The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-24
PRooKEss.
Ths EmPozia News Treats ItselK 10 n
New CottrelI Fast Press.
Also New Dexter Folding Machine and
aTuerk Water Motor.
It Now Has the Best Enstsa Newspaper

II Now Has the Best Fitted Newspaper
once IN the state.
Our readers will bear US out in the asser-
tion that this paper does not devots much
space 20 putting itself. IL being q sort Of n
cardinal principle 10 let TEE NEWS speak for
itself, and in general concerning matters OF
our own we have been willing to stand on
our merits.
To-day, however, we think our friends will
be pleased to learn something Of the pro-
gress we are making and to charge to spar
donable pride" what We shall say OF our
selves.
Nearly tWeniy -seyen years ago tire present
senior editor Of TIE NEWS accompanied TO
the town an on team which hauled wash-
ington ham press aud AL there was Of the
printing ONCE OF this paper There was a
big time in the then little town
OF four or i've Cottonwood shan
ties when No. / OF Vol. l Of TAG Ness
was heraldled 10 the woTid. siN thousand
copies were printed and scat cred over the
eastern states Tho paper spoke for EmporIa
ANA has bes sounding her praise ever since.
and the two have grown together. and pros
pered together.
In 1850 the paper had grown so that pow
er press was decided upon A Chicago Tay-
or was Dnrchased Of s. r. Rounds, now gov
ornment printer, at cost of 81 $50 Il was
the first power press south or west of Tope-
ka. and It's arrival was greeted by the peo-
pie here with feelings of exu ltation
The old Taylor has done faith full and
good work, but has now served its time and
goes back to the foundry to assume new form.
With its new power press" TaE Ews con-
tinued 20 march near the head Of the process
sion. Soon after Emporia's arst
DAILY NEWS came out with a full
press report. 1t having been admitted to the
Kansas and Missouri association. The Santa
Fe railroad then ended here and there was
boom-an Inflated growth. The botto m went
out Of 1t and the DAILY NEWS followed
suit'' The old Weekly took q stronger hold
than ever though. and>the misfortune to the
Daily was only temporary. It had been q
few years too early. That's all. In 1873 it
was started up again on q healthy basis and
it has grown rapidly since.
The cuts which we print to-day show the
latest and best improvements the paper has
made. For several years IRE NEWS has
labore1 under the greatest disadvantages in
getting Its paper "our' alter it was all pre-
pared for the press. We however postponed
the purchase of the machinery we nee led so
badly, putting in the surplus income in IL
ereasing the size. g, ting the franchises and
paying for the kilograms. publishing more
reading, adding to our force. &c. Meanwhile
we have kept up q continual investigation of
the new and improved methods and machin-
cry for printing newspaper. Several
months ago our ideas and efforts in this
direction eliminated In the purchase
OF the handsome and perfect machinery
by which THE NEWS OF to-day is printed
folded and counted out to the carriers who
deliver it everywhere over the city, or to the
mailing table from which it goes to the vari-
GUS postonices.
The beautiful and perfect machine which is
the central one in the group, and to which all
others are subordinate, is
OUR NEW FAST PRESS.
AS piece of mechanism it is truly IN r
vel OF elegance, speed and accuracy. 1t has
the very latest and best improvements of u
printing press adapted to the purposes for
which We sought.
This machine was made expressly for TIE
EMPoRIA NEws TO the order OF The News
Company by c. B. Cottrell & Sons, whose
general western ONCE is under the manage
ment OF Z. A. Blake ut No. l9S Clark street,
Chicago, the factory being at Westerly, r. l.
The presses made by Cottren & Sons are by
A1N must pDpNilT pECSSCS kOutoluO VI tuc
Webb machines which print from continu.
GUS rolf, among the largest and best printing
establishments in this country. As an Illus
tration, the celebrated Rand, MeNally & Co
printing establishment ut Chicago, uses a
dozen or more of them and are continually
adding additional ones. The Cottrell press is
standard article. and the latest Improve
ments make Ii most valuable and perfect
machine. Everything about the press
seems the acme Of excellence, not an nm
perfect or defective part appearing in
its construct ion-even the nuts and bolts be
ing of the best of steel, polished like those oil
line sewing machine. Among the special
Improvements in our Cottrell press may be
mentioned the patent air springs. which take
the place of the old style wire coil; the n Disc
less gripper motion, by which the Whit
paper Is silently seized on its way TO the i'm
preston against the type; the "geared
sliders'' which enable the press TO give whai
| the printer terms a good registcr;" tbs
hinged roller frame which brings the inl
rollers into immediate and easy access; thu
| adjustable fy-nngers, and tine wonderful
patent tapeiess delivery which will deliver
the paper on an eighth of an inch margin
and does entirely away with the tapes arounC
the cylinder, which have caused so much an
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| Usher. In a word the press is q ''daisy'' o
the very first m agnitude, and Cottren & Son
have our sincere thanks for the elegant ant
perfect piece of machinery which they hav
made for us. In this connection we wish b
| express our appreciation of the gentlemanl.
| and painstakInR efforts OF Mr.. e. A. Blake
the general western manager, and also of tn
patient and efficient services OfMr. b. Shaver
The latter gentleman came to EwpoIis
| quickly unpacked and set up the press. n
one could have been more accommodating
accurate and skillful in putting together tn
parts OF the machine and testing its work b.
printing the first papers. than Ar. Sh4 Ell
and Cottrell & Sons certainly have in mir
an agreeable. efficient mcchapi
whose services are most valuable
Many of the improvements on the Cottre
press are peculiar to it alone. and are cor
trolled by well secured patents. AS an il
stance OF its speed and excellence we ma
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