Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-15
The London Times.


uol thus narrates visit TO the office of the
great English newspaper.
Among many other famous place in Lon
don. have visited the Office Of the Lon
don Times. To view the establishment,
application must be made by letter to the
manager. This dispatched, a reply was
promptly received by post, and on the caro-
was named the hour in which the presses
could be seen in motion. Mr. AppIegaF'h'
brother of the inventor of the press there
used. and for many years superintendent
of the machinery, very amabIe genlle-
man. conducted me through the various de-
partments, freely answering inquiries ara
explaining everything as We went along
Some idea Of Tie resources and extent o.
the Times may be had from the single iacl
that upwards OF $500, 600 are to be paid to
the government annually, for stamps, a
penny. or two cents being paid on each
number ofthe paper issued The daily CIR
culat;on is So 300 copies, each lumber IN
cluding the supplement containing sixteen
pages. Two hundred reams Of paper are
used every day. each weighing from so to
SO pounds, making in all from eight TO nine
tons. The quality of the paper every one
knows who has read the Times. Each
sheet costs the publishers penny and
half, or three cents before it Is printed
One of these presses was pat IN motion at
o'clock, P. NJ. 10 print an edition to be
sent off by mail an hour later. Twenty
men were employed on the press, part of
them above in the gallery to supply paper
and part below to receive the printed sheets
as they came out.
The noise of the Machinery was so great
that in conversation it was dItlcult to be
heard The number printed in en- hour is
70 900. BY holding watch and counting
discovered that each man received about
tventy-four a minute. Now and then a
sheet with an imperfect impression would
be hastily thrown out by one Of the sharp
eyed men below. and once or twice at the
stroke of bell all the wheels stopped, and
the great machine, rested Tor moment.
then at another signal commenced the stun
ming cIatier again. was shown The vaults
where the large stock Of paper ls Kept
So much is now used that the supply Is
sometime, short Of demand, and the pie
is rauch advanced. For some time an ad-
verlisement has been standing in the col
ums of the Tunes, Offering reward OF So,
900 for the discovery af a substitute for
rags in the manufacture ofpaper. This Of
fer is made by the proprietor of the TINES
| believe the man he's never been met VINO
has seen the editor of the Times, bat am
convinced that there is such parsonage,
for have heard his n1nie pronounced and
been shown his room and chair. The ed
ting of the paper is carried on within me
publication building to a greater extent
than has been stated. There are convent
ent rooms fitted up for the purpose, and al
so for the use # reporters. During the
sessions of Parliament large number OF
reporters are employed. These are rehev-
ed every hail hour, and are conveyed to
and from The Office to the Legislative place
in cabs, not oue remaining on duty longer
,n5n the prescribed time. In Viewing an
establishment Ike that Of The Times, and
rejecting upon the vast influence it exerts,
one can not but be filed with wonder and
awe"