Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-24
OUR NEW PRESS.
WIZ TBE REPUBLlOAN WAS LATE
Yesterday.
Dlmsultiss IN the way Of Starting Up .
Nsw Prsss-llut when II went
IL RAn 400 Pa psrsA
Minute.

probably did NOT reach them at ali,
Well the publishers were not In q much
better humoE than the readers were,
and all this little frioflon was caused
BY putting In q new Walter SCOTT press
Patience, kind TeadeFs, and We will tell
you how it came about, and We will
promise you that unless somothInR un-
ioreaeen happens II will not occur aRaln
for long time TO come at least.
For long time the publishers OF the
hEPUB LICAN have been contemplating
the putting In Of q new press TO meet
the demands OF their large and steady
growing edition. But then, presses
cost money, And the matter was post
poned from time 10 time until . more
convenient season should arrive. Ths
ume came At last, and = contract was
entered Into with Walter BDots q o.,
Of PlAinaasld, N. j., for one Of thti
Webb peEfBotinR presses, worth about
SO. OO0. Az Last the press was made %
order and shipped 10 the REPUBLICAN
ofiloe about three weeks ago. Tnon It
btcAme necessary 10 employ workmen
TO dig foundations, to build Abutmants,
to put up pullieH, hx shAltinR, arrange
betting, and . hundred other things
that required time and attention.
Scattered ell around were pullies and
rollers and cog wheels, some large and
some small; cylinders, lots of them;
levefe, ratohsts, castings Of almost Ali
descfiptionSs new ohAaey, rules and .
stereoiyping olthti II looked like dIs-
order upon confusion, but every piece
bad . place, and under the careful
management Of Mr.. Jacob BperllnR,
the gentleman sent along to put the
prefs up, every piece found ita proper
place 81 last. and last week the press
was up and declared ready for opera
tlone. Bat here another difficulty oc.
Cured. The wrong kind OF paper had
been nhipped ftom the manufacturers
and It had TO DO shipped back, and the
right Kind Of paper only reached the
PEPuBLICAN ofiioe yesterday morning.
These delays were VexRtions, but Ne
had TO bear with thsm. Our old double
oylindsr, that had served Us good puF,
pose for . long range Of yeArp, could
sAll be rolled uptn In emergsnoiea. But
somehow II seemed 10 get nOiEer and
olumsier the longer Il run, the more 80
as We were Anxloun TO sec that little
olsan limbed thing At the end Of the
press room try ita mettle.
The Webb Psrieollng press Is q won.
deiful compact mass OF eoRwheslB,
shafts oylindera and rollers, presenting
rather 40 inslRnli5Anl HppsAFADcs
when compared with other upright,
majestic looking presses, with wonder.
iul promieos, but whom the Webb 10
touched of Il does wondesA.
II is almost nOls0lSsi 10 itI operations,
what relief from the banging and
clatteElng OF the old double cylinder
that now stands silent, but with \ re-
. UnWA NnW VnHHnafs.aa Al
than Any other two presses in Whining
ton,
Tho Wo5b Pariso.InR PfssS IL guar.
Antaed to run Of "A, 600 pApers an hour.
| This WOnld ho eco g minnte, or 63k 4
steend. At thAt rate the REPUBLIoAN' q
edition Of 6400 could be run Of In 16
1 minutes.
Now about the dlhioully in stArlin7
up this little high insttled pTsaS yeSter-
day. Word was parsed around ct an
early hour to editors and reporters 70
have all their COPY In % soon ~ pOsAi.
bic 81 ths new presa was to be touched
OF and 10 WAs beat to do Il early 80 II
WAS net known v hat little thInas might
turn up to intercept rs in our antioipR.
tions.
By O'Clock there were still = great
many little screws TO tighten. The
huge cylinder Of pApsr Was put in place
and regulated 10 the proper tenalon.
Still this SCREW was too loose and thai
one too tiaht, Mr., 6perllpg had 20 dad
out all these littls things and regulate
them. Then Eome paper was run
through, and II Was found that the
folder had to be regulated. Another
trial disclosed the fact that the cutter
was mot particular As 10 where Il cut oH
psper, 1t was just as liable to WhAck
down through the middle OF Russell
and Misslmer's ad. AZ 10 ont of with Z
neat margin. Thla required regulation
but BparliDg was equal 10 the smer
ganey and got that all 61ed riRht. L
vas noW forging on toward 4 0'elock
and no papers were out yet.
Boys began 70 gather and olamor fol
their papers Men who were usually
on hAnd to act the frBt paper from thl
press were waiting, patiently did vi
sAy2 Well, no, rather impAtiently
but still they were intersAtsd In sseinl
the wonderful machine trying to ge
itto orderly ways. But htra is anothsl
dilemma.
The ink doesn't diatrIbnts properly
Dark clouds Of ink are here and lher
eplotched on the surface Of tho payer
other places there IL no ink At all. Thei
followed more tightening and looBeninl
Of screws 10 took good. while to a.
this. The prospect OF getting out
paper last night seemed TO grow dim
but hope vas sttil strong, The olAmor
Of the naWsboyu for their papers wsF
Almost dsnfeninK. That little Fed-top
red fellow over there wants hundred
that little squ'nt-eyed ohsp beside hin
says, "Hold on, Rsddy, TIL get m!
hundred" A large dealer hands in hi
chip for 500, another for 800, another 70
900, and 80 on down TO the lltale l0t the
warts two eenta' worth. But here II !
shout . o'oIook, and darkness he'd bi
gun to settle down, Would the REPUR
LICAN oons ont or nni2 That was th
question. The telephone kept up
ooratl nj ringing. Forty AeTes wante
to know what had become Of the Re
PuBLoAE; Rising San was real eros
because no REPUBLICA1s had come
DuPonta Banks could ntISer put over
night without the REPUTLIoAN; HeH
port was uueisy AID Eew CAase o.
cited because no REPusLIoANs came
From all sections o5 the city came th
inquiry; What 10 thb matter with th
REPUBLIoAN2 II was o little dAr
shout that time, but soon oAylgn
aprapg out Of the darkness. THe pret
bsean TO work. From the Outlines
= matter objects became plAineE apd u
7 fmpgahslonb impr0yed With eysTy .SApe
I, a. laAt ~ BAD sttsi VITA svsrS liisl
aoiFa the rev pres Was snnplin pr
pGhers fple "a sWfoe, At TIRE rNt15of
hundred 4 minute This was increase
TO $50 and then 10 400. The prass WoIke
. ike = charm, but II was not put up
lie full cApACisy last night. Az Il tosEt
ont the folded papers smiles ohas'
u away the froWns that began TO githe