The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-04-04
NEWSPAPER PRESS GIVES
WAY TO MODERN MODEL
New and Improved Equipment
Will Print Enlarged Paper For
The Republican
TODAY is THE FIRST ISSUE

After more than forty-five
years in faithfully printing The
Republican every week and hun
dreds of other printed forms, the
old newspaper press, which re-
mains a splendid piece of ma
chinery, but with the advancing
demands for more efficient work,
has been replaced by new and
modern equipment.
The new press, designated by
its manufacturer as a Goss Cox
o-Type, was built by the Goss
Printing Press Company in Chi
cago. This company also builds
big, high-speed presses used by
many of the largest daily news
papers of the nation which de-
mand speed with dependability.
The machine arrived Tuesday,
March %, over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and has been
erected by Mr.. James Price, ex-
pert mechanic of the Goss Com
pany, assisted by members Of
The Republican staff and other
Workmen.
The Republican today is be-
ing printed on the new press.
Prior to its arrival here much
preliminary work had to be done
in the pressroom. Presses that
are still in the building had to be
shifted to other positions and a
pit and foundation for the ac-
commodation of the press and
the pressman had to be provided.
The concrete work was executed
by the Hardesty Brothers, care
full and conscientious workmen
of Oakland. Several tons of sand
and shale, as we'll as other ma
terial entered into it's construc-
ton. Other improvements in the
pressroom are contemplated.
Weighing more than ten TOM
the press is driven by a seven
and one-half horse power cleo
trio motor placed in a pit be-
meath and connected by a leather
belt. The electrical work was
done by Grover G. Stemple. The
capacity of the press is such
that it will handle roll of paper
approximately Sc inches in di-
ameter and more than 81 inches
long. Lesser sized rolls are pro-
vided and can be printed. The
Republican today is being print
ed on the larger size sheet, which
is split at a certain point while
the press is in operation and it
is then automatically delivered
to the attached folder and the
operation is thus completed for
mailing. The roll of paper when
placed in position yesterday for
use today weighed more than
thousand pounds.
The capacity of the press is
$500 eight-page papers an hour.
With the press which has been
displaced by the installation of
the Cox-o-Type press only four
pages could be printed at time
and this operation required up
ward of five hours of hard Cruel
ling work before the paper was
mailed out to our subscribers.
AS will be noticed The Repub-
lican is enlarged from six-col-
umn to a seven-column paper.
The columns are slightly longer
than they were in the original
form. This makes possible for
subscribers to receive more read I
ing matter than was the case
previously. In addition this in
crease in size provides additional
space for advertisements, for in
some cases it has been impossi-
BILE heretofore. to accommodate
advertisers with tbs space they
demand.
In operation, the paper, known
as the web, is drawn through the
press over ball-bearing steel roll
lers and is printed on both sides
in a single action. The linking ar
rangement is provided for by
composition rollers which are fed
from ink fountains. These are
carried over the type pages in
forms securely clamped on the
upper and lower beds of the ma
chine and before each individual
impression or printing operation
is made. Press controls are SO
placed that the operator has full
control of the massive machine
and folder without changing his
position.
The Republicans many SUBJ
scribers, advertisers and the
public generally will be welcome
to come in at any time and see