New Britain herald., 1921-11-07

The remarkable cooperation of hundreds of Worl<men the CO-Crdi- nation of a score of trades and crafts; the usage of foot. motor, rail and water as means by which ship ments of newspaper plant necessities might be rushed to this city, and the tireless efforts of q gang of Inter- type machine assemhlers. eliminated this afternoon in the production of this edition of the New Britain Herald from type set on Herald ma chimes and printed on the Herald press for the first time since the disastrous fire of last Wednesday morning.
 Record Breaking speed.
 There are few, if any, cases Jf re- placement where the action has been so rapid. But four days have elapsed since the Herald plant was guttcd by fire, everything of any use in the production Of neWspap per, with the exception of the press, hay ing been demolished. And the sue cess of the Herald organization in bringing about the rapid return to it's own plant is made the moro re- markablc when it is realized that this city is far removed from the source of supply for newspapers.
 Thirty Cars JtiliHeI.
 The automobile played an appre- ciable part in the reconstruction to it's present temporary stage Of the Herald plant More than 30 cars have been in constant service since last Wednesday morning. Of this number, the greater pat is rep resented in the fleet of motor trucks utilized in the shipment of 80 tons of machinery and other materials, while the remaining autos were touring cars racing between New Britain and New York city, New Britain and Hartford, New Briatin and Mcriden and to numerous other cities when speedy messages were to be delivered or fast delivery was imperative.
 Rollers to New York.
 Before the frcmen had returned to their engine houses and while the timbers throughout the building were still smoulderiuE. the work of removing the scmi-haked rollers from the press had been started and when the fire apparatus was driven from the front of the build ing an automobile truck backed into place. The rollers ware piled into the auto truck and rushed to New York City for chemical treatment The auto truck which conveyed the rollers to the factory waited in New for replacement on the press. York until they were made ready Driving through the night so that no time might be lost, the truck reached this city Saturday morning. Foreman "Bill' Flagg and his four assistants went to work at once 10 put the rollers in position.
 Press Mechanics Arrive.
 When the news of the fire reached the Gos5 Printing plant at Chicago, gang of press mechanics was or dered east at once to remedy what difficulties might be experienced with the press in it's initial run. The big machine was found to be water soaked in parts. After a thorough and painstalling wiping of the many intricate parts of the mechanism, an oiling and inspection of the motor, the Juice" was thrown on and the press turned over, ready for the printing of tonight's edition.
 Newsprint Destroyed.
 The stock of neWsprint paper, kept in the basement of the build ing, was destroyed by the flood of water that followed the fire. It was necessary that more paper be secured at once. Automobile trucks were called into service to convey stock of newsprint to this city, this reaching the Herald plant yesterday
 When it was found that the en- tire linotype equipment had been de- stroyed so that it would be of no fur ther use, representatives of the sev- eral typesetting machine companies were despatched by their respective companies to this city. Agreements were reached with the Intertype Co. for immediate delivery of seven 1ntertypes of the latest design.
 Rush Intertypes Here.
 The order for the machines was recorded at the Intertype offices Saturday morning auto mobile trucks arrived in the city with a cargo aggregating II tons. Seven Intertype assemblers were on hand bright and early to begin the