The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-12-08
THE DAILY LEADER
IN ITS NEW Home
FINE NEW MACHINERY INSTALL
ED, INCLUDING MODEL G
INTERTYPE.

modern business block which marks
| the site of the former building used
for so many years to house the print
ing equipment. The new structure
on Egan avenue N has been completed
only recently and is serving well as a
new home for issuing the daily and
weekly papers and for the job print
| ing department
Contractor James Robertson had in
charge the construction work on The
Daily Leader building and the way
he and his force handled the job
without interfering with routine busi-
ness carried on inside the old frame
structure is indeed a credit to his
skill. AT one time sduring building
operations there was a building in
side building and both the printing
force and the carpenters and brick
layers kept steadily along with their
respective labors until the new block
was built and every vestige of the old
frame building removed. OF course,
there was some Inconvenience, but
never for even one day was it, found
necessary to suspend the publication
of The Daily Leader or The Lake
County Leader because of the pres
ence of the construction crew or the
fact that a new building was being
eercted on the outside of another one.
Mr.. Robertson has done his work
well. and we are pleased with the. re-
suits. Whatever delay there was was
entirely a matter of delayed ship
ments of material. The building un-
der contract was constructed from
hard pressed brick. It is Il two
stories, with five rooms on L second
floor. The section that was ei ected
this fall has length of so feet and
Joins centrally with another 25-foot
part built Of brick some years ago.
The first floor of the new building
offers ample accomm odations for the
printing machinery that is in service
from day to day. Here are found the
presses in the job end and also the
newspaper and book presses, together
with paper cutter, the folder and the
type and material cabinets and cases
at which the printing force set up the
Job work and make up the regular is
sues of the publications gotten out by
this office. Also on this floor are to
be seen the two Intertype typeset-
ting machines.
Attention is called to the modern
equipment of this plant. Wishing to
serve the public with dispatch and
with the best possible work, a new
marvellous typesetting machine that
has great possibilities along the line
of speed and accuracy has recently
been installed. Mention is made of
the new model c Intertype that car
ries several magazines which may be
instantly adjusted by lever without
pecessitating the operator to leave his
seat. Nearly a dozen sizes of the
most modern type faces are at the
command of the operator who sets
the advertisements for the two pa
pers and also does the body work for
regular and special work. The fact
that the job department is hourly
rushed with work both local and from
surrounding towns made necessary
the installing Of the new model c
Intertype and new cases and cabinets
built to facilitate work and save the
time Of the compositors, pressmen
and those who work on the makeup.
The Daily Leader office is a very
busy place and 1t requires large
force to take care Of the business
that comes in daily. In the mechan-
ical department 10 men are employed
and it requires others to do the Of
flee work. The distribution of The
Daily Leader is effected through the
services of six carriers.
The daily paper was established in
1890 because the weekly failed to fill
the demand in a community where
progress was seen on every hand
This publication required an enlarged
plant and faster method of getting
the type metal into the columns
hence model A Intertype was placed
in and still remains as an accessory
help to the fine new model C Inter
type machine now lined up on the
first floor. With the enlarged plant
came the need Of q larger force Of
printers and operators.
The subscription list for both The
Daily Leader and The Lake County
Leader has increased to point where
It Ii good business asset. nor has
the circulation reached its limit, fol
new subscribers are coming on thu
list daily.
Much state printing comes to thii
office every year, and 1t is with nc
little pride that we point to the char.
acter Of the product this office sends
out.
The public ID invited to make us /
call and inspect the machines and
plant that Is creditabIe institution
TO this city.