The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
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The Latest chat About the Journals Of
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Steam heat has been introduced int
the World building, the building Occu-
pied by the Commercial Adccrtiscr, int
the Suneay Mercary building, on Park
Row and next week il will be put in us,
by the NAL and Express. The Heraio
is also negotiating with the company,
and no doubt the rest of the newspaper
proprictors and managers will soon dis
cover that they can confer II great booL
on prrSpring prcssman by drawing out
the fire from their boilers and USING
outside power. 1t is claimed that, on
the ground of safety from fire or cXplo
sion. i will pay to use purchased steam
heat even Ut u considerable advance,
and. ~ most of the leading newspapers
now own thcir own buildings, this il
something al Il consideration. OF the
number which own their buildings ar,
the Ucruld, the Tribune. the Sun, the
Times. and perhaps the World. But it
is doubtful whether the latter owns any
thing. rs it appears that Joe Pulitzer
only came from the West to make IN
experimental! essay rs editor. while the
Gould Interest in the paper remains I'M
changed. The evening newspapers are
mostly in hired quarters. The Conn
ms,cidi AdrcrttScr, the EOening Post.
and the Mat AMI Express are in this
category. The Sunday NcrcHry, which
has just pat in two new prrfccting
presses. which throw oil 10000 copies
IN hour. will next week own the large
and handsome building on Park Row
whca il has occupied for the past three
NJ. ,ur.l,uS.. il liltln
un:lcr SlOJ.OJO. and the first payment
viii be made by ex-senator Cauldwell,
who is sole proprietor of the paper, on
Monday. The success of the Sunday
MercaFy has been phenomenal. When
the dailicS established their Sunday
editions they wiped out ut one dash
nearly Il dozen old Sunday papers that
had been struggling along for years.
Eat the MCrcnvJ had the advantage oi
! having the Associated Press dispatches
ami Il single hand 1T the helm. and
| where others have failed it has achieved
Il complete success. lis SUNDAY edition
| is 5000. The Times sends out on sun
| day about 10000 copies, the TrtbHnl
3O.nJO, l.ic E'or'd 1900, while the SIN
! and Hcyaid each claim To distribute over
| lob,b''b tcIblcS. Int ''NN '!aiiii -, i'
! doubt correct, but the Ucraids edition
does does not probably exceed that ol
the .H,rcUry. If each paper were com.
pcilrd 10 print with each edition an au'
thorilative statement of lis circulation
advertisers rs well rs tine public would
be surprised. Ii is little singular thai
of all The newspapers | have mcntlone,
only three are owned by Il single pro-
prirtur he Heraid, the Ncrcnry, IN,
the Mel and EcpresS; and the Owner
of the last-named paper, Cyrus W
Field, Is now aS anxious 20 sell rs h'
once was To buy but can lind no pur
chaser. Ii is partly owing to the fac
that the newspapers have concentrate,
there, but not wholly, that property
fronting on the new Postoilicc has iiscI
rapidly in value in the past five years
One chief reason for il is that the Post
office makes ii n center of business, IL
in London. where similar property cal
be h:sd only III fabulous prices. There
are no buildings for sale and no office
to lei near our PoStollice, and those wht
have made real estate investments il
lis nri"hburho0d have made no mis-
| take.