Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-08-20

We have already expressed our favorable opinion
ofthe New Printing Press, invented by Charles
Montague, Of Pit,s6eld and now manufactured un.
der his own supervision, at the extensive machine
shop of Messrs. Barrett s. Co., in this city. Butas
the lime our former article written the press
had only been tested by jobs, and the working of a
few quiies at the machine shop, we could not, of
course, speak decidedly of its merits as it really
deserved Itnow gives us great pleasure TO copy
from the Norwalk CT Gazette, the following tesmo.
MIA in its favor, written aite thorough trial of the
press upon the varied work of that Office, and which
we believe, from what we have ourselves seen, does
more than justice to the press, and the skill and
ingenuity Of its inventor.
NEW PRINTING Passive have received
several personal visits aud are daily in the receipt
communications from brethren Of the Press,
all desnous TO ascertain opinion of the new Mon
tagne Press, which has recently been put up in our
office. All who have visited and witnessed its on.
Grafton, we believe, have gone away satisfied as We
are, that Mr.. Montague has achieved signal tri.
umph, so lar as the wants Of the country press are
concerned. We have now tested il thoroug hly both
with our newspaper form aud with the OF ordinary Job
work OF a village office, and in whatever capacity
we have yet had occasion TO use il, il has given us
the most perfect satisfaction And as a matter of
justice to its worthy inventor, we will here add in
every particular hare found to Surpass has recon-
meldatons. An occurrence so among sangune
inventors, that we cannot withhold mention of the
honorable exception. We think our paper itself, il
an indication Of the quality Of work itI capable of
throwing off. Worked il is, by the lads Of the
office, not one of whom had ever seen Power
Press prior to the putting up of this one in our Of
flee, "a knowledge not much behind our own how.
ever, far as the practical workings of A Power
y hs. ,t1I,; /.
M is 600 per hour; This nigh be deemed an aver
age working by experienced hands, but we have on
test OF ITS speed, and a al the wheel, run off
20 per minute. small boy could run il at this rate
easily but would find il difficult TO stop it, should
it become necessary, at that velocity A lad not
yet ii years OF age in our ofhce exults in turning
off our edition.
In running with so much ease, we consider that
Mr.. NJ. has effected an improvement Of the utmost
importance, lar as the wants os those for whose
use IL is intended concerned, as there would
probably be in office lad who could not run the
press. The acme OF the Invention, is perhaps To be
staed-s price, as compared with those Of SINH
lar kind which have heretofore been but Ours is
the same size bed as the Hoe So 300-Naper, we
believe-and lis price is but $500, aud in view Of
us simplicity and ease Of running, we could nor be
Induced to make an even exchange u ith the Messrs
Hoe, Tor one OF the Napers in its stead. In short,
so tar as we are Judge, (and We believe we have
SfN"'i"Nu CNCil tulHS ldI anu near intended 10 Dill
the long existing yacuum) il Just The press needed
by our brethren, whose editions are too large Tor the
slow, tedious pulling oil the hand press, and yet not
sufficiently large 10 demand the speed of thousands
per hour As an evidence of our confidence in il,
and the mechanical genius of its originator, himself
practical printer, and who for fourteen long years
pulled the ''De,iPs i,''-we at once purchased.
insight and unseen, second one, constructed for
card printing and jobbing. That has been put in
operation, and thus far proves abundanly satisacto
ny. Our remarks are dictated from desire to re
lieve editorial brethren Of the hand press from
the lraldon of qualification day., and not from
personal desire to compliment the worthy inventor,
who is Ignorant of the article we have here penued
and which we hope, OF course, may be the means of
furlhering his sale Ee is present constructing at
Worcester larger and more rapid one, capable Of
averaging some II or l50f per hour, for the New
Haven Register-prlce 1920 We believe he is
contemplating establishing mandatory either at
Hartford or Bridgeport.