Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
BUSY AT THE PRINTERY
PRESS OF WORK EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE UNTIL JULY 1.

The government printing Office has just
passed through one of its busiest weeks for
several months, and the indications are that
tie press of work will continue until the
end Of the fiscal year. Nearly every depart
ment. with the exception of the press room,
has had more or less night work, and the
most serious problem has been to keep the
mill occupied on the most important
Jobs. While each division has been rushing,
it has remained for the bindery to break
record handling 10000 copies Of a commu-
tation ticket book in six and half hours.
The tickets were printed in sheets. the
bindery perforattng, stitching and binding
them in cloth. Seven employees were detail
ed on the work which was done under the
personal supervision of Foreman of Binding
Espey and Mr.. William B. Hyde, assistant
foreman.
The big printery Is engaged on a series
Of volumes for tn Library of Congress CIV
Ing the full journal of the continental Con-
gress. The original manuscripts are becom-
ing much worn from frequent use and the
printers are duplicating the idiosyncrasies OF
the matter in every way possible The fin
fshed volumes are particularly attractive
the nnest quality of rag paper being used.
Editor Ford. chief of the division of manu-
scripts, expected to confine the work to
three or four volumes but at present the
lndlcat1ons are that at least twenty-five vol
umes will be required
Employees of the different departments of
the government printing office are being ex-
cused when the state Of the work will per-
NIT, to use up the remainder of leaves of
absence. large number were on leave
last spring prior to the beginning of the
new fiscal year. when the money to pay for
leaVes was exhausted, and those who re-
ha flyIt fj.,,., H.
wait TIL short time ago for their pay
Storage for Bicycles
Public Printer Stillings initiated an inno-
Vation yesterday at the government printing
ONCE by directing the inspection division
" ascertain the number of bicycle riders
employed at the office with view of estab-
llshlhs storage room for their accommo-
dation. Each head of a division will renort
the number of bicyclists working in his
department and the superintendent OF the
buildings will be directed to set aside suf-
hc:ent space for their accommoda ton. The
use OF the new bicycle storage room will
of course be entirely voluntary. The
State War and Navy building the pension
office and many other governmental insti-
room for bicycles. but up TO the present
time the big prntery has been so crowded
Tor room that similar action has not been
taken
The government printing office job room
is getting out a large number of common
communication books for the Isthmian canal
commission for the use of employees The
tickets are for the purpose of making pur-
chases at the commissions storehouses or
at hotels and range from l cent to 81
each.
Gen. E. b. Stillings, father of the public
printer, and a member of the Griffiths-
Stillings Press of Bostop, Mass, Is visiting
his son and incidentally studying the de-
tails of the G.. z. O.
Mr.. Charles Otis of the proof room has
been Assigned to the office of Foreman of
rush of business incident to closing up the
fiscal year.
Anthracite Coal Received
A large consignment Of anthracite coal
has been received at the office and stored in
the driveway west of the annex to the old
building. 1t is said that no proposals were
submitted for coal when first advertised and
now that the coal strike has been settled
an effort will again be made to contract
for the next year. The anti-s.noke law is
for the use of hard coal at the
office.
Public Printer Stillings is considering the
possibility of clearing portion of the base
bicycles. The ground floor is now used for
will be provided for the disposition Of
wheels. Many of the departments supply
workers with some kind of shelter, but,
owing to the crowded conditions existing
the big printery has not followed the ex-
ample.
Only two reprints have been made of vol
umes under the new law, which enables the
issuing Office to order as many volumes as
u 80 doc r1-ifl II, no
edition. TIE new law has been in operation
only few weeks, and it is too early TO
form an estimate as to the percentage OF
reprints which will be required.
Mr.. w. r. Johns chief referee in the main
proof room, has resigned his position to &C
cept the supervision of the proof DEPART
ment of the Philippine printing office Mr.
William f. Read, his successor. has been
employed as a reader for several years.
In the Fourth Division.
Lieut. John A. Barr of the watch force
received word recently that his home town
of Citronville, Ga, had been half destroyed
by fire, but luckily his property was not in
cluded in the confiagratfon
Edward Haywood of the fifth division has
resigned to accept clerical position on the
isthmus of Panama
Foreman D. ]. Roberts is enjoying short
leave of absence Mr.. C. T. Harding. assist
ant foreman being in charge
William C. Seton, an old enploye of the
fourth is making his first visit to New
York, his home town, in thirty years.
Leo Rullman has been summoned TO Mad
ison, Wis, on account of the death of a sis
ter.
Miss Ethel NJ. Fenner has returned from
a short visit to the country.
H. l.. Mabrey has been on the sick list for
the last ten days.
5. w. Taylor has been transferred To the
tat