Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
END OF FISCAL YEAR
WINDING UP BUSINESS AT Gov
ERNMENT PRINTERY.

The superintendent OF public documents
at the government printing Office Is slowly
getting the vast number of volumes con-
tanned In the supply division properly in
dexed and classified. 1t is said that con-
ditions In the supply or sales division were
rather chaotic, no information being avail
able as to the number of volumes on hand
1t Is expected that the sum received this
year from the sale of public documents Will
Tar exceed that of previous years.
An illustration of the completeness of the
list of publications on hand in the office of
the superintendent OF documents was ex-
emplifed recently when an official OF the
Brazilian government called in search of
publications suitable for his national IL
pfary. Previously he had visited England
ana other foreign countries and had invari-
apiF been directed to go to America to
complete the list. To his delight this gov
eminent was able to furnish him with four
large mail sacks of volumes covering sub
Brazil
The government printery will next week
come to what Is locally called the jumping
on place the end of the fiscal year This
is the first fun year under the new law
making it criminal offense to create a
oehciency. Estimates will be made of the
cost OF the work on hand up to the end
Oh June, and Monday morning new jackets
to completion under the REPRESENTATIONS for
the new fiscal year
me recent damp weather caused the hard
Hnish OF the walls in the corridors and halls
10 loosen and fall in places but the experts
employed under the superintendent of the
building have repaired the breaks in a
manner which Will defy detection when the
spots have been coiored to correspond with
tiie surroundings, which will be done In a
snort time. The dampness has also affected
the nreproof In the structure causing
the paint TO become as sticky as fresh
work.
Close of Busy Season
ne closing of the present Congress will
Iring TO an end one of the busiest seasons
ever experienced by the night forces at the
government printing office. The number of
new bills introduced In both houses to date
Is 26S64, and 1856 OF these have been re-
ported from the committees Several thou
sands of resolutions were also printed AS
ali important bills are printed several times
III the course of q session-sCme as often as
twenty-five times-the total number of in
dividual prints Will aggregate over 5O.CO0
a record which has never been approached
by even the most strenuous sessions The
composing divisions handle the congresson-
al matter with incredible ra pidity and the
press room is equal to any possible erner-
gehcy. The bill-folding division consists
of two shifts of fifteen and thirty-fve en-
poyes, respectively, and has had all it
could do to handle the avalanche of printed
sheets sent to IT
The revisers in the main proof room have
been given the additional duty of verify
ing the legend lines of the half-tone cuts
and other illustrations produced In the
foundry. This work formerly done in
the foundry, but placing the responsibility
with the proof room, it is understood Will
elinlina tie all possibility of mistakes connect
ed with their insertion in government pub
Hcat.ons.
1t is believed the scheme of printing the
nj al TIT,
of the drawings submitted by inventors will
prove success. Heretofore the claims of
patentees have been printed in very large
type and photolithographed down to small
size the cost of which has been very large.
1t Is expected the new method will save
at least 100000 yearly TO the government.
The Mergenthaler typesetting machines will
be utilized on the reprint claims and the
Larstons placed on the regular document
work of the office, the large number of
characters and movable type rendering
them available for tabular compiled ted
composition.
Portraits for Library of Congress.
The fifth division has just completed a
technical index of portraits for the Library
of Congress which will be of inestimable
value to the libraries of the world. 1t gives
alphabetically a list of 114.Oo0 pictures
which are in the famous art galleries of the
world or have been published in some IL
Illustrated book or magazine, together with
iuforma ton as to where and when 1t ap-
peared and the variety of the illustration
portrait.
The public printers report for the last
fiscal year will be ready for delivery in a
few days, its publication having been de-
lsyeG on account of rush of other work
This report ends before the commencement
OF the agitation for retrenchment In the
public printing and will serve a compari-
son of the results achieved in the future.
Employees of the big printery delight
ed with the President s order directing that
they shall participate in the Saturday half
holiday. For two summers they have been
excused at 1 o'clock under order direct
lowed TO go, but this placed the RESPONSE
b:lity on the head of a division there was al
ways some uncertainty as to the POSSIBLE
ity of arrangement of plans for holiday.
A few occasions arose where 1t was claimed
that workers were detained unnecessarily,
but the new conditions will be universally
commended
Personal Mention.
Chief Inspector Brown has returned from
a short business trip.
Mr.. Charles E. Young, foreman of print
ing, is absent for a few days rest. his
desk being occupied by Mr.. J. NJ A. Spots
wood, his assistant Mr. James E. Bright
is acting assistant foreman of printing.
, Miss Hattie NJ Jewett of the Gazette
division has returned from vacation spent
in Maine.
Acting Superintendent Post of the docu-
ment room has returned from an extended