Telegram-herald., 1889-11-12
ABOUT P0STALCARDS
When TAsy Were Originated ana
How They Are Printed
Insr~aaeed la Aessrls KeeAty fc@s Ass
ana Ia Anaer.cs Fosr Ae@rs s.ste1-A
W21k Haroagh tte facfSrs Ne4r
Cat ~.


hrlef ooEnullHiC1l ll-.lts ..l t-lleg saal ur
IN an lnelos4pe could he sent tAroagh
the malls 81 greatly redUoea rates. Aor
some reason ueFeT explained she scheme
hung hEe ana Wa, apparently aaan-
doned Ia 1858 Austria took up t-e
idea. and commenced The manufacture
and sale q ''eorrcsponaence cards. es
they are stil called on fhe European
continent Prussia immediately fal-
lowed sglL ana, ogrlnF the Nar Nith
France. aisl buied the cards freu g.
soldiers. AUD I'd q pureiy ne~alnal priae
10 soldiers relatives American paslal-
oards mads thalr appearance Ia Aag.
1873. since which Dme tAe sale Al.s
grown So ~ tly iAst over leoa oao,DiQ
have new % BEE manufactured every
year.
The machinerF used in making tae
poslal-carls. writes q oorrespandent ~
lie 81 Louls Globe-Dcmoorat from Al-
bapy, \. l.. is the usual l,ind of paper
masang machinery. and there are taai
constantly ID motion three washing tn-
gines. four bcaters and two srts ol ge---
ers One set is used entirely for postal
card work. and one for the finer grade
of haok-paper work Scr the Government
Fach sa, f-sn, fsur +, seven Tons ~ ra-s
s,e n.a5 hesfses q large orantitv n
wood pulp. Ibs postal-caTos are made
almost entire Isl frem rags. The Tags ere
carried from Castleton ou the sn sllest
,...l-.ss B, .h. frrst.s e.ste. lt t.a
lt,tf. stn-l .-tr...-1 r,.s csrne.flrIr ,.th
the p.a-nn River r,ilroaa. and IA ruus
arouud the hills Is tle mil. one loro-
motive. one passenger car and
r,ostal-car constitute tie equipment of
The miniature road.
This httle train Of ears carries away
daily from the works $50 car
loads of printed postal cards. al q
which are brought 10 this city and
thence distributed. according 20 Tie des-
tination marked upon them. all over the
country. in eyerv post-of,ice over which
Uncle sam has jurisdiction To load
car REQUIRES between :. .00O. 600 and s. .09o.-
900 Of the little cards. according - how
they are hacked. Three million cards
make . large load. IA Il box containing
25. 900 cards weighs l02 pounds A thou
sand cards weigh about D.. pounds. or
o. be more eyart. ] .0o0. 900 cards weigh
5.225 pounds. Climbing Up the hin 10
the largest building one can easily FOL
low the process bv which postal-cards
arc made. Ina back room Of the build
ing can be seen a dozen girls whose sole
duty is 70 sort the rags that come in
from the collectors. The girls cut "a
all buttons and buckles on discarded
garments and sort the rays into piles
according L. quality. The sorted rags
are nut into hure choppinr machines.
which cut them into small pieces. ID
then wbifs them into z dust machine.
where they ara shaken and cleaned.
From this n3int they mass through q
succession Of baths in chloride Of lime
and various other bleaching and cleans
ing chemical. with occasional visits 60
yats and trims through rollers with
sbarr l,nivcs o, thern
After passinr through the dfGerent
processes the RAGS come out IN ane
white puln AS min As -four uasto Tafs
Is shaken over wire 10 pet the water out
and is then put through q score OF more
OF rollers and a Glue bath. after
which II IS rolled out into poetsl-csr
naner AT the end q the long rolls that
have been souoezing the paner down
and uniting the ploss on i are tho
knives nsoS f.r cn,tfng and the long
sbeat rassin, through II is either cut
into sheets fon- nosial-oa~ss wide 10 he
rr,t into the huge automatic uresaos. or
into sheets o1vs0ir inches In tho hig
r,,,, ~ tho ,,,s.a1-rs~6 mill are about
o 5o7o,, r,o, and t,eo dozen women. four
larye n~ossee. four cutters and ono extrs
1s-ee ru.ter The sheets arc taken 10
tho nress. whore they are given the
fee5ors who on the Camrbeu PRESSES
feed fortv-one sheets q minute. or eco
nostal cards. The cards are printed
from, steel mates SO hard that Clio
could not make an impression @. them.
Each one is printed from sew. afe
plate. and oi~htv plates arc locked in
the bed of the press. All the plates are
sent from Washington. and one set q
rletcs In continual use lasts about tvo
years. The feeders are women - ox-
porienco. and they receive a 5E cents Tor
feeding IO0.0 600 cards. and can feed about
500. 600 dav
The sheets arc next taken to the cut
tors. from which They arc turned out ln
single cards Three girls take the cards
Of each feeder. Oac counts twenty-five
IN each package. and tho other two put
on The paper binders After they leave
TINS room 'A't arc pNt uF IN laeAaRes.
oounfe2 "nt "a paehss ol ana
pnt INTO the laefe nu1FA NoHf-s Fht'h ~