The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-19
4NEWSPAPER In 1890
NO EDITORS OR PRINTERS WILL
BE REQUIRED IN THE FUTURE.

win simply Have to Tell 'heir stories
,,.o,,,s.. which VIII DO the Rest.
The nevx machines Of The Post have just
hsen mt in position, and have proved
themselves a success. BY their aid The
post is now printed without the use OF a
rr;n,er THE new machines are the inven-
ton NJ Mr. Renraw, who has devoted long
wears of study to the subject, and his
iabors were ut last crowned with success.
There ARE four OF these machines now in
nosition. and they are sufficient TO print a
paper the size Of The Post IN ABOUT I'VE
bonrs Two of these machines are known
20 telegraph machines" and the other
two are called "copyphone" machines.
II will be noticed that the captions are
not set in the same type as the body OF the
article. as by means Of an ingenious con-
trivapce in the new invention the setting
of headlines has been amply provided for.
The telegraph machines are so called be-
canse they are fitted to set the telegraphic
news which appears in The Post. The
telegraph wire which brings the press dis
patches ends In an electric switchboard.
| This switchboard Is connected with the
machine by means Of eighty wires, one for
each of the characters on the keyboard.
| AS the dots and dashes are sent over the
wire they are received by small machine
resembling q graphophone, called tele-
graphone, which controls the small wires
connected with the keyboard.
This telegraphone Is constructed much
OH the order Of o music box cylinder. As
It revolves the dots and dashes are raised
upon its surface-a continuous roll OF tin
foil-by means Of an ingenious pneumatic
apparatus When these raised portions of
the surface are brought against the proper
key It completes the circuit, and matrix
is dropped into position. The typesetting
| machine is very similar to the Morgan
thaler as regards the setting Of lines and
the distribution of the matrices after the
line is cast. When the line of type is ready
for the paper it is dropped into one Of the
slots of an endless chain, and Is carried 10
what is known as the maker up"
Under the old order Of things from one
10 four men were required to do this work.
The 'Renraw" does away with them all.
Near the turn in the chain is piece Of
mechanism consisting of eight arms fash
toned something like a windmill. These
arms are provided with an attachment at
the end. which takes the line from the
chain and places it in its proper position in
the column. When the operator reaches
the end Of an article he makes peculiar
signal {. -. }, and the machine places
brass rule on the chain instead Of type
line.
The end Of a column being reached, the
truck which holds the page being made up
is automatically shifted and presents
new column. The trucks" are of iron,
with heavy sheet of copper on the top Of
them, and work upon slide by means OF
an electric current.
The page being full of type and ready TO
be stereotyped. the circuit is automatically
completed and the truck is slid forward,
while an empty one replaces it by the same
movement.
The full truck is carried 90 the locking
up" apparatus, where a pressure is applied
to IL in order 90 make each OF the lines rest
upon the copper. At the same time the
clamps at the sides and bottom Of it are
frightened in order to keep the lines in an
upright position. Again it moves forward,
this time TO metrix making machine.
Here sheet Of dry prepared paper IL
placed upon the form" and heavy pres
sure is brought to bear upon it, The face
Of the type is impressed In the paper, and
the matrix is complete.
AS the truck passes on, an arm takes the
matrix from the form and conveys it to
the casting box"
The truck is then carried to the dump
ing machine" which takes the type lines,
rules, etc, from it and conveys them 70 a
table, where they are assorted. This is
done by means of slots. The dash rules
being thinner than the lines drop out first
and are returned to their places in the
original machine, while the metal lines
drop upon broad web belt and are carried
back to the melting boxes.
The truck is cleaned by means Of series
Of brushes, under which it passes as it goes
back TO be again filled, the rules separating
the columns being placed in position by the
making-up apparatus.
After the matriX has been taken from
the form of type it passes through a trim
ming machine and is then placed In posi-
ton in the casting box" This Is raised
and receives the molten metal necessary
by means Of a chute from the melting pot.
The completed plate is then removed Big
means of an arm, which conveys IL to an
other endless belt. This belt leads to the
presSroom, and when the plate reaches the
press another arm takes it and places II in
position on the cylinder Of the press, where
1t is secured by means Of automatic clamps.
When all the pages have been thus
placed in position an electric circuit il
completed and the press starts, the paper
being a continuous roll and the working
OF it much like that Of the old Goss press
which The Post operated IN 1892.
The "copyphone" machines are operated
like the telegraph machines, with the ex-
ception of the manner of preparing the
matter 10 be set on them.
Instead of writing out his copy the editor
or the reporter speaks into "copyphone,"
which is also the invention of Mr.. Renraw.
This ''copyphone" has a keyboard upon il
so contrived that the necessary punctua-
tons points and capital letters may be
properly produced upon the cylinder.
The article being finished, it is removed
from the copyphone by the editor and
placed in a pneumatic tube. This tube
conducts it TO a switchboard arranged
on the same principle as that Of the tele-
graph machine.
The matter then takes the same course
as the telegraphic news.
The press is provided with mailing an
paratus which wraps the papers and
stamps the proper addresses upon them
ready for mailing. They are then dropped
into chute which conveys them TO a pneu-
matte tube connected with the postofice
At the nosfoffice they ara racai,aa x~..