The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-11

monument. More than 5000 rollers
are produced by the roller making
section during a year. and every
day In the monOtype lino ype and
foundry sections, there are melted
and cast into ingots five tons Of
linotype and more than nine tons OF
1 monOtype metal.
Use OF such a great quantity Of
| paper means also tha, there is a
large amount Of waste paper. after
/ converting millions OF pounds Of
/ paper into sheets Of various sizes.
| More than 100000 pounds Of
| waste paper is baled and disposed Of
! by the government printing office
! annually. Of which more than g.
| O00,0 pounds are collected from
government departments. while
j.00O-odd pounds are collected from
was and cuttings In the printing
office Itself. The receipt from this
d.apOsal benefits the government a
goOdly sum.
The printing office Is never out
Of copy At times II has as many as
10000 folios and 10000 postal cards
waiting for operators to get time 10
handle them. Then at times there
are 5000 10 5000 galieys Of matter
roady for the 250 proofreader5 and
revisers. Constantly the printing
office has 100000 pages of live mat
ter in its composing rooms and
1000 900 mates In the vaults. which.
II 80 were Iewspaper material would
be enough to run an average-slzed
daily newspaper for about 80 years.
Vast Work Done IN Bindery.
The printing office bindery cuts
more than 346,O00.00O sheets. folds
more than l700O0.0o0 sheets. gath
ers 1l9,000,o0O signatures, sews
nearly SO,000,O0O copies, wire
stitches 100000 and trims $780,
600 books and pamphlets in every l2
Thc.e are other delicate
Jobs for the expert bookbinders at
.na printing office. They bind and
repair manuscripts and rare publ
cations OF the library OF con gress.
The priceless Washington and JEFF
ferson papers comprising original
letters and documents. took months
TO mount on Crepecilne, Chinese
books are bound in Chinese fashion
with folding case with flaps and
sides in five sections, fastened with
tapes and staples.
Since Mr.. Car or has been in Of
flee there have been alterations
made to the eighth floor Of the
printing office main building. The
roof was raised and ieveled TO make
a fun story and II now houses "a
badly-noedcd photo-engraving plant.
provides for better location for
metal and storage rooms and gives
the employees the advantage of an
adequate cafeteria and suitable rest
and recreation rooms.
Cafeteria for $500 Employees.
The question OF $500 employees
getting their work hours meals IS
no small one. The cafeteria was
installed 10 solve this problem I'm
the most modern way OF providing
for the physical bet erment Of large
personnel plants The printing Of
flee has proved the great success
which had been achieved by the bu-
reau OF engraving and printings
similar step toward surrounding
employees in large government
pants with the comforts now recog-
uiZed as necessary everywhere.
Printing office employees are lowed
a half-hour for lunch. and go sew
eral hundred n; time n the cafe
ter!a from 1880 a, m. to 1:l5 p. m. /
and for dinner from 4:30 to s.
o'clock IN the evening at which /
time and again at II o'clock night /
workers may get their meals, This .
provides all-day service in the cafe .
terra.
Half the top floor is also given .
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stage and iootlights, and in another .
part is a bowling alley. In the rec .
reatlon hall are held the Monday .
morning conferences, In which as !
many as SO division chiefs partiCi- |
pate. The printing office also has |
a hospital included In its equipment |
for the comfort and well being OF |
its employees In IA year this hos |
pi al cares for more than 1000 |