The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
MUT1LATED MONEY SHOW
TREASURER ROBERTS TO HAVE AN
EXHIBIT AT MS OFFICE.
speciuens OF the wonderful skill or seune or
His CLERKS In Restoring BADLY Torn Paper
currency TO ne shown in = Case. Thus
Releasing \ Clerk rreun Duty ne n Guide.

speoiuaenn or the wonderrul Skill or Seine OF
His Clerks In RestorinE BADLY Torn Paper
Currency TO ne shown in = Case. Thus
RoiensinE = Clerk rren Duty ne n auide.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 1G.-Unitod states Treas.
urer Roberts Is having constructed In the cor.
ridor OF the Treasury building, just outside his
office door, a largo wall case In which will be
exhioitcd specimens of tho remarkable dex.
tcrity and skill Of Treasury clerks in restoring
mutilatcd paper currency. Ono Of the several
show places In tho big building where Uncle
sans financial operations are carried on is the
basement floor room, where the clerks, mostly
women, are employed in pieclng together green
packs sent in for redemption, many OF which are
apparently beyond all hope Of identification.
lhis room Is very popular with the never-cnding
procession OF sightseers, who gaze at the mar
vellous. work OF the women's agile fingers with
awe and admiration.
Mr.. Roberts's predecessor in the office Of
United States Treasurer was as much devoted
TO the entertainment Of rural visitors as to tho
more legitimate work of the office, and sight
seeing became such a popular diversion under
his official sanction that the time Of several
clerks was taken up almost wholly in person.
ally conducted tours Of the cash room, the re-
demption division, the silver vaults, and other
points of attraction. The Treasurer himself
was quito often the guide and his willingness
to perform tho task was SO well known that
there was always a group Of curious American
citizens awaiting their turn outside his door.
The mere ,sightseers among his callers he
would dismiss after letting them gaze at the
piles of silver dollars In bags, handle the pack.
ages containing millions Of grcenbaGk cur
rency. and express TSo9nder at the skill Of the
would be asked to place their signatures in one
OF his four autograph albums, one for really
eminent private citizens, a second for high
ers or distinction, and a fourth for newspaper
men,. To crafty the curiosity OF the hundreds
OF sightseers who visit the Treasury daily re-
CURED. much time that the employees should
have devoted to their regular work.. and the
lnutilated greenbacks are counted finally
became so great as to interfere seriously with
the work Of the division. Mr.. Roberts will
have. an exhibit arranged that can be seen at
all times by enybody and everybody, and
without. the services Of a guide, thus doing
away with at least one ranch Of the personally
conducted tours through the building.
hi the case se, VIII DO arranged specimens OF
women who receive the torn and tattercd pieces
OF paper, that may have been chewed by rats
or passed through n coffee grinder, and restore
them to their original condition. 1t seems i'm
but 1t is hardly an exaggeration to say that
bills so torn that they could BIO passed through
q coarse sieve have been made whole again.
The, women most expert at the work are
and the specimens of their skill that will be
placed in Treasurer Roberts's exhibit case will
indeed astonish the natives. One bill that was
torn into 800 pieces was put into its original
Another. that was burned almost to ashes and
shrunk by the heat was restored piece by piece
until 1t appeared q perfect half. size reproduc-
tion OF the original note.