Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-09-05
The London Times.
lTHE "THuNBERER, ,


commented A, u, lTsS. II is Ihs
endeaVor II the Times 10 issue a
newspaper, which will at oneo DO a
model OF oorreet Typography, excel,
lent printing and the puresl Ena,
lish, II il considered that the cars
bestowed ia the Times Office upon
tho dicllon ofits leading articles has
contributed more than anything elso
"a preserve the purity OF lho Eng-
lish language, Unlike tho custom
In America, the 0llect at the Times
Office Is 10 preserve the imp,rsonal,
ily OF the paper, Its editors never
write, They iuregst, day by day,
the policy at lhS paper; suggest
subjects 10 the leader writers; sit ia
Judgment upon their articles when
written and decide what shall or
shall. not go into the paper. No
one who comes ailcr twelve o'clock
on any day with his advertisement
can hope Tor IN insertion IN the next
days paper, while generally the al.
yerliscrs do not see their advertise,
mcnts printed until two or three
days, or sometimes rs many weeks,
ai(er they are handed over The coun.
ter, They have to wait their turn,
and such is the anxiety TO get thom
IN the Times that the English pub.
lie submit patiently 10 delays that
the American public would never
tolerate, The lowest charge Is for
"wants," in which case each advcr-
tiscr is allowed three lines for n half
crown, abont sixty cents, gold. For
all others, the regular rate is n shil.
ling Il line twcnty.iour cents. gold.
but no advertisement is taken for
less than four shillings, while long
advertisements are charged moro in
proportion the rate, after the first
fifty lines, being two shillings line.
The cheapest rates are allowed to
public charities and similar classes,
but nothing extra is charged for
fhvoritc positions in the paper.
To set up the types there arc ono
hundred and thirty compositors en-
ployed, sixty laboring by day, and
seventy at night, while eleven fore
men and assistants direct their
movements. Twcnty.four persons
are required to read proofs and in
all this work the greatest care is
taken TO guard against mistakes,
and every line printed is read over
by proot:rcaders, four or five differ.
ent times, Tho present circulation
Of the Times is from 63, 200 to IS, ,OOO
daily, the ordinary issue being II
siXtccn-pagc newspaper, while s"me-
times it is increased to u twenty.
page newspaper.
TO print the Times. seventy tons
weight Of paper, and two tons of
printing ink, are used every week,
while the average weight of tho
daily issue of tho paper is from
eleven to twelve tons. The machines
upon which this largo edition is
printed are the best of their kind.
There arc two tcn-cylinder Hoe
presses, and two eight-cyIindcr Hoo
presses, and two eight cylinder APP
plegath machines; the aggregate
actual work done by them being
$1,000 impressions an hour, 5000
from each OF the former, and 10000
from each Of the latter.
Beside these there is now in use.
the "WaIlcr Printing Press" which
is a self feeder, and, managed by
man and two boys, Jrints large
share of the advertising pages of
the Times. IT'S capacity is from
22,0OO to 24,O0O impressions per
hour, and it produces in that time
from II, GOO to 1900 perfect sheets,
printed on both sides, and ready for
the reader.
There is little more TO say Of this
great newspaper. II circuIatcs not
only throughout Great Britain, but
all over the world. Its policy in
the treatment Of public affairs. is
not fixed one, but is governed by
cxpedicncy. Toward America its
former course of severe criticism
has been changed to one of great
friendlincss, and it judges us now
with far more candor and generos.
ity than the majority of its London
contemporaries, besides paying great
attention to the collection of Amer
lean intelligence. Who directs its
course or controls it's opinion, how
ever, is a scaled book. The editor
is invisible, nor arc the writers
known except by hcarsay. 1t tries
to draw an impenctrable.veil over
the individuality of all connected
with it, and what this or that writer
may say is buried in the great mass
of leaders, news, and othor matters
which the Times presents to tho
world on its sixteen or twenty
pages every week day morning.