Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-29
STALLS NEW PRESS
G. P. o. INCREASES NUMBER OF
PRINTING MACHINES.

| There has recently been introduced into
| the main press room of the government
| printing office a neat, trim-looking web
| press that gives but small comprehension OF
| its capacity from a casual inspection of its
| exterior This pamphlet" press. as 1t -
| called. Is expected to act as pacemaker
| for the celebrated speech press beside IT.
and judging by its performance so far,
| there Is warrant for saying that It win
| break all office records for similar work.
The public printer has been endeavoring
| so far possible to add only machines OF
| the latest design and largest capacity. and
| the pamphlet press recently Installed Is
| q sample Of that effort. The maximum ca
| pacity of this press is $4,000 pamphlets of
| eight pages delivered completely folded and
| pasted in run Of eight hours. Another
| accomplishment Of this little marvel Is the
| printing of two sixteen-page sections COM
| plete and delivering them inserted one
| within the other.
To prevent the "offset." the pressman's
bug-a-boo on web work, the new press has
an automatic oiling attachment which Is
| said to be very satisfactory. One interest
| ing feature of this machine Is the paStfng
| arrangement, which supplies the paste at
right angles to instead of horizontally OF
! the moving sheet. The linking rollers, too.
| are arranged so that the movement of two
| levers places the entire eighteen out OF
! contact with the plates for the purpose OF
| stops of any sort.
| The government printing office can boast
| a very respectable battery Of web presses:
| The new doubles Record. two single
| Records, six large document presses, the
speech and pamphlet presses and the caro-
press. This latter press looks small and dis
| -proportionate-Iike pretty toy-among the
other great creations of iron and steel In
| the main press room. but when the ribbon
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various cylinders and there come from the
| machine cards printed and trimmed to any
conceivable size tie the rate of 100000
! day. the idea of its being toy is soon dis
| sipated.
| One of the incidentals that makes visit
| to the main press room pleasant Is the fact
| that the public is always made welcome,
|. the neatness and cleanness of everything
| tending to add to the pleasure of the visit.
| The most noticeable feature is Of course
| the absence of shafting or belts. each press
| being operated by its individual motor,
| saving both of expense and the time or Inc
| operator The operation of the self-feeding
| presses Is also interesting feature, the
| seemingly intelligent automatic functioning
| of these gigantic mechanisms holding the
| observer aweStruck as the rapid material
| ization of brain energy on the printed page
| takes place before him.
| An industry new to the government print
| ing office is the melting of used type and
| slug lines from the typesetting machines in
| the office. Although the plant has been in
| operation but a few months, yet the daily
| output of refined metal aggregates three
| and one-half tons. The operation is very
simple, the main object being to remove all
| foreign matter and condense the metal.
| small amounts of antimony and tin being
| added to maintain the proper degree of
| hardness. This plant practically eliminates
! the cost of the raw type material for the use
| of the typesetting machines. the addition of
| a few pounds of new material to the ton at
4 each melting maintaining the quality and
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Philippine Census.
| The document division of the bindery has
| begun the delivery Of the Spanish edition Of
| the Philippine census, which Is bound In
| yellow buckram. 1000 sets of four volumes
| each being included in the order. This diyt-
sion has also about ready for delivery part
| / of volume 33, statutes at large, Fifty
| eighth Congress.
The following appointments from the civil
| service lists have been made in the docu-
ment division of the bindery as sewing ma
| chine operators: Jessie B. Odell, Lizzie May
| Thomas, Marie Jamie COgan, Jane w.
| Gigory, Eva Killmon, Edith NJ: Bell and
| Emily P. Stockbridge. 1t is understood that
there are more appointments OF the same
| character to be made shortly.
Miss s. e: Simpson of the Gazette divi-
sion has sufficiently recovered from a severe
| illness and operation at Sbley Hospital to
| take trip to Medium River, Va. She was
| ACCOMPANIED by Miss Jennie Grace Johnson
| of the specification division, it being the ex-
pectation to remain for several weeks.
| Miss Eleanor d. Ogden of the job bindery
| has received an appointment as stenos-
| rapher and typewriter in the Interior De-
| partment at $500 per year. Her friends in
the office have known for some time of her
ambitions and efforts, and are much pleased
| at her success.
| Mrs Ella Wormsley has returned to the
| folding room, after six weeks Illness
/ Her return was heartily greeted by her
many friends. more especially as they mad
| been given to understand that her recovery
| was doubtful.