The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-22
rhe Result, to be Announced Soon
10 Awaited With Much
Interest
Hschines ContsstingI MsrgenthAler Limo
type. st. John Typobar. Rogers TYPO
graph, MCMILLAN Typessttsr.

different machines by members OF the local
Typographical union. In the afternoon
Young women trained in lingering the key
boards of various typewriters gave a prac-
teal example OF what might be accom-
plished by skilled hands and keen percsp.
hons in the way Of speed and correct work
on typesetting machines. The exhibition
vas successful from almost every point OF
view.
Az the tournament OF last week was con-
Quoted privately, only the authorized COM
mittee. the operators, and a Few VINO are
personally interested in the manufacture OF
the machines being admitted. 1t 10 Intended
by those in charge Of the arrangements to
give public exhibitions this week Of type
composition and distribution on the differ
emit machines. Newspaper men, publishers,
and printers will be especially welcome.
This interesting contest was provided for
and carried out under the auspices OF the
American Newspaper Publishers a%ssocia-
tion.e, The officers OF the association are:
President, James w. Scott, Chicago Herald;
vice-president, E. II. Woods, Boston Herald;
secretary, i. i. Morgan, New Haven Regis
tor and Boston Post; treasurer, w. M.
Laffan, New York Sun; executive committee.
w. G. Bryant, Brooklyn Times; G. w.
Knapp, st. Louis Republic; Lewis Baker,
ST. Paul Globe; j. A. Butler, Buffalo News,
and M. "A. McRea, Cincinnati Post end ST..
Louis Chronicle. In announcing the rules
governing the contest, the authorized COM
mittee appointed by the association to take
charge Of the same, issued q circular con-
tanning the following information:
''ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 8.-The American
Newspaper Publishers' association. at its
last annual meeting in New York City, on
the 18th day Of February, 1891, adopted 9
resolution appointing q committee OF tnree
to invite all manufacturer OF devices Tor
machine composition to a test of their re-
spective machines. before snch committee,
for the purpose OF determining. on behalf
of this association, which machine ~ capa-
Bile Of producing the best Practical results
under ordinary aar gB newspaper cono''ions =
president Scott thereupon appointed
Frederick Driscoll, of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press: w. J.. Richards, of the I~ndianapo-
liz News, and II. II. Wood, Of the Boston
Herald. as such committee, az OF nom &C
cepted and entered upon their duties.
This committee fully lnterchanged
views, and adopted rules to govern the con-
test. The deep interest manifested BY AZ
the publishers of the association In this
tournament warrants the statement thas
the proprietors OF any machine capable OF
doing good work by type or cast line COM
noa;tion. cannot afford to be absent from
this test, as it will undoubtedly prove to be
a golden opportunity. not alone Tor trlai
before the committee, but for convenient
exhibition to the publishers OF the United
States"
The foremen selected to superintend the
mechanical features of the contest were:
Frank B. Moore, st. Paul Pioneer Press;
William Quinn, Boston Herald; =. Il. Per-
kins. indianapolis News; Frank H. Ehlen,
CISnc,o LJnvulI Thu anHiatnnfE nf kheR2
men we're: Hugh T.. Fisher, printer; Will
lam +. Carroll, proof-reRder; Frank Fergu-
son. c%opy-holder; James E. johnson, copy
cutter; and James Fl. Thurston. setter Of
heads.
There were four different machines in the
contest. These were the Mergenthaler lin
otype, with w. II. Rand representative;
Frank Hascall, operator; Charles LetSch,
machinist. The st. John typobar, with Il.
H. st. John, representative; y. a. sehat t,s
Rogers typograph, with J. Il. Rogers, in
ventor; Ford Starring, secretary OF the
company manufacturing came, and A. v.
Phister. operator. The Mcmillan typeset-
ter and distributor. with j. L. Mcmillan.
inventor, =: Mcclellan, Tep :, sa%1 e. ,s
juatifer, and Fl. G. Brownell, distributor.
The last-named machine is the only real
typesetter among the four. Two OF the
others are type-lins casting machines, using
molten metal, while the st. John typobar,
of Cleveland, casts a line Of type from cold
metal. All Of the machines work automat-
ically, and they are certainly wonders of
human skill in mechanism. 2
The Mcmillan machine was invented by
j. L. Mcmillan, Of Lion, N. Y. in 1888. The
fret machine to leaye the works was sent
in 1885. An important feature of the type
setting machine is that the keyboard is an
exact reproduction of the Remington type
writer, an advantage that can be en-
joyed by no other company. Owing TO the
.quent oonciseness of the keyboard, opera
tors acquire skill in much less time than il
required to learn large keyboards. Rem
inRton stenographers readily adapt them
selves to the machine. The forty keys OF
the board communicate With the eighty
characters In precisely the same manne as
a typewriter.
The typesettinp machine is quite COM
pact, the parts are all accessible, the mo-
lions seem positive and safe. the pressure
Of the keys very easy; aR fghs inn ~ g. =
up matter il directly in front Of the oper-
ator, and he may see every letter take It'll
place, add any character not IN the ma
chine, or make n correction when wronl
keys are struck. For daily newspaper work
the machines are made with the ]ustitylnl
attachment fastened to the frame and the
type is justified as fast MS set up, but fol
book. magazine. and periodical work not
requiring special dispatch a tepRrnte justi-
flying machine is provided. On this latter
class the OPERATOR of the typesetting ma
chine sets the matter into a storage gal
ley" which ia provided with a number o.
walls about twenty-eight inches IN length
which serve TO separate the lines. As Hooi
aR n galley ia filled it ia removed and {
fresh one put on tho machine. The filled
galley 10 then proved, corrected, and taker
TO tho iustifyin0 machine, which feeds the
long line automatically to the sracer, who
~justiies it into lines OF the required length
The distributing machine occupies per
haps a little more room than Two ordinary
type frames. II distributes from 10000 t.
2b,0oO ems per hour, owing to the size o.
the type. The distributor consists OF {
rotary disc which has eighty-fiye inside
distributing radical channels. The typs
il distributed by means of nicks on its
side, directly into removable brass chan
nels, and ia already for use on the type
setting machines. The wafds that make
the combination for the hicks are email
rolls at the mouths OF tho outside or re
ceiving channels. The tolls, like the out
side and inside sectors, are of hardened
steel. The inside channels are straight
grooves In which the the typo ia placed Will
Il follower and Rpring to hold the typ,
against the rolls or wards by which Tho
type pasaes into the receiving channels.
II 10 claimed that the Mcmillan machine
will save about one-hRlf Of the present cos
OF composition. With IL q trained operator