The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-14
from the st. Louis Globe. April TO-!


The NEW YORK HERALD OF the 9th instant, Sunday,
is justified in congratula,ing itself upon appearing
in quintuple FORM with twenty pages and 100 col
umns, feat scarcely paralleled in the history OF
the daily press. The HERALD has fairly earned the
position now holds at the head Of the newspapers
OF the world. 1t has been original, bold and lavish
in its enterprise In the collection OF news. Few
persons appreciate the amount OF labor expended
upon single issue Of great daily. The HERALD
celebrates its extraordinary issue by description
which, with little modification, serves as well for
every issue Of any great metropolitan Journal.
From the Lancaster (ohio) Gazette, April 1ol
The issue of the NEW YORK HERALD OF Sunday
last formed quintuple sheet OF twenty pages and
100 columns, seventy eight Of which consist wholly
of advertisements and forty-tw0 OF news, cores
pondence and other reading matter. This beats
any previous issue from the American press, and it
is doubtful if it was ever equalled anywhere.
From the Nashville Republican Banner, April 10l
I The NEW YORK HERALDs last Sundays issue
contained sixteen pages and about seventy-fve
columns OF advertisements. As business bar
ometer OF a city we should say seventy-nve col
umns OF advertised business was not bad The
advertisements in newspaper eloquently bespeak
the prosperity and commercial life of the city
which supports it.
From the Macon (Ga.) Enterprise, April 81
The NEW YORK HERALD before contains no less
than ninety-six columns OF closely printed reading
matter. And this for only one day. We're it drawn
out into book form the volume would contain i've
hundred pages OF BREWER type How such vast
amount OF brain work and mechanical labor can be
performed in the space of twenty-iour hours is one
of the wonders OF this century. But the HERALD
has fifty editors, one hundred reporters and two
hundred compositors in its various departments.
There seems no limit to journalism in the metro
politan city of the United States Its public is so
sensitive to enterprise that every energy is re-
warded with success. It takes five or six cashiers
In constant attendance to receive the money over
the counters OF the HERALD The entire daily trans
actions OF every house In Macon does not amount
to its business.
| From the indianapolis sentinel, April 1o.l
| The NEW YORK HERALD OF last sunday points
with pardonable pride to what 1t pleases to term
the great triumph OF American journalsm-the
issue OF a quintuple Sheet containing one hundred
and twenty columns. These columns are OF the
same width as the Se,attnet's, and about one inch
longer. The Sentinel has forty-eght columns, and
by comparison the full meaning of one hundred and
twenty columns Will be understood. OF this,
seventy-eight columns are solid advertise
ments, compactly set column after column,
with agate type-a size smaller than is
used In this article, and there are no cuts in the
entire paper. There are in these 100 columns
about one million ems. To stereotype this edition
las plates were cast. each plate weighing thirty
eight pounds, thus making total weight OF 5,e24
POUNDS Oh metal used In stereotyping this single
| edition. me paper Is printed on five Hoe rotary
eight and ten cylinder presses and two Bullock
perfecting presses, being seven presses in ALL
This enables an issue or 1000 sheets per minute
and the total issue-15oo0O papers-is thus printed
in two hours and half This achievement is un.
precedented In American journalism, and as far
as heard from, In the journalism OF the world,
and the HERALD has just cause for pride. The les.
son 1T draws from IT Is the announcement or the