The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-27

put into the forms and made up.
1t Is made upon what is called
q turtle" in a heavy metal frame
that Is known as a chase. This
Ichase has movable side and bot
tom pieces that can be screwed up
so as to tighten the type in the
form. The columns are all justi-
fled out SO that they are the same
length, the form is locked up, and
sent to the stereotyper, where It
Is slid off the turtle onto a rolling
table. After 1t has been planned
down by means Of placing a smooth
block of wood on the type and tap
ping 1t lightly as It is moved over
the type, the stereotyper takes q
mat, dampens the surface OF It and
places 1t on the TYPE form, after
which it Is rolled under a large
heavy iron roller that puts several
thousand pounds pressure per
square inch on the paper mat,
forcing it down into tho type. The
form and mat are then pushed OF
the rolling table onto the steam
table, which Is heated as it's name
indicates by steam at a pressure
of 100 pounds. and an absorbent
blanket is clamped onto the damp
mat.
This mat is composed Of a white
cardboard slightly harder than or
binary blotter, yet softer than
i glazed cardboard. two pieces Of
I specially prepared red matrix
paper and six sheets OF tissue
Taper. all of which are pasted to-
gether with a paste which Is fire,
resisting to a degree. After the
mat and form have been under the
steam table for about six minutes,
! the paper mat is thoroughly dried.
1t is then trimmed off evenly
around the edges, taken to the
press room and further dried on a
| steam bDiler. then placed in a cast
ing box. Here 1t Is firmly held
between IN inner core and an
outer casing with the type part OF
the mat on the inside. Again mol
ten metal plays its part in the
J making Of the newspaper. It. is
, pumped down on the inside OF the
mat and allowed to cool. The cast
ing box Is then opened, the tuSe
with the type on the outside. is
pulled off the core and 1t Is then
trimmed at the ends and the In
side reamed out perfectly smooth.
1t is then placed OIL the press. 1t
is locked tightly there, for It re-
wolves at the rate OF 240 per min.
ute while the plain %ncwsprint
which come in rolls OF about 500
pounds each is fed between the
type ami rubber covered roll which
makes tho print. The three long
ribbons OF paper pass constantly
around and about the rolls and up
over a former. then down into 4
folder which folds them into tho
half page sizes as rapidly as a
husky young boy can carry them
away.
Here is whore one first meets
the men and boys of the circula-
ton department for they are al.
ways waiting with anxious hands
to get the papers off the presses
and wrap them in bundles to be
shipped out on the street car lines
to the various agents, given to the
pewsies who sell them on the
street. or wrapped in mail bundles
for the rural carriers and the train
mall.
In an hours time, you have read
! the paper. but 1t took twenty-nIne
keen. trained people, working an
average OF nine hours a day each,
to make the paper. In other words
261 hours work has been spent on
the task that you might have the
pleasure of Sitting by the fire AMI
reading the news OF your neigh
bors and the world at large.