleys to presses that
rate of speed may be raised OF lowered
as work requires.
| Replace old Colts Armory press with
small rapid platen press of modern
make.
IF the foregoing recommendations,
| the report concludes, ARE adopted and
properly enforced, we estimate that a
saving of from $4,000 to $4,000 per
year will accrue to the State"
| After the reading of the report, Can't
netti secured an order for the experts to
estimate the cost of printing the report
| of the Insurance Commissioner in the
manner in which the copy was given to
| the printer with the cost of revision,
| etc. and the same of the Code Commits
| sion, first at the State Printing Office,
second, at their own Offices third, at any
| Office in Sacramento, and fourth, in San
Francisco. He withdrew the request to
| have an estimate made of the cost of the
! work in Jackson.
| To-day Secretary Markley of the State
Board of Examiners will appear before
the committee at l o'clock and the ex-
pert bookkeepers will make their report
| at O'Clock.
On Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock
| all the reports with findings are to be
| in the hands of the committee