, 1860-12-18
Tho London T1mee-A glimpse at tts
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Tho London Tfmee-A Glimpse Mt Ita
machinery.
From recent number Of the French journal
Courier de T Esne nc copy tho following de-
tails Of a visit to the London Times printing
establishment. The account IL written By
French tourist, who says:
ot the Times It is truly something great and
wonderful there is nowhere In France any,
tAtag Of the kind TO equal it.
At the starting of The paper in 1791 the Times
consisted Of only sirSle page, aud was print
Cd by hand press, which struck of one side
oftwo hundred sheets Per hour.
In 1914 KGnig made a press which struck of
1,soo steets. In 1877 Applegarth, aided BY
Cousier constructed new ono, on which
1000 to 1000 copies could be printed. In 1925
the same App1egaHh established bis famous
Terticul machine, which examined, and on
which 10000 copies per hour are struck off
E!nce 1873 the managers Of the Times hive
erected another machine, with horizontal cyl
indsrs, wh5eh strikes OF eight copies ut once,
which make while at work dcafening noisc,
and which eau be stopped ut 3 moments no
ttce4 are moved by steam engine Of forty-ayc
horse power.
Adjoining the room in which is the boiler, Is
cloret containing white marble bathing tubs,
intended for the workmcn iu tho establish
1nent+ It cost ninety guincas-
A compotitor on the Times must hare passed
IN examination showing that he can set at
least 40 lines of So letters, or about 2.240 let
ters per hour. The price paid for type-sctting
is eleven pence per thousand letters, at which
rate the compositor can make from twenty
five to thirty francs in m ordinary days WORK.
This amounts to about five dollars dag.
There are 124 compositors employed, 50 Of
al 1t,H ar
tiscments. Five or six stenographers tnke
nofes of Parliamentary proceedings, at West
minister, and return every quarter Of m hour
to the newspaper office, to put their copy in
shape and lit the compositors have 1t without
delay. In this way It often happens that .
speech delivered at two o'clock III the morn
ing appears in the journal whick is struck OF
ut six O'Clock and distributed at scycn.
The editorial room is large and well lighted.
In the centre Is huge oak table, and around
the room arc LITTLE .iesks finished with every
convenience Tor writing. Adjoining. is d din
tng-room for the editors, and thearchivc room,
whc1c arc stored all the dies Of tue Tinles since
its foundation. Next to the archiye chamber.
! saw the proof.rcaders' rooms, where arc hun-
dreds of dictionaries aud encyclopedias, iu al1
languages and relating to oil subjects. A do
1en pr0ot.rcalers are employed during the day
and another dozen during tue night. They
hnSe an cating.room adjoining that where they
work, md their meals arc provided at the cx-
pensc Of the establishment.
On another story Is small room where arc
printed the registers aud envelopes for tho
mail purposes.
Every one Of the editors living In London
carries with him number OF envelopes I'D.
dressed 10 the 7ieles, so that in any place
Thcrc be may happen to be, at the thcatre, the
races, or elsewhere, he can send by special
messenger his copy to the office. The foreign
correspondents hare envelopes Of red paper,
which arc sent Immediately on their arrival
FROM the rostof1ice to the Times Office.
Supplies Of paper and INK are constantly
kept in readiness. Four Thousand pounds Of
lux are used each week. The pareria weighed
In the establishment by very ingenious ma
chine, It is also post-nlarkcd on the spot.
The journal appears every morning and eve.
nins. But sometimes during :ue day special
editions arc issued when important news de-
1nauds. This extra edition can be prepared In
two hours.
When I vlsitrd The establishment it WAS onc
o'clock III the day, aud tue news had just ST.
rived Of tho death, at llaiEpast twelve, Of A.
bert Smith. 1t halfpast two tic Times ap-
peared with his obituary.
The administration o1 the 7Hnts has nothing
TO do with the subscriptions to the paper.
Smith, Of the Strand, sees to tho mailing Of
the papers for England, Europe, and, indeed,
the entire world. Mr.. Smith tlkes thirty thou.
tand copies day, sixteen thousand Of which
he receives ut i've o'clock in tic morning, md
dispatches them by carriers at SIX o'clock.
The other numbers Of the Times arc bought
hy one hundred and seventy news s:ealers, who
pay in adyanc>- They order each day the nun.
ber Of copies they will need for the day follow.
Ing. They pay thirty ecntimes for each copy,
retailing it At nfsy centimcs. The management
Of the paper 1osc something on each sheet by
selling it at sucl1 price, but look to the ad
| yertlsemcnts forfheirprodts. The charges 70,
these advertisements arc, Of coursc, very largge
md tue amount must be considerable, rs ibt
revenue Of the 4ip,es reaches 10 nearly 6vs
million francs. Twas told that one Of pro
/ prietors Of the Times had given as dowry tt
rertising page Of tho PAPER for one year.
The wcar and tear produced By tic perpctu
al motion which reigns in this immense es,ab
lishmcnt is go great that it is necessary to Re
build mud strengthen once every two ycars tht
lower stories OF the building.
| In the museum was shown the aFlns Will
which ten years ago the work,nen Of the es
tab1lshMcnt, 10 the number OF three hundrct
and fifty, represscd dsordclly mob.