The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-07
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.


Secretary Shaw returned TO this city
last night. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Shaw and Earl.
Charles a. Champion, chief of the
chemistry division. has been called 10
New York as a handwriting expert to
testify in the MOlineux trial He may
be called 10 the stand one day this
week.
There is a Federal workshop in the
Eub-basement of the Treasury Depart
ment that is hidden behind wooden doors
TO the average visitor. 1t is divided into
several branches, including the cabinet
room. the carpenters room the cleo
tr!cians' headquarters. the plumbers es-
Establishment, the painters department.
the engineering plant and the tiIe-set-
ters' room. These forces are Just as
necessary for the completeness Of the
Government machine as are the impor-
tant bureaus more popularity known TO
the public.
z II. Jemison is foreman OF the cabi-
net shop, where ali furniture is made
for the department and under whose su-
pervision all repairs 10 the Treasury
building. Bureau Of Statistics, Winder
and Ben Butler House buildings are
made At present his men are working
jointly with the Crescent Compound
Company repairing the roof on the
building. This work viii be finished
probably by the end Of the month His
stan OF cabinetmakers consists Of J. N.
Brisbine, G. Cheline. George W. Dom,
II. D. Dillon, J. c. Gather. George John
son, J. II. Matson, d. r. Neal. L. o.
Robey. J. T. Selecman, J. O. Schuckers.
". T. Teets and c. A Nayson. In the
cabinet shop there are all sorts OF
lathes and machines. including a varie-
y molder, bandsaw, panel planer.
Jointer and surfacer. cutoff saw, rip
saw. mortice machine and tenon ma
chine. c. A. Wayson has charge OF the
machines In his absence at present H
D. Dillon is taking care OF the cabinet
shop.
ihere are two regular carpenters en-
ployed all the year TO do patching work
70 the floors. window stills. etc They
are James Baird and Il. H. Jeter This
year the total appropriation for keeping
the Treasury in repair was S3l 600.
In the painters rooms J. a. Miller and
Daniel Sinskey are employed. The paint
shop is equipped In hrst-rate shape and
Is supplied always with the best grades
OF vGrnish. oils, and paints.
The Treasury plumbers are Owen Bar
ron and L. Luders- Recently the de-
peT1ment has been furnished with new
plumbing, but there is enough work nee
essary daily 10 keep these m.n busy
All the tile-setting and plaster work
is left 10 the painstaking skilled labor
Of p. J. Conard.
Opposite the cabinet ship in the sub
basement, the engine room is situated
II has a tile floor and presents the usual
Clearly scene noticeable in greasy rooms
OF this kind h W Hallinger is chief
engineer in the Treasury Department
jie is away At present and leaves 5. F.
A>omax, assistant engineer. In charge
EiS assistants are Firemen ]. A War
Held, +. Bailey, J. Clark, Charles Brown
". c. Jasper. and Henry Jackson In
edition 10 Il csc men there are about
sixteen more employed in the engine
room who work at other hours than
from a. N. TO p. m, the regular day
shift
About 900 tons Of coal are used an
nualIy in the engine room. The chief
engineer has charge OF a slide valve
engine. which turns the lathes in the
cabinet shop, and two house pumps. 10
be used in case Of fire. About 600 tons
of the coal mentioned are burned for
power 10 run the elevators. The Office
OF the electrician is in the southeast
corner Of the sub basement n NJ
Hess. chief electrician. has charge Of
this room His assistants are T. L. Kid
wei, Harry y. s. Stailey. and John Par
sons. There are 5000 incandescent
lamps in the department.. and. repiac-
ing these when the carbons burn out.
together with keeping the night watch
signal system IN order, constitutes the
chief regular work Of the electrician
There is transformer 10 touch. which
is instant death, IN an antc-rocm Of
the electricians ofhce. with which the
current is regulated from 100 volts 10
10000 Several boxes OF arc lamps
have Just been received BY the cleo
trician. which viii be used to replace
Old ones on the outside OF the building
To reach these branches Of the Treas
uTy Department one walks through q
winding arch tunnel down about forty
steps. The aHeyway on the sub base
ment floor is paved with brick Pass
ing out Of the electricians room along
the south alleyway two large coal-heat-
ing furnaces are seen Two coal bear