The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-09-10
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


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The M...s.es.re Of Newspaper.
A DAY AND NIGHT AT THE EsrABL1sHNKSr OF THE NEW
YORK HERALD.
lCoociudedJ
After seven O'Clock in the evening, the composing
department becomes q perfect beehive Of activity and
industry, Each workman is in his place, and opera
tons are fairly under way At frequent intervals,
the signal bell notices the arrival Of copy from the
editorial and business Offices This the foreman ap-
portions out to the compositors in "stick fulls" Of
about twenty lines each The arrangements are such
that it is almost impossible for mistakes to occur'
although forty persons Elay be " setting" the same
article, it is emptied on the gaileys in its regular or
der, without confusion After it has been proved,
corrected and revised. the matter is carried out
into the turtle room to be made up IN the forms.
Generally, at about twelve O'Clock, the four pages for
the first side are made up and Immediately lowered
through an aperture constructed for the purpose, to
the press rooms As soon after as possible-the time
varying according to the importance and length Of
the latest dispatches received, from one to four O'Clock
A M--the second side follows; and, excepting an
assistant editor to watch for any important news that
may arrive before the edition is worked Cd, and q few
hands to set . postscript. or repair any slight acci-
dent that might happen to the forms, the composing
department. Is deserted until the arrival Of the day
hands
The machinery department Of the Herald is one Of
its greatest features Of superiority, the capacity for
producing being at least double that Of any other es-
adjustment extant 1t is all located below the level
Of the street and covers q space equal to HOO super
fetal feet The motive power is derived from an ele-
CANT high-pressure engine, which was erected q few
weeks since, expressly for the purpose, by the Messrs.
Hoe. 1t is rated at thirty horsepower. This engine
Is the second one from the same set Of patterns. The
first was erected by the Messrs- Hoe, at thenew Bible
House, about four years ago. While conversing with
the engineer, q few days since, he informed us that,
although it had run nearly every working day since
~. =. - .-a a4- N BOO ovrand-
ed for its repair. The engine room is Immediately
under the business Office. The engine is supplied by
three boilers; two cylindrical, each eighteen feet long
by forty-two inches in diameter; and one tubular, or
locomotive, with q capacity equal to both Of the
others. They are located at the extreme end Of the
vault ON Nassau street
The press room proper Is located in an immense
vault, extending the whole length of both fronts Of
the main building, and in width nearly to the center
of the street. 1t is 155 feet long, Is feet in width,
and Is in height 1t is erected in the most substan-
tial manner-the outer section Of the arch in stone
masonry, which Is supported by iron rafters and ribs
from the principal structure. The roof, which forms
the sidewalk Of the street, is composed Of iron and
glass tesselated tiles, through which an abundant
light is received for day work The apartment is
dry, well ventilated, and in every way all that could
be desired for the purposes required
The press room is supplied with three of Hoes
type-revolving printing machines, or Lightning
Presses as they are more usually designated by the
craft One Of them has six cylinders, the other two
have ten impression cylinders, making twenty-slx In
all; which, calculating the speed Of the machines at
forty revolutions per minute, at which rate they are
sometimes worked, presents the enormous quantity Of
ten hundred and forty impressions per minute, or
sixty-two thousand four hundred in an hour, as the
present possible producing capacity Of the establish
ment- However, some delay Is occasioned In lifting
on the supply of paper, occasional re~adjustments Of
tapes, ETC.; but, on all ordinary occasions, the Herald
is printed at the rate Of ~forty-6ve thousand impress
mons, or twenty-five thousand five hundred double or
triple sheets per hour.
The ten-cylinder machines were added to the estab-
hshment q few weeks since-they being the first and
only ones that have as yet been. fnished-and are
undoubtedly the largest, most rapid and costly print
ing apparatus in the world. That our readers may
have a fair conception of this wonderful production
Of modern science and mechanism, besides the usual
perspective view, we present an engraving of the ele-
vation, from the working plan, together with q COM
plete inventory Of the various parts With the plat
forms attached, and the whole in working order, the
press measures SO feet in length, Is feet in width,
and l6 feet in height. The type cylinder is about six
feet In diameter, and is horizontally mounted on a
shah with appropriate bearings. About one-hfh Of
the circumference of this cylinder constitutes the bed
Of the press, which is adapted to receive the form Of
types; the remainder is used as q cylindrical distrib-
uting table The diameter Of the cylinder is less
than that of the form Of types, in order that the dis
tributing portion of it may pass the impression cylin-
der without touching. The ink is contained in o
fountain placed beneath the large cylinder, from
which it is taken by q conducting roller, and trans
ferred by q vibrating distributing roller to the cylin-
drical distributing table; the fountain roller receives
. slow and continuous rotary motion, to carry up the
ink from the fountain The large cylinder being put
in motion, the form Of types thereon is carried in
succession to ten corresponding horizontal impression
cylinders, arranged at proper distances around it,
which give the impression to ten sheets, introduced
one at each impression cylinder. For each impress
sion cylinder there are two linking rollers, which vi
brate on the distributing surface while taking q sup
ply Of ink; and, at the proper time, pass over the
form, when they again fall to the distributing sur
face. Each page is locked up upon q detached seq
ment of the large cylinder, called q turtle, which
constitutes the bed and chase. The column rules run
parallel with the shaft of the cylinder, and are con-
sequently straight; while the head, advertising and
dash rules are in the form of segments of q circle. A
sross section Of the column rules would present the
form Of . wedge, with the small end pointing to the
center Of the cylinder, so as to bind the types near
the top. These wedge-shaped column rules are held
down TO the bed or turtle by tongues projecting at in
tsrvals along their length, and sliding in rebated
grooves, cut crosswise In the face Of the bed, the
space in the grooves between the column rules being
Allied with sliding blocks of metal, accurately fitted,
the outer surface level with the surface Of the bed
the ends next the column rules being cut away un-
derneath to receive q projection on the sides Of the
tongues, and screws at the end and side Of each page
10 lock them together; thus the types are as secure
IN this cylinder as they can be on the old fat or any
other bed But one operative is required at each i'm
preston cylinder, who, owing to the arrangement Of
The platforms, are placed six one side of the press and
four on the other. After the sheet is " fed in, it
passes around the small cylinder and receives the i'm
preston by coming in contact with the form on the
main cylinder; and then, by tapes and rolls, is led
to an aufomaton hyboy, which deposits it in regular
order. The following table shows the number Of
sYgsss 1890