New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19

3 horizontal Roots blower was Iurnlsheu W 0~Ffs
the air-blast for forcing the matrices INTO 'He
channels This blower makes le0 revolntAonS .
minute, discharging twenty-three CUBIC lee' Va
air ut every revolution, $3.50 cubic leeI Poi
minute-this amount being greatly increased oy
a pressure Of one pound per square inch above thc
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is connected with the machines
nv n heavy galvanized.iron pipe $50 feet long
,bere H. enters the compOsing-room anu
et,oo, inches in diameter throughout its entire
Ionorh A complicated system Of gas fixtures was
&c. o6ded 70 each machine with btop-cocls TO
connect them with the drHlt and regulate inc
toroo hlas, for the furnace. The cRimneys OF the
.a.,,,,. ro+s were connected with q large main
An. leading 70 the roof, and incandeScent eiectro
lights were brought before each machine Besides
the cost OF these fixtures must be reckoneo Ife
current outlay for gns consumed, amount
- u the case OF The Tribune to
oTo ooo feet prr month; the expense OF new
,no- metal. new matrices; cost Of training oper-
otnrs. ROYALTIES on machines; wages OF machinistS
,o rom ring damage caused by the hard usage the
r,oobinos rsceiye from beginners, and interest Oh
the cnpital invested II should. however oe S'u
that the sum paid for the lease OF the maChiheo "
for Atting them In position for actusl WORK III Oh
office where steam is already used' 10 much oelo"
the first cost Of the type, cases. anu o'"er p"-1
phernalia required to equip an Ordinary Conip
ing-room 10 do IN equal amount OF "ofN' "'''''
the running cx penses enumerated aooEo "re MOI
- NOT quite cot of by the saving in the wear ana
hool,os. y, tho type in ordinary work at the case
FIGURES Of EXPENSE AND PROFIT.
The most accurate idea Of the real WORKING "a
tho machines is 20 be cleaned from the actu"i
figures, and these are also ln1resIhs % 70
,ta costIineSs u The Tribune's experiment III
a. 1havw pF
conposing-room expenses were s78,l76 20 ana
,o7oIs respectively. In 1885, the year oil
tbe;r Introduction, these had risen 70 sSSoo0 ~
and in 1887 they were still ss3,475 3D. or IN
tho pcighborhood Of 81 900 above the average
a. former wears report for the hrst WEEK
in FEBRUARY, 1888, when eighteen operators "'t'
NJ work showed an average Composluon OF lVl'-
ooo cr,s ror man. at an average cost OF q Genus
tho highest amount paid any operator peihs
s46 a. and the lowest So, 10 IA beginner whose
nronortiou WAS small For the week ehuihg
March 90, 1888, 20 operators set an average
% So 600 ems, costing ar average OF 20 CeHS
FER thousand. During this week the TWO lhosO
expcrt operators composed number OF mtrica'c
tobles- somcwhat reducing the total cost OF
their work.
During the first week Of May, 81 operators
cot 27T7 600 ems which cost $685. w. ohe
operator made the especially low rate Of IS cents
per thousand two Of cents, one OF Il Genus "n'.
1--WE OF 10 cent? In other words, one-thrd OF
thr total force averaged below 20 cents; yet
the whole average was not less than % % cents
TLrty.cight operators set, during the second
wpck in October an average Of 100000 ems each'
nt An average cost OF 202 cents At which hSurc' OF
, little over. IL remained until the week ending
November "A, when - set an average OF
lO2, 900 ems the cost OF which was 1913 cents per
thousand. The lowest average during 1888 was
that for tie week ending December IL, when
30 oprrators set an average OF 10000 tie
average cost per thousand beinE 1871 cents.
Since the beginning Of 1880, the ordinary
weekly record has varied from an average OF
lIG4uO ems SGT by 81 operators and costing IN
ayrragr u - cents Ia 10000 ems set Dy
- Operators and costing 1913 rnts The lob
lowing table Of corrected ems set up by the entire
forcc Of - operations for period OF four con-
,rcutivc weeks in Msrch shows averages for
different men ranging from 9 IL cents TO ~ $40