Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-09
The London "Times" Establishmenf.
A Visit 10 Priutinz-Housc Square.

A Visit 10 Printing-IouscS Square.
1fthcre is anything that hate it is the
London Times, and all for its unparalleled
abuse of my country. Yet, must con-
fess that visit to its printing establish
ment excited my admiration. The admir-
alton was for the machinery; the hate for
the devil that possessed and used it.
With its tremendous power, the Times
comes nearer to an embodiment of Satan
than almost anything that I have seen.
1t has sort of NIiltonic grandeur. In
nv estimation as have been by
extensive observation to measure its inhu-
ence-there are few potentates in Europe
SO mighty. 1t has been well said that in
England there are three estates the Lords
the Commons, and the Times.
1t is marvellous how much heed is given
to it on the Continent. have seen Ger
man papers reproduce one of its leaders,
or give its analysis, again, and again, and
comment upon it as if it were speech
from the Throne. Englshmen are always
telling you that it does not represent the
country; and yet, if there is anything that
they believe in, and live by, it is the Times
I should hardly have wondered if some
Sunday had heard it intoned in some
cathedral, or i'll some parish church, Il
believe in the Times" As an illustration,
at an English meeting of the Evangelical
Alliance at Geneva, when it was proposed
to adopt resolutions of sympathy for
America, an English clergyman exclaimed
80, don't let us pass resolutirns, there
will be something about it in the Times"
For this, give you my word.
Printing-house Square, little out-of-
the-way, haf-enclosed nook, at the city
end of Black Frair's Bridge, is the seat Of
the Times empire. The dingy piles of
brick are not in the least imposing. Yet,
there is about the place, quiet, scholastic
air, which makes you feel that you are i'll
no common spot. At the right hand of
the square is the office for advertisements,
looking for all the world like busy and
crowded post-ofiice. The advertising
business of the Timis is immense. Each
day, quarto, larger than the whole Erau-
geiiSt, is filled with announcement, which
pays no mean sum. Everything about
the Times Office is done with the utmost
system, and therefore economy. There
is place for everything, and everything
in its place. There is perfect division
of labor, and place for each division,
You enter a long room on the first floor
where the form is got ready for stereotyp-
ing; for, with the exception Ola single
page, left open till the last moment for the
latest intelligence, every particle of the
paper is stereotyped before it goes toprcss.
4 part of this room, as well as one of the
same size, above it, is used by the type
settlers. These are always at work, day
and night there being two sets. was
interested in the relative sizes of the type
boxes. In ordinary work sc" is the
letter most used; its box being nearly
twice as large as any other. My con-
ductor assured me that in theological
article the letters most used were quite
peculiar. Here st" predominates; after
il "w" and "y." The "y's," he said,
were used because of the frequent recur-
renee of you; the proof certainly Off
Northen-ike directness. The "w's"
doubtless have logical squint towards
the why's and wherefores. In the first
room were two telegraphic apparatuses.
one communicating with the office of Reu-
ter, the king of telegraphers and a German,
the other with the House Of Parliament.
What comes from Louis Napoleon's or
Palmerston's brain is here almost as soon
as it is there. The Times is the great bro
ker { and breaker) of the worlds news
without the Intervention of music or
steam. News is everything.
The department of the proof-readers is
prominent. Every word and point un-
dergocs the utmost scrutiny. A single
Typographical error in the Times might sub
jcct it to heavy damages in law.
The stereotypiug was to me the point
of eliminating interest. This is to save
time and money. These forms must be
had for the press as soon as possible. 10
"sct-up" single page of the Times 1t
takes six men eight hours, and there are
l6 pages. Now, from the moment that
form is finished till it is reproduced stcr-
eotyped, is exactly % minutes. Away it
is whirled to press. Another is made,
and 10 the whole preparatory work is
completed for the colossus of newspapers!
In steroetyping tissue paper is laid on the
types, and over that paste board; the
whole is subjected to pressure; the i'm
preston thus obtained is enclosed in a
mould, the metal is poured on it, and the
work is done. Sixteen tons Of paper is
consumed each day. Each day there are
sent out 10000 sheets. In the press
room l was proud to see Hoe of g New
York, L. 5. A." taking the chief place.
l must not take space to speak of the
luxury of the reporters rooms, of the
library, of q multitude of things, curious
and useful. And now," said I, when
the gentlemanly conductor had taken me
through the establishment, "can you let
me see JUPITER :"
1.-THE Head -Thundcrer," he answered
solemnly, sis invisible. He is to be
communicated with only by writing"