Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-25
BEAT time In A GIANT JOB
Omaha Printing Company Sets Rec
ord in Omaha Water Case Brief.
WORK WEEK NIGHT AND DAY
Linotype Machines Mold Matter for
That Time and I25 workers
Complete STA mig Vol
umea I'm Ten Days.

/ Business efficiency preachers might OBJ
tain subject for many lectures and for
brilliant lessons IL they were to pause
In Omaha fer while. Just now the sx-
| perts Of the commercial world are writing
volumes on system-on getting business
down to a firmer and more profitable
basis. So IL might well be II some Of
the country's business experts were to look
into the efficiency that characterizes the
work Of one Of omaha's largest printing
estahlishmehts-the Omaha Printing COM
pany, which has just completed one Of
the largest printing and binding orders
ever filled In the city in the time allotted
for this particular piece OF work.
With only ten days In which to com
piete the brief In the case Of the Omaha
Water company against the city Of
omahs-a stupendous work. which. when
| printed. filled six large volumes of ESQ
pases-the Omaha Printing company ac-
cepted the job and rushed the printing
through to completion In less than the
required time.
No Arguing for Time.
When the Omaha Printing company was
asked whether 1t could do the work in
the nine days. there was no arguing about
time. The work had to be done by
Wednesday. May 2, which was only ten
days off when the Omaha Printing COM
pans managers were consulted. The man
ayers Of the company did not ask many
questions; they did not seek delay: they
simply said. We will get the work out"
and then they went at their task with q
"Msszass-to-Gsrcis' like spirit and they
completed the whole Job In less than the
required time. But ID took a mighty lot
Of work; the details OF the task and Of
the manner in which Il was carried 10
completion viii enable anyone 10 realize
the magnitude OF the work.
The brief Includes history Of the en-
tire case Of the Omaha Water company
against The city Of Omaha. and was
prepared for submission to the United
States circuit court OF appeals. being the
final appeal that can be made In this
particular case. II contained everything
dealing with this famous case. and one
volume, the sixth. Is filled with all the
exhibits 10 the CASE. such ss statements,
blue prints and photographs.
The completed brief occupies six large
volumes. all Of which make a thickness
Of more than twelve inches. II the brief
had been set as an ordinary transcript
It would have required more than 5000
pages for the printing.
Run Machines seven Days.
In order to get the work out 1t was
necessary TO run ten linotype machines
every hour for nine days The first copy
for the brief was placed In the hands OF
the Omaha Printing company on Mon
day. -Aay IA The machines were then
set TO work in molding the type and the
shifts we're changed every eight hours.
All during this time. from Monday,
May iS. until 5 o'clock. Wednes-
day, May =, tho printers OF this firm
were kept at work, without losing 9
minute. Tho linotype machines were
run steadily for seven days and ths
p1nting and binding Of the work took
Up the other time Of the ten days.
In getting out the brief more than is5
people were employed. One force Of
thirty men were kept at work from 1880
lo'elock Monday morning. May 10, until
7,so Wednesday morning. May 2, One
of the foremen who wished 20 see that
work was put out with every detail per-
feet stayed on the job for sixty-two
hours. Others Of the man stuck to the
task Tor forty-eight hours without any
long period Of rest.
The men on the Job were given pay and
half after nine hours work and double
pay after fourteen hours. Help on the
linotype machines was secured from five
other nrinting shops. The printers
worked In perfect harmony and the man
ayers Of the big plant give praise to
these outsiders for their efficient help.
All the workmen in the establishment Of
the Omaha Printing company were snx-
ious to have the big job done well, and
they stuck 10 work until every detail was
finished.
During the time the Job wss underway
news Of II was spread to the other shops
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