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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed, aud
not less than one million people have
found just such a friend in DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, II you have never used this Great
Cough Medicine, one trial will convince
you that 1t has wonderful curative powers
in all diseases Of Throat, Chest and Lungs.
Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed or money will be refunded. Trial
bottles frea at Mathews Bros. drug store.
Large bottles Doc. and 81 90
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF N ].
LEHier AND susousHaMNA DIVISION

LeHIcF AND sUsQUsHaNNA DIVISION
Anthracite coal used exclusively, ~insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN FEC MAY 20, 1894.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, etc, at S.2l. 0.l5, u.3O a. m, 1850. 200,
S@, 500, rs, ll.05 p. IN. Sundays, eco a. IN,
LOO, els, ITO p. m.
For Atlantic City. $40 a. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth, 80
Cexpress) q. m, 1850 express with Buffet
parlor carr, $50 (express) p. m. Sunday, 2.l5
y, m.
For MAUcn CHUNK, ALLENTOWN, BETHLE.
FEN, EAsToN and PHILADELPHIA, SO a. m,
iEoO, 3.SO, 900 Except Philadelphia) p. IN.
Sunday, 2l5 p. m.
o For LoNG BRANCH, OCEAN GROVE, ETC., at
S20a IN, l2.50 D. m.
FOR Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg, via
2.l5 p. m.
For Pottsville, 8.20a M, 1870 p. m.
Returning, leave New York, foot of Liberty
street, North river, at $40 (express) a. m,
l'lO, l.J0' 4.5l express with Buffet parlor carl
pm Sunday, 4.30 n. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal 900
a. M, 40 and 43J p. m. Sunday, 6N a. III.
Through tickets to all points at lowest ratios
may be had on application in advance to the
ticket agent at the station.
II. p. BALDWIN,
]. II, %oLHAUsEN, S'""
Gen. Stunt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

Restriction of iron production has
continued in the week, and the compli-
cations due to the coal strike have in
creased. There has been a drop of
fully 30 per cent. since April 1, in the
output OF pig iron and the weekly pro-
duction, today, is but little in excess
of $4,000 tons, as against about 1870. 900
tons when April came in. The scarcity
of Bessemer pig has been further en-
phssized, and the Pitssburg transact
tons reported have bean at prices
which the wildcat predictions Of three
weeks ago fell short Of.
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sPcTuRlsoyL & 4 n
I 5STdNHIgsA!E;!Es ;

MAY l3, 1871.
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia AMI
New York via. ID. & II. r II. at s am, 1910,
SOS. Y.@ a, mr. and La ~ ~ m. We !" w. wv"
Leave Scranton for pittston and Willkss.
Barre via D.. l.. & W. r, r.. 600, sos IL
q. IN, l,3O, $50. G.O7 S.gOp. IN.
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Hazleton,
Pottsviue and all points on the Beaver
Meadow and Pottsviie branches, via E. & W.
v. q 40 lam. via u. & II. r r. ut am. Pin
2.Ss, 4lG pm, via D., L. & w R. r. 6,CtO' sos
lL.2J IN. $50. 26D nm
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem. Easton.
Reading, Harrisburg and ali intarmediats
points via d. e. II, r, r, s am 70 10. 23S, lL,3j
pm, via D., l., & w, r, R,6OO.S.O S lilo a. M
l.8O nm,
Leave Scranton for Tunkhannock, Towaull,
Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all intormedi Ito
points via D.. g. II. R.R.,9 .U7 I'm, 1910 and ll.35
D. H., via d. l.. & w. h. r., sos a.m,,l .O D. m.
Leave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo, Nj.
agara Falls, Detroit, Chicago and ali point,
west via d. " Ii. r.. r., 9.07 u.m., Il. l0,g.lAll.Bj
p. m, via d. L.. g. W. R. R. and Pittston
junction, 6US a.m., lS0, 800 p. M, via Z. 81 W.
R. r.. a.4i D. NJ.
For Elmira and the west via Salamanca via
j. Il II. X. r. 9.O7 a, IN, L.. 10, 6.i5 D.. H., via d.
L. d w. R.R., sos a.m., l.30 and 6.O7 D. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or L. V. chai-
cars on all trains between L. & B. Junction or
Wilkes-Barre and New York, Philadelplia.
Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN II. WILBUR, Gen. Supt. Eqst Dr..
CHAS. s., LEE. Gen. Pass. Ast, Phila Pa.
A. W NONNEMACHER Asst Con. Pass. Ag't,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
DELAW- RE. LACKAWANNA AND
~ WESTERN RAILROAD.
Trains leave Scranton as follows. Express
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THE ELK CAFE, la5 and l27 Franklin ave.
l. nue.. Rates reasonable.
L. ZITGIER pronriotOr
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25
Spring
Gingharns

We have placed on sale
our line of Ginghams for the
coming spring and summer.
Finer Goods, More Tasteful
Colorings and Lower Prices
than ever before, are what
will recommend them to our
patrons.
GLOBE WAREHOUSE,
P1TTsToN, PA.
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DR.. Millingen mentions the case of a man
who died in a public house, and who was
found to have several clasp knives with
the blades blunted and the handles partly
worn away in his stomach.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

~ RAND CENTRAL The largest and bss.
" equipped hotel in Allentown. Pa: rates
81 and $3.50 per day.
VlCToR D. BARNER, Proprietor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

FTHE WESTMINSTER, 2l7.2l0 Wyoming
L ave. Rooms heated with steam: ali mod
ern improvements. G. M. TRUMAN, Prom,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

All of Pardes s. Co.'S mines in the
vicinity of Hazlcton were flooded dur
ing the recent storm and every effort
is being made by that firm to put their
mines in a condition to operate. A.
Erikson and Harry H. Fuller, two sub
marine divers. arrived from Philadel-
phia, and in company with Assistant Su-
p~erintendent Yeager. Foreman Newton
Boone and a party of miners entered
Halle mines slope at about 10 o'clock
for the purpose of attempting to re-
cover a pump which was submerged at
what is known as the rock slope.
Should they be able TO start this pump,
which is a powerful one. it will mater
tally aid in freeing the slope from water.
Tne water in the other slopes is
being lowered rapidly. - Hazleton
Plain Speaker.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

GCRANToN HOUSE, near D., L. g. W. pas
~ Eenger depot. Conducted on the European
plan. VICTOR KoCU. Pronrietor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

M ESIMINSTER HOTEL.
" W. G.. SCHENCK, Manager.
Sixteenth street, one block east OF Broadway.
at Union Square, New York.
American plan, 81 81 per day and inward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

which they expect to convert into
marketable fuel, aud to this end they
Will erect the necessary screens. etc.
us soon as possible. The land in ques-
ton. says the Pittston Gazette. is own.
ed BY the New York and Pittston Coal
company and Mr.. Dolphin received
permission from them to lay his tracks.
but is having some trouble with a few
living near by. through whose proper
ties he wishes to run his tracks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

GRAND UNION TEA Co, Ionos Bros.
WIFE SCREENS.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

TOS. KUETTEL, 5I5 Lackavanna avenue
Scranton. Pa. manuf'r of Wire Screens.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

CoYNE HOUSE. European plan; good
- rooms open day and night. Bar sup
piled with the best.
p IT. COyNE prorrioto-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

A number Of Scranton capitalists
have organic ID a company for the put
pose OF utilizing the waste culm from
the coal breakers. This company with
N, Dolphin, formerly Of the Hillside
colliery mt Pittstop. as manager, havs
leased from the New York and Pitts
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

n h. CLARK s. co, seeisnen, FIorIsi,
". and Nurserymen; store l46 Washington
avenue; green house. 1850 North Main avenue;
store telephone 7S2.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25
CHlTECT

DAVIS g HoUPT, Architects. Rooms q.
~ % and 90 Commonwealth bldg, Scranton.
II l.. WALTER, Architect, Library build.
IL. ing, Wyoming avenue, Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

NTEGARGEE BROTHERS., PRINTERS
wi supplies, envelopes, paper bags, Irvine.
Warehouse. $50 Washington ave-, Scranton,
Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

Nearly all the collieriOs in the Halle.
ton region remain idle with a large
body of water to contend with. Evans
colliery is reported to be in q very bad
condition. Two pumps were lost in
Coxe's No. / nina. Van Wickle's No.
2 slopes are well filled. The Beaver"
slope pump was removed and the dia.
mond drilling machines covered. The
Wharton slop, is being filed rapidly
and no pumping is being done, since
the water in the big vein is 80 very
high. GAINESVILLE slopes arc in good
condition, their pumping facilities be-
ing the best In the region.
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NIISCELLANEOU

u l.. BROWN. Arch B.. Architect, Prit
Il. building, l26 a~shington Ave-, Scranto'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-25

DAUER'S ORCHESTRA = MUSIC FOR
ID balls, p%icnics, parties, receptions, we'd.
dings and concert work furnished. For terms
address r.. J. Bauer, conductor. liz Wyoming
ave, over Hulbegt's music store
HORTON D. SWARTS-- WHOLESALE
II lumber, s and v Dino Bank building,
Scranton. pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

Ia Its progress the paper comes in contact
with = little circular saw which cuts the
web in tSs center. making after that two
~. ~ pape- instead Of one. certain
pages Of the paper having been printed I'm
its contact with the cylinders on eae;si OF
these strips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

corner building, where the newsboys, the
route agents and the clerks who dispatch
the mail are located. 1t may be interesting
to describe in some detail the working of
one or the nresses. This can be, perhaps,
done most clearly by tracing the progress
of roll of white paper from the time 1T is
delivered at the door of the paper ware
room until IL is placed In the form of Even
ing Stars I'm the hands of the newsboys.
One of these rolls contains about mile OF
white paper From the door at which 1t Is
delivered by the express wagons has been
constructed an aerial single track railway,
on which the roll is transported by means
Of q travelling crane to the ware room. An
other branch Of this same railway system
extends from the ware room along through
the press room. so that a roll can De deiiV-
cred quickly at any moment at any press.
The roll having been delivered at the press
it is placed on spindle or spool and easily
to be placed in posafion for feeding the web
of paper into the Mppsr or lower press;
quick survey Of the press shows combina-
ton of cylinders, rollers and tape paths.
On some OF these cylinders are clamped
the stereotyped plates. There are series of
rollers, connected with Ink reservoirs, which
distribute and apply TIN ink in proper guam
titles to the faces Of the stereotyped plates
as the cylinders reyolGe. and other rollers
whose function is merely to guide and sup
port the web of payer as It passes on
through the press, Thnfe are In each press
four plate cylinders 10 which stereotyped
PiateS are attaSho1, -FOUR IMPRESSION GYM
ders. four mixing cylinders. forty eight COM
position printing rollers. besides the cylin-
ders in the folding apparatus which fold the
product Of the. two printing machines. AS
has been explained, although constructed in
one frame there are really two printing
machines In each Of these presses. One can
be detached and remain idle while the other
Is in operation, or u can be operated at a
different rate Of speed from the other. By
an ingenious device the preseman can con-
meet the two with 4bsofute certainty with
out moving "a eeak This is accomplished
by means of cldtches, one on each side. BY
throwing the clutch on zone side the top
machine may be- operated at half speed,
and by throwing the clutch on the opposite
side 1t can be opefated at full speed When
tho web first enters the press 1t passes over
two supporting rolls which steady II and
turn 1t down between an impression cyiin-
der which 10 covered With a blanket and a
plate cylinder which prints upon It some
pages OF The Star. Then 1t Is carried up
again between two other cylinders receiv-
ing from one Of them an impression on the
opposite side Of other pages Of The Star.
Then 1t b led around by another roll into
what is known as the tape path. While on
the tape path the ink has an instant to dry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

putting together the type for the last y. ...
Of the aper-the last pages to he cioseJ
but really the nrst and second Of the pa,
49,. a. ....-. .yrs were s,mply laid down -
the composing stone as each printer finish
ed his take" one would despair Of ever
form. But right at the foremen's hand IS
what looks Ike big wooden box 1t is
In reality q wooden frame made with sew
erai tiers Of slota or pigeon holes; Each
large enough TO hold galley of type. As
the COPY" Is given out at the copy
table ana numbereaea note is kept Of the
naSnbers. and this snsmorandum AFFORDS the
which they quickly sunravel the mysteries
Of the type When the type has been cor
rected the gslleya. bearing the numbered
siugs. are pushed into the pigeon holes
corresponding In each case to the number
on the slug, and by consulting these num-
bers and the numbers on his memorandum
the managing editor or foreman can quick
ly find just what he wants or tell where
each little section Of type ought to go.
Making the stereOtyped Plates.
When the forms of each page are locked
up they are wheeled quickly to a corner of
the room where the first process of stereo-
tipping, the making Of the matri;,, is per-
formed. This consists of securing from the
face of the type a papier mache mold the
size of O page of The Star. The prepared
paper, soft and damp, is laid upon the type
and put through a roller molder, so as to
take complete impression of every letter
and comma Then the form, with the paper
mold covered with protecting blanket, is
placed on a Steam chest under great pres
sure. ard there the mold is dried and
baked When the baking Is dore the paper
r,old now hard and stiff, is taken off from
the FORM, and after few seconds of fur
ther preparation under the skillful manipu-
lation of the stereotyper, is ready to be sent
down through shute to the stereotyping
foundry, which occupies a portion of the
big press room on the ground floor below
The Great Press Room.
This brings the visitor, who NAV have
followed the processes of making The
Evening Star from the roint where the
"ccpy" reaches the composing room, back
to the press room, where his interest was
first excited. This press room, with the va
rious offices attached to 1t, Is one of the
most connexions and conveniently ar
ranged in the country, and of course that
means in the world. The press room prop
er, where the four large presses are To-
Gated, Is a spacious apartment about 55x90
feet, with lofty ceiling, giving ample room
above for the apparatus employed in bring
irg the huge rolls OF paper to the presses.
All of the betting AID gearing connecting
the presses with the large engine located
ing are beneath the floor 80 that SO far as
the observer at the window can see the
presses move entirely of their own accord.
Connecting with tfTet press room are large
apt rtuents in one II which is stored the
great rolls of paper bn which The Star is
along in front of the presses is equipped
with little trucks, ont which the papers as
they are printed are transported in bundles
Of fifty to the room " the basement Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

of brass are suspended from a travelling
type bar and keep their places as long as
notches On the bar. When they become dis
engaged they drop into the magazine below,
and the mechanism Is so adjusted that they
always drop just at the right place to fall
shaped magazine. Line after line is cast
until the operator has fnfshed his take"
or filled his galley, when he takes up the
lines set and dumps 1t at the bank, where
one Of the fioormen RECEIVES y. Then the
operator begins on another take"
In the Composing Room.
A visitor to the composing room will see
in the central portions of the room the
racks. tables and composing stones, where
the type set or made by the machines is
assembled There is a large table where
the copy" from the editorial and business
departments is delivered through pneu-
matte tubes. At this table the copy is
cut up into takes" for the printer or
lettered with a red pencil. The printer,
when he has finished his take" deposits
the type. or dumps 1t. to use the YER
nacular. together with a slug bearing a
number corresponding with that on his
take" The system of numbering Is car
ried out 80 that the floor men, who as
stmble the matter, and the ''maker-up,"
who puts 1t in the form. can. without con-
fusion or hesitation, get everything in its
right place Much Of this work is done in
the same manner as ii was when the type
was set by hand. Some new conditions
were introduced. however, with the printing
machines. These presented problems in
minor details which were solved in The
Star composing room by the invention of
new devices. and the result was the perfect
Ing Of system which has been taken as
a model by the newspapers that have fol-
lowed the example of The Star and intro
duced linotypes. One can readily under
stand that when toward the hour Of going
to press telegraph wires are throbbtng NTH
news. and reporters pencils are hyfSse.
great masses Of copy" on a great variety
Of topics are shot into the composing room
through the pneumatic, tubes. -. -.
There are articles, complete in them
selves, and there are adds to be made to
q report of a convention. the account OF a
yacht race. the story of the days proceed
ings In Congress. to a belated editorial or
to some other article soon to be perused by
readers who may give little thought to the
energies. the invention and the enterprise
that have made the great evening paper
possible. All Of this copy" has to be
swiftly set up. and, Of course. is soon de-
livered in all its great variety at the place
where the foreman and ''maker-up," under
tine supervision Of the managing editor. is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
Machinery That Turns Streams Of white Paper Into Th0aS
ands Of Stars
A NEW AND WONDERFUL MECHANICAL PLANT
Complete Change Made The Evening Stars Composing and Press demonstrating
Type by Machinery Printing Design

siderable step forward in the art of print
ing.
Complete Change of Plant.
The construction of this new press room
and the installation of the four splendid
double presses mark a revolution in the
mechanical processes by which The Star is
produced. An entire new mechanical plant
has been placed in The Star buildings at an
outlay Of $4,000. Type is no longer set by
hand, but swift and marvellous machines
are employed for the purpose. The curious
spectator at the window on 18th street sees
only one stage of the wonderful mechanical
processes. On the fourth floor of the build
ing is a spacious and well-lighted compos-
ing room 100 feet deep. Up to a year ago
this room was filled in the old way with
printers cases and from 20 TO 50 men used
TO work at these cases all day, deity pick
ing out, one by one. from boxes, the type
that, combined together, gave to the reader
in the evening all the news OF the day.
Now, instead of the three score or more
men at the cases, there are ranged along
each side of the deep room row of ma-
Chimes sixteen in all, tireiess and neryeless
workers. and the printer opera tives of these
machines accomplish all and more than
filled tine big room. All of the type in the
paper, except some of the displayed head
lines and displayed advertisements, is set
by the machine.
1t may be more correct to say that the
type is made by the machine. The machine
casts each line in little metal bar, and
from this fact IL derives its name of Limo
type.
The Mergenth.Ier Linotype Machines
The machines in use In The Star office
are known as the Mergenthaler Linotype
machines. Fer four hundred years the art
Of type composition remained practically
unimproved. The only machine in use was
the hand of the compositor. During the
present century many inventors have spent
their energies and their lives working en-
the problem of typesetting machines, and
fortunes have been s4uandered in the
search fer some solution of It SO little sue
cess attended all this effort that naturally
printers and those connected with the print
Ing trade believed II impossible to sub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

On the 18th street side OF The Evening
Star buildings on any afternoon one can see
a throng OF people crowding about the wide
plate-glass windows that let light into The
Stars big new press room. 1t is wonder
full sight one gets through those windows.
1t is living picture typifying the pro-
eress of the century-the century of ma
chinery. One sees there the last processes
IN the making OF a great daily newspaper.
The editor, the CORES pendent, the reporter.
the telegraph operator. the hundreds all
over the world whose heads and hands are
busted in noting. writing and transmitting
thc news Of the day have done their work.
The compositOr has set his last EN-, and now
these wonderful prfntin machines. with
musical whir-r-r like the sound of a swift
rushing railway train, make complete
Evening Stars" so fast that 1t IL useless
for anybody to try to count them. 1t is
both useless and needless. for attach
ment TO each press, after folding the papers
neatly, stacks them in plies of fifty. --
There are four Of these new presses, or
Il might be more correct to say eight for
each of the four is a double press. That
g. one press is constructed upon another,
and either or both parts can be operated at
the same time and at the same speed, or
at different rates of speed When both
parts Of the press are operated together the
product of the upper is folded in and pasted
IN its proper place With unerring accuracy
IN. the paper printed by the lower. The
white paper flows into the press like a run
ming brook. thousands Of yards in an hour,
and IS converted into thousands Of printed.
pasted and folded ten or tweIte or sixteen
page stars Yet the machine never makes
a mistake. The fold is always In the right
place, and the sheets pasted in are always
pasted just right. 1t is not strange that
these presses excite so much interest
among people On the street. The modern
perfectins web press az work Is always an
Interesting sight. But these particular
presses represent tie very latest develop
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held by the mechanism. Another key Is
touched and another fiat bit Of brass slides
down and takes Its place by the first, and SO
on. These bits of metal are intaglio type or
matrices. When enough of these have slid
into place to fill line, which the machine
automatically justifies, the line is carried by
a series of mechanisms to a point where
molten type metal is forced out of u cast
ing pot through little narrow mold and
against the intaglio line. The metal quickly
cocls and forms a solid bar with the letters
corresponding with the intagliO type raised
in relief. This line is trimmed automatically
and in a few seconds delivered through a
small opening into a receptacle made for
the purpose. Meanwhile the line of intaglio
type or matrices has been picked up by
an unerring steel hand, carried up behind
the machine to the top of the magazine and
there distributed again, each type or matrix
being dropped into its proper compartment
and being ready for use again.
This automatic distribution is one of the
most marvellous performances Of the ma
chine. 1t is in this process that the notches
referred to come into play. The little pieces