Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-02-28

Drred from one 10 sky, each compositor
starts on bis take" which, as fast as set up,
Is placed by the toremen in the form" IN re-
gular ORDER forming Ilerfect whole. Thus
"a matter " hich wold require an ordinary
force tour OF I'VE hours 70 complete Is pre-
pared IN twenty or thirty minutes.
The value of time in th4 composiiion room l.
fully appreciated by all employed. and fire.
quent are the races against time by the en-
ployees; Iof the foreman, anxiou, TO get all
the news in up 10 the latest moment and
knowing that railroad trains wait not even
for the presk, calculates to a nicely on the
hour OF. "locking up" and sending down the
:'foim ms OF turtles 20 the great eight-barreled
revolver that Is in waiting below to shoot into
the expectanr world broadside OF thousands
and thOusahds Of broad sheets stamped with
the footprints Of immortal thought.
The mndte hand Of the clock slowly ap-
proaches The hour Of going TO press. Oper-
ations continue apparently a. usual ill near
the last minute, when suddenly the foremeu
close up The columns, rapidly arrange a few
last paragraphs, "plane down the forms" mot
with the jack-plane Of carpenter. but a
conirIvance that presses every type down
into pIare that may by chance BE- projecting
up beyond ~ proper level. give a f. " dexter
Gus turns with steel wrenches 10 the apDara-
'us that secures the type in the forms, aud
they are ready. The tables on which they
rest are whIrled TO a slide at one side of the
ROOM, communicating with the press-room
over sixty feet below A voice. In reaDons.
20 the faint tnkle Of bell comes from the
depths below, through a speaking tube-"An
right-let 20" and down slide the turtles.
and in three minutes more the rattle of ma
chinery IS heard, the tir.t audible football of
thought IN IL outgoing Tito the world"
The press-roOIn. huge, we'll warmed well
lighted basement, under the woIe building, Is
one of the most INTEREST," K portions Of the es-
tablirhment The pres.-gang consists of
fourteen ''feeders' good feeders themselves,
ana good "fredrrs' TO thf In,aiable nav Of
the PRES. into which the9 continually thrust
fresh sheets IN RESI- on-e tb Ifs cry OF more.
more, more. more - at each reyolution. The
prr-,man is the presiding deity Of this de-
partme, {. aud 80 engineer. have charge Of
the plant giant, steam. which sets the press
IS in mot Oh. One huge machine stand,
quiet corps ne reserCe III case Of accident
10 IT. companion; huge pile> OF paper, some
uuoPrned anIi just from th,. paper null. others
printed usaori one SIDE. and other, just damp
en"d or 'wed down" for the press, are heap
ed up on all sides.
Round god the press and of come the pa
btE- anu HDa lei u Sep INTO the mail room.
We have said the value u time Is apprecia-
ted IN the composition rOoin-here Il Is d0ub-
~ 80. The head mail clet Tx must get out all
his bundles f.r express offices. railroad de-
pots. *, At . before cel tain time 10 ..save
the trains lat newspaI4r dealers a } over
New England may no; miss rbe recript Of
their .Jguraals 10 supply their anxious custo-
Hers hungrylfo news. A five minutes de-
l~y would cd the office tae loss OF a thou
sand papers br more, and 10 dispatch aud |
geo out the diapers m season 70 reach their |
several ponds OF destination, requires no |
small degree b dexterity a. we'll as severe |
and rapId la3 3Or. The Wrappers and direc-
lions are written, aud tther preparations
maze during the interim between The pubii-
cation OF each elirlon.,, tuh, a. soon a. the pa
per commences coming Ihfo the mail-room
from the ur-s~. hog hufl lies % tiiics. hun
q ed, ami iousard- ard bound together,
5nao alfiin iina.N Nii ~fs sia5 a5 i. 49, .'s .,s.
tanis are triil L. pa--la-. aF,in aml count
in--and th- -ou,'in- of lat.rr- DE- done with
a speed thar ,il-s B.. 80 I'd ly appreciated
The folders r. s.-o. With b PECULIAR slip and
three Slap. ri Irgwiuz psptr, together IN di'-
trrent folds wi,n great rapidly; the msii |
clerk, mrssl l2e-boy, urning hiiher aud
thirhrr in otlyI.anrc 10 BIZ directions, and
thousands OF paper that iw'ni! minutes
b.tore werr imprinted sheets, are soon
whrIng away on rallr1ad trains Oh their
way INTO the country.
The mail clvrk. after dispatching bic paper
for express and mail. t2ra, Hls attention 10
The clis carrter.. ur I'D Or ten iH num-
Der, VI 0 d. Ikrr ptp-rs Il ihe q ~ sub-enD-
.rs These -0o8 have. ih4r Dgnlirs counted
out, strap them under thdir arm. and start
forth.
All the while thrse operations are going
on, thousand4 Of pspers are brlna "holesa'ed
to mea .gnen new,DOss. and other dealers
who ghrons tue room. and ~ao are served ia
.,c.or .ar.-,. with their deuitu irom the rag
g,..! nssboy. wnJ,. hand scarce reaches the
counter. with the halt dime that pays Tor
ln,,r. r., the. nrw,.uam wbo throws down hls
hy,-lollar not- Tor tour hundred copies
The. mail clerk Generally works with one
,.,.. on the clock ana the other on the pa
mrs. he can tell vOI on demand the 1oIr OF
departure Of all the principal trains over al
,4. ,,,iurinal lines ui railroad out Of Io+oh'
tb,. names of the express line over carh- me
/ time they arrive al many OF Their points VI uSs
/ fiiaiiou in the city, the numO'T = Vi 'He
/ srurrs ami hdu,- oi many OF tue meIcidh's
ami we'll knuSn resilient, OF boston 'o'he
| clerks are singulary expert from iou- p'aS-
ice. We knew our who eolid ie' rom re-
collection. rarely maxim. a mistake Tue nun
nrr on Wastun.tou street, al "i''u
! individual who hat a store on a Io"eI MN
! s.pt. from Stale to EllIet stIe ana "io
would write his whole list ol seals l"IaPPFiS
for sinsle paprr,) aud bundles Nil''o io'
pack4ges) from reeollecuon' "i'nou' oh'e
| looking AT his mail book dl'lou5A
| Job OF two hpurs aud hall
The next and last room OF interest 10 Ihe
! ,;.,,or ,.,n Aari, be said to be behind 'he
| .,.,.,,s b..rau,e it Is always IN view "i ins
,,,rI;.. il j. the counting room lhe cie'A,
| bsr,. are the principal and readle,t means I u
communication between Lhf-nlTf, M sine re
| ,;!,,.s as tlb-e Of every other department III
tt,.. bu,in.ss. .namely-speed, patience a. a.
| ,,,,r,.., and Determination. Inc 'OI'''''s
r,,,, ,.l,.rk. are he recipients, a. p."A'e
| .. -. ,,,otIut Of the "biowing up i''Si
tor ,.Iitor,. by people who th'hk tl'sy 80 80
ho,v "a ronduct paper; from il'i'''"a'S
| -, f,,d a vast deal OF fault a 'hr ho"
~, Of one. COPY OF the paper whi mas
| r. ,...,,,l,ri, for months, aud the losS VI
! ,,bi.h M, investigation, proves 10 hd'e "o0"
| -. ,.',t, of a new servant, and nos the car
"a, r,.n,,, SIS of ali kinds ir' ~ an SORTS "
! ,,.o,,l,. d. a, ourstiOns about every Dol! anu
sryIhng. h 4 man connected "llh lL;.i a news aaJ
paper IS expected o5"s TO know Sr sysF . ] pensid al
erafion than am boIy else. a casii'et VI
- 1T and four assistant clerks, have
,h..;r oi,; ,,,n, nretty thoroughly occupied here
,I,.. ,,,.rtarmance of their d1ties, aud from
neces,i n, .@s y and long practice they have ae-
nn,r.J tbe habit OF being concise in their re,
lie not uncivil, but using few words and
- 49,. mint. after ;he style of the country
'';rI vino. in reply TO the query Of passing
,r,yeIrr who saw her wading the stream,
ssd cred out, r How deep is the stream, and
hox do YOU Iell eggs dozen 2" replied
,,r,,,uutlv. ..Kne. deep and nine pence
There is butl one other place behind she
Zones in this establishment TO introduce the