Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-09-09
THE AMERICAN PRESS.
From an article in the ". Y. Tribune.


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sla d account ollhe organization and working OF our
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commercial department for some Tune Its contlnu-
ace was n1 'ree rom uncertainty until Mr McElrath
uneItook Tue management OF Its business AFFAIRS since
winch mas steadily and surely advanced toward its
present position. WIN Its success aud enlargement,
came increasing necessity Tor that organization winch
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for Europe. making 100 300 sheets weekly and a3o
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and TO the nrncinal naecs in oher narts &c tho ciu
fword This mnst nof h3uever h 10 ION as fl,s
manent numberfor since the enhancement of the na
on the 10th of Apri last its circulation has nceasad
! 8 100 copies. in spte of the effect of the warn,
season, which usually diminshes the circulation of
newspapers. In the same time the Weekly has gained
1900 and the California Tribune 1000 AT this rate
by the 10th OF April next the daily will circulate 25 900
COPIES and the Weekly As 900 COPIES while the cere-
| gate annual circulation of The Nep York TribEne
will be TO- 10000 copies
| AT the present time the paper empovs a Inn and
half of type and consumes weeklv seven and half
tons of paper and $50 lbs of ink beside other accessa
res 10 proportion The printing is all done on one Of
| Hoes Four-C CYLINDER Presses the cost of which was
$l2 co., and which is driven by en-horse seam-en-
| CINE of the same maker The average weekly expen-
diture of the establishment is $500, fat the rate
of Sac 900 Der annum the whole business heinz done
on the cash system.
| Since The DaiLu Tribune was enlarred-and its
form changed 10 that of the GREAT london journals
measure Which though inyoIyino GREAT incIease of ex
pense has proved oItnoether satisacforv in necn;er
pense'-it has on an average every dav containaI
us 600 ems of reading matter by which we mean edi
to1ials and news exclusive of advertisemen,s The
| L0ndon Times contains dailv exclusive Of advertise
ments an average of about 100 900 ems. the 1Iloe.
qneine Zeiang with its regular Supplement l6 LARGE
octave naoes in all cnntains 6 600 snS Thns ",
pears that The Ne,p York Tr;bune for a. veor pr
one shilling week TO cjtv Subscribers or two canis
SINGLE raner furnishes nearly as mnch road;ng ,natar
AZ The Topdon ZINES FIR s35 or tan Giants s;I M
ner and not onIy oivas il ribar r,ora
me- fl an any o,he1 nnner evnent the fnnr arat oo
mails OF London but IS in fact THE CaEApssT JouR-
NAT IN Tup WopTn '- 'O0N
me Doiiu Tribune issues reoularlv three editions
one in the mornnu which is that served to Civ sub
scrbers: one At Il o,clock p M and one at 2 p NJ
About ot;ts c;rrnation ia in other cities and
towns song the AtSntin cnsst and in the interior the
onenina Of the GREAT lines Of rand Observation-Disclosures ha
vng csnsed maSv nersons to avail thenseJves Of The
ADVANTAGES Of the Daly1 now that thew can oett ON
the dav of its publication instead of the Weekly which
they have taken heretofore All the matter contained