Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-11
LACROSSE TRIBUNE
HAS NEW PRESS
n
WISCONSIN MEMBER OF LEE SYN
DfcATE HAS FIRST CLASS
PLANT

From the La Crosse Wis, Tribune
In order to get the first edition of the
Tribune out as per schedule, the move
from the old quarters, 121 Main street,
was made in record time.
While the last line of type set was
being carried from the Mergenthaler
to the dump Saturday afternoon
the machinist was busy with screw
driver and wrench\ dismantling the
big linotype Packing had been going
on since early morning. and within an
hour, or shortly before four o'clock,
Grays from two transfer Offices began
hauling the type, type cases, machin-
cry and Office fixtures from the old
building to the new. BY midnight the
last remnant of the equipment had
been moved, and as work was going
on in the Fifth street building in the
meantime, the installation was nearly
finished at that hour. To complete the
arrangement, however, full force
worked all day Sunday and far into
the evening.
Prior to Saturday the big three
decked Goss press had been erected,
the Kohler system installed, and two
new linotypes, one a double decker
printing five faces Of type, had been
Set up. The new advertising and head
letter galleys had also been arranged
and the new stereotyping and matrix
making equipment had been set up and
tried out.
The Trial Run.
The first trial run of the press was
made Saturday, without paper, and
10, anJo @Nl LIT Yen
day afternoon. the big machine print
ing papers at the top speed of 24,O0O
per hour.
Crowds Of Visitors.
All day Saturday crowds thronged
about the building watching the work
with keen interest, and Sunday even
greater numbers Of sightseers were at
tracted to the building.
See Cartoon Made.
IA noticeable feature was the enter
tainment afforded visitors by Cartoon
list Callahan, who unconsciously work
ed under the scrutiny of constantly
changing crowd, averaging a score o,
more of people, watching the produc
tion of mail order" cartoon ovel
the artists shoulder. When some
thing Attracted the attention of thu
absorbed cartoonist and he discovere.
that he was the object of the attentio.
of the crowd. he shifted his position tx
let them take it in" Many La Cross
people for the first time enjoyed tn
experience of seeing cartoon drawa
from the first touch of the pencil t
the finishing stroke.
A Perfect Plant.
The perfection and extent Of the ney
Tribune plant was a revelation to hur
dreds of people. They went about tn
various departments, much of tn
work being demonstrated for their ed
fication. Visitors continued to iro
in until late in the evening.
Experts Commend IT.
Superintendent of Constructio
Chas. Kietel, representing the Cos
Printing Press company in the ere
ton Of the new press, said yesterday
Il have put in presses from one 90
of the United States to the other al
Il have Installed equipments in Mexit
and Brazil and l want to say l hal
never seen plant so perfect and Il
to-date in all its appointments as tt
new Tribune plant. 1t is wonder
completion in all its details, from $
rangement and facilities to equi
ment."
Charles Klapper, erector for Il
Kohler system, said: 3'This plant
the hest, all around, that have sec
and / have travelled as an erect
throughout the entire country.
comes nearer to being perfect pla
than any other have come across. =
Admired by Publishers.
2. P. Adler, publisher of the Dave