The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-13
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eight pages for that edition, 1t is said,
WIS forced to reproduce a page from
the day, before. nsexplanation OF this
failure the excuse OF a 'mistake. be.
ing made was offered yesterday.
Why dtscredit your pressman? Why
not either tell the truth or keep still.
about the matter3 "A page printed
over again Is not much worse than
some Of the Junk that is offered by
that sheet ,rhe Times.
This Is fair sample OF the little,
dirty, mean things the Times will re.
sort 70 to discredit the West virginian
IN every possible manner. It does not
matter with the morning sheet how
much truth there is in anything Il
says. II uses the language that suits
its parpose best.
The West Yirginian stated exactly
the truth as to how the eth page Of
the paper was printed from an old
plate or aplate made from an old
mat by mistake! The Times is, OF
course, not familiar with tie opera.
ton o. modern stereotyplng plant,
the manner OF making plates from
which the paper is printed, ETC., as It
IS still nsing the ancient fiat bed meth
cd II commenced with some fifteen
years ago. The West SVirglnian has
recently installed a stereotyping press,
one OF the most modern printing
present made. with a capacity Of % 900
papers per hour, or about Six. times
as fast as the antiquated press still
being used by, the Times.
The West Virginian Is no longer
printed direct from the type, and it
might be of interest to explain to our
readers the method we use, which
Is more modern. The type is set lust
as before and placed In the forms and
locked up. The forms are then wheel.
ed on iron tables on which ARE rollers
LOT that purpose to a large machine
Where 9 specially prepared paper or
mat y pressed into the type, the pa.
per being dampened, and after the
type 70 firmly impressed on the paper
the form with the mat or paper Ia
rolled 70 another large machine known
as the steam table, where the mat or
heavy paper Is dried, or Cooked, as
y is called. the result being that the
taces Of the type are firmly and accu.
rately Embedded into q very hard pa.
per or mat,
This mat which Is the size of a
page OF the paper. is then placed
around O large metal cylinder in n
special machine made for moulding
the plates and molten type metal Is
poured around the cylinder, which,
when IL becomes cool, forms a cylin.
drical plate OF solid metal with an ex.
act reproduction Of the type that was
originally used to make the mat. The
metal plate. or cylinder. is then placed
on 70 o boring machine where It is
routed and made ready for the press,
and this cylinder, and not the type,
y placed upon the press and it ID
from IL and not the type, tho printing
IS done.
All Of the big city. daiiies have sim.
liar presses and stereotyping outfits
and many OF the better papers OF this
state, such as the Wheeling, Charles.
ton, Huntington and CiarRsburg pa.
pers. the Times being one OF the Gold
tfmers' that has not kept progress
with the modern methods of newspa.
per making. I.
These mats after they arc used, arc
stored around near the casting box
and are saved for several days, and
sometimes for IA longer time il there
10 any reason for preserving any mage
Of the paper. The stereotyper works
IN a great hurry, having only few
minutes to cast his plates after the
FORMS are ready to get them OIL tho
press ~ time TO make the four O'Clock
car, which the West virginian is now
able TO do with its fast press, thus
extending its circulation 10 all The
nearby suburban towns and beating
all other evening papers into tho field
Tor miles around Fairmont. Naturally.
the Times Is not pleased with the new
equipment OF the West Virginian,
since II sees the rapidity with which
the evening paper that goes home"
is extending its circulation. Tho
FRESHMAN In picking up tho mat after
the type had been SGT and the mat
made form y got hold OF the wrong
page seven and in his rush made the
wrong plate by mistake. and no rea.
son exists for criticlsing the press.
man. as the Times undertakes to have
II appear was done. Our pressman
is q fast mechanic and understands
e-=@e eee1ttA14tlta aAhi 1buG IlllclHke IL ono
, that might happen In the best rcgulat.
ed office.
The West ytrginian, in fact. has
one Of Che best me chemically equipped
newspaper plants In the state. ii Is
manned in every department by com.
petent mechanics It is the largest
plaut doing apnblishing and printing
i,usines in the state, outside Of Wheel.
ing, another fact that is, somewhat
dssagreeable for the Times to appre.
ciate. :.
The Times had four years the start
of the West yirginiat In the daily
newspaper field. lt had an opportun.
lily to establish Its business without
opposition. II has now been in the
business about fifteen years, while the
West Virginian has only been in tho
Field eleven years. When the present
editor OF the West yirginian took
charge OF tho West yirginian's bust.
uess nearly ten years ago. It had an
old delapidated press and pile OF
junk for its equipment. It was feav.
lily In debt. the Indebtedness being
about $4,000, and the paper was los.
Ing money at the rate OF $1,000 per.
year or over 500 per week. That
nos was within twelve months turned