New Britain herald., 1921-11-07

work of placing the machines where q representative of the concern had already laid them out. Working late and early, the mechanics suc cecded in getting the machines run ming yesterday afternoon, each fully assembled and equipped ready to commence work
 From Cleveland, Ohio; Worcester, Mass; New York city and Chicago, Ill.,, sterotyping equipment were ex- pressed to replace that which had suffered from the effects of fire and water.
 First Edition Today.
 With all mechanical equipment thus in readiness, the mechanical staff reported for duty this morning in a composing room that had supplanted the Horton fish market, formerly ad joining the business office of the Herald. The type was set with the newly installed Intertypes, and the heads with a new Ludlow which ar rived in the city yesterday afternoon. The pages were made up in the same room and then sent into the press room for stereotyping, afterward being placed on the press. The edition was then run off.
 Tons of Debris.
 William II. Allen, head of the con- tracing firm that bears his name, is m charge of the work of rebuilding. Under him he has force of about 100 men working from early morn ing until late at night. Several tons of debris have been taken out of the building and carted away in auto mobile trucks. The ceiling has been removed, much of the work being done at night with the aid of electric lights strung from a nearby building.
 No Break in Service.
 During the interim that has elapsed since the fire of Wednesday morning, the Herald has published it's paper daily in spite Of the most discouraging obstacles. Not a scrap Of news copy nor advertising matter was saved and the numerous sched- ules of advertising which guide that branch of the newspaper business were also destroyed. There were no machines for the setting of type saved nor any type to be set by hand. None of the huge stock of newsprint paper in the cellar could be used, so drenched was the entire stock.
 OBricn Sets First Line
 The strenuous efforts made to get us back in our own home this morn ing were so well rewarded that we were all equipped and ready for oper- ation yesterday afternoon. While mechanics from the intertype com pany furnished the final adjustments on the new machines Herald opera tors under the direction. of the machinist Thomas Lawlor, were get ting ready to set copy. At exactly 5:30 o'clock, Sunday William O'Brien, for 20 years an employe of the Herald, and at present an operator of one of the Intertype machines, set the first line of copy in the Herald plant since the fire. Incidentally it was a part of the fire story.
 splendid Work
 Without the aid of the several con
  labored necessarily from the moment the tiremen began to remove the hose from the building the publication of The Herald today in it's own plant would have been impossible. William H. Allen Co.,, (which is constructing the building, has had a huge force of men on the structure since last Wednesday, Spring and Buckley's | men with John c. Buckley in personal command, contributed in large to the success of the effort ] E. c. Dennison's trucks and touring cars scurrying to several points for were almost constantly on the move for twenty four hour days. | The New Britain Gas Company, B. c. | Porter Sons, George c. Rogers, E. r. | McAloon, c. A. Bence and numerous other local people gave their aid un- to the herculean tack. Ma paper, and supply manu- lecturers all gave emergency service |
 Service Appreciated
 The 1ntertype Co.,, which installed | the typesetting machines, gave yeo- man service. Not only did they send | their best erectors here but that noth- ing might be left undone to insure | success of the effort to print in our own plant with our own equipmnet by | Monday the company's president | and it's construction engineer came | here by auto yesterday to personally | driect the work All day they had men at the phones at their Brooklyn plant | to answer the call for additional as- sistance or to rush missing parts to New Britain, but so well was the ship