Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-21

And the captain weeps end says his prayers,
I'll the hull be 'mld-shiPs parted;
Bus tod ID on the stoeTEmAn'a side
Ihe crew nrc In revolution;
The wave that washes the captain Of
Willsaye the Constitutional
New York, Dec. Is, 1880, BAYARD TAYLOR.
The London TIraes--A Glimpse az Its Ma
ehlneFy.
From a recent number OF the French jour-
nal oowrisr De fB,ns we copy the following
details Of a visit to the London Times print
ing establishment. The account is written
By French tourist who says;
have visited at London the printing Of
Zee OF the Times. It is truly something
great and wonderful; there is nowhere in
France anything Of the kind to equal it.
In the starting OF the paper in 1871, the
Times consisted Of only single page, and
was printed by hand-press which struck off
one side Of two hundred sheets per hour
In 1913 K@nig made press which struck
of 1900 sheets. In 1921 Applegarth, aided
by Courier, constructed a new one, on which
1000 to 5000 copies could be printed In
1928 the same Applegarth established his IA
NOUS vertical machine, which examined,
and on which 10000 copies per hour are
strlck of Since 1928 the managers of the
Times have erected another machine with
horizontal cylinders, which strikes Off eight
copies at once, or about II, 500 per hour
These two presses, which make while at
work q deafening noise, and which can be
stopped at a moments notice are moved by
steam engine offorty-fve horse power.
Adjoining the roOmin which is the boiler,
is a closet containing white marble bathing
tubs, intended for the wOrkmen in the estab-
lishmeRt. 1t cost ninety guineas.
A compOsitor Oh the Times must have
passed an examination showing that he can
set at least 40 lines of 56 letters, or about
2,25O per hour. The price paid for type-set-
ting is eleven pence per. thousand letters, at
which rate the eompositor can make from
twenty-five to thirty francs in an ordinary
days work. This amounts to about five dol
lars q day. There are I24 compositors en-
plOyed, so of whom are occupied solely in
setting up advertisements. Five or six stem
ographers take notes of Parliamentary pro-
ceedings, at Westminster, and return every
quarter of an hour 70 the newspaper office,
to put their copy in shape and let the COM
positor have it without delay. In this way
it often happens that a speech delivered at 2
O'Clock in the morning appears in the Journal
which is struck of at 6 clock and distrib-
uted at z.
The editorial room is large and well light
ed. In the centre is huge oak table, and
around the room are little desks finished
with every convenience for writing. Ad-
joining, is a dining-room for the editors and
the archiVe' room, where are stored all the
files of the Times since its foundation. Next
to the archive chamber, I saw the prOof-reld-
ers rooms, where are hundreds Of dictiona-
ries and encyclopedias, in all languages and
relating to all sRbje, IS. A dozen proofread-
ers are employed during the day, and an
other dozen during the night They have
an eating room adjoining that where they
/ work, anC their meals are provided at the
expense Of the establishment.
On another story is a small story where
are printed the registers and envelopes for
the mail papets.
Every one of the editors living in London
! carries with him a number Of envelopes ad-
dreS- S-~ed to tho Times, so that in any place
where ee may happen to be- at the theatre,
The races ar elsewhere, he can send by a
special mesqepo '>r his copy to the office. The
foreign ecorrssnon 'snts have envelopes OF
red paper, which are sent Immediately on
their arrival from the Pos 'ollee 70 Ine Iirnes
Office.
Supplies Of paper and ink ar,,S CT. rs ANU IN y
kept IN readiness. Four thousand L'oun~'s Vi
ink are used each week. The paper is lveigl
ed in the establishment by very ingenit1 aus
machine. It is also postmarked on the spot
The journal appears every morning and
evening. But sometimes during the day
special editions are issued when important
news demands. This extra edition can be
prepared in two hours.
When | visited the establishment it was
o'clock in the day, and the news had just
arrived Of the death, at halEpsst twelve, of
Albert Smith At half-past two the Times
appeared with his obituary.
The administration of the Times has moth
ing to do with the subscriptions to the paper.
Smith of the Strand, sees to the mailing of
the papers for England, Europe, and, indeed,
the entire world. Mr. Smith takes thirty
thousand copies day, sixteen thousand of
which he receive at five O'Clock in the morn
ing, and dispatches them by carriers at six
o'clock The other numbers Of the Times
are bought by hundred and seventy news
dealers, who pay in advance They order
each day the number OF copies they will
need for the day following. They pay thirty
centimes for each copy, retailing it for fifty
centimes. The management Of the paper
lose something on each sheet by selling it
at such a price, but look at the advertise
menls for their profits. The charges for
these advertisements are, of course, very
large, and the amount must be considerable,
as the revenue Of the Times reaches to near
~ Eve million francs. was told that one
Of the proprietors of the Times had given as
dOEry to his daughter the money accruing
from one advertising page of the paper for
one year.
The W-4T and tear produced by the per-
petual motion which reigns in this immense
establishment is so great that it is necessary
10 rebuild and strengthen once every two
years the lower stories Of the building.
In the museum was shown the arms with
which some ten years ago the workmen of
the establishment to the number of three
hundred and fifty, repressed a disorderly
mob.
Editorial Convention.