Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-23
NEWS OF BIGPRINTERY
IANSTON KEYBOARDS BEING
INsTALLED-NoTES.

The first installment Of new Lanston
keyboards has arrived at the government
printing Office and experts from the fac
tory are setting them up in the space re-
served in the layout of the operating room
on the sixth floor. 1t is asserted that the
new boards will be a welcome addition to
the equipment of the Office when the op
orators have become familiar with the
standard" typewriter layout. 1t is
claimed that typists using the touch"
system become particularly proficient, and
the expectation is that operators of the
new arrangement will be enabled to keep
their eyes on the copy practically all the
time.
In explanation of the term 'keyboards"
1t is explained that pressure of any key
produces perforation of continuous
paper ribbon, which. when run through
the type caster, produces line of indi-
Vldual characters similar to the work of
the hand compositor. The printery has
supplied operators for both makes of tyne
setting machines from the ranks of the
hand compositorS. and it is claimed that
the better the printer the more proficient
the machine operator.
The past several weeks has been a
| STEADY grind at the printery, according to
employees, although overtime has been
| eliminated and the day consists OF eight
| hours. An intermediate force in the COM
| posing division, the pressroom and the
| blndery carries the work along contin-
uously during the entire twenty-four
| hours More than one hundred extras are
| at work in the day and night composing
| rooms, while more than. fifty men are be-
| ing trained in the typeSettng machine d.
visions to operate casters. Extra employees
are pleased at the prospects of a long ses-
sion of CongreSs and consequent steady
| employment.
| The bindery is rapidly assuming normal
conditions after the recent removal of the
old building force to the new structure.
In the Press Division.
The press division of the government
printing office will soon assume it's char
acteristic feverish rush incident to the
assembling of Congress, according to an
old-timer. The massive presses are sell
dom idle a minute during the busy sea-
son. but when thousands Of bills are
thrown into the Office on the first day it
means rush for many hours.
1t is expected that the new pneumatic
tube system will come in for consideration
soon, now that the different departments
are practically settled in permanent quar-
ters 1t is expected that the use Of the
tubes will be much quicker and cheaper
than the temporary messenger service
substituted while the change was going
on.
Superintendent Of Manufactures Con-
stantine is taking every precaution to
prevent leak" in the many confiden-
tial matters now being handed in the
office. 1t is said to be common occur
renee to see laborers pushing large trucks
of type galleys and printed sheets into the
superintendent Office vault, on the third
floor, this extra precaution being taken
with the Presidents message and other
particularly confidential jobs
The new editorial section has been as.
signed to quarters in the southeast corner
of the sixth floor. It is as erted that tn:
gradual development of this branch of tn:
public printing will largely reduce tbs
cost of production, owing to the great
saving in the time spent in making cor
rections after the type has been set .
indicators are being placed on all ele-
Vators in the new building showing the
position of the cars, while placards are
used OF indicate that this elevator is
not running