The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-18
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WmEElING, MAY IL, 1881.
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1h0 4NTELLl6ENCEE DeRaIl 4tS S"ANS' So
the building on Water street, now
known a. the stamm House, on the
oath day OF August, 1862. From there
It removed two years later to what was
then known as the now McAbee block,
on old Quincy street, now Fourteenth
street, which has been its homo ever
eince.
It was at first printed on an Adams
power press, the first steam printing
machine ever introduced in Wheeling
On this machine it was printed until
May, 1881 when the Adams press was
superseded by Taylor cylinde: press,
amuch faster machine, and on this it
continued to be printed until August,
1878, ut which time was introduced tie
Hoe cylinder press now displaced by a
machine Of much greater capacity.
No more faithful machine was ever
set up many printing Office than this
one. Day in and day out. in all the
years since 1878, it has never once failed
to be on tilno, except in the disastrous
hourg of the great Hood OF 1854, at which
time it was, like Jonah CT old, three
days and three nights buried in The
depths oftho waters tina. had posses
sion OF the city. BY the timely applicG-
ton Of an abundant coating OF tallow
before the waters reached it on this his
toric occasion our faithful machine
emerged from tho wNtery ordeal entire
ly uninjured, no rust on its coat OF mail.
Just as soon rs it was well rubbed with
cotton WASTE it started Off on its old
career as good as now, and has been
clicking of the daily and weekly edition
Of the INrELLIdEScER like clock work
ever since.
We part with this exccl!cnt machine
with reluctance. 1t is still capable OF
rs good work MS ever, and this is the
browning excellence OF all the Hoo ma
chimes, whatever their pattern. They
run like "the wonderfulone horseshay,"
that tasted one bundled years to
day" There are no printing machines
that compare with them in their stay
ing qualities. But much as we regret
that our old press IL to leave US, to 60
back to the factory and be made as
good as new again, and then go to DO
duty for years perhaps in some other
press room, tho time had come for us to
part, or rather, for another evolution in
the IxTELNoxScER's progress, and for
the putting into our building one OF the
latest and fastest OF Hoes improved
presses.
This step we have taken, and the
, paper that appears to-day is printed on
8 machine that Is the first Of It's kind
brought ont by the great factory where
all the fast presses OF the world are pro-
ducCd. Il comes down to the la:est
hour in the way Of patents and i'm
proyements, and w3E begun by the
Hos's as an experiment in the way OF
producing an ideal press before it was
seen OF purchased by the INrE1LIGEScEn,
IN January lest. 1t took fifteen weeks
to complete 1t, land 1t was half built in
january working double turn, after it
was engaged by the INTElLIaENcER. It
has taken two weeks to set 1t up on its
foundation in its nsw home in the IN
TrLndEScrS building under the direc-
ton snd suporintendence Of two OF
Hoes skilled workmen. Now it standa
aColnpltted and perfect machine, ready,
as wetrust md believe, to serve the H.
TxlMokscER's readers as faithfully as
Its predecessor
Butwhat different machine it is, It
Is as great an advance over its predeces.
scr rs that Machine was over tho old
original hand press. We no. longer
printont!pe butiromstercotype plates;
we mol longer print on paper cut to its
siseand fed Sheet by sheet; We no longer
havoto depend on a separate machine
to tolGthC paper after it is printed
All this work and more Is done by
this one wonderful machine, md at n
rate OF speed that far ecIipses anything
ever seen in this good little city Of
Wheeling 1t feeds itself. folds itself,
pastes itsel: and counts Itself, and does
everything but mail itself to tho sub.
seriSers and collect their dues.
To be understood and appreciated this
great press must be seen. We f,rbcar
10 enter into technical description of
it, We shall print our Boom EDITION Of
the ISrErLvGENcER on it in the next few
days and in daylight, 50 shat all who
81 desire can visit our press rooms and
see the matohless racer under full head
over u !ergthcned course.
The introduction of this grand press
is only one .: tia improvements which
the ESrrLMoExcER has in view Others
will Hollow III due time, and they will be
such, We aast, as arc worthy OF its past
history aud worthy of its present posi-.
ton as the leading journal OF the State.
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