The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-12
How London Newspapers are Dlstrib-
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process of distributing the morning
journals Of that city 70 subscribers:
ut IL Saturday morning, n little after
four o'clock, aud we are at one OF the head
quarters OF the newspaper distribution -
One hundred and fifty thUusaudsmorning
journals are sent out from here every day,
and tho processes OF folding, sorting, and
addressing are in full progress now, A
large building like q gigantic bank. long
counters and tables intersecting ii, aud
galleries running round IL to it's roof;
strong mon and active youths all busy,
some with the papers at the folding-tables,
others with brown paper parcels like bales
of calico, and Others rushing ont laden to
the red carts in waiting; monotonous cries
of the various journals titles, and ever and
anon a stimulating on encouraging word
from an active little man who acts as
general-such was the scene. 'The great
thing, we are assured, is TO get the work
done in time. From FIVE to six is our great
est rush, and it's only by watching and
care that we don't miss one or other Of the
early trains. These are nearly all about
six q. m. There's one of the London and
Chatham's goes at 5:50-that's the earliest
Of all; hut the great bulk Of the newspapers
even by that line leave by a train at G;l5;
and between 6, which 10 the time Of the
London and Brighton, 10 $3.50, the South
Eastern's, and 6:35 Waterloo, the Trains OF
all the great London lines 60 ont. We've
got Il new plan now ut the Great Western.
They've given us a room on the platform,
aud we've eighteen men there who do nll
tho folding, addressihg, aud checking yon
see going IN for the other lines here now
clone to the train. Tho papers. are taken
down direct from the various otice6 Just a.
they leave the press, and don't come near
this central department, Then, the Moth
Western Company accommodates ms IN
another way. On their line we have q
special double carriage fitted upasanowHpa-
per room, and in this four OF our men 20
down by the early train and fold aud dis
tribute papers all over the Northwestern
Railway district. Their journey ends at
Stafford, and they come back again every
day by the two trains. Our system IL very
simple one. These large sheets OF stout
brown paper have printed labels, you'll OBJ
serve, passing on each side. One of these
is the agents or customers address, the
other is o list of the different newspapers
we sent out, with blanks for the number to
be supplied. These arc filed in the day
before, by clerks, who copy the particulars
from tho order books, so that, as you see,
when morning comes, aud the brown COW
ers are sorted into districts in this room,
the packers have but 10 call out 80 many OF
the Times, or Daily News, and SO many OF
the other journals in rotation, according to
the list before them. The parcel is not
tied up until its contents are counted by
another man, so that there may be no mis-
take
This statement is not given consecu-
lively as written, but at intervals in the
course Of busy, omnipresent supervision.
Two clocks are 30 placed that the foreman
speaking has the dial-plate Of n OF the
other of them in sight wherever he stands,
and the great struggle is to have the many
bulky parcels tied up in time for tho cars
IN waiting. The Advertisement sheets OF
tho Times are being folded down stairs
the main portion of that journal has not
yet come in. This folding takes place down
stairs, where a large department fitted up
with steam engines and folding machines ID
as busy as the n from whence we have
descended. The apparatus only requires
feeling, the broad damp sheet being placed
on the top of what looks like n printing
press, from which 1t is swept to IA second,
third and fourth compartment below, each
sweep giving il a fresh fold until it emerges
at the bottom in the shape in which news
papers are sold over the counter or from
the boot-stall. There are nine of these
steam machines, each folding n thousand
an hour, and all busily at work. 1t ia but
q small percentage OF the newspapers sent
ont, however, which are folded here-the
majority being sent out in bulk, and in the
shape OF linen bales. Every man and boy
we see is busy; and one new machine Is
specially adapted for the extra (Christmas)
supplements of weekly journals.
A hoarse rumble of wheels, q rude clat-
ter of hRsty footsteps overhead, n sound OF
some massive dead weight falling upon
wood, and o vague impression of extra
hustle upstairs tells our guide that the re.
manning portions Of the leading journal
have arrived. 1t Ia o 6l3, and the pass
ing of each minute IL watched iealouGly.
The other newspapers arrive almost stimuli.
%taneousiy. The organized turmoil increases
apace. What seems to the ~uninitiated eye
q chaos evolves order AZ II OF its W nc
cord, each human atom STOPPING, bonding,
hammering, sorting, tying mp, aud carry,
ing oil as II bent upon its own share Of
business alone, and the efforts of all con,
verging to one great purpose Of feeding the
red carts. Two p~ostofica vans drive up,
aud are speedily filed with bales Of printed
matter for the early mails.
$50 far, we have noticed chiefly the
large parcels. But besides these brown pa
per monsters are snug circular packets,
like large Catherine wheels, on bundles oil
squibs which follow in the wake of theii
big brethren, 10 be like them born Of &c
the four points Of the compass by cart anc
train. There are the single copies fol
such people as live near some station
which ia too small and insignificant to sup
port a book-stall. Each squib is a news
paper folded as if for post, and with an ad
dress which is set up and printed eacl
day. These are left simply ut the stations
and are arranged for privately by their con
signees. Certain railways, such as tn,
Great Western, the Great Northern, tho
Midland, and the Northwestern, issue half
penny stamps for these, which frnnl
them to their destination on the line
ION others, such as the London. Chat
ham and Dover, the South Eastern, TIA,
South Western, the Great Eastern, anC
the London and Brighton, they are carried
with the larger parcels of the Jumped
price per cwte as goods.
mo dwelling is too insignificant and n,
district too remote to be reached by thI
agencies we see; and to behold the duml
sheets first beaten, patted and coerced int,
bulky masses, and then thrown heavily in
to the vehicles and hurried off, and to tho
reflect upon all which this mechanical pro
cess implied, was az if some wizard Ia,
lifted the veil, and shown us the pulsatiol
OF the great worlds heart"
The JAN SYSTEM or INDIA is an homo
to humanity, aud TO the government whic.