The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09

total of results Of nearly century's study.
A lever on each machine Is thrown. the
presses move. and the cylinders go whirl-
ing round and round, receiving paper from
n continuous roll at one end and dropping
i've hundred papers minute ut the other.
Let US stand and watch them. For about
seventy years the well-known house of L.
Hoe IL Co.. of New York. has been engaged
in the building OF printing machines. and
although to-day they stand la the foremost
ranks of press builders. and send their
presses TO all quarters of the globe. they
are still endeavoring to surpass past
achievements. The contamination of IN
ventive genius is this machine. two Of
which are now so swiftly doing their work.
The final invention which made 1t COM
plete was made no longer ago than
September, 1884. and two years there
alter one of them was ordered built
for the Journal. These presses are built
only upon order. Four months were re-
CURED to construct this marvel of accnra-
cy and speed. 1t was started in 1887, and is
still il use. In as good order as the day it
was started. The weight of the press alone
is fourteen tons. 1t is put together from
one thousand separate and distinct pieces.
q force OF eight-horse power Is required to
run il, and yet fourteen feet covers its en-
tire length. seven teet six inches its height
and five feet it's width. 1t is set upon
solid granite foundation, over pit six
feet deep, and it is run from
the main driving shaft. two and a half
inches In diameter, by double belt six
inches in width. Two men arc required to
operate it, one of whom stands constantly
at the brake. by which he can STOP the
machine instantly In case of any accident.
One man is also required constantly to re-
move tue printed papers. Even revOlu-
ton of tho cylinders Just commenced will
not be finished after the brake Is applied.
There are four cylinders. and they re-
volve at the rate of go revolutions
per minute. OF these. two are type
cylinders and two impression cylinders.
one OF each above the other. There are
two ink-fonntains, one to feed the rollers
for printing the outside of the sheet snd
the other for the inside. The press ltsclf 10
turned entirely by cogs made from special
iron without a flaw. No wood a2pears
about the press except platform and the
covers to the ink-fonntalna There are
two separate folders connected with and
made part of the press. One folds what
is known as the carriers size, the other a.
smaller fold known as the mailing size. In
case one folder breaks down the other can
be brought into use by touching q switch.
They can DO run separately or in conjunc-
ton. Of the tapes which conduct the pa
pers to and through the folders any. from
one to four. may break without interfering
with the other two hundred.
The chief desirability of this press lies
in the fact that it 10 so constructed AZ TO
print two. four or eight-pago paper. The
pages may contain six or seven columns as
is desired. The columns arc twenty-five
and one-fourth inches IN length. OF an
eiaht-page paper the capacity OF the press
- 1900 an hour; four pages. 10000: two
pages, C0.0O0. The system OF changing from
four TO eight page paper Is marvellous in its
simplicity. 1t rs done simply by turning q
little screw. Inc change from the carrier
TO the mail fold may be performed in a like
manner.
morning newspaper is not 40 much of
q hurry and rush" affair as one published
during the day, and can handle a much
larger circulation with less press facilities.
While il must catch night trains at various
post-mldnight hours. il has from ) o'clock.
when the last copy" is almost always in
hand. until day ght to get its last edition
TO subscribers and on the streets. For this
reason the Journal was able to take care of
its circulation with one of these
presses. but when the reduction in