The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-28
BErrER TH.iN THE rnE1rREs.
MIR. Aushurn Towncr'S NIght IN The san
Composing and Press Rooms.


If YEA wish TO see flying round that for
liyolnoss just pea entirely the uroyor'ia la.d
oilice business. yOu sholld pay aNi+it 70 the
composing room Of inE NEW YORK SrN nbout
o'clock In the uotunc. EyerNthins j. very
quiet to be sure, but lisc the thcmurg when II
Is M In fun banks. ii goes with intense ripidity.
II is not the easle7t or most comfortable thing
In tue world to get to the conn ing room OF
not al XiOus fOr Nfl'Ore or else IN & when they
get the ty. o. up there they want them 10 stay,
and not be running out " to see man every
You commence suddenly just out OF the edito-
rial rooms and 20 rOun1 aud round, your knees
sometimes hitting the steps above you, while
you are IN darkness 20 Waich Elnlrn on moon
less night after midnight. With the street lamps
all oxtnguished. s. respectable daylight But
ultimately you stop ascending u the composing
room Of IHE SUS, aud suddenly You ma Yourself
In the castle Of the Gioni. II IS large room,
airy and comfortable. GU overlook the whole
city except to the left. s. here the " Young ti-
itoI's" tower shuts q Il Nuhr view seward. You
can't see through that, If you can see through
him. The lookout from the windows Of tue
composing room OF THE SIN is ample remuncra-
ton for the trouble In going ~ there.
The last sticki,il of whit Is to be used has been
emptlcd INTO the form. Sometimes there is a
lot OF natter : at has been set M, enough to
mako three or four column, that 10 not us d, or
goes dead" II would be expensive In any
other establishment and more ia n u could
stand, for 1t cosis money 10 set type -, he
locked up II IS whc led of 10 the stereotyQing
room close bY. IA very warm place. Eight msn
seize It, something a. one mi. Imagine lot
of devils would seize great soul tn had fallen.
They mot the dcyts) lAy ono pastehOard, or pre-
paratlOn Of paper res cmbhug pasicboard, on tue
form and ound uuon T. with SIM brushes until
Il IA $ taken an exact inn re-sion 81 the copper-
faced type beneath II. The holes and intCrs .ic IS
are filed with plaster u Paris and other sheets
OF paper are pasted over the back. The whole Il
then rolled underneath press through winch
steam p.ssee, and when u comes ont and the
pasteboard is lifted, there Is the mould Of III.
Sun, VIII lch YOU can read as easily as you can the
paper which will be out presently. This they
Law within a half cylinder Il iron, an iron sheath
Is boiled over IT, tie meltt d metal IS pO4rcd In,
and when the cylinder Is opened you have sol Il
semi circular form from which the paper u
printed. Fourteen Of these were made the
about twenty minutes. In the old fas hioned
way of making newspaper II would take about
one hundred men AL the working hours Of one
day to set up these fourteen forms. What would
become then OF a daily newspaper like the Sun
Tho forms are then taken to "A sub cellar,
where seven Bullock presses are awaiting them,
the other forms Of the other sides of the paper
being alreody place. in their positions, fastened
10 Their Froper cylinder N the machine a great
roll OF paper Is hung upon an axle that moves a.
easily as the gates of heaven. An end Is given
TO the monster, II IL touched with an iron rod,
aud away II goes, each one Of the seven presses
biting on two suns at a uusHtion and splitting
them out so fast that 1t keeps boy busy "a
gather them from H. Each press Is capable OF
printing from 1900 to 10000 suns an hour, and
the morning We saw them at work. there were
$1,000 copies Of that sheet printed.
Better than the theatres. better than the mu-
Ieuns, better than anything else that New
DIX can show a stranger In search ~ novelty Is
Dne OF these large newspaper establishment IL
the fun swing Of Its operations. There is nOthinl
Ilse under heaven that can compare with II.