Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-10
EDITORIAL CoaREsPoNDENoE
coIuxnus, Ono, April 20, 1873.

II tOLuhburt OhiVj hPrb @v' Aos"'
i DEAR HERALS I'll wrote, / think, nsa
a week ago, and promised then to resuin
my pen in few days, and give yeu som
idea Of "what / saw" in ST. Louis. Sino
the date Of my letter, however, l hav'
been 10 Cincinnati for several days, and
have only now found time TO take up ny
Zen again.
As I told you in my last, spent two
days in ST. Louis, and although II rained
nearly oil the time we were there, man
aged 20 see some of the sights Of the "fn
turc great city" Knowing that our Majo,
had "gone through" the city most effe'tu.
ally, | did not attempt to convince "
merchants thereof how valuable medium
Of advsrtising the HERALD was, being sat
II ed that he had convinced all Of them o
its merits neither did your correspond
ent "coyer his head with cocktsil;" but
proceeded TO do some Of The notable fea-
lures Of the city.
Firs. in this list is the notable railroad
and wagon bridge across the N.:-!,sppi
The abut on either side Of the river
and the two center piers which stand in
the river, are all about completed and
ready for the structure to be placed upon
them, These abutments and piers are o.
massive In asonry, huilt of fine quality o.
stone, very much resembling granite
which is obtained in inexhaustible qnsn.
titles near s.. Louis. The railroad track
will be what may be termed the lower
story Of the bridge, and will contain o
double track, through which all railroads
&C centering Mt St. Louis from The East will
pass. These tracks reach the city at
Third street, where they will enter tun-
mel and pass under ground on to the
depot In the western part Of the city. !
did not learn bew long this tunnel Is to be,
but it must be nearly mile. The second
story Of the bridge will be used as a street
railway, wagon and footway. The bridge
when finished, will not only be q hand
some ornament but will add largely to the
city by the convenience of travel and
trade whi7h it will afford. From present
appearances it cannot be long before it
will be ready for use.
The second notable feature visited was
the immense printing establishment Of
the ST. Louis Republican, corner of Third
and Chestnut streets. This is a handsome
ediiice of stone, with all the modeSn i'm.
provements in every department.. But the
rooms which particularly interested your
correspondent were underground-the
press and slersotyping rooms by the
kindness Of one Of the genllemanly clerks
of the establishment, we were admitted
into these rooms at 8 o'clock, A. h--tbe
hour when the daily is made ready for the
press and q card addressed TO The super
iniendent of the press room, Admitted MS
into all tho various rooms and gained for
us an explanation Of the workings OF his
department. will endeavor to give you
brief description Of this process. At 8 A.
NJ. the forms, locked up and made ready,
are delivered to the stereoIypers, who make
. malrix or impression of them on paper
prepared for the purpose. These sheets Of
pnper which arc composed Of number OF
sheets of tissue paper, when dry are plac-
ed in half circular moulds, and into these
moulds is poured the melted type metsl
and in $ few momeRis they come out with
a perfect impression Of the forms. They
are then taken to the plain or saw, and all
the superHuous metal detached, then they
are ready for the press and all this pro
cess, fer the whole eight pages Of The Re-
publican, is done in tie space Of an hour.
These half circular stereotype plates are
then piaced on the cylinder of the great
Walter press, which they fit exactly, and
the work of printing the large edition OF
the paper commences.
This press is mvrvelous machine, and
I cannet begin TO give description of it.
Suffice il 10 say thai IL throws out perfect
ed sheets (printed on both sides) at the rate
of nearly Il, 600 an hour, and does its work
we'll, too, as you can Judge by the appear
anee of The paper. The shes's as fast as
printed are taken oihs folding machiucs
(there are four of them) where they are
accurately folded. From thence they Sc
to the mailing clerks, carriers tables, &C.
An these are on the same hoor,in the base
ment Of the building In al adjoining
room ia 3 Bullock periectiug press, on
which is worked the iri-weekly .diticn Of
the paper. Both tue presses were in opsr-
ntiou the morning we we're there and we
had an opportunity of witnessing them
in operation at The sane time. The
Walter press is of English make, and the
Bullock, Americas. The former, we were
told, is somewhat faster than the latter,
but the Bullock will work well finer
quality Of paper than the Walter. Both
of them work paper from endless sheets
| or rolls, aud the sheets are chippel OIL by
the N uachines, and an indicator tells you
lust how many shests the press works.
The Walter, We we're infoI med, eaR be run
at higher speed than il was the morning &
We saW il, but IL is apt some times 10
get clegged at the fly movement, as was
the c.ss the night we saw it. rather
| lik ed the movement Of the Bnllock the best
The sight OF these wonderful machines In
motion was one which would notwilling'
ly have missed, as il is not probable thai
| 1 shall have another opportunity sosn.
My letter has grown to length thai
perhaps il were better TO cut IL short, so J
will close, with promise Of "a few more,
and in my next rli,r to get through will
st. Louis j. ". ..