The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-03-01

and took his revenge on bis enterprising riv-
ais and the aocklng people at one swoop, by
painting huge sign for his store front, bear
ing the inscription "Goods icsi 10 order at
short noifcsi"
sUBTERRANKAE MONSTER.
Down beneath the pavements on Spruce
street, there is painting away, day and night,
every hour In the year, q huge iron slave, run
ming his giant arms out beneath sidewalks,
across streets, under massive buildings and
blocks, grlndl ny away Samson-like in his
dark prison house, q perfect marvel Of strength
and without b parallel on the Continent II on
the Globe, He grips with one Of his long fin.
gers the Bullock presses Of Horace Greeley's
greatest monument, and throws OF 4, 900 Trt-
brnes on hour from each Of several presses
under the famous Tall Tower. With another,
be grasps the lightning presses Of the paper
which "shlnes for ALL" and prints hundred
thousand Suns before you have tasted your
morning coffee, Down Spruce street runs
another giant arm which turns out tho mon.
strous edition Of the New York Ledger an
other drives the presses Of the Sunday Dis
patch, another runs down into John Scotts
cellar and prints over forty weekly papers Of
lesser fame. To both sides of Spruce, both
sides Of Frankfort, both sides Of William and
one side Of Beekman, yet other arms stretch
out and run hundreds Of devices for printing,
ruling, cutting, perforating and binding in
that busy neat of types and cardboards front
ing on and djacent to Printing House Square.
His fires never go out almanacs and clocks,
seasons and cycles, dynastles and electoral
commissions are not for him. He heard the
booming guns at Sumter and told the world
what they meant, but his painting quIckened
not. Lee laundering at the gates of Gettys-
burg and Lee surrendering Appomattox were
one to this slave. He heard the tramp Of
armed men above his head in 'e1, and listened
In 65, to the heavier tread OF thinner ranks
bearing back those tattered, riddled banners,
which make the verlest dotard's blood tingle
In his veins rs he looks; hc saw Tweed's
daughter wearing diamonds for shoe buttons,
and looking again saw the dethroned robber
dying by inches in felon's cell. nor this nor
that meant anything to him. Old Timc, to
whom we mortals bow most reverentia lily,
looks down through these grimy gratings and
gets no more attention than q contemptuous
puff of steam In his face. This is the slave of
Commerce not Of Time; he knows no law but
the demands OF Trade and acknowledges no
master elsei
Twenty years ago printer owning steam
engine which supplied more power than he
needed. began furnishing power to his neigh
bors. They quickly found 1t cheaper to take
q shaft from him thau buy and operate an
engine for themselves, and the business grew
rapidly. This is the very heart Of the print
ing business of Gotham. Within q space OF
eighty acres Is more capital invested in types
and their accessories than In half Of all
America. 1t was q rare field for such an en-
terpr!se. A stock company was formed with
$so, 900 capital, every dime Of 1t represented
In the engines, boilers and shAftlug. Great
papers like the Tribune, Sun and Ledger
found 1t cheaper to buy power than to gener-
ate 1t, and though they have engines OF their
own, they hold them only as reserves In case
Of accident. No Incident has occurred these
twenty ears. A fire pump Of immense pow.
or has been attached to these engines, thou.
sand feet of hose are always ready for use
men are at hand every hour Of the twenty
four, and repeatedly have turned the full
power ofthese mighty engines upon the pumps
and put out dangerous fires before even cur
alert Fire Department could reach the spot.
The chained slave has saved his master near.
ly half million of money In this way, to say
nothing of tho averted disorganizatlon of bust
ness from q fire. MORLEY.