Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-08
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"What in thunder is Press Cippings?" ex
! claimed prominent editor from Cincinnati who
! was visiting Chicago, to a He5aH reporter yester
| day L have tried everywhere to pet a copv OF
! the Cincinnati Enquirer, and am met every.
! where with the reply we cannot supply YOU
! with 1t as our contract with the Press Clipping
Bureau calls for all our exchanges"
h9JdId reporter was detailed to go with the
| editor to Room 10, Times Building, where the
! Bureau OF Press Clippings occupies a suit OF
| Ave rooms
| Mr. Frank A. Burrelle, the Manager. was
| found, and asked to explain what i'll mischief he
| meant by using all the thousands of exchange.
| that come to Chicago every day and what his
| system meant anyway. He was perfectly will
| ing to give the information.
As his information was i'll the nature of huge
surprise to all, and as it shows just what genius
| tor starting new and much needed enterprises is
found III Chicago, it is given in full.
Just look in there, F" said Mr. Burrelle show
ing us into a large hall where a number ofladie,
were at work with scissors blue pencils and
paste pots, clipping and mounting items from
the papers before them. And such pile of pa
per- The floor was literally covered with pa
per' III all stages of clipped delapidaton for the
depth Of two or three feet.
How is that for an exchange editors room?n
asked Mr.. Burrelle. mo three newspapers iii the
world ever had such huge list of exchanges at
one time. They are from all quarters of the
globe and range from the large magazines and
datlies down to the patent inside. These are all
carefully read and such items as are designated
OF interest to clients are clipped and mounted on
slips showing name of paper, date and where
published and then the items are classified and
sent to clients
Now we edit all these" said MI Burrelle.
same as is done by the daily papers, only more
carefully we handle over $1,000 items per
month.
our name Press Clippings, explains Itself
and our scheme is simple enough. We furnish
prominent men and women with what the press
OF the country may say about them or their
movements and data on any subject they NAV
be specially interested in.
For example: Here is a collection Of all com.
ment by the press of the country relative to the
life and death of Jefferson Davis. That pile rep
resents over 900 items, which could not pos
S!bly have been accumulated by any one. in
dividual. ,
In addition to this work we run what we cali
our Information Department. To this de
partment 90 all clippings relative to all manner
OF construction, and the items are sorted out
under the following heads. Municipal Bonds
Electricity, Bridges Paving, Grading and Mac
adamizing, Sewers and Waterworks Street
Railways New Railroads and Extensions Large
Buildings, Small Buildings, Schools and Church
eS, Mills and Factories Theatres and Hotels
Bank Buildings and Organizations Fire Hose
aud Apparatus interpretations, Awards of Goa
tracts, Plans Wanted and Coming Events.
I'VE issue a typewriter sheet each day under
each and every one of those heads and these
sheets go to the clients interested III the differ
ent subjects enumerated. They are in the ma
ture of pointers and are invaluable to con
tractors and supply hous es seeking business.
we do not rely solely upon Press Clippings a 5
you will see by this blank, on which is euumer-
ated every conceivable thing that goes into the
construction of building
These blanks go to all persons mentioned in
sheets as about to build with request for verhCa-
hou and specifications, and are also in the hands
OF large number of architects in the differ.
ent parts OF the country, who are under con
tract with us to furnish specifications Of plans
drawn by them or that come under their notice
and these specifications as received are inCor-
porated into our reports
> To have accomplished this represents an i'm
lnense outlay of time and cash, but we do not
feel that we have reached perfection as vet aud
are still striving to improve.
our capital Is ample, and as have associated
with me as stockholders Mr.. G. b. shaw Pre,i-
dent OF the American Trust and Savings Bank
and Messrs Turner and Bond, the Real Estate
dealers you may imagine with such backing
there is absolutely no limit to our extension OF
business
In addition to our reading here we have
reading office in Boston. where all New England
is covered and the result of each days work D.,
reported daily to our New York office At the
latter Office all the Middle and Southern Coast
state papers are read and reports covering the
Territory OF the two offices are made al New
York City
"A complete system Of exchange is made DE.
tween here and New York by express daily. SD
that any Western customer wishing for the
Eastern Reports can get them from here each
day and vice versa.
so, you see Press Clippings Is a huge con
Germ II not only uses up all the exchanges IN
Chicago, but you will find as much difficulty 100
hnding any given paper IN New York or Boston
and outside OF the exchanges obtained from the
different papers we also receive "A mail larger
than amy one office la Chicago
~ can assure YOU that no matter Of value OF
interest % our customers Is ever overlooked
"li-oh YES, we will clip for YOU certainly
and The HfiHH Reporter left as the Cincinnati
man subscribed ior the scheme