New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14

IN SPITE OF ALL OBSTACLES "TH' TRlB-
UNE" PRINTED rHE NEWS.
RorGu EXPERIENCES OF EnITons REPORTERS
TYrEsETrERs, AND ALI oTHfR WORKERS on
THE PAPER IN GETTING 70 THE OFFICE

i1fEstlitRS, AND ALI 'ihfh "VNhiHS Wv
THE PAPER IN GETTING TO THE OFFICE
AND DOING THEIR WORK
Billiards. may come and billiards may go, but
q great daily newspaper goes on forever. Han
nibal led an army across the Alps in spite Of
the many little obstacles in his way. So did
Napoleon If those warriors had lived nowadays,
when, at least in America, the pen is away
ahead of the sword, they would have made pretty
good newspaper men. The world may rest con-
tent that in the direction Of perpetual motion the
force Of invention can no further 60 than the
daily newspaper. Yesterday, when postman
came to the door, when electricity was van
pushed end the power that, in the words OF
Puck" cen put girdlc round the earth in
forty minutes was powrrlcss when the wind
sang through tangled and broken telegraph and
telephone wires: when stalled" and forsaKen
talns cumbGr Il the great trunk railway ines.
and when commerce and business were plotted
out, like the features of the landscape, py the
Overwhelming snow ShrOud-cven IN the mldst
of this association and this paralysis of activity,
1pr Y,Hr iriR " rs usual presented
the news of the day TO Its storm-bound readers
MORE nv graf Work.
Not the least curious feature about this unin
terrupted regularity was the matter-of-fact way
in which people regarded it, 'Speclls I growed,'
says Topsy, when asked about her creation.
Some people have similar idea about their
newspaper Under the best circumstances. the
newspaper is by no means spontaneous
product. Under the worst crcumstances-and
none worse than MONDAYS are deslrableIihe
amount of hard work. pluck. energy and uniiag-
ging determination required 10 overcome all
difficulties and get ont the paper on time,
can only be well appreciated by those who have
The tower of THF TpIBr'p Building was on
Monday Mecca, in reaching which little scat
more ard endured more than most of MahOmots
pilgim bands ever endured lat least in one day.
The reporters and the editorial writer's live all
overs none q them near the Office some Of
them for rorloto In Iiarlem-Brookvn. in Staten
Island. in WeStchester County. and in New-Jersey,
rs well uptown. or rather midtown, in New
travel on the elevated and suburban RAILWAYS.
and on the Surface roads, intorrupted or aban-
Honcd " getting down 70 the Office was to say
Those who lived un-town or in Harlem. on
stenning ont Of doors NATURALLY and hahi'ually
made for the nearest elevated station after thew
selves M TO tha middle in diff One young
loan. after nloddin0 pnd Strur~lng along. wish
ing at each stride that his locS BEGAN at his
neck succord"d in iamminc himself into the
crowd on the etotioo "lq+fo~m. b and by SLOWLY
ard sadly. p train came along and he rot aboard.
ONLY 10 have 10 maxi his pScano 2 little distance
down the lire WHOM for away f. m anv station.
the trair ~ lost mod" III IS mird that II could
not move any further The Young man know
inc and he etinnoA" Il down one C the pillars,
and trained the rest of the way.
FLATS OF + DUrANCr y WALKING.
This -save the gymnastics the uillar-was
the experio1ce Of a gooi ma1v others ong
distance wqlkerS shoald look to their awrels Feats
OF endurance on the sawlnst oath are all very well
in their way bu- they shrink into insiglI6ea1ce
beside featf of endurance IN a bowling wilderness
of snow
fine Broadway route was he flvorlte; and of
the many PEOPLE wlo worked their wav from tbe
SIDE streets INTO The central tGOr0ughfare and
StrOVUlpI downtown. a
men. no q who lived IN 'rOOkivn near the Bridge
managed IN mos cases 10 get across: but the out
living parts Of fle citv TO- which there i AS vet
elevated roads provided aud when are depend
on horse cars, YER cut of entirely f~om the
InetTOp0rs: aui the BOYS who 1re er these
seqres-ered spots found chem on his occasion al
tOge her tOl sequeSfcrei.
Snch of he Odt-o town members of the editorial
or reporting STATS az managed to make the
Journey 20 he dquarters had a hard 1ne of
il. An editoria writer in travelling from a
New-Jcrsev tow Oh the Nor hern Railroad o! New
JERSEY. IA branch of the Erie, had 10 walt three
cherries hours N ais tIaln a. the mouth OF the
tunnel Two extra locomotives were dispatched
through the tunnel rom he JERSEY CItr SIDE to
Ia the trtlI fhrOug J., but half way between the
tunnel aad he ferry II stuck again. and nearly all
the passengers got OF and mace Their way
across lie irarSs TO PaV0nla-aye. ana
thence 10 the ferry. But The TRIBUNf
mans troubles were not set at an end When he
gOl aboard one f'rrvboat lie found that his ears
were freeziI q and ne applied the orthodox snow
remedy iust III line.
TROUBLES TX INV MECHANICAL DEPARTMENTS.
But waen. through much irbulation. enough
reporters aad writers reached rHE TRIBUNE office
TO guarantee sufficient amount of copy. the diff
Guilty of putting II IN type and printing IL next
cropped M. The heads of the various depart
ments-the composing room, stereotypi1g and
press photographed to their men to ccmert
they possibly could. Ine result was that sUfh-
Gent force was GOT together.
Ire work OF newsgathcrng was gone about with
tlo oil ba
columns of matter IN reiauOa the storm alone
which were IN HE ImBUN of We terday. re re-
seated great zeal of "nustiing" and OF rough
Ing H.. -ssIgnueDts were given 10 tne reporters
as " nal. e wa or irOnt was covered, as were
the police ana oeDar mere :. tne hospitals, me
lines. the ferries, be railroads, and all OF ner
polnts where ANYTHING OF pnOlic Interest could De
CLEANED. A. whee each med reporter stumbled
and CROPPED DIS WAY nome IL the darkness and
snOSduts b. fell with JUS fable pride that he
had done his duty. CONSIDERING tle breakdown I'D
the wires. The TMBUN supply OF tie egraphlc
news was surprisingly large
So in spite of the elements " The Tribune"
appeared well written, well printed, and we'll
read" though only one prCOfreadcr, who walked
over three miles, at his place. Yesterday the
weather was somewhat improved; but there was
nevertheless some grit in the lad employed in
the composing room. who walked TO The Tribune"
Building all the way from Rutherford, n j.
One Of the heads Of the business department
showed up after being showed up for twenty
two hours in a train near McCombS Dam Bridge
and editorial writer walked from fiatbush,,
L. L
the newspaper enterprise of their city is equal
or rather superior to any snOwstOrm. A rather
hoary headed story attributes TO a wel-known
man this remark TO a reporter: suppose your
idea Of the Day Of Judgment is that you'll be
at table taking notes" perhaps the ldea Is
not altogether extfavagant; IT'S oi1gintor should
have known that table is not an absolute ne
cessity. Table table, notebook or none
the American reporter gets " there