The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-05-15

The right Of this spartsne erit is'the Wetting-
Room, where, by machinery, the pzrer-is
dampened to the exact degree necsssarF ior
fee pfess-work. Here again, es oltsn hap
pene, a combination Of wheels and levers
perform the task better than living hand,
even the most intelligent and kithful, coulS
do it. Thus prepared. the paper is ready for
the nineteen powerful steam presses, which
are quietly clicking away in the next room.
This apartment is $50 feet long, and 80 feet
wide, very high. mass Of windows on eacA
side, IS well lighted as The Crystal Palace,
and perfectly ventilated. The presses IN
elude varieties for every kind OF work-ths
Adams, the Hoe, the Osmpbell and French
patterns One sturdy little press is pointed
out which does nothing but print Websssr's
Spoilers. Year in and year out Il hbors
uacaasinely ia meet the demand Cor that
standard school book. the FIRST intellectual
food given 70 Y Youngi Anierica--a tender and
appropriate DutritDent, which the experiences
6ftwo generations has row confirmed as the
best, and which Lot likely soon 70 be super
teded. TIE iron hearted little press viii
wear itself out, and be cast aside, and many
others like it, long before Webster viii go
out Of fashion, In moving about among
this iugeDioCs but insensats mac chiuery ene
cannot help noticing the bright lUokiug girls
who stand besids eaeh9 the Pfessss Ikea
keeper beside an elephant, and 6ll is FayeR-
Gus NAV continually. The plumpness andre.
siness Of these niDbls Fervitors proclaim the
business to be healthful, at least a. conduc-
ted in such welL lighted and airy rooms.
Mr. Dunno, who has bad chargs OF The APP
pletohs' press-work for long time, presides
over the whnleof this department, and ssee
that every shset is perfect, before it i trun.
died over the little bridge which connects
the Printing! Hnuss With the BinderT.
Only one brsnch--the Drying Room
remains to be examined, 10 the dominion Of
Dunno. This j. q loft st the end Of the
/ Press-R Room. To this retreat the printed
sheet. are borne. damp and fragrant ~ bsw.
mown hay, ard dried on the same principle
as . family. washing, bat rather mors scisn-
i tifcally. The outsids an . ffetly admitted
on al but the coolest days. and teupsra.
/ ture of about 20 degrees msintained bI
stesrsp'pes. 81 4'i 80 9.-i'en t.nH
q, Passing over the little draEdridgs betDrs
mentioned, following great load OF Auhl-
bach ahead, and closely pursued by the
Dickens (chefp edition.. tie seeker for
knowledge enters the Bindery, and the
kingdom Of Matthew's whose fortunes may
be said to be bound up with the Appletonsa
A polite pilot being placed at the visitors
| disposal, he FIST do scehds to the basement
snd looks ct large piles Of board and bhest
stock ard other material, for covers. In
room adjoining this are odd lots Of books.
ten, or twenty, or a hundred, IS the case
may be, called the Z" "cEer- stock, REPRESENT
| ing the temporary excess Of the supply OF
certain works over the demand. 1t i wpn-
der that the publishers bit the popular tzsfs
so closely. Great names are inscribed on
some of the parcels but great names do
not always sell. The final destiny Of the
ovsrs'oek is the paper mill much noblsr. Il
one must choose, than going to the trunk.
makers.
Upstairs, by the steam elsEstot, to the
4 first floor again. Here il a room full Of
/ prints. some Of them from The latest designs
i Of the best artists of the Old and New Worlds,
| to be used in the illustrated works Of the
House thence the explorer issues into an
apartment so long that he can hardly see to
/ the end Of it. Soft throbs Of uschiDery
greet his ear, and, on Inquiry, be learns that
a score OF steam folders /" are performing
their work with a speed and accuracy unat-
tainsble by human hands. This great room,
too, is as light as day.. and its atmosphere As
/ pure as a gardens; and the LIS girls who
| feed the folders, or stitch the sheets when
folded, or render other services on this floor,
exibit the bloom Of health aud Tie smile Of
conteutuent. bonn f
The elevator sgaiD, and one is landed on
the second floor. A monotonous rattle. a.
Of stesm chopPing- hire in fun blast,
| proves TO eBanate from board-euttsr, which
being fed at one end with unlimited paste-
board, turns out 5000 pairs of coyeFs en
hour, Of any SIZE wanted. This machins
has a room all 10 itself Next to 1t is the
storage place for the calf sheep, morocco
aud other feathers, snd also tha cloth for
b'ndisg; the whole smelling like 4 bran-nev
library. The rest Of this door 10 Duplicates
in pt int of sizs, of ths one baloE it. About
hundred men are employed here. stamping,
cutting; ease-makirg, and forwarding, which
are various stages toward the consummation
Of the perfect work. Here are seen stacks
of the Appleton standards, the freshest muhi.
bach, the newest Dickens reprint, aud other
bos Ks g announced, I" and for which the or
ders are already pouring in. Looking, for
moment, at the quidk motions Of all these
experts, it occasions no surprise to learn that
3. Co. Oyclopadias," 5000 /" Marie Antoin-
ettes," COO Corpsrislds, and $4,000 or
20, 600 school books, can be delivered from
this department. daily. Great ss h the ca
pacity Of production Il seems 10 be fully
| iasked.
10 Just such another long. bigh, and sds
mirsbly lighted room. on the third door, ara
conducted tie finer processes Of gliding.
marbling, and finishing. Here are men Of
idess, of excellent tsste, OF delicate touch,
worthy to be called artists. Some Of them
originate beautiful designs. in binding and
Ornamentation, IS clever in their way -
pictures or poems, good ones We mean. The
lovely work, for which Matthews has long
been celebrated, ard which finds its highest
expression in the famous gift books of the
House, is all done on this floor. Not les
than $40 600 worth Of gold leaf is consumed
annually. 1t is curious sight to see the
skilful artist apply that most tsDuous Of sub
stances TO lettering aud establishment Of
covers. Working in cobwebs, or the down
Of butterfly wings. could hardly be mors
difficult. MarbliDg, too, is avery Interesting
process. Drops OF differept-colored oils are
swiried from brushes By quick rotary move
ment between the woIkman's palms upon
the surface Of water in a trough. A rake
with fine teeth is then drawn over the mot
lied snrface back and forth, ard the oil-spots
are broken up and commirgled into The most
gorgeous sy mmetrical forms. Different COM
binstions Of colors, and different movements
Of the rake produce totally different figures.
The workman then tskes a sheet Of pre-
pared paper betwte en- the thumb ard fore
finger of each hand, drops it gently upon
the colored surface of the water, and, q mo-
ment after, peels it off msrbled. Each sheet
requires the pssparsiion Of new surface.
To do this rapidly, and peiseFveA unilorm-
ity of qattern, demsnds great skill and ex-
perience in the operateor. Science has not
yet been sbleto sbbFeviate this rathsr isdious
process.
Another and positively ths last aighs, BY
the elevator, lands the passenger on the
fourth floor, the main part Of which is de-
voted to packing Spoilers, Cornell's Geogra-
phies, Quaekenbos's ArithmeIics, Harkness's
Grammars, and the other popular school,
books Of the House. About 5000 Srsllsrs
are boxed, and sent forth daily. At the be-
ginning Of the year, the demand for these
Spoilers poured in so thick and fast from ali
: arts of the country (particularly the SOuihl
that the Appletops were q half million cop
les in srears; but, by steady pulling night
and day, they have csughtup, and are now
prepared to fill orders with dispatch. This
Packing-rcom is one Of the busiest places 10
The factory. Seyenty-fve men are here en-
ployed. In an adjacent room is q curious
which shosld not be missed. his
4 lithograpbic press, doing the same WORK as
we'll by steam as it used to be done by hand,
and great deal faster. On this prtss the
maps for Appletors' Series of Biographies
are printed. 81 -
Descending By stairs tothe ground, the re-
precautions adopted on all sides
agsinst fire attract attention. The partition
walls between all the rooms are Of 6risk. and
he doors opening into tbs N from The hall
ways are Of massive iron; so that, in case Of
ires any one part of tae building can be is.
plated from all the rest. 0n each floor is