Frostburg mining journal., 1883-01-06
Type-Mdking.

of machinery and modern inventions
has wrought morr changes than in
manufacture of type, electrotype
work, and the other materials -neces-
ssry fer the printing business. The
foundry of joan Ryan & Co., which
occupies the fourth and fifth stories
of the building southwest corner Of
South and German sts., as it is oper-
ated to.day, proves this 1t was here
that the type was made from which
the Sun is printed, and Mr.. Ryan
takes pride in this because, as he
says, the Sun would not have type of
his or any other make until il had
been satisfactorily shown TO be of the
best. Mr.. Ryan, VIII has hae twen-
ty-fvs years experience in type
making and has given attention to
the scientifc study Of his busines,
and takes pride in it, can give an
explanation Of the methods and details
Of type and electrotype making that
is very interesting. The ingredients
of type metal are lead. autimony,
copper and tin, and the reputation
of the foundry depends in measure
upon the correctness of the combin-
alton of these materials which the
founder puts into his metal. The
type are made one at a time. but
the machine employed turns them
out with great rspidity. Every
type. after it is made, passes through
FIVE processes. by machine and nand,
before it is perfected AMI stands upon
its "iset" res dy for the printing Office
Nearly everything is d, by IN sch .
inee, run bv steam as a matter Of
course, and the type founder of a
quarter of a century ago, with his
hand pro ess, would 6nd himself a
8 ow coach now Every type il exam,n-
ed with mapiifying Rl.sses, and the
imperfect ones a very small efo-nt.
age, are thrown out. Under the old
processes the percentage of defective
type was large. In another depart
meut brass rules of kinds nssd bv
printers are made by machinery
too quickly for the locker to
zee how it is done. One of the floors
is used for the electrotvping depart.
ment, where are machines too intri-
cate for the initiated to understand.
Here is where the pictures and
plates which illuminate medicine and
other advertisements in some of tho
daily and many weekly newspapers.
The foundry has in stock some 6 900
cuts to represent designs in every
brP nch of business, aad some Of these
cuts have teen reproduced I 900
times. An iml ression of the type CT
design to be electrotyred is fret taken
in wax on machine; then it goes
through the various processes. includ-
ing that Of being electrified by the
dynamo machine and comes out at
last plate Of tyre metal, with har-
dened copper surface, and wien
mounted upon wood base it is ready
for the printer. Wood is kept in
stock to be thoroughly seasoned for
use. There are scroll saws Tor wood
Paws for metal, rotary machines, arld
labor saving machines Of other klr.ds.
The advancement made in the 'ut OF
electrotyping h ,s madA serious .nroads
into the old system of siere otyring,
which is a reproduction of a form O.
type ir one macs of type mst.i and
has not the lasting qlality of electro
type plates.
Another department Of the foun-
dry Is appropriated to this new print
ing preases, inks. etc, ker,t in stock
A medium-sized- Hre-pronf ga in the
office is 6!,ied with tiers # drawers, in
Which, are kept the dies and m, ulds
.or type-making, and theae alone rep.
resent value OF 500 900. Any
style or slzs of type nee made in the
foundry can be reprodu ed, for the
dies, which are costiy, are a,efully
kent on hand Baltimore Sun.
CHOICE EXTRACTS FROM DRUG
GIsTs. We know the value of malt,
hops, quiuiue bark and asparagus
compos ng Nal; Bi tera,'
Best kidney medicine on our
shelves"
"Oui lady customers highly praise
them
Physicians prescr the u in this
town"
"The largest bottle and best medi-
cine"