The American Printer: A Manual of Typography / Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

by Thomas MacKellar

THE WAREHOUSEMAN.

The warehouseman should be a man sober and upright, and thoroughly competent to the business, on whom entire reliance may be placed,—one who will act upon the principle of making his employer’s interest the end of all his action. The employer or foreman should frequently look to the concerns of the warehouse, and see that all the work is forwarded with despatch and accuracy.

The warehouseman should be provided with a book, termed “The Warehouse Book,” with pages annexed, on the following plan, and about the size of foolscap quarto:—

Butler’s New American Arithmetic. (No. Printed, 5000.)
DATE.		RECEIPT OF PAPER, AND OF WHOM.	NO. OF COPIES DELIVERED.	TO WHOM DELIVERED, AND RECEIPTED FOR.	FOR WHOM.
1878.
May	3.	43 reams of E. C. & P. H. Warren.
June	8.	40 ditto.
”	24.		2500	Speel & Co.	J. H. Butler & Co.
”	30.		2000	R. Eyelet, binder.
Aug.	4.		300	Paul Picot.	”
”	5.	With waste	230	Wm. Crouse.	”
			5030

When the paper is brought, the warehouseman should at once compare it with the bill of delivery, and, if right, enter the quantity immediately into the warehouse book. The number of printed copies delivered to the binder or publisher should also be entered, and his signature be taken at the time of delivery. This plan will prevent disputes with the bookseller or author relative to the receipt of paper or the delivery of sheets.

Having entered the receipt of the paper, the warehouseman should then write on each bundle, with red chalk, the title of the book it is to be used for, and remove it into a convenient part of the warehouse, or into a store-room provided for that purpose.