The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-10
IN SHIRT SLEEVES
General Superintendent
Seamans ResourCefuI.
He is the Husband of a Raleigh Young
Woman, Formerly Miss Margaret
Stiih and Strikes Don't Dis
concert Him.
concert Him.

How a man who has in. him the
60 Message to Garcia" rises to meet OBJ
stacles and despite his position shucks
sleeve article of work, is story which
because, OF relationship to people in
this city OF the parties concerned will
be read with double interest.
The friends of Mr.. Frank NJ. Sea-
mans of New York City, whose wife
(nee Margaret Stith, of Raleigh), is so
well known and liked in Raleigh, her
former home, will read with interest
the following taken from the INLAND
Printer" under the heading ~ Re-
soIrceful Manager" Mr.. Seamans is
al the head of one of the largest lith-
ographic establishments in New York
City, whose employees went upon a
sympathetic strike" some weeks since
to the great Inconvenience of the COM
pany, but thanks to the resources ana
nerve of Mr.. oeamans, not to its dis
comforture. The article says:
among the numerous incidents
transporting during the recent lockout
strike" in the photographic industry,
an illustration of the merit of a prac-
teal man was given when the presses
with half-finished editions were left
standing in the establishment of the J.
Ottman photographic Company, where
the weekly magazine Puck is printed.
MIR. T. NJ Seamans the general su-
perintendent, slipped on .overalls and,
with Mr.. Ottman at the feeds board,
started the press. He summoned one
of the idle drummerS from the Office
and manned another press, finishing
up a fine commercial job, and in this
way most all the unfinished work was
on 1cto NIL il rpl3I
or color, keeping several presses rum
ming without a single mishap during
the entire four weeks fof the memoir
able unpleasantneSs
although Mr.. Seamans is not prin-
ter and probably never handled a roll
en- he with the aid of Dick, the floor
boy, whose only asset was his obserVa-
ton, tackled the most difficult trans
ferring problem, by pulling the i'm
pressions of the dark blue from va
rous small stones drawn for fashion
work and transferring them to a stone
40 by 60 inches in size, of which sew
eral colors had already been printed.
The large transfer was put down with
out a hitch, rubbed up and etched with
Il precision which would have done
credit to a veteran at the transfer
press. This stone was also set in the
steam press, and the printing showed
that every part of the transfer regis
tered to a hair.
1.-The next day found Mr.. Seamans
drawing a crisp black for a full-sheet
poster. OF course, here he was quite
at home, but when he etched, rolled
up and proved this large stone, bring
ing out the most delicate tints, when
he made his own offsets and then pro-
ceeded to draw the necessary colors
for the job, which, by the way, was in
imitation of q carefully painted sketch
and no haphaZard work, the admira-
ton for his achievement was complete.
He will also put these stones on the
Steam press and thus have traversed
the entire cycle of processes incident
to photographic manipulation which is
usually performed by half a dozen
sets of men. AS all the stone prepar-
ers were out With the rest of the men,
the managers called in one of the
shipping clerks, who soon began to
polish stones suitable for transfer or
crayon. All this teaches that the shop
part of photography is not such very
mysterious thing.