Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1881, Page 9

» \ r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE n S THE printing mack ory ntly been placed in the 1of Tie Ber enter upon through its various st i: SATURDAY, JUNE ¢, BEES NEW 881 TWELVE PAGES. ) v mailing in per day and we meluding incidental uld print, fold and 1 40,000 papers in one day yet, THE BEE is the only paper wc iy HOE'S PATENT IMPROVED DOUBLE-CYLINDER PRESS, i s and growth, | will be both interesting and instructive. On Monday June 19th, 1871 Tug Bk made its advent in the streets .vlf Omaha. The founder Mr, Rosewater, Edward launched his enterprise without a dollar invested in print ing material without a prospectus, and, erma sheet | measuring 12x18 inches, the first num | ber of Tue Bk had the appearance of | a play bill, and was in fact used programme in the with no design to establish a nent news paper. A two asa Acadeny or Music during the first week of its existence the end of the first two weeks the et was slightly enl; d and trans- | into a four page paper 14x20, Up to that time the circulation | sarying from 300 to 800 daily was dis- | tributed in our | usiness houses fr G ARty - kA charge, On July27th, T1the paper w enlarged to an 18x34 sheet and de- livered to subscribers in the city for 12§ cents per w ; ey . or mailed at 85 per annunm. On August 28th, 71, the paper was againenlar to 6 e urns, and the subscription ised to 15 conts per week and | $8 per annum, 4 pages price ra Since then enlargements were made in the daily on May 6th, 1872, to 7 columns, July 22d, 1872, to 8 columns, 24x36; on March 7th, 1874, to 9 columns, 27x41, and again on | May 14th, 1881, to 28x42, During the first two months the type work and printing of Tue Bre| was done under contract by Redfield Brothers, job printers, corner 12th About the mid- dle of September, 1871, an outtit of | types, cases, imposing stones, &ec., | valued at £1200, was purchased and placed in Redfield Brothers building, In the spring of 1872 the proprictor of Tue Bee bought vut the German vrinting office of the Beobachter Am fissouri, with about 81,500 worth and Douglas streets. COTTRELL & BAB[][]GK’S TWO-REVOLUTIO Capacity: Two Thousand Papers Per Hour. Capacity: Four Thousand Papers Per Hour. i h e i - , e ————————— N, AIR SPRING, PRESS. of types and printing materials, and also purchased a full supply of types and materials for the Bohemian paper which he founded during the previous year., A large frame building known as the Cedar Rapids House adjoining Redfield & Brothers build- ing, was rented, fitted upand occupied by Tre Bee and these foreign publi- cations, On the 11th of June, 1872, the building was set on fire and the whole establishment destroyed by an_ incen- diary, who was subsequently arrested and convicted. Undaunted by this calamity, THE Bee was kant nnon o halt sheet, never losing a single issue,, until the destroyed materials were again replaced. ‘ In July, 1872, the new outfit of | printing material, together with its first printing press and steam engine | were placed in the brick building on Farnham street, which has ever since been oceupied by Tuk Beg. [ It is foreign to our Hnn"luuu in writ- | ing this article to dwell at length upon the causes that have led to the mar- vellous growth of Tue Beg, no: hay we space to recite the ious enter- | prises which this paper has set on | foot, and the reforms it has success- | fully championed during the past te years. W hile pointing with just pride | upon the achievements of the past, the most striking proof of the prosperity | and widespread inflience of Tuk Bk | is exhibited in the fast presses and improved printing machinery which it | has been compelled to purchase in | order to supply the demand of its con- stantly increasing patronage During the first year of its exist- ence ThE BEE was printed by Redtield Brothers, upon a Cincinnati drum cylinder press, propelled by the hand power of a broad-shouldered Ameri- can citizen of Afri lescent, The speed of this press varied from 400 to 600 impressions, or from 200 to 300 complete papers per hour. After the | fire in June, 1872, T Ber was print- ed on its own inder :58, which | was alsc a Civeinnati cylinder with steam attachment. This press was | propelled by a six-horse power Baxter | engine, and was capable of turning ouv from 800 to 1,000 impressions per hour, This speed was, however, at risky because this class of pres; e huilt very light and liable | to go to pieces from jarring when put | to their utmost speed. | When the circulation of the daily | hed 1,200, in 1873, it became | manifest that this light cylinder would | not meet the demand. An o was therefore effected with the of that press, for a small eylinder Hoe | ess which they had purchased in trade aid which, in those days, was not in general demand. This was the first Hoe press ever brought to and for a period of seven y 0, the only draw- back being its tendency to crush type and the extraordin wear upon the dress of the paper. The speed of this | sity. press ranged from 1,800 to 2,000 was the purchase of a new Baxter | speed than wire spring machines Jmpressions per hour, but its size was | steamn engine of fifteen-horse power, | This press is capable of turning out only adapted to papers of 31x46 inches, | These engines, manufactured in Colt’s | 1,800 to 2,000 impressions per hour 801 hence both as a matter of necessity in | armory at Hartford, Conn., are the| The wost valuable acquisition in |a printing the weekly edition, which is | most simple compact and cconomicen- | machinery was made nincty days ago inches, and as a precaution | ginesmade inthe world and withal per- | by the exchange of the small cylinder accidents, another and larger | fectly safe. Although these engines | Hoe press for one of Hoe & Co.’s press was purchased in the spring of | cost fully double the price of the ordi- | latest improved patent double cylinder 1874, This press was one of the old | nary up style, extra heavy Cottrell & Babeock | offset the extra cos drun eylinders 800 to 1,200 impressions per hour, and | made was the exchange of the 1d Cot after six years wear was reduced to | trell & Babeock drumn from 60O to 800 per hour for one of Cottrell & Co.’s improved | pattern west of the Mississippi The rapid increase in circulation of | patent two-revolution printing presses. | weight of this great pr both the daily and weekly editions, | This is one of the most elegant and | pounds, it covers a space with itsattach during the past two years, made this | finely finished presses made. The | ments of 33x18 feet and cost at the slow machinery costly and laborious. | great advantages of this machine are | factory $6,000. It is therefore the It was only possible to print the large |its speed and the facility with which | largest printing press as well as the editions of the weekly by working | it can be handled forall kinds of work. | fastest and most costly press now in them off during the night, and that | It is adapted to the finest book and | the state. While the ordinary print- kept the engine constantly in motion | color work as well as newspaper print- | ing presses in use in the news- night and day. A complete change of | ing. One of its special features is the [ paper offices in this city are machinery became an absolute neces- | air spring and governor which enable ' provided with one large cylinder, "This magnificent piece of ma by their simplicity | page Chambers' Patent Folding, Trimming and Pasting Machine. Capacity: Seventy-Five Per Minute. The first step in this divection | the machine to attain wuch greater | fod by one foeder, this press is pro | whom stands at éach end of the press, { fore doubled, and 4,000 impressions ht engines, they more than | presses, which we illustrate on this | | backs in Its speed was from | and durability. The next change | chinery is the first double-cylinder |cirenlation of Tue Bee was the press brought to Nebraska, and the | tedious and laborious folding of the ylinder press | only latest improved machine of this | papers o | devised in this age of marvellous in The | carrier force of boys were kept busy | ventions, The 18 22,500 | in folding the city edition, and from | simultancously by two feeders, one of | an imprint is made on two papers cach revolution of the cylindors. | The capacity of this press is there: | per hour are thrown off One of the greatest draw expediting the large Every afternoon the enti 7/ //‘,//7//’// i N Capacity: 60 Per Minute. | | voom. This machine illustrated clse vided with two sets of eylinders, fed | where is capable of folding 60 papers | minute, paste cach paper in the per minute or 3600 per hour, In order to meet the roguirements of a metropolitan daily a contract wis le with Chambers & Brothers, lelphia, in February last forone of their patent improved folding machines which was manufactured by pressly for Tue Bek and de d at our press rooms last week them liv his is one of the most ingenious picces of mechanism that has yet heen achine made for The is one of the Bik (see illustration eight to ten persons had to labora day | Chamber's most improved five fold and a half each week in folding the weeklies. As an effective remedy to this draw- back the proprietors of Tue Bee pur- chased one of the Forsaythe's patent news mfimr folding machines, soon after] the double cylinder Hoe press had "been placed in Tue Bre press fast rotary news folding machine, making three folds at right angles and two folds parallel and working sheets varying in size from & quarter shoet of our enlarged daily edition to a sheot measuring 37x62 inches. The machine is also provided with pasting and trimming attachments | machinery for folding its citculation That such machinery has become in | dispensible is ovideniced by the follow- ing exhibit of the marvellous growth | | of this paper CIRCULATION OF DAILY ik, ~September 4th,..... December 8th January Srd. ... June March 24 February 224, November 7th October ¢ Decom! January 7th December 12¢h January 24 November 13th January ith Dooerber 14th ] I 1880 January 6th niber 10th nuary 7th A DESPERATE STRUGGLEI: Encounter of a Union Soldier with a Confederate. Philadelphia Pres “Halt! Who goes there?”" shouted along, lank confederate soldier, sit- ting upon a sorrel horse, toying with a double-barreled shotgun, the favorite weapon of the western bushwhacker in the carly war time. He was the : picket guarding tho eamnp of Dick Me- v Cann, one of the most daving of the confederate cavalry. The bivouae rested in the security of his vigilance in a piece of woods a mile or 8o to the left of the turnpike leading from Gal- latin to Nashyille, Tenn., The picket stood where the country road which led past McCann's camp made its junc- tion with the turnpike, He evidently challenged tho cavalry approaching from the direction of Gllfufill as o matter of form, for as the ofticer 03 proached him in response to his com- mand, “Advance and give the counter- sign,”’ his shotgun lay upon his lap, across the pommel of his saddle, while he was paying more attention to his comrade, who was coming up the wagon road with two chickens in one hand, the plunder of an unofficial for- age, and an unruly horse in the other, than he did in the officer responding to his challenge, The Federal so'dier got within a few feet of him before he soemed to recognizo the possibility of an enemy being nearer than Nashville, The dress first attracted his attention, for ho saw that it was not, that of a Confederate, and hurriedly bringing his shotgun to bear upon the ofticer, ho ¥ c“”"%“t‘!‘llg‘;; urth. Mich \f ¥ ol chigan cay Q2 Papilon hielofMoor e n U Covering the officur with his shot- gun as ke passed around to surrender himself, the Confederate again com- manded, **Givo me your arms!’”’ The officer, who wore a heavy over- coat with a long cape, dropped the reins upon his horse's neck, pushed his hand under his overcoat to un- buckle his sabre and comply with the demand. The Federal soldier's horse being thus left at liberty crowded against the Confederate, and, believing his game was already in hand, he laid his shot- W ross his saddle to receive s of his captive. Hardly had he done this hef the Federal soldier saw lis opportunity, and, throwing his | loft iand quickly under the cover of his cape, struck the muzzlo of his shot gun and knocked it to the ground and with the smme movement caught the Confoderate by his long, flowing hair pulled his head upon his breast, whip- ped his revolver from its pouch, placed it against his body and fired. The hammer of the revolver caught in which e Tl W Kl g e 8 | shoulders and did not explode. He drew it back, raised the hammer aix, and made another attempt to are the confederate. This time it got between his body and arm, and [although it did not miss fire, the con- foderate was uninjured and in the tussle escaped, All this was the work of a minute, for the ofticerhad shouted to his command, *‘Forward” the mo- ment he had grappled with one of McCann's private soldiers, But by the time it arrived the soldier was go- ing down the road at break-neck speed, while his comrade with the two chicken’s for the morning's breakfast had mounted his horse and was fol- lowing him hurriedly. The little command passed on to Nashville as rapidly as possible. wifhout stopping to do more than to pick up the sol- dier’s shotgun to send home as a souvenir of the escapade. —_— A Novel Shipment of Carp. Forest and Strewn, Last Saturday the Pacific mail steamer Colon took out 30 carp for Feuador, in charge of Mr. Aguirre. They were sent by Prof. Baird, through Mr, Blackford, of the New- | York Fish Commission, and as after | their arvival in Ecuador they will have | ten days journey to the plantation of | Signor Jijong near the city of Quito, | which enable us to fold 75 papers por | upon the backs of Indian carricrs,they id- | required special cans for their trans- {dlo after it is folded to a quarto,and | portation, These cans arve made of trim off the edges so that each of the | strong tin, flattened on one side to fit eight pages of the paper are access- | aman’'s back, with places for thestr | able to the re r without turning the | which passes ucross the Indian's for sheet over. Mr. Edward Pfeiffer, the | head, from which they depend. The mechanic who eame to Omaha t ot | are covered with felt and have perfor- this muchine for Tre Bek, has o | ated wooden covers to protect them soveral trips across the ocean on simi- | from the tropical heat, and, when fill- lar errands. Last year he put upone of | ed with water, will weigh 100 pounds, these machines in Germany and anoth- | The water will not be changed from er in England. Although somewhat | the tine of leaving New York, but | complicated the folder 18 not very | will be acrated by dippers. M, | large, oceupying a space Hx7 ft., and its | Aguirre accompanying them to the end height above the o is less than 4 ft. | of their jowrney, Messrs, Hoadley & With this superb set of machinery | Co., the New York agents, having Tug Bek is capable of printing 6,000 | given them every facility on shipboard. impressions or 8,000 complete papers | This is the greatest feat yet attempted every hour, and we have the means to |in fish transportation, and we will fold, trim and paste these papers sim- | watch for reports of the result with ultaneously while they mLemg nt- | great interest. Ten day’ journey on ed. In cases of emergency from s,gam the backs of men, in & tropiosl 6,000 copies of the daily and weekly |is enough to break down the endurance editions can be printed, folded and'of even a carp.