New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
PRINTING PRESSES.
A rorESr INFLUENCE IN CIVILIZATION RS

porE.ST INFLUENCE IN CIVILIZATION RS
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT :
In great reading community like Inst az this
city, where the daily newspaper is looked for
ward to and read by people Of all classes,
ditions and ages. the Importance or an Indus
try which provides the means Tor supplying this
demand need hardly be dweh upon The
printing press is to-day. il has betr since its
inception OF the most potent inf ocnces in
American civilization and development, and to
this fact is largely due, perhaps, the rapid
strides which have teen made by the industry
within the last twenty-five years.
The press used by the earliest printers
merely a table, upon which the type forming
the pages were laid. being bound together by a
frame called form" The pa per laid on
by hand. and the type was linked by means OF
an mixing or by running roller over it.
The process was necessarily crude and slow.
il was in 1870 that the idea Of the cylinder press
was first broached and a Saxon by The name OF
Frederick k6nig built the first cylinder press
run by steam in 1914 for The London Times"
This style of press introduced into the
United States by Robert Hoe and Serene New
ion m 1870 Mr.. Hoe added improvements, and
his son has still further improved il. Among
the most important improvements in the cylin-
der press may be mentioned the Introduction
OF a met h0d for locking the type i'm a form,
called a turtle" from its shape and which is
capab bic of being fitted to the surface of large
cylinder and made to reyOlyc a. any rate OF
speed without parting with its type. The paper
rs fed TO the type by means of a series uf small
er cylinders An important feature Of this style
OF press the angle-bar combination pat
ented by the Hoes and enabled them for many
years TO Practically control the trade in presses
that were able tn develop more tina four or
eight page paper.
The invention Of what is known a. the web
press, Ivy means Of ~ ch he paper is fed to the
cylinder in a straight line, AN Improvement
which in "a measure Teyolntionized the ma nufac.-
ure OF printing presses ARD incidentally the
production OF great newspapers. The -aper
presented Ia the press Is from roll upon which
are wound from three to five miles az ~ per. The
paper goes 10 roller and receives the I'm
preston from set Of forms and then passes
site side: il then gees to the fly all ready TO be
deliN cred to the men who carry the paper 10
tie foldng-room. The modern straight line
ciess has resulted in reduction ef ~ per cent
n the power required 10 run 1t, and has brought
about "A competition in the trade In printing
presses which formerly mpossib e. thereby
reducing the price x, tatiy. The decrease in cost
cradles many small dai;ies Throughout the cOuE-
ny who formerly used Hat bed presses to do
theii wor with presses capable "f prfnt-
lug four and eight lagos. These small slailies
equip Themselves with web presses.
stereoiyl,lrg outfits. SCI up ana iraCA Tor bns-
ness smaller cost than formerly re-
CURED for q press that prin ed only plre side at
al time and bad 10 he folded Is haBtl. Tecessi-
latirc nu extra iabCr ana expense. These
small WI prcsers viii turn tut ttLtMs' papers
per icnr printed Snd folded. and .isssGs FOR .he
nL,ils carriers. "hey have made 'ihe daily
new si,apor possibility in every comntapiiy