The Washington times., 1906-07-15
EDGAR B. MERRITT,
Who Recently Resigned From Govern
ment Printery to Enter Depart
ment of Interior.

ment OF Interior.
/ the office, who is now IN business in
/ Manila and Shanghai. China, was Wis
/ itor To the office recently. He landed in
san FrancI1cO only day or so before
t the earthquake and lost. in the destruc-
/ ton that visited that city large num-
! Der of valuable curios that he had
brought from the Orient.
Charles w. Burnett IS acting as time
keeper in the First division during the
illness Of Charles II. Leeds.
The Congressional Record for the ses-
sion of Congress just ended contained
| 15.9 $50 pages as compared 20 1866 pages
/ for the three sessions Of the Fifty
/ eighth Congress.
! J. G. GauIdeu late of the First di-
vision night force. owing to poor health.
| is prospecting for a location in Okla
homa.
The letter carriers are preparing TO
/ build home AT Colorado Springs ad-
| iacent 10 and after the order Of that Of
the printers.
/ j. ". A. Spottswood, assistant fore
man of printing, has returned 10 the
office after a vacation Of several weeks.
D. NJ. Carter, Of the main proof room,
has resigned and gone TO Muskogee.
/ Ind. Ter, 90 take charge of a daily
paper. Mr.. Garter is "a newspaper man
/ of considerable experience, being at one
time telegraph editor of the Omaha
| Bee
T. II. Collins, of the Specification divi-
sion. made the trip TO oxford. y. @,
| last week for the purpose of burying
! his nIne-year-old son, who died in this
J city.
! f. n Whitehead. of the Job division,
! is spending his vacation at his old
/ home in Chicago.
/ E J. Lindberg has rendered his resig-
| nation as a compositor in the printery.
I and has departed for Washington State,
! where he will establish himself as an
/ attorney.
/ Frank H. Miles. who is employed in
/ the bindery section of the Ordce has
/ gone 20 his New Hampshire home for
a visit Mr.. Miles is president Of the
| William II Collins Council of the Ma
ticnaI Union.
Richard Burkhardt, of the Specifca-
ton division, accompanied by his wife,
I is spending a few weeks az his old
/ home in Columbia, Mo.
/ r. Nj. Miller. machinist on Speeifica-
| tions. is spending his leave IN New
/ York city and other Eastern points.
! Dr. Stephen d. Pool. of the Specifica-
/ ton division. has resigned his position
/ in order TO take a place under the In
terror Department. He has been de
! tailed 10 do field work in Missouri for
| the General Land Office.
Public Printer SulHngs, while some
what improved and able 10 come To the
Office at times. is still suffering from
! the injury 10 his foot. which makes IL
impossible for him to walk without as
J sistance.
/ Mrs. \ NJ Friedlander of the Specifi-
cation Division, is spending the month
] with her relatives at Johnsonburg. Pa.
/ Miss Nellie Shlpman. OF the Third Di-
vision. has oeen granted sixty days
leave, which she is spending in Den
! yer, Colo, and other Western points IN
/ an effort 10 recuperate her health.
! Harry J. Smith, the efficient foreman
( of the correcting alley in the Second
/ Division. left Thursday for Easton. Pa,
/ where he will spend his thirty-day va
/ cation.
! The seven-year-old son OF William Nc
/ Enaney. of the Second Division, is be-
/ ing treated at Emergency Hospital for
/ fractures OF his wrists and arms. the
| result of a severe fall. Each arm is
/ broken twice in the same relative posi-
/ ton. The treatment has been beneficial
/ and some improvement is shown In the
! boys condition.
/ The condition of Foreman Espey, of
/ the bindery. who was taken seriously i'll
/ while attending a baseball game last
week. is reported to be somewhat i'm
/ proved His duties at the office are be-
/ ing performed by Inspector Ashton.
/ Several COmpositors We're transferred
/ from the various divisions TO the Job
/ Room Thursday 20 take the places of
! those going on leave and 10 help out
] with the rush of work in that division
The following are among the recent
! leave-takers Of the printery:
John l. Clendennin. ". L. SchmalhOn.
o. A Calkins. J. Guest King. William
Mcfarland. H Crawford, Fred, Heis-
Ter. c. p. Brown William Lawler W. f.
/ Crump, 7. NJ. Dom. J. J. O'Hern,
| Charles L. Mace, S. NJ, Simpson, VII
liam F. True, J. J. Fenton, David Ec-
cles. John Tuite, John A. Massey. jr.
J. Z. Cotton. Frank L. McUmber, II. II.
! Brayton, w. J. Fuhrman. NJ. A. Ma
loney, Joseph r Goodkey, Alice Guild,
J.. A Huston. William Schinnerer and
! WduFard Nash