Evening star., 1915-04-04
PRINTING OFFICE.

Volume 10 of the index catalogue OIL
10 library OF the surgeon general Oh :
nco has recently been completed, ana
rho edition delivered in finished iorHi-
This publication has for many
been considered the most techi''e"
work performed in the goVerlinieh.
printing office because OF the dlHereht
languages employed and the many
characters used IN the typesettihs- II
had been set by hand heretofore. iouf-
teen to sixteen men working ABOUT nine
months to complete n volume foar
months ago. under the direction OF
I Foreman Heritage Of the monotype
4. keyboard section. it was placed on the
machines. three men setting the type
1,r volume Q in that time. the expert
1u.nt proving an entire success.
Printing Of the first volume of the
first series began in 1879, previous 10
which time sample pages were SHOWN
in the United States government eXhip-
n n the centennial exhibition in Phiia- =
d, lphia In 1876. Three sizes OF type
are used-six. eight and ten point
with five kinds of display type throush-
out the book. Besides the characters
aud diacritica1 marks, the following
languages are represented; English.
German French, Italian. Spanish, Cat
alpnIdn, portuguese. ILdtiI, HISth, NUS
sian. swedish, Danish. Dano-NorWe
gran. Finnish, Gaelic, Turkish, Arabic,
Provencal. Syrian, Rumanian, Serbian,
Euiearian, Iapanese, Korean Ehinese' sss
Cornish, Welsh. Ruthenian. Hungarian,
bohemian, Slovenian, Wallachian. mod
ern Greek, Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon and
Sanscrit.
The operators employed in setting the
type on the monotype machines are
charles G. Perry. G. w. Shaed and
Henry NJ. Presley. and the proofread-
ing and revising was done by Henry n.
Boernstein. Wilfred Rouleau and
George Burklin of the proofroom.
Reviser James 4. Gallaher Of the
proofroom has been filing the position
of chief rcviser for the past ten days
during the absence of ii. w. Weber on
leave. while Vincent i. Howard has
been on detail in Mr.. Galleher's posi-
tlon.
William L. Love. maker-up in the
document thandl section. returned to
work Thursday after several days
leave of absence.
The following employees of the press
division have been on the sick list
during the week: Walter J. Baldwin.
John y. Cunningham. John ". kolar,
h..,iei l. , Ieane. Miss Mamie E. Nc, Nc
kc therine Neuer, Charles W. Preston
ari John J.. kahler.
Charles II. Newton OF the machine
shop section has been enjoying part of
his annual leave the past week.
James i. Duffy of Grafton. W. Va;
Vincent Duffy, student of Johns Hop
kiHs University, Baltimore, Md. and
Ir. ". y Duffy of Wilmington, Del,
bav" been the guests of their cousin.
George r. DoweII of the proofroom the
past week.
v. J. W. BayIy and f. A. cambridge
are among those in the engineers sec
tion who were granted leave of alb
scnce during the week.
The following-named employees of the
press division have been granted leave
OF absence: Fred A. Anderson, John
J. Callahan. William A. Fogarty
Thomas ]. Martin, Harry j. Sherwood
Edward F. Richie. Israel NJ. West,
Abram A. Ackerman. William A. Jen-
hins. John B. Dieste and George A.
. Reynolds.
Reviser ". F. P. White of the proof
room is in Mercy Hospital. Baltimore,
Md, where he underwent a minor op-
Grafton. He is reported as rapidly i'm
proving.
j. NJ. Barrett and Norman Crawford
have been on the sick report of the
engineers section during the week.
William NJ. Wilson of the stock sec
documents is confined to his home suf
fering from blood poisoning of one of
his toes.
David M. Walsh, Mrs Ethel NJ Bar
rick. Mrs. May D. Dunster. Miss Annie
G. Jordan. Miss Margaret T. Nolan.
Mrs. Jennett S. Tyler. Mrs. Mary E.
Whaley. all Of the press division. have
been detailed to the postal card sec
tion during the week.
John Kearney of the forwarding and
finishing section of the bindery has
been absent from duty the past week
OH account of illness.
The Government Printing Office Coun-
Gil. National Union. held it's regular
meeting last night at Typographical
Temple. After the business meeting.
during which addresses We're made by
y. n Bugden. general deputy, and y.
$. Mcknew. refreshments were provid-
cd by Speaker u. ]. Leane of the press
' division Speaker Leane promises
some pleasing innovations at the next
meeting along the lire of entertain
uent and refreshments.
William Stark. L. Crews, KlIilan
J,eiabGr and John e. Craven are among
th"sc who have been on the sick report
OF the watch section the past week.
Ldaard j. Hall. who has been con
fined 10 his home for the past seven
weeks with a severe attack of grip
and erysipelas, returned to his desk
tn the proofroom Tuesday, much i'm
proved in health.
Miss Agnes Brosnan of the stock
section of the office of superintendent
of documents has been absent from
work for several days, due to an at
tack of grip.
Allen l.. Bacon. william II. Dahl, Dam
tel Beckwith. George A Edwards, John
y. Gervais, Charles II. Edwards, Will
liam Henry johnson, Thomas F. Lewis.
Townsend NJ. Lucas. Eugene II. Starkes
and Samuel y. Colvin of the press divi-
sion are on leave of absence.
John l.. Jenifer of the electrical sec
tion Is nursing a mashed thumb. caused
by AN accidental blow of a hammer
while at work with the carpenters.
Otis j. Singleton of the revisers Sec
fion of the proofroom reported for
work the first of the week after a
seven-day vacation.
The issue of patent specifications for
April l3. finished the past week. made
993 patents and was the second largest
issue in the history of the work. that
of January 8. 1915, being the largest in
number OF patents, 1893, but the issue
just finished (Aprii 13 edition) was ac-
tually the largest in volume of work.
there being 1853 folios against $1,000