The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-21
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More Than We Gave You Credit
FOr.--'G"od Live institution
That's The RO.s,--->pleHdid.- -
Wonderful. Isn't it," - Never
Thought OF such an Establishment,
This Far We.t-'--The Times i.
Certainly The Most Enterprisin.
OF All Papers, At The
Presses See The New steam
Folder.
The above sre only a few of the voluntary
comments dropped from the lips of the
many visitors " no honored the TINES Print
ing House with their presence yesterday
afternoon. Those who visited the establish
ment did 50 not for the one purpose of com
plimenting the ZINES but to see what was
inside of the COZ Germ. A large number OF
ladies ard gentlemen visited the editorial
rooms before tue mssinee and were shown
through the news AID business departments,
where a large number of men are employed
on the editorial and local staff, in the busi-
mess department and the composing rooms.
As the tine arrived for the Weekly to go
TO press, the humber OF visitors increased,
and when the wDisIIe from the engine, fol-
lowed by a long rush of moving wheels, at
FIRST q afJcrwa-d the regular throo
OF well regulated machinery the doors of
the job room were thrown open
and constant stream of people going in and
out continued for nearly two hour. Men in
teresled IN the development the mechsni-
cal art, engineers, ministers, railroad men
lawyers, docio and ladies passed through
country.
THE VISITORS.
Among the visitors were Mrs Tbos Carney.
Dr L Musfey, DIR X Brown, Mrs H W Sill.
Mrs + ID SiIl, Mr. II Mussett and Wife, Mrs
Kate Dixon, Mis- Julia Lang, Mr. JoerEer,
Mr. WIN Smith, County Treasurer Shepherd,
Mrs 5 y Latia, Capt j Hanks and wife, Mrs
J Legats, Mrs W Willard, Mrs IL Ste
vens, Mrs willard, Miss Graham, Miss
\ Mckee, Miss Mary Merrifield, Mrs Stewart
Mr. John Keller. MIR Keller, Mr. II MabbItt,
Mr. Mayer Mrs q ii Crosby and mother
Mrs hImrod, MIR kester Mr..
William SheIE' rd and Misses Jennie
and Carrie Shepherd, Misses Agile ana Jalia
Moonlight, Mis- Ada Hopper, MIRO Tay-
Ior MrS. J Gamble and son, Nr h ri bert
and vile, MIR Thomas foIiand, Mr. W ID
Mathews, Mr. al 'er. Mr. Z Collins
end wife MR.. W Burke, Miss Charlatine
Morgan, Mr. ! u Mace, Mr. James Foley, Miss
Mary stout, Mas II Becker, Mrs II q haas
ana Mss FIeurka Haas, Miss Cora Collins
MIR GcoTg" II Hellis, Ar r Mosher, Mr. ID
Atwood Mr. and Ms W A Rose, Mr. Frank
Ellis. Mr. HunIIng, Mr. Ed Werhner, Mr.
Tod, Mrs. ~ CrusIns, Mrs j. Archer, III
I J Neeu Mr. X Young. MIR Edward Jobson,
Mr. ID II Dory anG quite n number OF Others
" hose IL mes ESCAPED the reporter.
TIE MACHINERY
was The chief point Of attraction. From the
moment IHE TINES u. its landed AT the foot
world the vIs.t WAS one Of surprise aud inter
est
On entering the large room which fronts
on the riVer the eye Was greeted with what
v heels. pu itys, belt, shafts, knives. plat
form ana paper. ali propelled nv n putting
sIN HORSE POWER ENGINE,
which stAtdS near the centre Of the room
stu for "A moment the visitor tee
gen To nnd that everything is classified
First, ON inspection wss iou"d a pondsrous
c, A der p" s>.on which The WEEKLY TINES
edItion 500 WAS beng printed The great
pitsof blnus paper being rapidly TRANS
formed into vHiuat lie r. cord.
the re ond Object OF interest was a large
press where TN eat edition of 1Oo0J iaili..s
were being worried of Ior the Kansas Pacific
~ ilrosd company
The third piece 81 IN achinery was a cyIIn-
ter Press known a. the latest Job Potter
with al the modern improvements This
spl, nuId piece of IA chsnism WAS busily EN-
ployed 10 wors log of 5,cOi copies OF the new
amr meeting hIm book The "BIsmarck
lNrc"
The fourth Iress was industric usly at wo k
m THE Aus usI Lumber OF the WestcTH Home
,i6Sd.
The NTH and last press in operation was
emp oS.d on com IN, rcial work, such as bill
be IDS. tt.r he d.. envelopes, etc. Eacn OF
.nese presses r.qaire a man 10 #, ed" them.
THE STEAM FOLDER,
y ich is the tint ever placed in n newspaper
Papers uiIect from the press are taken up by
his wonderful mschlue and automatically
oldeo with more neatness ana precision |
h. n IL possible. by hand work, and so much
Hster than the d iffer-ncs IN time can hardly
~ ui-uerstood st the first thought, IL iolds |
mi drops 10 the floor 5000 papers per hour.
THE STEAM PAPER CUTTER,
which was IN opel alton is aiso a marvel OF /
mechanical sk l.. The knife, which is thirty |
inches long, Raises and fails over an iron
able At he Will of the operator and paper /
an I've cut IN any size from 5JAG0 down 10 a i
4uare incil-
lHE EMPLOYEES
n this department had no time, Of course /
eing rushed with work 10 talk with the
isitors. In the rsst part OF Th- building
where the csses" are located fifteen primers
we're busily engaged. Each click of the type |
s II fell into the stuck being one smsll step
lrther toward the completion Of a book or
irculsr
Near by were two men busy "making up
orlns, WHICH m-sI arranging the type IN
r proper CO umn to De locked up for the |
ress. In another plafe a man was found |
u'y weighing. counting and cutting stock |
NJ seemed Ia have all he could attend TO.
lie engineer snd fireman, on whose skill
nd judi ment ali depend. Il, silently run |
he whole machine, while the foreman, with
oat on and sleeve rolled up, seemed Ia De-
very where. The warehouse men had iust |
Dlshed weighing 24UsO poundS of p.u "a |