The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-11
GOING FORWARD.

One Improvement has followed an.
other in such rapid succession since
the West Virginian moved into its
new home and larger quarters early
in November that no attempt has
been made to chronicle the details.
The first big step towards securing a
modern newspaper equipment was the
installation Of new and larger press
with complete stereotyping outtit,
the prese being capable OF printing
from $4,000 to 10000 copies of the
paper per hour in one or two colors.
In addition to the stereotyping equip
ment for the newspaper additional
machinery has been added to the
plant enabling the West Virgfnian TO
make cuts for advertisers up to full
page size. from mats, certainly, big
progressive undertaking for the bene-
mt of the advertising patrons of the
paper which will save the advertisers
many hundreds of dollars per year
that they are now spending for cuts.
In connection with the outfit is Mil
Ter Saw Trimmer, machine almost
indispensable in the modern newspa-
per plant.
Having the mechanical facilities to
< provide every present need and to an
+ ticipate the future needs of the plant
for the next five or ten years to come,
it was decided to improve the work
ing conditions of the composinr room
by the addition of a complete new
supply of type, cabinets and other
labor saving devices, eradictaing all
the lost motion possible and utilizing
every inch of the floor space to the
best advantage.
The work of getting the composing
room into first class order and dis
placing the old fixtures and type with
the new has been steadily pushed
since the paper was off the press Sat
urday evening, and as a result the
West yirginian goes to its steadily
increasing circle of readers in com
plete new dress today.
Another big improvement to the
plant was the addition Of Number
Eight Linotype Machine from which
five faces of type can be set, the ad-
yantages of this machine have been
reflected daily for the past several
weeks in the heads and advertise
ments throughout the paper.
Mr.. n. G. Steltz of the American
Type Founders Co. OF Pittsburgh has
sbeen experimenting the layout of the
scomposing room, instituting many i'm
eproyements for the facililation of the
work of the compositors. His long
Experience In this line of work and
his acquaintance with the needs of
printers generally has been shown to
"a great advantage in the last few
days.
The West yirginian and its print
ing and binding plant now occupies
four stories and the basement of its
new Monroe street quarters. and is
the largest establishment of its kind
in West Virginia outside of Wheeling,
and none anywhere have better and
more modern plant than that from
which "The Paper That Goes Home"
is printed.
The West yirginian has established
selling agencies in all the surround
ing towns along the traction lines and
8 is steadily building up a larger circu-
iation in all the nearby towns which
will be of inestimable value to the
advertisers.
ia The readers of the paper will note
a decided improvements in the ap-
pearance of the paper and its service
will soon become regular and better
tablish an hour for press time we will
have to ask the cooperation OF the
advertisers in furnishing early copy.
Z As paper on time every evening Is
worth much more than a late edition
and 1T Is certainly very much to the
advantage of the advertisers to help
In every way possible to get the paper
out on time every day.
c raCaSSirv
in every home. 1t is in fact the hist
DRY of the present told in reliable
form every day. Parents should think
Of the newspaper as a method of edu
eating their children by keeping them
informed upon current events. Read
ing some good newspaper should be
made the regular habit of every child
every day. The amount OF knowledge
I absorbed by this kind OF reading will
mean much to the educational train
& ing of the child and will furnish in
( formation that never can be found i'll
text books The West Virginian has
always sought to so conduct its col
umns that the paper will afford suit
able reading matter for every fireside.
This paper has always been a con-
slant booster for the best interests
of our schools, churches. and a high
& standard OF morals and several years
before prohibition was the law OF this
state this paper refused many hun
dred dollars worth of liquor advertis-
ing. to accept which is now made an
( offense, under the Yost law. The
= West yirginian hopes now. with it's
Improved facilities to add much to its
prestige IN the community and to be-
come stronger force in the advaracy
5 Of the principles it espouses in tho
interest of the people Of the County