Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-26
1IMES-REPUbLICAN
COMING BACK AGAIN
PAPER TO BE PRINTED ON ITS
OWN PRESS TONIGHT.
Only Nearly supcrhuman Effort
Makes Possible Quick Come Back
Of Newspaper on Third Day After
Disastrous Fire-Plant Being Rap
idly Rehabilitatcd for Use.

Tho Times-Republican is rising
crom its ashes today. Its readers will
welcome the return Of familiar face
tonight - providing no unforeseen
complication arise between the time
this is written late this forenoon and
this evening. The hope and plan,
which probably will be realized, this
forenoon was to publish tonight's edi-
ton on the papers big press. The
size Of the paper will necessarily be
smaller than usual.
BY Monday, in all probability, the
newspaper will resume publication in
something like its usual form, if the
present progress of rehabilitation is
kept UP. Mild weather has aided very
materially. Had the temperature
been below zero the task would have
been a much harder and longer one.
An Extraordinary Effort.
The rehabilitation of the plant will
not be accomplished, however, with
out extraordinary effort. On the
morning after the fire force of fifty
men was at work in the ruins. Vari-
GUS factories in town loaned work.
men, who Joined forces with the car
penters In the employ of Leon Will,
while the Ewing Transfer Company's
men went at the heavy machinery
which had fallen on the heating plant
boiler and into the basement. Elec-
trical workers, plumbers, gas filters
and telephone men from many firms
all Joined forces and went to work in
their various lines. By Christmas
night enough machinery had been re-
moved from the boiler to permit
steaming up for heat. BY this time
the carpenters had boarded up brok-
en- windows and had rebuilt large
chinists from the Intertype Corpora
ton, Of Chicago. and two from the
Mergenthaler Linotype Company, of
Chicago, arrived to assist the T.-R.
and Marshall Printing Company ma
chinists, and their forces were aug
mented by fifteen young college men
home on vacations and printers tenn
porarily unemployed. Each of the
six machines nj the T.-R. plant has
thousands Of separate parts that have
to be cleaned, secured and polished by
hand. By Saturday these machines
will be back in operation at the rate
Of one q day.
Working Two Shifts.
In the meantime two shifts Of oper-
ators have been setting type on each
machine in the plants of the Acme
Printing Company and the Herald
Printing Company.
On the morning after the fire six
men went to work cleaning and re-
pairing the big newspaper perfecting
press. The composition on it's ink
rollers had completely melted away.
The cores had to be expressed to a
roller factory In Des Moiues to be
re-coated. Rolls Of paper arrived by
express from the Courier at Water
loo and . carload by freight from the
Register and Leader, at Des Moines.
Today an expert from the Goss Print
ing Press Company arrived to find
that the T.-R. pressman had the big
press ready to run.
Wednesdays miniature T.-R. was
printed on job presses, but only part
OF an edition could be published, as
Job presses must run fourteen hours
per day to supply the T.-R. list, but it
was the best that could be done.
The T.-R. Thanks All.
The Times-Republican is most
grateful for the assistance given it by
every one and by the many offers of
help that for various reasons could
not be accepted. The paper and its
editorial and business office forces
are especially grateful to J. w. Pur-
sci and members Of his family and the
First National Bank for the use of
parts Of their offices. These loca-
tons made it convenient to the old
offices.
During the frantic and confused ef-
forts to get out some sort of a paper
Wednesday not only did the editorial
force use the Pursel undertaking Of
fices but Mrs. Pursel kindly provided
lunch for the newspaper men in her
office at noon.
The First National Bank offered
the entire top floor of it's building and
business friends Of The Times Repub
ican all over the city offered quarters
and assistance Of all kinds.
Printing Company's Plans.
The Marshall Printing Company is
oSSoAi6 Up III lIlc hcCCIuIH DuuQlng,
formerly occupied by the buggy fac
tory, where it will have twice the floor
space it had before and where it will
greatly expand it's printing and bind
ing business within a week or ten
days. Its office and retail store of
office supplies will be restored in the
T.-R. building and greatly enlarged.
Everybody in town generously
seeks to aid those in distress and it
has been marvellous what willing men
and boys have been able to accom-
plish in two days. time.
Flames Again Burst Out.
At 2:40 this morning the fire de-
partment was called back to the
wrecked building, the night watch
man having discovered flames burst
ing out in the debris in the southwest
corner Of the basement. He sent in
m alarm and the firemen soon. had
the blaze extinguished. A big roll of
print paper, q few planks and much
lose paper fed the flames, but the
blaze had not gained sufficient head
way to demand the use Of water. The
department laid line Of hose, how
ever, and was prepared for more
stubborn fight.
Licensed to Wed.
William 2 Tos%ox oroJ "a ,,J r.