Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-08
SUPERINTENDENT OF G. 20.
EWALD SCHMITT TO ACT IN
THAT CAPACITY.
To Have Supervision of Structural
Safety Of Buildings and
Floors

In compliance with the recommendation
Of Col. Bromwell superintendent of pub
| lie buildings and grounds, contained in
his report on the condition of the gov
| eminent printing office building, Public
Printer Leech has appointed Ewald
Schmitt as acting superintendent Of
| buildings.
| Col. Bromwell declared that the build
ings occupied by the big printery were
4 safe. but expressed opinion that they
should be under the supervision OF a
trained civil engineer to prevent over
loading of floors and to give personal at
tention to technical details.
Mr. Schnitt has been connected with
the Office for several years as civil en-
! gineer. giving especial attention to re-
movals of walls and laying out new
plans inaugurated by Mr.. Stillings when
public printer.
Under Public Printer Palmer there was
a superintendent for each building One
of the first acts of his successor was to
consolidate the two offices, under the di-
rection of Homer Collins Mr.. Collins re-
signed from the printing eervice. The
| work was then added to the office of dep
uty public printer, who was given au-
thority over both the chief engineer and
chief electrician. with an elaborate sys-
tenn of group chiefs over each class OF
| work.
Trouble Over Pay Methods.
The controller of the treasury has called
the public printers attention to q re-
quirement of the department that. in the
payment Of employees. the exchange Of
money and tine receipt therefor must be
simultaneous: officials of the controllers
Office characterize the present pay roll
receipt as a "subterfuge" and insist that
the requirements OF the treasury be
met
Heretofore it has been customary for
the time room at the big printery to make
out pay rolls showing the amount due for
the pay period and the number of days
leave still due each worker and send
them to the different divisions for the sig
nature of each person several days pre-
vious to the visit of the cashier.
Exception has been taken to this method
for the reason that the exchange OF
money and the receipt therefor" is not
simultaneous. 1t is understood the Of
ficials of the government printing Office
are endeavOring to overcome this obJec-
ton 1t is suggested that if a separate
receipt where required of every employe
there would be a serious delay in paying
off the large force employed. four days
plan.
May Return to Old Way.
The belief is expressed that return will
be made to the old method of paying off
per diem employees every two weeks which
has prevailed for years, and termed
turn ms by the old timers. Under this
system one-half OF the force was paid off
every Monday. 1t is said that after sew
eral months trial many express prefer
ence for the old system.
Treasury officials declares 1t is Gus
tomary for the disbursing officer to have
a copy of the pay roll at hand on which
to check off every item disbursed and
to receive at the same time a signed re-
ceipt for the amount of the salary ac-
count. At the government printing ONCE
the cashier hands out the. envelopes. as the
workers file past in regular order, check
being had in the presence Of the foreman
as we'll as the memory of the paymaster