The Washington herald., 1914-09-20


E. MulIin. OF the hand day section. re-
signed last week. being the oldest printer
in the G. P. o. Sixty-two years ago Mr..
Mullin received an appointment and was
| assigned to the job room
George p. DoweII. George W. Robinson.
Frank NJ. Lloyd, Charles s. Elder, Fred
W. Fallett, and L. E. McCardell were
on brief leave the past week.
In the year 1895 a force of printers
and pressmen were put to work by the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. do
ing the letter-press part on the diplomas
for the Worlds Fair, held in Chicago
in 1898, the force comprising nearly 800
men. and the work continued for about
a year. which was very fortunate for
number who had been let out OF the
G. P. O. in the upheaval OF 1894. A very
expert printer. John Blue. was imported
from New York. borrowed from the Amer
lean Type Founders Company to manage
the division, which was located in a
frame building on the river bank in the
northwest corner OF the Bureau grounds.
The outfit Of type and material was all
new, selected especially for the work,
and twenty Washington hand presses
were used, the only time that number
OF presses Of that kind had been en-
half a century, and a like number of such
machines may never be seen in operation
at one time again. A little paper was
ISSUED by the men weekly called the
Awards Bulletin. the division being desig-
mated the Division of Awards, which
chronicIed current events and happen
ings. a copy OF the last issue OF which
names of a few of those engaged there
has been preserved by Charles o. Doten.
~al
Of the night hand section; John Shaw. Of
on that date: Harry T. Leonard Wade.
the job section: Johnny Hogan. of the
specifications; Frank Street. of the night
proofroom; William Allison. Charley
Estell. and others among the printers:
and James H Furbershaw. of the main
pressroom; Melvin Beight. of the job
pressroom. and John F. and Frank B.
Clarkson, and William Riley among the
pressmen there employed in 1906.
William L. Kirby. keyboard operator in
the monotype section, has been promoted
to the position OF computer in the COM
putting section. with compensation at s6
per day.
Charles D. Parsons. the Oldest press
man in years of service in the G. P. o.,
spent his vacation in Culpeper, Va
Miss Katherine F1aherty and Miss
Mary z. Fleishell, Of the postal-card sec
ton, are among the employees on leave.
William H. Weber and John T. O'Hara,
section chiefs of the pressroom, are en-
joying their annual vacation.
The regular monthly meeting Of CO.
lumbia typographical Union will be held
at the temple at 2:So today, when the
delegates to the Providence convention
will submit their report.
William H Kaufman has been pro-
NOTED from helper to monOtype ma
chinist, with increase in pay from 10 to
50 cents per hour. He is the son Of
Joseph Kaufman. one of the Columbia
Unions most respected members, and
has worked his way up strictly through
merit and attention to duty.
The appointment of Eugene Andrew as
a computer, at a salary of IS per day,
has been made permanent.
Charles B. Tanner. one of the most
obIiging and popular young men who
has ever acted as messenger in the
G. P. O., has received a deserved re-
ward in promotion to cIerkship in the
Office OF superintendent Of work.
William McEneany. chief of the night
title-page section, took in the Star Span
-gledb- Bannsr-celebEation At Baltimore;