Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
UNCLE SAINTS PRINTERY
A Days Work in the Press Room
Resolutions Of Coincidence Installa-
ton of g. PtoLcouncil. oaeers.

."What comes 81 tall the waste in cutting!
up .paper? asked The Star rounder OF one
OF the printing office officials.
Show the gentleman ito the waste room!'i
shouted the ffunctionary to q passing mes
senger, land If you find anything going to
waste around here" he concluded, you'll
have to show me-.
The Star man followed the messenger
downstairs. through corridors and a tun-
mel until he emerged in the open at a small
room in the basement floor of the old build
ing.
Here there were two or three 4colored men
in charge of white overseer operating a
machine that bore all the mechanical char
acteristics of the '.well-known hay press
In a corner of the room was an open shaft
lea ding up to the bndery down which the
waste clippings from the paper cutters
came tumbling. A big. husky ,colored man
grabbed that waste paper by the armsfull
and fed 1t into the hay press until its Old
sides fairly cracked from fullness The
mechanism of the pressing machine is
simple. and yet not generally known. 1t
has four Sides built of heavy timbers and
lion braces. The receptacle into which the
waste paper is stuffed by the workman has
a movable bottom which automatically
pushes and congresses the waste paper up
ward until it gradually grows into a bale
the size of the ordinary bale of hay.
Knows When It Has Enough.
'This here machine knows when it gifts
enuff, remarked the hustling operator of
the press, in answer to query as to how
it kept from Dustin itself"
There is an automatic attachment to the
press which shuts off the power and action
! when the paper is compressed into the size
of bale and the capacity of the press.
When the press stops the front side of
! the OnaDad and ar al tac that
| holds the wire In place. for eneircling the
bale is operated for a few minutes by the
attendant. There is a click and the bale is
fastened. The machine starts up, there is a
general agitation of the bale and it Is
forced out of the press and dumped on the
| floor
Another man grabs the bale and rolls 1T
upon the scales near at hand, where ii is
| weighed and its weight recorded in the big
| book by the overseer. 1t is then stood up
with it's fellows and awaits shipment to the
firm that contracts to buy the waste.
Perhaps there may be some who will re-
mark that considerable space is allowed
| such an apparently insignificant matter as
the waste paper. But when the magnitude
of the waste from day to day is taken into
consideration, and it is known what amount
of revenue is yielded back to the govern
ment by its sale in a year, one will hold an
entirely different view.
Gould Give UP Job for Revenue.
why, puu1iC nlnSelI WOulQ
throw up his job any day for the income
from waste papeE,Y remarked an employee
of the building to The Star man.
us that so?" replied the reporter, dis
engaging some scraps that had caught on
his coat and reYerentiy placing them back
on pile. vsr n.
why, cert Have. you any idea of the
amount that goes out of here a day?'' re-
ssarked the employee. .as he stepped out of
nf uYln thor. .I,a1a tl,,f nIol
HE r,a.. to the fiopr, well, IN put you
on. at, a so,,, TN make note OF ~ see?''
"A halls 81 ~ssf paper weighs about two
hundred pounds am something 3, IKE from
forty to sixty thsusajIa day in the the
paper IS shipped every oths> %? We'll,
week. Does 1t amount TO some !s..; - 81 1
/ reckon. There are two presses ~ eu If If
ba1ing the ,waste--one in the, basement =
the new bpilding. The big press you notice, 2
setting over there is for baling the waste
too large and heavy for easy handling, |
weighing about nine hundred pounds, so |
instead of using it for disposing of the |
pasteboard the latter is stuffed by hand into |
sacks suspended by ropes from the ceiling |
and is rammed down into the sacks by !
colored mans pair of healthy. active legs"
Yields Nearly $50, 900 a Year.
How much does your Uncle Sam get for
tie STUFF inquired the reporter speculate
fng in his mind as to the extent of income
that would better that of the head push |
of the shop.
Guess suggested the man.
No newspaper man is not used to
money" replied the reporter. . |
We'll" said the man, for the fiscal year
ending last June 50 the waste paper sales |
account yielded Uncle Sam sss ,045.i2 Now
will you be good?"
But the reporter had backed up and out
of the room.