Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-21

II. j. tlark, foreman, A. StOckott
assistant foreman, George DR. stcdtcr,
Trottcr, Il. w. lightfoot, G.. ID. Trot-
ter
STEREOTYPE DEPARTMENT.
ID. B. Taylor stereotyper William L.
North. assistant
CITY CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Il. II. Sprinkle. circulotor; Carriers:
Simon COIN. Willie Walker, Roy Organ,
Hugh Chapman, Ripley Bradford, Char
f'nd II u 'pllua 4 N JoHtUd oou0
THE COMPOSING ROOM.
The efficiency of the present force Of
compositors employed by The Gazette
and all of whom carry working cards
from the Printers Protective Fraternity,
IS shown by the achievements rvcOuuted
at the beginning Of this article. This
extra edition required an additional
amount of composition. and as there are
only seven Linotypes I'm the office this
meant additional work for the operators.
Their loyalty and fidelity to the paper
Is shown by the long hours they have
put In night after night. the pressure
| being such that none of the machines
could he stopped for one night 10 allow
the operator 90 rest, and each one has
composition hours for the past week. II
is an unusual strain TO be put upon d
printer, as four nights out of seven h
considered good average work. yet none
of the boys murmurcd. Ii is customary
| To run only six machines in the evening
thus allowing one operator 10 be free as
II sub, but during the past week all the
machines have beeh In operation during
| tho night and all the operators have been
kept busy.
The day force and the day machine
/ work Is IN charge of Charles Clark day
IuuHlftUtlf nttI fftsbf IN,
/ Of Robert w. Swami, the night rlu-
| chinst. These men are subject to the
| foreman and lac holds them responsible Tor
| the proper working of the Linotypes.
| The COMPOSING room Is now, rs II has
| been for several years Ia the hands of
! j. Z. Martin, a thorough printer aud one
! who understands the running of matter
/ and the handling Of Il body of employees
| as thoroughly rs he knows how 10 set
| straight matter. The al room. where the
! copy for the advertisements are set Is
! In charge of John j. Dpnnis. who calls
/ upon the foreman for assistance only
when The rush of advertising matter Is
/ too much for one man 10 handle. During
| the rush of advertising matter for the
past week he has had as assistants r.
! ). Peters and l.. ). Stiae. These men
have begun work ut 10 o'clock in the
morning and run through to $3.50 the
next morning every day during the week.
| They said they would get the advertise
| ments up in time or die Ia the last DITCH.
The ads are NJ aud the men are not
! dead.
W, \. Con. president of Fort Worth
Fraternity is the makeup. and has Mud
no time to play marbles during the past
I ten days. tie hAs aS an assistant
! Arthur STEELE. The proof room Il I'm
charge of H. w. Flagg and Fred Il
Moss is the copy holder. The head cases
are manipulated by II. H. Mack. mud
some Of these big runs during the past
week have kept him moving Dick Con
Is night galley boy, and h. s. Nugent
runs the dump during the day.
The day force operating the Mergen-
thaler l4inotypes Is four IN number and
consists OF learners, with the exception
of Arch Martin, who had never
seen Linotype before last November
and yet average $1,000 ems "A dny for
eight hours work. The others on he
day force are H. $. Shaft with mn
average OF 2OOOO ems; Miss McChes.
new with an, average OF $4,000 ems. ana
NJ, r. Camp, with an average of iG.
600 ems ~
The night force, with one exception is
| composed Of men who have learned to
operate the Linotype IN The Gazette
ahout the middle Of last November
They are G. g, French, with an averoge
OF 3SOW ems, for eight hours; Jalnes
ilerden, with an average of ~ coo en-
| Wits SWQnk, with an average OF 1O
600 ems; A, II, Moore, with an AVERAGE
of y ,OOO;J. H. purkms. with an nvers,,e
of 2lno and NJ $. Bussey with an
average of $500 ems One Of the re,Ii.
lar operators, Ed Gilchrist. il laid mn
Win a severe attack of rheumatism m
ms right arm, aud for this reason bis
name does not appear IN the list OF tbe
tious. N"i-
As there are 4GOO ems of minior i,
column oi The Gazette ana G0O0 nonna'
rel it can readily be seen that tbsSa
issues Of The Gazette contain an irn-
9ense amount OF matter Ia addition m
that used ~ the regular editions. ma
when the fact Is borne in mind thai tbis
work was done by the regular foree NJ
Inc Gazette and that not an extra man
Was employed, It demonstrates tbe io,ei,,'
ana Fidelity of The 9axette's emni ~.
70 the interests OF the paper thew sey,s
and the further fact that Me Go@n,tse
force Is prepared for any emere'ns'.
thnt may arise and Is fully capalie -
getting ont a forfy-eight page pans, ~ ~
Ehe egular Sunday or any other ,siitio,,
The magic lantern WINS fba ,n,