The Washington times., 1906-07-01
GWfRnltingOffiCe

cores t1e dissolution OF the night forces
IN ehs Government Printing Office The
printers. pressmen, and others. number
ing between four and five hundred peO-
pie. who ave worked at night in order
tLat the v 1rk II Congress should be
promptly executed. will now be absorb
ed into the vAr-t Us day divisions The
present session # Congress has been a
rscOrd breaker fl the matter Of printing
required. the number Of bills and num-
Ter OF words spoken in debate having
exceeded aoc- previous Congress OF the
same dU-a -iOu.
Saturday Noon Closing.
Public Printer StlIinEs has posted
general order No. y. promuIgating the
Presidents Saturday closing order. This
year the Office Will close AT j O'Clock
Saturday during the months OF July.
August. and September, instead of ]
o clock. as last year This change is be
ing gladly welcomed by the employees.
Public Printer Stillings has been able
10 come 10 The Offlce the past week and
execute his work from there instead of
at his home as he has been compelled
10 do for several weeks on account of an
injury TO his foot His physical condf-
tion otherwise is good and he has dis
patched an immense amount OF work
since coming back to the Office.
Vacations in Order.
Foreman Of Printing Charles E. Young
has returned 10 the ofice after a pleas
ant vacation OF several days.
Assistant Foreman OF Printing Spotts-
WOOD IS on leave enjoying a much
needed vacation. The duties Of the aa-
sistant foreman OF printing are very
arduous during Congressional sessions
which makes n vacation the moro u,sI-
come at this time.
Silas S Phelps. the maker-up in the
second division, has gone 10 New York
state for a vacation He will spend
several days visiting friends at his Old
home place.
Harry r MLJo-. clerk in the o4Hoa
Of the assistant foreman Of printing. is
using up the balance OF his vacation for
the present fis--' year.
Foreman Lawson. OF the third d.
vision. IS rapidly recuperatinE from his
recent attack OF typhoid fever having
| I'M proved sufficiently TO make a trip to
the city from his home In I,a7Sdor. He
Is expected 70 resume his duties at the
Office in a few days.
Leeds Not Improving.
The condition Of Charles Leeds. the
popular timekeeper OF the first division.
=" 20 Is confined in a sanitarium near
| Baltimore, IS reported by his friends
TO be not encouraging.
I James II. Heslet. assistant foreman Of
the second division. has returned to the
office after a vacation spent in Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City.
Charles E Jones. of the Official
Gazette division, suffered the loss of
his I2-year-oId son on Mondav. who
died from an ailment that baffied phv-
sicians for fourteeo months. and which
was fnsIy pronounced HodSkins' dis
ease. which IS rarely encountered IN
medicine.
Office News Notes.
John Asaley. Of the Fifth division IS
detaine1 at his home on account of III
ness.
GecrFc h Boone. assistant foreman
Of tn First division. is on a pleasure
| trir TO Atlantic City. his first vacation
in rwo years.
Glen Harding, of the Fourth division,
IL again at his desk after having taken
a ySca.ticaI so= several days.
n & n, OF the First division. is
! or :u- fscai year-end leave takers
whJ 5 GO -e-c-ing TO use UP the annual
leave granted by Uncle Sam for his
HARD workers
EmpIoys- OF the Government Print
ing once are enthusiastic advocates OF
the pubic Fairgrounds for children OF
the city. und the various unions repre-
sented in IRE ONCE never fail to make
liberal appropriations from their treas
uries in support of the movement This
year has beer. no exception 20 the rule,
the usual appropriations having been
made already
Horace Whitaker. proofreader on
specifications, is on vacation. which he