The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-05
KANSAS PACIFIC.
Fears Felt That the Government May
Lose by .he Sale of the Road.
A BIG ACCOUNTING OFFICE.
what the sixth Auditor. Department Ha'
to Do-Oetot,er Circulation of Bank
Notes-The New Congression-
al Library opened.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Attorney Gen
eral Mckenna and ex-Gov. Hoadly,
counsel for the government in the
Union Pacific railroad cases. held an
extended conference yesterday. They
mapped out the plan TO be followed by
the government At the sale of the Kan
sas Pacific road December /. II was
decided that the government shall
qualify as bidder at the auction at
least five days before the date of the
sale, thus to be prepared for the pos
sible contingency of no bid from the
! reorganization committee. Now that
the deal between the government and
the reorganization committee for the
main line of the Union Pacific has
been carried through, Attorney Gen.
eral Mckenna has become solicitous as
to the fate of the Kansas Pacific and the
| government liens of ST.. 900. 900 on the
bondaided portion of that line. Judge
McKenna admitted last night that the
governments will lose probably S, 900.
600 on the Kansas Pacific.
A Big Accounting once
WASHINGTON. Nov. The sixth
auditor in his annual report says that
his office is regarded as the largest ac-
counting Office in the world. Its EN-
ployes," he says, NEARLY 800 in num-
Der, are engaged in the important
work of adjusting the accounts of the
entire postal service. with its sl56. 4iG.
75O.59 of receipts and expenditures. A
separate ledger account is kept with
each of the 10000 post offices in the
| country. 1t audits the pay Of each of
the postmasters, railway mail clerks.
postal clerks, letter carriers, mail con-
tractors and department employees.
constituting the $50, 900 persons of the
pay rolls of the postal system. 1t re-
ceives checks. assorts and files each OF
the %, 600, 900 money orders issued an
nually in the United States, aggregat.
ing in amount 1864, lib, 0l0.o3."
October Circulation of Bank Notes.
WAsHISeToS. Nov. 3. The monthly
statement of the comptroller of the
currency shows the circulation OF
national bank notes on October 30 to
have been as follows: Total circulation
Of national bank notes, $3.50, 047, ,G35; de.
crease for the month, STAG, a65; decrease
ioi VIC Si,oSO,V--.
based on United States bonds. s2o3.-
92G, $50; decrease for the month, 81. liG..
2iO; decrease for the year. sla. .5s3, ,oG4:
circulation secured by lawful money,
s2G, l20, ,6s5; increase for the month.
$780, ,g15: increase for the year, S7.1S3..
Oi2: United States registered bonds on
deposit to secure circulation notes.
s227, 742. $50; to secure public deposits,
slI,015, 800.
The New Congregational Library Opened.
WAsHISGToS. Nov. 3.-The new con-
gressional library, which has been in
course OF construction for the past six
years, was opened TO the public yester.
day. There were no ceremonies of any
kind. All the departments, with the
exception OF those devoted to the fine
arts and music, are ready for the use
of the public, and the work on the two
named is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. Everything is on complete
scale and the automatic arrangements IS
for the delivery and rcturn OF books
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