The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

| and there being very little uniformity
with regard to notations on the jack
cts The manuscript generally Of the
specifications is very good, scarcely
any of 1t that is not legible. and the
form of description being much sim
pier than now. and In very few of them
| do the claims exceed three and most
Of them contain only one. whereas to-
| day the number of claims to a specin-
| cation frequently run as high as 100.
! and those with SO few as hve-the
number reproduced in the Omcial Ga
zette-are rare. Among the list Of the
old patents frequently occur devices of
interest to the printing crafts. espe-
| cially those of George P. Gordon. in
| ventor of the Gordon press. whose
name is perhaps known to more people
| interested in printing than any man
who ever lived, the platen press bear
ing his name being used all over the
world. and made to-day practically the
same as more than half a century ago.
nothing having ever approached IL for
| certain lines of printing, its simplicity
| OF construction. easy method of opera
| tion, and rapidity Of action making it
one machine which has been found in
dispensable wherever printing Is done.
and which sells to-day at practically
the same price ii did half century
| ago.
Philip E Baker. proof collector on the
night force, gets a well-deserved in
crease in pay to 40 cents per hour.
Former Public Printer Thomas E
Benedict. twice appointed, to that posi-
tion by President Cleveland, seen in
Washington recently, declared he has
no aspirations for renewed Official
honors, but it is rumored that he would
like very much to see his former pri
! vate secretary. Albert Baker. placed al
the head Of the big printing Office.
George W. shaffer. recently admitted
to the Printers Home. writes that he
has been most graciously treated
there; that he believes his stay there
! will be most beneficial. and that Con
Ratcliffs has done everything possible
that one Washington printer could do
for another IN like circumstances.
i Alex. N. Forester. linotype operator,
who resigned some time ago. has con-
cluded that Uncle Sam In . pretty good
employer. anyway, and has been rein
| stated.
The recent promotion of Howard E.
Sherman to the very responsible position
of clerk in charge of Congressional work
| reward Of merit. Mr.. Sherman has been
| selected times innumerable for special
| duties at the Capitol for the most intri-
cate duty, for over a year being located
there assisting the tariff board He was
| named by Public Printer Donnelly
| member of the committee who revised
the last Style Book for the office. and
as a referee in the proofroom he has
! displayed qualifications that mark him
a n q 10
| manner and good humor have made
everybody his friend. and 1t is safe TO
say there has been no more popular pro-
| motion made in the G. P. o. in a long
| time.
Andrew NJ Tompkins has been rein
| stated as a bookbinder and assigned to
the forwarding and finishing section.
The force Of temporary compositors
whose services We're recently dispensed
with included the following: Wilmer J.
Harne. Frank P. Davey. W. E. Denni-
son. Thomas W. wroten. Henry C.
stahl. Henry J. Litz, Mrs. Helen c.
Reinecke. z. w. Dawson, Henry W.
hoffman. David E Emanuel. S. s.
Pauley. William c. Robertson. Paul A.
Schroen. Otto L. Erdman. Thomas E.
Flowers, Dodge d. Hemming. Arthur L.
Gill. Eugene Conner. Frank Bates. John
c. O'Neal.- Harrison H. Talbot, Tim
othy NJ. Ring. William NJ. Stuart, David
T. Lloyd, Henry E. Bartle. Donald c.
Byron, Matthew A. Maloney. H. C. Cut
ting. John G. Hickok. William T. Mar
tin. James p. Hunter, Alpheus Shol, and
William Allison.
William F. Mahony. clerk. has been
transferred from the departmental roll
to the accounting division.
William Holt. bookbinder,. and Miss
Florence Elwood. skilled helper are re-
cent transfers from the night to the
day force in the pamphlet section of the
bindery.
By letter received from Miss Laura B.
Gordon. of the hand composing section.
dated Hot Springs, Ark, March S. We
Learn that she is very slowly improving
after number Of treatments. She also
refers to a terrible explosion the day pre-
Woes in an adjoining building, but not
connected with the Savoy Hotel. where
the Gordon ladies. mother and daughter
are sojourning. A second explosion In
quick succession compelled them to leave
their apartments In the hotel. which they
did in safety. though suffering greatly
from fright. Their scores of friends will
be pleased to learn Of their fortunate
escape.
Compositors John s. Garner and AL
bert A. Meredith are recent details from
the hand section to the job
Eugene F. Rosen, Of the hand section.
has been granted ten days annual leave.
During the past year under the admin
istration Of Charles E. Malpas. as fore
man Of binding. increases in pay among
the employees of the bindery Of the Cow
ernment Printing ONCE have been made
as follows:
One assistant foreman. from 5000 to
6, 90: four assistant foremen. from 90 to
20 cents per hour; four bookbinders
operating continuous trimmers. 80 to So
cents per hour; one ONCE man book
binder, so to s. cents per hour; four
gathering machine operators, IS to 10
cents per hour; ninety-five machine
operators (female). 25 to IN cents per
hour
Cap" Harry B. Goodrell. R. r.
CRecord Referee). has some difiiculty at
times, being proportioned somewhat
along the lines of his famous predeces-
sor, Capn. Edward Cutie. in obtaining
garments to suit and At. so on Friday
night last, at the lunch hour, the night
proof chapel. through Chairman Joe
johnson. presented him with q sample
shirt Of ample size, at least, Of . pat
tern that Is a scream.
Albert C. Van Horn. of the night key
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