Patent History Materials Index - ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR 1879

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1879

United States Patent Office
Washington, January 30, 1880

Sir:
In compliance with the requirements of section 494 of the Revised Statutes, I respectfully submit to Congress the following report for the year ending December 31, 1879:
 


Receipts



Detailed statement of all moneys received for patents, for copies

of records or drawings, or from any other source whatever



Applications

    Cash received                       $565,630.00

    Cash refunded                          1,680.00

                                         __________

    Net cash                             563,950.00

    Certificates of deposit               59,653.00

                                         __________

       Total cash and certificates       623,603.00

                                         ==========



Copies

    Cash received                         48,328.58

    Cash refunded                          1,541.70

                                          __________

    Net cash                              46,786.88

    Certificates of deposit                1,029.66

                                          __________

       Total cash and certificates        47,816.54

                                          ==========



Recording assignments

    Cash received                         20,622.05

    Cash refunded                            569.60

                                         __________

    Net cash                              20,052.45

    Certificates of deposit                  345.25

                                         __________

       Total cash and certificates        20,397.70

                                         ==========



For subscription to Official Gazette

    Cash received                          7,473.37

    Cash refunded                             61.04

                                         __________

    Net cash                               7,412.33

    Certificates of deposit                  266.00

                                         __________

       Total cash and certificates         7,678.33

                                         ==========



Registration of labels

    Cash received                          3,240.00

    Cash refunded                             61.64

                                         __________

    Net cash                               2,340.00

    Certificates of deposit                  216.00

                                         __________



       Total cash and certificates         2,556.00

                                         ==========



Proceeds of sale of scrap iron, brass 

  and copper  

    Cash received                          1,879.90

                                         ==========

                    Aggregates

    Cash received                        647,173.90

    Cash refunded                          4,752.34

                                         __________

    Net cash                             642,421.56

    Certificates of deposit               61,509.91

                                         __________

       Total cash and certificates       703,931.47

                                         ==========



Expenditures



Amount expended under the several appropriations, from 

January 1, 1879, to January 1, 1880



Salaries              $398,761.04

Gazette                 29,761.87

Contingent expenses     39,919.50

Copies of drawings      18,357.53

Tracings                 4,599.60

Photolithographing      37,041.68

Scientific library       1,197.75

                       __________

    Total              529,638.67

                       ==========



Receipts over expenditures



Total receipts                  703,931.47

Total expenditures              529,638.97

                                __________

    Receipts over expenditures  174,292.50





Statement of balance in the Treasury of the United States on 

account of the Patent Fund



Amount to the credit of the fund January 1, 1879    $1,246,514.06

Amount of receipts during year 1879                    703,931.47

                                                     ____________

    Total                                            1,950,445.53

Deduct expenditures for year 1879                      529,638.97

                                                     ____________

Balance January 1, 1880                              1,426,806.56

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Summary of the business of the Office



Applications for patent, including designs                 20,659

Applications for reissue                                      634

Application for registration of trade marks                 1,293

Applications for registration of labels                       576

Caveats filed                                               2,620

Patents issued, including designs                          12,725

Patents reissued                                              488

Patents extended                                             None

Patents expired during the year, exclusive of designs       3,461

Patents withheld for non-payment of final fee               1,317

Trade marks registered                                        872

Labels registered                                             855



Number of patents issued to the several States and Territories, 

with the ratio of population to each patent granted; also, the 

number of patents issued to subjects or citizens of foreign 

governments



States and Territories       Patents     One to 

                             and         every

                             designs



Alabama                          61      16,344

Arizona Territory                --          --

Arkansas                         28      17,303

California                      353       1,649

Colorado                         29       1,626

Connecticut                     569         945

Dakota Territory                  9       4,500

Delaware                         24       5,209

District of Columbia            122       1,808

Florida                           9      20,916

Georgia                          74      16,002

Idaho Territory                   3       6,861

Illinois                        949       2,676

Indiana                         359       4,681

Iowa                            309       3,865

Kansas                           81       4,609

Kentucky                        156       8,468

Louisiana                        59      12,321

Maine                           112       5,598

Maryland                        220       3,550

Massachusetts                 1,134         403

Michigan                        391       3,037

Minnesota                       101       4,416

Mississippi                      45      18,398

Missouri                        283       6,082

Montana Territory                 4       9,974

Nebraska                         48       2,715

Nevada                           29       2,025

New Hampshire                    95       3,351

New Jersey                      587       1,544

New Mexico Territory              2      55,652

New York                      2,556       1,717

North Carolina                   55      19,480

Ohio                            902       2,955

Oregon                           19       5,363

Pennsylvania                  1,369       2,573

Rhode Island                    101       1,138

South Carolina                   36      19,600

Tennessee                        91      13,830

Texas                           142       5,767

Utah Territory                    7      14,226

Vermont                          70       4,722

Virginia                        107      11,450

Washington Territory              7       5,347

West Virginia                    49       9,021

Wisconsin                       215       4,953

Wyoming Territory                 5       2,304

United States Army                6          --

United States Navy                5          --

    Total                    12,077



Of the patents, including designs, there were granted to the

Citizens of the United States               12,077

Subjects of Great Britain, including Canada    364

Subjects of France                              91

Subjects of Germany                            128

Subjects of other foreign governments           65

                                            ______

       Total                                12,725



Comparative statement of the business of the Office, from 1837 to 

1879, inclusive



Years Applica- Caveats Patents   Cash        Cash        Surplus

       tions    Filed  Issued   Received    Expended



1837                     435  $29,289.08  $33,506.98            

1838                     520   42,123.54   37,402.10   $4,721.44

1839                     425   37,260.00   34,543.51    2,716.49

1840     765    228      473   38,056.51   39,020.67

1841     847    312      495   40,413.01   52,666.87

1842     761    391      517   36,505.68   31,241.48    5,264.20

1843     819    315      531   35,315.81   30,766.96    4,538.85

1844   1,045    380      502   42,509.26   36,244.73    6,264.53

1845   1,246    452      502   51,076.14   39,395.65   11,680.49

1846   1,272    448      619   50,264.16   46,158.71    4,105.45

1847   1,531    553      572   63,111.19   41,878.35   21,232.84

1848   1,628    607      660   67,576.69   58,905.84    8,670.85

1849   1,955    595    1,070   80,752.78   77,716.44    3,036.54

1850   2,193    602      995   86,927.05   80,100.95    6,816.10

1851   2,258    760      869   95,738.61   86,916.93    8,821.68

1852   2,639    996    1,020  112,656.34   95,916.91   16,739.43

1853   2,673    901      958  121,527.45  132,869.83

1854   3,324    868    1,902  163,789.84  167,146.32

1855   4,435    906    2,024  216,459.35  179,540.33   36,919.02

1856   4,960  1,024    2,502  192,588.02  199,931.02

1857   4,771  1,010    2,910  196,132.01  211,582.09

1858   5,364    943    3,710  203,716.16  193,193.74   10,592.42

1859   6,225  1,097    4,538  245,942.15  210,278.41   35,663.74

1860   7,653  1,084    4,819  256,352.59  252.820.80    3,531.79

1861   4,643    700    3,340  137,354.44  221,491.91

1862   5,038    824    3,521  215,754.99  182,810.39   32,944.60

1863   6,014    787    4,170  195,593.29  189,414.14    6,179.15

1864   6,972  1,063    5,020  240,919.98  229,868.00   11,051.98

1865  10,664  1,937    6,616  348,791.84  274,199.34   74,593.50

1866  15,269  2,723    9,450  495,665.38  361,724.28  133,941.10

1867  21,276  3,597   13,015  646,581.92  639,263.32    7,318.60

1868  20,420  3,705   13,378  684,565.86  628,679.77   52,866.09

1869  19,271  3,624   13,986  693,145.81  486,430.78  206,715.03

1870  19,171  3,273   13,321  669,476.76  557,149.19  112,307.57

1871  19,472  3,624   13,033  678,716.46  560.595.08  118,121.38

1872  18,246  3,090   13,590  699,726.39  665,591.36   34,135.03

1873  20,414  3,248   12,864  703,191.77  691.178.98   12,012.79

1874  21,602  3,181   13,599  738,278.17  679,288.41   58,989.76

1875  21,638  3,094   16,288  743,453.36  721,657.71   21,795.65

1876  21,425  2,697   17,026  757,987.65  652,542.60  105,445.05

1877  20,308  2,869   13,619  732,342.85  613,152.62  119,190.23

1878  20,260  2,755   12,935  725,375.55  593,082.89  132,292.66

1879  20,059  2,620   12,725  703,931.47  529,638.97  174,292.50

The commissioners designated by law to superintend the reconstruction of the Patent Office building will soon submit their report, which will present a most satisfactory exhibit of the progress of the work up to the close of the last calendar year.

Appeals from the Commissioner of Patents to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, while authorized in ex parte cases, are by section 4911 interdicted in interference cases -- the very class in which the right of appeal would seem to be most important. I recommend that section 4911 be so modified as to provide for appeals from the Commissioner of Patents to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in interference cases.

As the law now stands, (Rev. Stats., Sec. 4898,) an assignment of letters patent may remain unrecorded for any period of less than three months, and yet prevail over a subsequent assignment first recorded. For three months after the date of an assignment subsequent purchasers, without notice and for valuable consideration, may be unable to find in the records of the Patent Office any evidence of the existence of the assignment. The records of the Office, therefore, cannot be relied upon to disclose the condition of the title to letters patent. As between bona fide purchasers for valuable consideration without notice, the priority of assignments should, I think, be determined by dates of registration; and I recommend such a modification of the law as will accomplish this result.

The duties to be performed by the Assistant Commissioner is in charge of the Bureau are not prescribed by law. In practice the Commissioner assigns to him from time to time various duties, including the adjudication of appeals where no objection is made by any party thereto. A statutory provision expressly authorizing the Assistant Commissioner to perform such of the duties imposed by law on the Commissioner as the Commissioner may from time to time assign to him would relieve the Patent Office from the embarrassment resulting from existing uncertainty respecting the powers and duties of the Assistant Commissioner.

It is provided in section 4887 of the Revised Statutes that
 

Every patent granted for an invention which has been previously patented in a foreign country shall be so limited as to expire at the same time with the foreign patent, or, if there be more than one, at the same time with the one having the shortest term, and in no case shall it be in force more than seventeen years.

The effect of this statutory provision is, that if a citizen of the United States obtains no foreign patents for his invention, but bestows its benefits without restriction upon every nation except his own, he is rewarded by a patent in the United States for seventeen years. If, on the other hand, he restricts the use of his invention in foreign countries, as in his own, by taking out foreign patents, and if he obtains a foreign patent first, (as in some cases he must obtain it first if at all,) his American patent may be limited to the term of his foreign patent, which may be only a single year. And if he postpone his American application in order to secure a foreign patent, he may find himself involved in an interference in the Patent Office of the United States which will consume a large portion of the term of his foreign patent, and therefore, of his American patent when granted. At the same time, if he take out his American patent first, he may obtain foreign patents in those countries in which the prior grant of the American patent is no obstacle to the issue of foreign patents without at all limiting the seventeen years' duration of his American patent. Foreign letters patent which, if allowed the day before his American grant, might reduce the term of his patent from seventeen years to one year, if granted the day after, will not reduce it at all.

These are a few of the inconsistencies and absurdities involved in the law as it now stands. It evidently needs careful amendment.

The records of the Patent Office do not enable the public to ascertain whether patents have been adjudged wholly or in part invalid by the courts. This is a serious defect in our system, which ought to be remedied by legislation providing for the transmission to the Patent Office of certified copies of all judgments and decrees of United States courts affecting the validity of patents, and for recording, digesting, and indexing the same in the Patent Office in such a way as to make them accessible to the public.

Under the statutes now in force (Rev. Stats., Secs. 4894 and 4895) an applicant, if his claim is allowed, absolutely forfeits his right to a patent by neglecting to proceed with his case for two years; but if his claim is rejected, he does not forfeit his right by such delay. I see no sufficient ground for this distinction between the two cases, and recommend legislation securing to the successful applicant the right now enjoyed by the unsuccessful applicant, to avoid the forfeiture by showing that his delay was unavoidable.

The interests of the public and of the Office imperatively demand that provision be made without further delay for the preparation of a general analytical and descriptive index of inventions and discoveries. Thirty years ago Commissioner Ewbank, in his annual report for 1848 [sic, actually 1849], to which I respectfully invite your attention, urged this subject upon the consideration of Congress. He said:
 

However serviceable to applicants the appointment of examiners has proved, the system of search is necessarily defective for want of such a work. It is impossible in every cast that comes before them, to wade through the numerous treatises, journals, foreign and domestic, encyclopedias, etc., and the piles of specifications and caveats in the office -- their whole time would not suffice for this; yet to arrive at a safe conclusion, the contents should be known to them. Patents have been issued for devices already figured and described in popular journals. A general and analytical index only can prevent this. For want of it, the labors of examiners result in no permanent advantage to the public, the office, or to inventors, other than those on whose inventions they pass. No results are recorded; and hence (except when the memory of an examiner supersedes the necessity) the same routine of reference to serial and standard works, to models, specifications, etc., is without ceasing, repeated. ...

It would be difficult to overrate the saving of time, money, material, and mental expenditure that would accrue to the country if the ingenious had the means of readily ascertaining what has been done in the lines of their speculations. A very inadequate idea may be gathered from the number of applications for patents rejected and suspended yearly for want of novelty or merit. In 1848 there were 948; and in 1849 over 1,400. Yet cases that come under the notice of this office constitute but a small part of the labors of those who sacrifice years in unfruitful researches, for lack of information which an index of inventions would give them.

In a pecuniary point of view, such a work is therefore most desirable to this office, to inventors, and the public at large. When made accessible to popular reference, it will be the saving of millions. No state paper could surpass it in importance, nor in lasting value. Till it is done, a majority of applicants for patents must continue to meet with sore disappointment. The only safe rule with them is always to make themselves acquainted with what has been attempted, before incurring any serious outlay. They should never presume that their devices have not entered other heads than their own until, by a searching inquisition on every hand, the presumption remains in their favor unimpaired. No better advice than this can be given them. But how are they to follow it? Nineteen-twentieths have few or no reliable sources of information within their reach, and not one in a hundred can afford the expenses of a visit to Washington and a residence there for the purpose of consulting the Office records and library.

Each succeeding year has augmented the force of most of the reasons suggested by Commissioner Ewbank for the preparation of this index. It is impossible now to estimate the advantages which inventors, the public, and this Office would derive from such a work if it were in the hands of examiners and accessible to the public. The saving of time and money which would result from its use by the Office would be immense. It is, of course, impossible to estimate the millions that would be saved to inventors and those who use inventions if the knowledge which it would furnish could be accessible to them.

A work of such magnitude should not be undertaken without a most thorough consideration of the method to be adopted for its accomplishment. I earnestly commend this subject to the attention of Congress.

At present applications for design patents are sent to the different examiners, according to the nature of the design. The law for this class of patents, of which about six hundred are annually issued, is special, and both it and the convenience of the Office, as well as the decisions of the courts, suggest strong reasons for their separation from all other work of the Office. The work of the Office would be facilitated and the practice improved by the establishment of a division for the examination of application for design patents and the appointment of a principal examiner to take charge of the division. I recommend such legislation as will accomplish this result.

For reasons which are particularly set forth in my report made to the Secretary of the Interior, October 21, 1879, and submitted with his annual report to Congress, I also recommend the enactment of a law authorizing the execution by United States commissioners or by other United States officers of commission issued by foreign governments to take testimony in the United States, to be used before foreign patent offices and before all judicial and legislative as well as executive departments of foreign governments, and to punish perjury committed in such testimony, such law to be operative only in favor of such governments as shall make like provision for taking testimony in foreign countries, to be used before the Patent Office of the United States and before the judicial, legislative, and executive departments of the Government; the establishment of a division in some one of the executive departments of the Government at Washington for the performance of photolithographic work for all bureaus of the Government which shall require it; an appropriation of $50,000 to be expended during the next fiscal year for printing the specifications of patents issued prior to November, 1866; the extension of the period within which patents may be dated to seven months from the dates of their allowance; such modification for section 4904 of the Revised Statutes as shall exempt every application from interference after the allowance of the patent and the payment of the final fee, and shall restrict subsequent applicants in such case to interference with the patent granted; the adaptation of a part of the third story of the west and north wings of the Patent Office to the present use of this Bureau by the construction of temporary partitions which shall not in any way interfere with the plan adopted for the reconstruction of those wings and the construction of one or more elevators from the basement to the third story of the building; provision bylaw for ten additional clerks of class one, three of class two, two of class three, and one of class four, and for fifteen assistant examiners, either of the third class at a salary of $1,400, or of a fourth class, to be established, at a salary of $1,200 per annum; the appropriation of a reasonable portion of the net earnings of the Patent Office to be expended in an increase of the inadequate compensation now paid to many capable and efficient employees in the grades of $360, $480, $600, $660, and $720 per annum, in the restoration of the salaries of the Principal Examiners and Chief Clerk, and in additions to the technical library of the Patent Office; the enactment of a law providing that no model shall be required or filed in any case unless upon a written certificate filed in the case by the examiner in charge of the division to which the invention pertains that it will be useful in the examination of the application, or upon the special order of the Commissioner; that the Commissioner shall not require the production of a model for the examination in any case in which the applicant shall furnish satisfactory scale drawings made from a working machine, and shall produce for examination a working machine in operation in the city of Washington; and that upon the expiration of every patent the model pertaining thereto shall be sent by the Commissioner to one of the public institutions of science and art in the United States; the enactment of a statutory provision authorizing the employment of skilled workmen to make copies of models for official certification, who shall take the oath of office and give bond for the faithful performance of their duty in such penal sum as the Commissioner of Patents may prescribe, and shall receive from persons ordering copies of models such compensation as the Commissioner of Patents shall approve in each case, but shall receive no compensation whatever from the United States; an appropriation of $10,000 for the publication of the general indexes of patentees, extending from 1790 to 1873, which has been in the course of preparation for several years, and will soon be ready for the press; an appropriation of $6,000 to print the illustrations of the Patent Office Report for the year 1870, and an appropriation of $60,000 for the photolithographic reproduction of drawings destroyed by fire, to be made immediately available, so that the work may be pushed to completion during the current year.

I submit herewith a detailed statement of all moneys received; a detailed statement of all expenditures for contingent and miscellaneous expense; a list of all patents granted, arranged according to subjects; an alphabetical list of all the patentees, showing their places of residence, and a list of all patents which have been extended during the year; which statements and lists cover the year ending December 31, 1879.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant

H.E. Paine
Commissioner of Patents

Hon. S.J. Randall
Speaker House of Representatives

 


Detailed statement of all expenditures for contingent and 

miscellaneous expenses, from January 1, 1879 to December 31, 

1879, inclusive.



Jan   1  Balance of appropriation brought forward      $17,869.81

      2  Great Falls Ice Co., ice              163.02

      4  Francis Miller, printer's stock        22.70

      4  Robert Boyd, hardware                  41.14

      6  E. Morrison, paper                    494.49

      6  W.W. Burdette & Co., dry goods          9.40

      6  Jas. A.K. Moore, paste                  1.00

      6  B.W. Reed's Sons, coaline               1.25

      7  Edward E. Ellis, services               4.00

     10  H.L. Pelouze & Son, type               27.50

     10  Norris Peters, printing               157.00

     10  E.J. Hayward, washing                  17.54

     10  G. Hoage & Co., subscription            3.75

     11  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    10.45

     14  C.E. Birckhead, case                   21.50

     15  James Lingenfelter, services           32.50

     15  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                   18.00

     15  Alex Pope, services                    16.50

     21  Chas. H. Marot, subscription            4.20

     22  Geo. C. Maynard, telephone             35.75

     23  Alex Pope, services                    10.50

     23  Henry F. Reh, boxes                    37.50

     23  L.H. Schneider & Co., hardware         42.93

     23  J.H. Adriaans, jr., services            5.22

     25  W.T. Davis, services                   12.00

     25  J.S. Oden, cards                       28.60

     25  Washington city post office, postage   60.56

     27  D. Ballauf, repairing                   6.00

     28  W.H. Veerhoff, shades                  13.24

     29  A.S. Pratt & Sons, books               20.00

     30  James S. Oden, index cards              8.50

     31  Susan V. Bird, paste                   14.00

     31  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              50.34

     31  J.H. Williams, services                42.00

     31  Jas. Lingenfelter, services, etc.      44.50

     31  Richard J. Gallagher, services         77.50

     31  Pay roll (per diem)                 1,012.50

                                           __________    2,613.33

                                                        _________

         Balance of appropriation, January 31           15,256.48



Jan  28  Thomas Jomerville, gas fixtures        13.05

Feb   3  Daniel Kolb, soda                       6.45

      4  Daniel Williams, services              13.59

      6  E.M. Whittaker & Sons, reviews         16.00

      7  Macmillan & Co., subscriptions          7.00

      8  Wm. Brakhagen, repairing                3.25

     12  Western Union Tel Co., telegrams        2.29

     12  Jas S. Oden, cards                      8.50

     14  Solomon & Chapman, sundries            20.50

     14  Henry W. Saul, baskets                 16.00

     14  E.J. Hayward, washing                  14.52

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                   16.50

     15  E.D. Webb, services                    32.50

     15  Jas H. Williams, services              39.00

     15  R.A. Jones, services                   15.00

     15  Jas Lingenfelter, services             39.00

     18  Henrietta Shewalter, services          13.50

     18  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    14.45

     18  Aires & Belt, lumber                   43.70

     20  J.A. Stephenson, transportation         2.50

     25  Germond Crandell, books                39.30

     26  B. Westerman & Co., books             110.54

     27  A. Hoen & Co., engraving               31.90

     28  Jas H. Williams, services              35.50

     28  Susan Y. Bird, paste                   12.50

     28  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              36.00

     28  R.J. Gallagher, services               70.00

     28  Jas. Lingenfelter, services            33.00

     28  R.A. Jones, services                   27.50

     28  Nat. Print. and Pub. Co, subscription   3.00

     28  Per diem pay roll                     900.00

                                           __________    1,636.45

                                                       __________

         Balance of appropriation February 28           13,620.03



Mar   1  E.J. Hayward, washing                  14.83

      4  Robert Boyd, hardware                  52.93

      7  George Stevens, boxes                  36.00

      7  J.F.W. Dorman, stamps                  14.00

      8  D. Van Norstrand, magazine              5.00

     10  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    18.65

     10  E.W. Woodruff, file holders            65.00

     11  Wm. H. Clark, services                 40.00

     14  Germond Crandell, books                45.00

     15  Jas. H. Williams, services             41.50

     15  F. Leypoldt, books                     21.00

     15  John H. Schultz, subscription           5.00

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                   10.25

     15  J. Bradley Adams, almanacs              6.00

     15  Wm. F. Ross, sawdust                   14.00

     15  Jas Lingenfelter, services             39.00

     15  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     18  W.S. Mitchell, mats                    21.60

     22  D. Appleton, periodicals               13.50

     28  Little, Brown & Co., encyclopedia       6.00

     28  Augustus Burgdorf, shoe drawers       115.00

     28  J. Von Laer, binders                   98.60

     28  E.H. King, case                       108.00

     31  Chas E. Birckhead, sundries           142.00

     31  Richard Gallagher, services            77.50

     31  Jas H. Williams, services              39.00

     31  Henrietta Shewalter, services           7.50

     31  Jas Lingenfelter, services             39.00

     31  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     31  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.00

     31  M.M. Price, copies                      6.00

     31  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              36.97

Apr   1  O.C. Thomas, services                   3.00

      1  John O'Connell, services                3.00

      1  Daniel Williams, services               3.00

                                             _________   1,222.83

                                                        _________

         Balance of appropriation March 31              12,397.20



Apr   1  Robert Wilson, services                 3.00

      1  Great Falls Ice Company, ice          128.25

      2  F.W. Robinson & Co., book               1.00

      4  E. Morrison, paper                    204.00

      4  F.E. Hamilton, gas fixtures            13.27

      4  Washington city post office, postage    5.69

      7  Geo. Ryneal, jr., painters' stock      30.90

      7  James S. Oden, cases                   12.00

      7  B. Westermann & Co., books             64.04

      8  Geo. Ryneal, jr., printers' stock       8.25

      9  Washington city p.o., stamps, etc.     75.00

     10  Bartram Zeverly, copy                   3.00

     10  E.H. King, furniture                  194.00

     12  E.W. Woodruff, file holders            97.50

     14  Thomas S. Case, subscription            5.00

     14  Harper Bros., subscription              3.20

     15  Jas H. Williams, services              41.50

     15  Jas Lingenfelter, services             39.00

     15  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.75

     16  H.L. Pelouze & Son, type               77.91

     18  Belford, Clark & Co., subscription      5.00

     18  Aug. Burgdorf, furniture, etc.        185.00

     22  F. Leypoldt, subscription               5.00

     22  R.G. Hutchinson, strap files           47.10

     22  Geo. W. Knox, freight                   6.77

     24  Norris Peters, printing                76.00

     24  J.M. Judd, encyclopedia                 4.25

     26  American Library Association, sundries 21.25

     28  Jas S. Topham, paper cases              9.00

     29  Western Union Tel. Co., telegrams       1.10

     30  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.50

     30  Henrietta Shewalter, services           7.50

     30  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              39.00

     30  Jas H. Williams, services              39.00

     30  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     30  Jas Lingenfelter, services             39.00

     30  Richard J. Gallagher                   74.20

     30  Pay roll                              838.79

                                            _________    2,488.72

                                                        _________

         Balance of appropriation April 30               9,908.48



May   1  E.H. King, furniture, etc.             93.00

      3  Francis Miller, sundries                8.70

      3  R.G. Hutchinson, strap files           22.50

      3  Oscar C. Thomas, services              30.00

      3  S.J. Meeks, repairing cart             10.00

      3  W.W. Burdette & Co., towels, etc.      52.63

      3  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

      5  E.J. Hayward, washing                  32.24

      5  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    21.45

      6  Jas J. Chapman, eyelet machine          7.00

      9  John G. Stetson, copies               214.00

     12  J.W. Boteler & Bro., matches           23.00

     14  Geo. W. Knox, transportation           10.00

     15  Jas Lingenfelter, services             39.00

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    6.50

     16  Jas H. Williams, services              39.00

     15  Jas H. Williams, locks                  5.00

     15  L.B. Middleton, services               20.00

     15  H.I. Hart, insect powder                8.00

     20  Wm. C. Wyckoff, subscription            2.00

     21  Augustus Burgdorf, desk                45.00

     21  H.F. Reh, paper boxes                  27.00

     22  Wash. B. Williams, cloth               10.72

     22  Norris Peters, photolithographing etc  30.00

     24  Chas. E. Birckhead, drawers, etc.     162.50

     24  H.L. Pelouze & Son, type, etc.         23.50

     24         do                               9.09

     26  C.W. Thorn & Co., soap, etc.          118.43

     27  A. Grass, desk                         35.00

     28  John T. McCormick, safe               140.00

     28  Jas H. McKenney, copies, etc.         320.00

     29  Susan V. Bird, paste                   15.00

     29  Jas H. Williams, locks                  5.00

     29  R.A. Jones, services                   35.00

     29  L.B. Middleton, services               35.00

     29  R.J. Gallagher, services               76.60

     29  Jas Lingenfelter, services             42.00

     31  E.H. King, desk                        55.00

     31  L. Constanseau, freight, etc.          24.80

     31  Pay roll, services                    871.80

                                            _________    2,903.09

                                                        _________

                                                         7,005.39

     31  Bill of Washington City P.O., Apr 9, 1879, 

            paid, but money subsequently refunded           75.00

                                                        _________

         Balance of appropriation May 31, 1879           7,080.39



June  2  Robert Boyd, hardware                  51.45

      2  George Ryneal, jr., varnish             5.50

      3  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    39.70

      4  H. Shewalter, services                  6.00

      4  International News Co., review          7.20

      4  Solomons & Chapman, maps               24.90

      4  E.J. Hayward, washing                  14.10

      6  Adams Express Co., transportation       2.25

      7  Wood Bros., case                       77.50

      7  L.H. Schneider, hardware               51.04

      7  E.W. Woodruff, file holders           130.00

      7  Robert Wilson, services                10.50

      7  Thomas Somerville, hardware            15.20

      9  Crane & Co., paper                     96.00

     11  John Keyworth, soap, etc.             106.69

     11  W.H. & O.H. Morrison, books           150.00

     11  Willet & Libbey, lumber                96.08

     12  A. Van Name, subscription              22.88

     13  W.H. Dempsey, paper                   117.52

     13  H.L. Pelouze & Son, type               35.00

     14  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.75

     14  Jas H. Williams, services              36.00

     14  Jas Lingenfelter, desk                137.00

     14  Jas Lingenfelter, service              36.00

     14  R.A. Jones, services                   30.00

     14  L.B. Middleton, services               30.00

     14  Lewis Hill, services                   19.50

     14  T.F. Wilson, services                  19.50

     16  Germond Crandell, cases, etc.         134.00

     16  Industrial Publishing Co, subscription  1.00

     17  M.G. Copeland & Co., awnings etc.      46.45

     17  A. Grass, desks                        70.00

     18  John Keyworth, soap etc.               56.37

     18  C.W. Thorn & Son, soap                166.83

     19  Germond Crandell, books                45.50

     20  Wm. W. Farr, repairing clock            8.00

     20  Wood Bros, cases, etc.                 45.00

     21  Augustus Burgdorf, cases, etc.        273.75

     26  H.L. Pelouze & Son, type              105.90

     27  George Stevens, boxes                  39.00

     27  Wood Bros., cases                      32.00

     27  Robert Boyd, hardware                  61.09

     28  B.F. Stevens, books, etc.             471.76

     28  E.W. Woodruff, file holders           260.00

     28  Wm. F. Lutz, engravings                11.25

     28  J.G. Weaver, walnut cases             279.50

     28  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     28  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     28  Richard J. Gallagher, services         74.20

     28  Jas H. Williams, services              39.00

     28  Daniel Williams, services              37.50

     28  Geo. H. Clarke, services               37.50

     28  Lewis Hill, services                   16.50

     28  W.H. Johnson, services                 37.50

     30  H. Baumgarten & Bro., stencil           2.00

     30  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     30  George C. Maynard, telephones          17.40

     30  W.F. Ross, sawdust                     15.75

     30  James H. Williams, locks                5.00

     30  F.B. Trout, services                   35.20

     30  Norris Peters, printing               100.00

     30  Susan V. Bird, paste                   15.75

     30  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              37.50

     30  Theo F. Wilson, services               24.00

     30  E.J. Hayward, washing                  17.75

     30  J.W. Boteler & Bro, coolers            36.70

     31  Daniel Kolb, soda etc.                 12.00

     30  James Lingenfelter, desk               90.00

     30  W.H. & O.H. Morrison, books            13.00

     30  William Ballantyne & Son, blank book   12.95

     30  Great Falls Ice Company, ice          132.81

July  1  Henrietta Shewalter, services           6.00

      2  A. Grass, desks, etc                   84.00

      2  Wm. Walters, cases                     65.00

      2  Geo. Ryneal, jr., drugs, etc.          71.10

June 30  Pay roll, services                    844.10

July  3  Thos. Somerville, sprinkler, etc.       9.25

      3  B.W. Reed & Sons, coaline               8.75

      3  Oscar C. Thomas, services              10.50

      3  Daniel Williams, services              10.50

      8  Francis Miller, sundries               10.70

      8  Washington City P.O., postage, etc.     7.88

      9  W.B. Moses, matting, etc.           1,415.40

      9  W.W. Farr, repairing clocks, etc.      25.42

     12  Louis Murralt, books                   20.00

     15  C.C. Wilson, stamps                     9.95

     23  E.M. Whitaker & Son, book               1.25

Aug   5  Western Union Tel Co., telegrams         .95

July 29  Philip St. Lawrence, services          10.50

Aug  11  Phenix Iron Works Co., locks           18.00

Sept 11  Knox Express Co., freight               3.29

     11  D.W. De Forrest, repayment of money 

           erroneously paid (per report of 1st 

           auditor, No. 215,905, paid on 

           requisition                          10.00

1880                                        _________    7,058.21

Mar  31  W.W. Burdette & Co.                                12.10

                                                        _________

                                                         7,070.31

                                                        _________

         Balance of appropriation                           10.08

                                                        =========

         Amount of appropriation year ending 

           June 30, 1880                                35,000.00



July  7  Crane & Co., parchment                192.00

      7  J.W. Boteler & Bro, tumblers           16.86

      8  B.F. Stevens, books                   180.36

      9  E.H. King, furniture etc.             594.05

     10  E.W. Woodruff, file boxes             130.00

     12  Wood Bros, case                         7.00

     14  Henry Kimmel, castings                  3.20

     15  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     15  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     15  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    8.25

     15  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     15  Shewalter, services                     6.00

     17  Chas. E. Birckhead, cases & locks   1,232.00

     18  Gill & Reardon, glass                 294.00

     18  M.E. Mann, cyclopedia                   5.00

     23  James and E.S. Dana, subscription       6.12

     26  E. Morrison, paper                      1.10

     30  Ruth E. Pomeroy, services              75.80

     30  Henry F. Reh, boxes                   100.00

     31  R.J. Gallagher, services               75.80

     31  A.J. Williams, services                10.50

     31  James Lingenfelter, services           42.00

     31  James H. Williams, services            42.00

     31  James H. Williams, locks                7.50

     31  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              39.37

     31  Susan V. Bird, paste                   15.00

     31  Pay roll, services                  1,034.36

Aug   1  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    29.35

                                            _________    4,290.62

                                                        _________

         Balance                                        30,709.38



Aug   2  L.B. Middleton, services               35.00

      2  R.A. Jones, services                   35.00

      4  W.H. and O.H. Morrison, cases         126.00

      5  James S. Chapman, eyelet machine        7.00

      5  Augustus Burgdorf, furniture          386.00

      5  Western Union Tel. Co., telegram         .29

      7  Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Co., freight     .66

      7  Atlantic & Pacific Tel. Co., telegram    .35

      8  Aires & Belt, lumber                   18.25

     11  Gold Stock Tel. Com., telephones       54.17

     14  Orange Judd & Co., subscription         1.50

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                   14.62

     15  E.H. King, case                       300.00

     15  E.H. Jackson & Co., lumber            132.50

     19  J.McC. Perkins, money refunded         20.00

     20  J.S. Topham, trunk                     16.00

     23  Norris Peters, printing etc.          200.00

     25  Reversible Collar Co., collar stock     8.00

     29  E.H. King, casing No. 44 etc.       1,019.25

     30  W.H. Bright, copies                     4.10

     30  R.J. Gallagher, services               75.80

     30  Ruth E. Pomeroy, services              75.80

     30  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     30  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     30  William Johnson, services              27.00

     30  James H. Williams, locks               17.50

     30  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     30  R.A. Jones, services                   32.50

     30  A.J. Williams, services                19.50

     30  Susan V. Bird, paste                   18.37

     30  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              35.34

     30  James Lingenfelter, desks              75.00

Sept  1  Wm. Ballantyne & Sons, books            6.72

Aug  30  Pay roll, services                  1,355.70

                                            _________    4,228.42

                                                        _________

         Balance                                        26,480.96



Sept  2  Virginia T. Ball, services             75.80

      2       do                                39.13

                                            _________      114.93

                                                        _________

         Balance                                        26,366.03



Sept  2  W.H. and O.H. Morrison, books          12.00

      4  Robert Boyd, hardware                  16.62

      4  A.H. Roome, washing                    12.96

      4  J.F.W. Dorman, stamps                  26.85

      4  F.E. Hamilton, plumber's stock         27.80

      5  W.W. Burdette & Co., sheeting, etc.    86.47

      8  Atlantic & Pacific Tel Co, telegram      .33

     11  Knox Express Co., freight                .50

     11  Wm. Ballantyne & Son, blank books       6.72

     15  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     15  H. Van Zuilen, repairing binders       12.00

     15  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     15  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.75

     18  Daniel Kolb, insect powder              7.63

     19  William M. Davis, matches              37.50

     20  H. Van Zuilen, binder                  68.90

     27  Lorenzo Rice, cleaning carpets         75.79

     30  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     30  Virginia F. Ball, services             73.40

     30  R.J. Gallagher, services               73.40

     30  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     30  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     30  William Johnson, services              39.00

     30  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              29.80

     30  Susan V. Bird, paste                   18.75

     30  James H. Williams, locks               15.00

     30  Pay roll                            1,313.60

     30  Ruth E. Pomeroy                        73.40

                                            _________    2,259.17

                                                        _________

         Balance                                        24,106.86



Sept 30  Western Union Tel Co., telegram         1.39

Oct   1  Gutta Percha & R. Manf Co., gum cover  25.10

      1  E.H. King, furniture                  647.40

      2  Norris Peters, printing etc.           80.00

      2       do                                80.00

      3  H. Van Zuilen, binders                 13.00

      3  Great Falls Ice Co., ice              133.10

      4  H.L. Lipman, eyelet machine            20.00

      7  H. Van Zuilen, binders                 13.00

      7  A.W. Roome, washing                     8.06

     10  G.& S. Telegraph Co., rent telephones  43.75

     10  H.L. Pelouze & Son, printers' stock    12.50

     11  E.M. Whitaker & Son, envelopes        728.54

     15  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     15  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     15  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     15  James H. Williams, locks               12.50

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.75

     15  William Johnson, services              19.50

     17  S.C. Van Deventer, painting            47.00

     24  W.B. Moses, carpets, etc.           1,081.61

     25  W.H. Ross, sawdust                     18.00

     25  Birckhead & Mishaw, case               30.00

     25  E.H. King, desks                       65.00

     30  L.B. Middleton, services               35.00

     30  James Lingenfelter, services           42.00

     30  James H. Williams                      42.00

     30  Virginia F. Ball, services             75.80

     30  Ruth E. Pomeroy, services              75.80

     30  R.J. Gallagher, services               75.80

     31  Gardner & Co.,chairs etc.             174.00

     31  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              28.81

     31  Pay roll, services                  1,274.05

                                            _________    5,022.36

                                                        _________

         Balance October 31, 1879                       19,084.50



Nov   1  Susan V. Bird, paste                   18.75

      4  James H. Williams, locks               10.00

      4  A.W. Roome, washing                     6.16

      6  Robt Boyd, hardware                    21.35

     10  E.E. Jackson, lumber                   75.00

     14  W.H. Bright, copies                     9.65

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.09

     15  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     15  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     15  James H. Williams, locks                2.50

     15  James H. Williams, services            39.00

     26  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              25.62

     26  W.S. Mitchell, carpeting, etc.        808.38

     26  Ruth E. Pomeroy, services              73.40

     26  V.F. Ball, services                    73.40

     26  James H. Williams, services            36.00

     26  L.B. Middleton, services               30.00

     26  James Lingenfelter, services           36.00

     26  R.J. Gallagher, services               73.40

     26  George Stevens, services               45.00

     28  Reversible Collar Co., collar stock     4.70

     26  Pay roll, services                  1,220.60

     29  Susan V. Bird, paste                   17.25

     29  Balto. & Potomac R.R. Co., freight     13.56

                                            _________    2,780.22

                                                        _________

         Balance November 30, 1879                      16,304.28



Dec   1  Wm. F. Lutz, stamps                     2.25

      2  E.H. King, desk                        20.00

      3  Robt Boyd, hardware                    24.10

      3  Ira Godfrey, washing                   10.18

      4  C.C. Wilson, stamps                    51.50

      5  H. Van Zuilen, book                     4.00

      6  Thomas Somerville, closet furniture    52.60

      9  Adams Express Co, freight               1.45

      9  Birckhead & Mishaw, desks              70.00

     10  L.H. Schneider & Co., hardware        137.70

     12  E.E. Jackson & Co., lumber            117.00

     12  Wm. Brakhagen, mail bag                20.00

     13  Jas H. Williams, services              39.00

     13  L.B. Middleton, services               32.50

     13  James Lingenfelter, services           39.00

     13  Arthur Flynn, labor                     2.50

     15  Susan V. Bird, paste                    9.75

     18  H.L. Lipman, eyelet machine            10.30

     20  Columbus Beatty, labor                  1.50

     22  National Republican Printing Company, 

           subscription                          6.00

     22  Chas Fischer, instruments              23.00

     22  Ruth E. Pomeroy, services              75.80

     22  V.F. Ball, services                    75.80

     23  James H. Williams, services            42.00

     23  L.B. Middleton, services               35.00

     23  James Lingenfelter, services           42.00

     23  Norris Peters, printing, etc.         160.00

     23  R.J. Gallagher, services               75.80

     23  Wm. W. Farr, services                  77.50

     24  J. Temple Brown, type writers         406.50

     24  L.H. Flynn, file wrappers              48.00

     26  Charles C. Hall, index                 30.00

     27  Springfield Silk Company, silk cord   206.72

     29  E. Morrison, paper                     13.90

     30  Western Union Tel. Co., telegram         .72

     30  W.W. Burdette & Co., dry goods        128.98

     31  Susan V. Bird, paste                   18.75

     23  Pay roll, services                  1,264.05

                                            _________    3,376.15

                                                        _________

         Balance December 31, 1879                      12,928.13

         Less Wm. Ballantyne & Son, September 1, 1879        6.72

                                                        _________

                                                        12,934.85

 

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