The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-03
Friends Flock to In.
spect Model News
paper Plant
VISITORS LAVISH
IN COMPLIMENTS
Giant Tubular Press is
Center of In
terest

For few hours. Tuesday after
noon, the odor of printing ink was
completely submerged in the over
powering perfume OF roses and the
fragrant aroma OF excellentlyrbrewed
coffee, while above the roar OF the
giant press could be heard the friend
ly chatter and surprised exclama
tions of a small army OF admirina
friends who had come to see The
Times In its new home and witness
for the first time in America the
making of newspaper In the open
From | o'clock TO 8 the visitors
came in a steady stream. Starting
from the editorial rooms on the sec
ond floor. where all the members OF
the editorial stan are gathered as
one big family. they passed on to the
composing room, the blue-whits
white lights of which. seen through
the glass partitions. served as a lure
and an invitation to inspect the me
chanical wonders that unfolder them
selves with each step forward
Here the visitors we're shown
many of them for the first time, the
twentieth century way Of converting
newspaper copy" fresh from the
typewriter. into warm slugs of type
-"cold type" Is misnomer In these
modern days. They saw these warm
slngs, representing completed news
articles. placed in bright new steel
forms as page after page was made
up" and followed them into the
stereotyping room where the mat
rices and, in turn, the tubular press
plates were. fashioned by skillful
hands.
But the center of interest through
out the afternoon was the mammoth
32-page. duplex tubular press, built
especially for The Times, a Inechan-
ical marvel that promises to revolu
tionize the press-making industry
and the most talked-of invention In
the newspaper field. Today. II was
the first tim ethe Detroit public had
ever seen newspaper printed from
tubular instead OF semi-cylindrical
lates, and The Times guests stood
fascinated as this humming, pulsat
ing monster of steel, working to its
full capacity. disgorged 32-page
newspapers, all in one book and
ready for the eye, at the rate OF So.
900 an hour.
Among the visitors was ID. J. Mo
Donald, who as an active Detroit
newspaper man witnessed the in.
stallation OF the first modern print.
ing press in Michigan In the late sew.
enties, and he drew some interesting
comparisons between what was then
the acme of printing press perfection
and the new Times duplex.
Ralph Collamore. OF Smith, Hinch-
man & Grylls, who worked out the
engineering problems in connection
with the Transformation OF a cream.
cry plant into an up-to-the-minute
newspaper office. was another deep.
ly interested guest II was his first
inspection trip since the work he
laid out had been completed, and he
was as much amazed at the general
effects as any stranger.
When | came over here early in
December | could scarcely conceive
how we were ever going to turn this
into n -ne~sPs per plant, - he sniti-.ifftt ftt
was tough job and the result is
really revelation. had no idea It
would look so we'll"
But IL the plant was revelation
TO its visitors. the RECEPTION, in turn.
was a revelation to The Times. II
seemed as though all Detroit had
turned out. and our ears are burn.
Ing yet from the stream OF pretty
compliments poured into them all
afternoon. From all sides they came,
from the citys staunchest business
and professional en-. from CITY. coun.
~ and state officials. from the "old'
est subscriber" who was present In
force, from loyal advertisers, from
fellow newspapermen, and those
compliments ali had the true ring OF
sincerity. Truly, II was a great DAY
for The Times
And one thing the reception re.
Voaled that Is worth OF note. and
speaks well for the Bagley district
as business center. everybody
found the new location without the
slightest difficulty. SO after all, you
see.
It's short. short way around TO
Bagley
To the decent sheet that
dares."