Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
PRINTING ECONOMIES
MANUSCRIPT AND TYPEwRITTEN
ORDERS BOUND.
Reception on Fiftieth Birthday-Fore-
man Of Binding surprised-old
Employe Buried-Personal.

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result more will be accomplished in the
reduction of expensive bindings than in
| any other direction. 1t is said that many
congressional documents are more substan-
| tally bound there than is necessary. One
OF the items under criticism has been the
Tour of the Interparliamentary Union,
but those conversant with this publication
\ say that. considering the character of the
| members Of that party and the fact that
this book will be carried to all parts Of the
! world and exhibited as edition de luxe
| or the government printing Office, 1t was
none too elegant. Ten dollars per copy.
the total cost per copy of this work, is said
10 be not high price for a souvenir pub
iication in the commercial world.
An illustration of the economies now prac-
| t1ced by the different departments in tho
| curtailment of printing expenses is the
binding of carbon copies of typewriter or
| ders and other routine matters desired for
preservation and reference, the Post Office
department at the present time having
considerable of this work done relative to
| the railway mail service. The War De-
partment Is also having bound for the use
or the Court of Claims the manuscript reg
| listers or payments OF discharged soldiers
OF the civil war, not only saving the cost
| or printing, but facilitating reference and
preserving the documents. Another inno-
walton Is the binding in colored canvas in
stead of the customary half-sheep of
newspapers desired for reference by the
various departments and the Library of
Congress. effecting saving of many thou
SANDS OF dollars on this item alone. 49,
Gives Reception.
Foreman D. J. Roberts gave a reception
last evening at his home in Langdon to the
employees Of the fourth division, the occa-
sion being his, fiftieth birthday. Practically
every member Of Mr.. Roberts division was
present. A feature of the evening was the
presentation n Of rs OF of
olutions setting forth the esteem, in which
he Is held by his co-workers and the appre-
citation of his administration of the diyi-
sion. Short impromptu speeches, songs and
the serving Of refreshments were in order
The mail of the government printing Office
Is said to be overloaded daily with adver-
Using matter. the Office, of course being
powerless to stop the annoyance. 1t is es-
timated that the services of. an additional
clerk Is required to sort and deliver extra
mail matter Of this description. Employees
are said to pay but little attention to this.
character of mail, and especially where 1t
is received in open envelopes. Advertisers
IN some manner get possession of lists Of
employees. >
Mr.. P. ]. Byrne; the foreman Of binding,
and his wife were given surprise party
last week by about hundred of their
friends, the thirty-f1fth anniversary of their
wedding being the occasion of the gather
ing. Mr.. Byrne and his wife were COM
pleteiy surprised, but the visitors had made
all arrangements and soon transformed
their home into scene of gayety. Refresh
ments were served after pleasant evening,
feature of which was the presentation of
a card by each one present bearing both
friendly and humorous sentiments. Tele-
grams of congratulation were received dur
ing the evening from Representative Serene
Payne, former Representative c. d. Mac
Dougal and others.
Old Employees Funeral.
The funeral of one of the oldest employees
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was attended last Monday by not only a
delegation of his associates in the office.
but by an official representation Of the
Pressmen's Union. Mr.. Moran had suf-
fered from stroke of apopIexy for a
week, said by some of his friends to have
been the result of excitement incident to at
tending a game of base ball. Mr.. Moran
| was member of Pressmen's Council, Ma
tional Union, and was very popular in the
big printery.
An echo of the short strike of the book
binders, when they enforced their new
scale of wages recently, is the report of j.
L. Feeney, president of the Bookbinders'
Union and superintendent of the sewing
room at the big printery, that only one
man is "out" at the present time. This
one striker is receiving the 81 allowed by
the international body and the local union
is paying the balance of the regular scale
of wages, making what is probably the first
instance of a striker receiving full wages.
Although the government printing office
has many visitors daily, the impression is
prevalent that there is not much to be
seen or learned by an inspection of the
plant. but the remarks made by sight
seers would indicate that the office is a
more interesting place to visit than some
of the more noted show places in the
city The guides say that visitors are par
tfcularly anxious TO witness the operation
of the typesetting machines, many requir-
ing technical information as to their out
put and general adaptability.
Details of compositCrs are said to be
| making good Roadway with the printing
of specifica tiOnS of patents on the Ianston
keyboards temporarily installed in the Ga
| zette division, the average being over seven
| takes each per day The average num-
| Der of takes per week under hand COM
| position was sixteen to each compositor.
| 1t is said that with three months practi-
| cal operation the learners can handle over
| twelve takes of copy per day, that num-
| Der being set by the regular operators
| of the Gazette division, who are occa-
| sionaily detailed to that work.
| Two old-style f1at-bed presses in use in
| the main press room have been moved
| to the north wing of the mammoth press
| division to make room for the introduction
of four drum cylinder presses The
new machines will be addition to rush
row." a name used by employees to desig-
| nate the powerful presses used by the
| night force for printing the rush work
| of the two branches of Congress.
Ordered Back to Duty.
| All bookbinders who have been COM
| PEELED to take their leave of absence on
| account of slackness of work in the bind
! cry have been ordered to report for duty
| tomorrow morning. Memorials of de-
! ceased senators and representatives ordered
printed by Congress, aggregating T2,Oo0
volumes, are ready for the binders and 1t
| is hoped that by The time this work is
| nished there will be sufficient regular work
| to keep all hands busy.
Fred f. Klebold of the finishing division
| of the bindery has resigned and entered
| business for himself at his home in New
| ark. N. Mr.. Klebold was very popular
| with his associates and before his de-
parture he was presented with a silver
| mounted umbrella and travelling set The
gifts were accompanied by the unanimous
| well wishes of his fellow workers
| Charles H. Coe of the first division has
returned from vacation. Mr. Coe has
| purchased fitted up and brought to this
| port one of the fastest auxiliary boats
on the river. He and his son Travelled
aboard the Seminole from Baltimore to
this city in less than four days which ia
! said to be a record for a thirty seven foot
/ tt,r h%nt