Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-05-14
the missionaries who long ago estab-,
ished themselves upon the island, and
apparently have succeeded here, as on
many other Of the Pacific islands IN nc
quiring an immense power.
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The Thundcrer.

many other Of the Pacific islands il ac-
CURING an immense power. i s'.s
Il The Ihundcrer.
The London Times building is real
" a.1nassive pile Of solid brick Of fair
architect uraI effect, which ii New York
or Philadelphia might be one 81 the
features Of the city. In London it is
simply lost crowded away among
square miles Of similar structures
densely packed and pressed together.
SoIdly estab lished for years, founded
on the strong basis Of the university
and the governing classes 81 England,
conducted by men every one Of whom
is an expertan veteran in the business,
the Times enjoys an income that now
comes in of itself, and, stretching out
like some Of our great railway compa-
MES, it now employs portion OF its
surplus revenues every year IN butt
tressing itself, by extending its works
out to the permanent manufacture OF
its own supplies. These things are
permanent investments, not expenses
and, although costly in the start, in the
long course of years save money. a
& Let me enumerate some of the most
important as illustrative of the scope of
the plant. The Times
, Observation-Disclosures its own presses.
Second-Founds it's own type.
Third-Provides its own ight-elec-
trio. ..,;g..;. ~ III as,,,i..,ss,. .ss.., ,-,..-
Fourth-Feeds its employees on the
spot. ~,.,.,..,s,,...: >.-..-
Fifth-Has it's own electrotyping
shop. ...,..sr >. Ser. ,..+ j.s ,..,r,5 .,, w.
sixth-Has its own Geographic ser
vice and wires-in the main and
Seventh Repair-shops for all these
different machineries. :. u. ;s.5; -:
Ali these great shops and Offices are
under one roof, and the cluster of them,
with the other ordinary departments of
a newspaper ofice-editorial, compos-
ing, proof, stereotyping, making-up,
press, business, advertising and, distri-
INSTRUMENTATION the Times build
ing. a ~, $J&.&&:.. = -
The Walter presses are made here for
the market, as well as for the, proprie.
tors own paper, and in these shops I
found the workmen in the busy clatter
of turning out great machines as in any
great factory or foundry. .z....
In the press-rooms of the paper stand
eight; six go every night, and two
stand as q reeerve brigade. Each press
prints at the rate of $4,000 per hour. =
One-half Of the Times every night is
set by machinery. One machine. does
the work of six to eight skilled COM
positors. It cannot correct, however,
and here is it's weak point, or the whole
paper would be set with it. As it is, the
work is about divided. Doubtful copy
and all revisions are done by hand-the
steady, regular work by machinery.
A young man sits before what looks
like a piano-board, with four or five
banks of keys all lettered. He pleys on
these keys with the forefngers OF each
hand rapidly, and the type are as rap
idly shifted into kind Of minute steel
galley the exact width of the body of a
type. There is no system of lingering,
as with piano music, only the paws fly
like lightning. -.
The distributing machine just re-.
verses the powers of the setting instru-
ment, and in the last stage each letter
of the alphabet is rapidly shunted of
on to it's separate side-track, where they
stand like long trains of freight cars in
the yard Of colossal depot. It is o
wonderful machine, but there are 9TH
ers I think, now surely approaching per-
lection, Of much more interest and i'm
portauce to newspaper property. =,
The entire building is lighted by six
teen electric lights, each light of from
800 to 1,000.candle power-far more
than is needed. ..,