Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-12-07
OUR IMPROVEMENTS.
THE FREE PRESS'S NEW DRESS AND
FAST PERFECTlNG PRESS.
4 Machine that Turns Out 10000 Com
plcte and Folded Papers an Hour-De-
scriution of he Press and It's Work
The Most Complete Newspaper
Establishment III Vermont.

Newspapers like every other human on
terplise can not remain stationary and sue
coed There must be progress or there will
be rctrogression. in recognition of this
fact as well as in celebration of the intro
cluction Of radical Improvements i'll its me
chanical department the FREE PRESS greetS
its numerous readers this morning III con-
plcte new dress of type and with slight
changes in its make up. The new dress
was furnished especially for this paper by
Farmer. Little q Co., Of New York and
the FREE PRESS molestly tlatters itself that
it is the handsomest as well as the best news
paper printed in Vermont. Our new type
has n more open face than the old, which
makes it more readable q fact which we are
sure will be appreciated by our readers.
The changes in the make up Will readily
commend themselves to- our advertising
patrons from the fact that in order That the
news may be read, every one of the eight
pages must he opened out In this cOnnec-
ton we take pleasure in presenting TO oul
readers an illustration of our new web per
feCting press which was recently set up III
our press room. 1t was built especially fOl
this Office by the celebrated firm of Walter
Scott q Co., of New York. and n il is the
first fast web perfectinS press ever brought
into the State it is not too much to say that
its Introduction marks a new era III Yer
mont Journalism 1t is Il marvel of human
ingenuity and skill and no description can
convey an adequate conception OF the won
derful machine, its method of operation
and the rapiGitv of lis work. As can be
seen by the illustration, the white paper
enters the press il 4 continuous web from n
monstrous roll and the papers are delivered
at the opposite end Of the press printed on
both sides pasted, folded and counted ready
Tor delivery. 1t prints at the rate OF II, coo
copit, an hour or at the rate Of POO com
pletc papers a minute The folder is a
double machine, each folder taking auto
maticaily every other sheet and delivering
at separate deliveries, one ON either side.
The press is p feet over all, s feet wide,
! feet high and weighs 10 tons 1t is,
nevertheless compact, as the illustration
shows, and as near perfection as possible in
its workmanship Every cylinder cam,
stud, bearing, cog and roll are of steel
highly polished, and every part conveys the
impression Of durability as well as neat
ness. When first placed in position and
tried it performed its work in a perfect
manner. 80 nicely were its various parts ad
iusted and the worlInen pronounced it the
best working press at the outset they had
vet set up.
The press was started for the first time
on election day and on the day following an
edition of 10. 600 copies of the FREE PRESS
was printed without a hitch Few people
realize what an amount of paper is con
tanned in an edition of this size, but il
would make one continuous web 30 inches
wide and seven miles long. When it is con
sidered that an hour sutiices for orowding
this immense expanse of white paper with
the teeming news of the dav some idea of
the wonderful workmanship and perfection
of the press can be obtained. mvestiga-
ton shows that Burlington is the only city
of it, size in the country in which there is n
printing press Of this size and rapiditv. and
a fair degree of the credit due the FREE
PRESs for its enterprise is reflected upon
the people of this CITY and vicinity who
contribute to the papers support.
description of the process, bv which
the stereotype plates are prepared and the
manner in which the press performs lis com
hined work of printing. cutting. pasting.
folding and coming cannot fail To he of in
terest TO the public The tvpe is made M
into "forrns. - each "cbase' or frame CON
tanning one page of the paper. The oight
forms are sent from the COMPOSING room at
intervals of about 30 minutes. making the