Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-06-29

"Routes" as they are called, which ar
served by carriers direct from the pub
licatiOn Oiiioe, are as secret as the pres
room, albeit the REPUBLICAN has n
press room secrets, nor no "csllar Gil
culatiop," either. However, while
large percentage of REruHGcANs /
served by regular employees a consider
able bulk reach tho public through tn
medium of nsWs dealers, and news boy
This is the sane with all the paper
and thu proportion disposed TO thes
middle dealers is a safe criterion il
reckoning their circulation. Yssterda,
afternoon a REPUBLICAN, reporter mad
few inquiries around town and tn
result of the investigation in ever,
instance is given below, that reader
and advertisers may judge for them
selves.
"sElL MANY RRPUBLICASs!"
Mr.. Austin V. GayHor keeps a news
stand and cigar store at No. sos Yves
! Front street, and has very large trad
in tho newspaper, line composed Q
regular customers, whom he supple
with Wilmington, Philadelphia AM
New York dailies and the Sunda.
papers.
"sell many RsfuHLICAys ?" ask,
the reporter.
"Yss, ninety-fys, but it's a dul
week for papers. Sometimes we e.
over hundred "
How many Evary Evenings do yo1
handle z"
Twenty.Gv as general thing; no
over twenty now."
Mr.. Gaynor was aksd what paper he
thongbt had the largest circulation
He declined TO state his relations
with all the papers are pleasant, and
his dsclination Is rot 10 be wondered
at.
FORTY AHEAD.
Mr. i. S. r. Butlsr, the veteran
dealer on Market street, whose trade il
city papers does Iot smack much oi
that which ia transient, said that trade
in newspapers was dull for the hot
weather clogged the wheelS OF public
events, and made public interest Ian
guish:
"Whst are your REPUBLICAN, sales ?''
"OHe hundred and eighty per week
now."
"How far is that behind Every
Evening"!
Behind. Why the REPUBLICAN
leads. We sell but one hundred and
forty Every Evenings.
when trade is good what are the
agnre,"
1.-Two hundred and ten REpUBMcANS;
one hundred and sixty Every Even-
ings.
o Az 20 "DEcEsCY."
Mr. Butler, continued the reporter,
"your location is central and in the
midst Of our most respectable business
citizens, is it not ~
"Yes, we have fair proportion Of
that trade"
"Well, are not the people who pur-
chase the two papers of you upon az
even standing as to intelligence and
2ecency :"
"0h, yes"
sixty FIVE TO EiGHrEEN.
Ovor in the Ninth ward on Market
street Hr. Amos Elliott does flourish.
log business in the way Of periodicals,
t4bacso and cigars. He said:
81 sell siaty-iye REPUBLICANS every
day regularly now. Ny boy serves fifty
to regular route subscribers and | dis.
pose OF fifteen over the counter"
"What Of Every EVENING""
"Well manage to sell eighteen OF
twenty"
WHAT 1T LOOKS L1Kg.
The reporter asked Mr.. Elliott what
paper had the largest circulation, judg-
ing as a man engaged in the sale Of
newspapers, and from hiS observation
of what papers the people read.
at looks to ms" ''he replied, like
The REpuBMcAN had the largest circuls-
tion."
ANOTHER STRAW.
Mr.. H. C. Duff, who sells tobacco aud
papers on Madison street near Fourth,
said sell about fourteen REPUBLI-
CANS and eight or ten Every Evenings.
ONLY ONCE THs OTHER WAY.
At Mr.. N. C. Glbbou's Market street,
above Seooai, it was stated that from
.welvs TO fifteen copies of the REruBLI'
IAN were sold and about twenty Every
Evenings. OF all the places visitsd,
his was the only one in which the RI
,UBLlCAH's circulation ranked No. 2.
WHAT TWO cESTs DID.
Every one talked 10, pewshoys and
NJ, admitted that the circulation OF the
1ayard organ had fallen oil greatly
,incs the recent increase Of prics, and
hat the circulation Of ths other pa
,ers, especially the REPUBLICAN, had in
rsassd. 0ne said that lately it had
, ,cked up eighty while the REPusLI-
IAN had also increased, and another
aid the REPUBLICAN, was more IN de-
nand and the Every Evening was still
lecreasing.
A FEW CARRIER FYCTs.
Charles Staats, news boy, serves
me hundred and fifty REPUBLICANS
,ver Third street bridge, but dos not
AXE Every Evening any more az there
Is no demand for II.
William Money buys two hundred
and thirty-fve REPCBLIcAKs and ninety
Every Evenings.
Jno. Patterson, buys one hnadred and