The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-01

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dcavor in the establishment is to issue q
newspaper which will at once be q model
Of correct typography, excellent printing,
and the purest English. 1t is considered
that the care bestowed in the Times office
upon the dction Of It's leading articles
has contributed more than anything else
to preserve the purity Of the English lans
guage, The staff of ''leader" writers is
large, and upon it arc the best ncwspa-
per writers in England, where an editors
ambition is to be employed by the Times.
Unlike the custom in America, the object
at the Times Office is to preserve the im-
personality Of the paper. What it con-
tains is said by the paper itself, and not
by any individual, and for that reason its
opinions and statements 60 before the
world with all the weight the newspaper
can give them. Its editors never write,
They forecast day by day, the policy of
the paper; suggest subjects to the leader
writers; sit in judgment upon their ar
ticles when written; and decide what
shall Or shall not 90 into the paper. Its
correspondents, in England and abroad,
receive but one instruction, and that is 10
send accurate and impartial accounts of
transpiring events, at the earliest moment,
written in such manner as to interest
the readers.
To conduct this establishment large
force is, of course, required. 1t prints
every day from 100 to 5000 ADVERTISE
mcnts, and on extraordinary occasions
even more. 1t also prints twenty to
thirty columns of reading matter. To
perform the mechanical part Of the work
400 persons are employed at Printing
House square, whilst probably as many
more arc attached to the paper in literary
positions. With reference 10 ADVERTISE
mentF, as the paper is always receiving
more than it can print, it promises early
insertions to none but the poor people
who wants places, and a few other urgent
classes. No one who comes after twelve
O'Clock on any day with his advertisement
can hope Tor an insertion in the next days
paper whilst generally the advertisers do
not sec their advertisements printed until
two or three days, or sometimes as many
weeks, after they are handed ever the
counter, They have TO wait their turn,
and such is the anxiety 10 get them in
the Times, that the English public submit
patiently to delays that the American
pnblic would never tolerate. The lowest
charge is for "want," in which case each
advertiser is allowed three lines for q
half crown, about 60 cents, gold For
all others the regular rate is a shilling q
line, 81 cents gold, but no advertisement
is taken for less than four shilings, whilst
long advertisements are charged more in
proportion, the rate, after the first fifty
lines, being two shillings n line. The
cheapest rates arc allowed to public char.
itics and similar classes, but nothing extra
is charged fer favoritc positions in the
paper.
In the mornings, when the people flock
to the Times Office to hand in their adver-
tisemcnts, Printing-Housc square is a
place Of the greatest hustle and activity,
but in the afternoon it is comparatively
deserted. The advertising pages arc
made up in regular order, beginning
with the births on the first column of the
first page, and the "agcnies," as personal
are called, on the second column, and
closing with the auction notices, of which
alone in the paper of last Saturday, June
6, there were twenty-five columns. There
are no headings TO the advertising columns
each department coming unannounced
on the heels of its predecessor, and this
course, by bringing washing taken in
Immediately ahead of the aristocratic
"tutors," am told, has caused great
complaint among that class Of the En-
glish community.
To print the Times seventy tons weight
of paper, and two tens of printing ink are
used every week, whilst the average
weight of the daily issue of the paper is
from eleven TO twelve tons. The machines
upon which this large edition is printed
are the best of their kind. There are
two ten-cylinder Hoe presses, and two
eight-cylinder Applegath machines the
aggregate actual work done by them
being 81, 600 impressions an hour, lG, 600
from each of the former, and 10000
from each of the latter. Besides these
there is now in use the "Walter printing
press" which is a self-feeder, and mans
aged by man and two boys, prints a
large share of the advertising pages of the
Times. Its capacity is from $4,000 to
"a, 900 impressions an hour, and it pros
duces in that time from H., 900 TO II, 900
perfect sheets, printed on both sides, and
ready for the reader This machine is
somewhat similar to the American Bul-
lock press, 1t prints from large roll of
paper containing 250G to 5000 sheets,
cuts them apart after printing, and then
delivers them by double motion into
two piles. 1t has been pronounced a
success by competent judges here, and
will probably revolutionize the printing
business in England, on account of its
great capacity, and the chcapness with
which it is operated, This wonderful
machine was invented and constructed by
Mr. John c. Macdonald, one of the lead
ing men of Printing House square, and
has been named by him the "Walter
printing press" in honor of the proprie-
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