Year: 1875

From the New Yorker Journal August 80 1881


We have before now repeatedly called attention to
the fact that the HERALD occupies the most prominent
position Of all tie daily papers in the world by reason
OF its brilliant enterprise With characteristic modesty
1t rarely calls attention the good work 1t has
promoting the general welfare and progress of news
papers. We avail ourselves, therefore, n repre-
sentative German paper of the opportunity before
70 sound its well earned praise


This opportunity is furnished by its '1ightning
trains" the last Of which was despatched yesterday
from this city to Niagara Falls the incredibly short
time OF eleven hours The brilliant idea OF sending
extra 'lghtning trans" an enormous cost TO the
most distant cities of this State simply accommodate
the readers of his paper could only have originated in
the BRAIN Of such an enterprIsng James Gordon
Bennett We feel that the Postmaster General
when he gets his projected lightning mail trains TO the
West in working order will acknowledge that Mr.
Bennett was the first in the field with his praise
worthy effort at rapid transit Should he not ac-
knowledge the obligation no would conjure up against
himself very storm OF Indignation 50 intelligent
and discriminating people the American ready
endure anything rather than slur upon distinguished
merit Furthermore, the public have grown to DO
proud of the HERALD for they know that at the very
point where the enterprise of the other papers
that Of the HERALD may be said only to begin. No
other paper pays such fabulous for by tee-
gram or by post the HERALD Events scarcely born
from the womb o. tmo are found next morning fully
developed, baptized, nay, even confirmed in this
newspaper of newspapers and in the
business, old hack Journalists who certainly ought to
know how 1t is DONE ask themselves they read its
latest cablegrams, which rule other paper has
whence IL has obtained interesting and valuable
'bt Of news" The staff of the HERALD holds the same
relationship to the personnel of the other papers tho
'lightning trains" Of day to the old
mall coaches In which poor grandfathers and
grandmothers had to travel The Seventh regiment is
acknowledged to be Of the most majestic in the
world II would be thrown entirely into the shade II Mr.
Bcnnetrs staff were to march in Its full strength
The high order OF intelligence which characterzes the
whole stan OF the HERALD has exercised excel
lent and wonderful effect upon the compostors Of the
paper who enabled TO set in type in the German
language kilograms and correspondence with the same
ease and rapldity they their language.
BY means Of It's special kilograms from Germany the
HERALD has surpassed the richest and most widely
circulated OF the German American papers. No wonder
u Is 50 emnenty popular among all Germans The
peUer class OF German American papers have repent
edy called attention TO thc fact that the press IN the


old country Is not active enough that It's cable de-


putches are too mcagrc and that II frequently reports
important cy0nts late eight days alter they have
happened. thorough rcorm u, therefore, much
n'eded by them and wo wish could prevail upon Mr.
bennett 10 send members of the stan Of the
HRRALD 10 Germany 70 show the descendants ol Her
mann She Chsfuskan the proper way 70 publish news
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