Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-05

and editor Of the Baltimore Day. Later.
he engaged In newspaper work in
New York city and wns actively as
sociated with the late Henry George
in the Single Tax propaganda. lie
died in 1892. Mr.. Cameron became
connected with the Il G. Dun & co.
mercantile agency. as branch superin-
tendent. first IN Wilmington and later
In Providence, II T. lie died In the lat
ter city a few years ago.
Takes Another Meal.
May /. 1877. Every Evening sur-
prised the community By buying the
Wilmington Daily Commercial and
Incorporating that older rival with its
daily issue. aud continuing the Conn
merciais weekly, the Delaware Tri-
bune by merging Il into the Delaware
State Journal, the weekly acquired by
the Daily Journal purchase. In con-
sequence of this venture, Every Even-
ing was enlarged to an eight~column
pageits present size and the price
| increased 70 two cents per copy. II
lost somewhat In circulation BY this
move. but not enough TO impair It's
value as an advertising medium or It's
influence in public affairs. And in due
time the circulation figures were built
up 70 former levels and since then
have increased steadily.
with the purchase Of the CONNER
-eial, Every Evening was moved to the
Commercial Office then at the south
west corner Of Fifth and Market
streets. But the sale Of this building
to Samuel H. Baynard. in 1882. conn
PEELED Every Evening to rather hastily
seek other quarters, and purchase was
made Of the lot In the rear Of the
Commercial building, extending back
to shipley street. On this lot a new
building was erected. which in part
il the home OF Every Evening today.
And stilI Another.
Having acquired the habit of abb
sorbIng its competitive eontempo-
rariea, Every Evening continued to
indulge It's appetite, and on December
10. 1884, purchased from Jerome r.
Beil and Merris Taylor the Daily
Gazette and its weekly issue, the Della
ware Gazette, which,. they had pur-
chased from Caleb +. Johnson IN
May, 1882. The daily was merged into
Every Evening which enabled the
latter paper to assume the somewhat
imposing title Of Every Evening.
Commercial and Gazette. The name
o. Delaware Gazette was given to
Every Evenings weekly issue, and adj
hered to until the abandonment of
this feature Of the paper.
Since that time continual progress
has been the experience Of Every
Evening Increasing circulation made
double-cylinder press insufficient to
meet the daily demand, and in October
1883, il gave way to a Goss perfeeting
press, at that time the finest piece Of
printing machinery ever seen IN VIII
mington, and the mechanical plant
was supplemented by a complete
stereotyping process. the printing By
cylinder presses having been from
types But within ten years the Goss
Printing Press Co. received from
Every Evening an order for much
better, faster and larger perfecting
press, which rendered admirable
service until the Inauguration, this
year, of the press now in use. built by
the same company. and far superior
to any other printing press in this
city
With the inauguration of this fine
new press came also the installation
OF a complete new mechanical plant
for Every Evening. The Monotype
machines which had been employed
for type-setting- these machines
really set type in a wonderfully in
genious manner--have been supplanted
by a battery of Mergentnaler limo
types, with complete new equipment
for setting advertisements. stereo-
tipping, and doing all the other work
essential To the production of daily
newspaper. Enlarged quarters being
I necessary TO this extensive improve
ment, Every Evening Printing Co.
purchased the Butler building. front
Ii ing on Market street and running back
to Shipley street, where it adjoins
Every Evenings original building.
The mechanical plant and editorial
and business quarters of Every Even
ing now occupy all of these two build
: ings, with the exception of the for.