The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-30

Probably the largest and heaviest piece
complicated machinery ever lifted by bloc
and tackle at one time was taken out OF TIL
HERALD's' old press rooms on Second stree
Tuesday morning and transferred to the ne
press rooms on New High street. 1t was tn
main portion or body part of THE HERALD
big triple cylinder Hoe perfecting printin
press Afre~
Certainly, so far as the moving of prntin
presses is concerned this is the most remark
able feat ever performed not the moving c
this single. heavy piece. but the transfer of tn
whole press from its old to its new quarters
And not exactly the moving alone constitute
remarkable feat, but the manner, speed, anS
skin OF its doing. and the fact that not singh
| hitch or miscalculation occurred in the Who'll,
! proceeding.
| Printing presses have been moved before
but never such huge one in so few pieces
and nevera whole perfectins press In such al
| extraordinarily short space Of time. Never be
| fore have two consecutive issues OF grear
morning newspaper been printed in two di;
ferent localities ON the same printing press.
Such . thing has never before been at
tempted, and only a very few people believed
that itcould be done until the accom- plished
fact proved what at first was looked upon as
Tom Savage. .- - ! W&
Tuesday mornings edition of THE HERALD
was run off . little earlier than usual in the
old press rooms on Second street. 1t was about
8 O'Clock in the morning when the last sheet
left the press-the last copy OF The HERALD
printed in its old Second street home. Imme-
diately large force of mechanical experts,
under the direction of Foreman Savage, were
set to work to prepare the huge and compii.
Gated machine for its removal to the new quar-
tiers. These pre- patations consisted mainly Of
segregating the mechanism into IL different
parts. And as fast as, each portion was loos-
ened it was hoistsd by block and tackle to the
main floor and from there was either rolled or
lifted bodily by the men into the heavy trucks.
Aside from the force OF reg ular pressmen and
expert mac hinists, Llewelly IA brothers, who did
the moving, had a large force of skilled men
at work. For days Llewellyn brothers and Mr..
Savage had been planning things so that when
THE time came for the great effort every man
knew his own particular tssk, and he did that
and nothing else. A section OF the flooring on
the ground floor above the press had been cut
out the day previous by Llewellyn's men and
two heavy blocks and tackles arranged over
the opening.
Looking down through this opening what an
exciting scene of orderly activity there was in
the press room below. 1t did not look orderly
to the lazy spectator but tho results of it all
proved how methodically the work was
planned and accomplished.
First the ink rollers were lifted of and
placed to one side by the pressmen. Then the
tympan blankets were removed and laid care
fully away. Now the work of disintegration
began in earnest. Twenty men with wrenches
and hammers in hand were crawling over the
n ota fror praea
heavy, black tray-like object was loosened at
the back OF the press, and IL oil and
ink begrimed men were bearing it
away to the freight elevator. 1t
proved to be the rear ink fountain, and the
least weighty portion % be moved. The sec-
ond piece loosened was the center ink fount-
ain, considerably heavier than the rear fount-
ain. Itwas the first piece to be taken off by
the block and tackle. One of the huge cylin-
ders-weig hing ton or more-was the next
piece hoisted Two other cylinders of equal
weight followed it to the surface. and then the
carrier frame, that connects the main struct.
ure of the press with the folding machine,
went up
So far the work had been comparatively easy
and nothing OF a very unusual order of
mechani m had been performed. Everything
had gone very smoothly and it was only 80
o'clock when the first truck load left Second
street for the new quarters. ~e'
Now the great work began. The main body
of the press and the folding machine must be
moved. 1t took an hour or more to loosen the
folder and roll it back a few inches so that the
body OF the press could be moved. Both blocks
and tackles W ire brough at into requisition and
a vast amount of skllled mechanical work was
necessary TO finally get the huge framework
suspended in mid-air. 1t weighed tons three
o. four OF them, at least-and yet must be han
died as tenderly almost as though it were
made OF glass instead of steel and iron.
And when it had been slowly, carefully
hauled up above the big opening in the main
floor, then the floor rafters must be replaced
and a solid flooring maze beneath 1t. When
this was done the massive framework vas low
cred until 1t rested on iron rollers on the floor
1t was only matter of a little time and more
care now to roll this great pie. into the truck.
1t was O'Clock in the morning when this was
accomplished, and there was q brief intermis-
sion for breakfast
Still the greatest task OF all remained. The
folder must lie showed back to the center of
the opening, must be fastened to the two
blocks and tackles and hoisced. Now the folder
is q smaller piece and more compact in dimen-
is marvel Of n'se-- fnf~s, compl .ations and q
whole consisting of hundreds OF SIN IL parts.
To move it AS one piece was an underta king
that would have staggered any but master
mechanic. But it was done-just how it is not
for e layman to presume to describe. but it
was successfully done, and therein constitutes
a cemarka ole achievement. Somehow the big
ropes we're adjusted around and about the
great complicated mass Of machinery with
such exsctness and precision that when the
signal for ha 1lipg was given the whole mass
weighing over six tons in all-arose from its
concrete foundation as though the ground be.
meath it was rising.
Meanwhile. almost from midnight force OF
steam ftters had been at work on the engine
ana behing SO that after the last portion of
thu press had been hauled to the surface the
stationary engine and all its adjuncts in the
way of betting, fly wheels, pulleys, ETC., were
ready to be loaded on the trucks.
1t was only IL O'Clock in the NOR ming when
the framework of the pres had been set on its
new iou additions The carrier frame was ad.
justed then in short order, and in another hour
the folder had again become an integral part
OF TIA HERALD's, perfecting press. BY few
minutes after O'clock Tuesday afternoon THE
HERALD press was sst in its commodious new
quarters and ready for running Not ready
for printing-far from that-but ready for what
the prsssm"n call justification, which means
nice ana elicate adjustment OF all the parts
SO that the printed sheet will be evenly and
Clearly printed.
This last is the great tank In moving n~;~.