TUB OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL,, rORTJAyp. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, . 1903. ;
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THE MACHINE BEHIND
THE FINE WORK.-
Only: One of Its Magni
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Excels all others in...
Its Business' Extends Across the
Sca-rValoe of This" Outfit Is
$15,000; of the 014 Style,
VAboat $100.00.
Herrlck Mid: "Nothing Is new; w
walk where other went;" . . .
- And Pope:
"Be not the. first by whom the new are
, tried; :
Nor yt the laet'to lay the old Ida,
With all due rftanectHn our Aid fr1n
"Herrlck, and with apologies to hla cher
iahed memory, the writer regretfully
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The big gun oloaed ready for filling.
takes up his pen In dispute of his as
severation. There In something new. and, taking
the advice of the distinguished Pope, it
in delightful to say that the PaolAc
roast has not been 'The last to lay the
ma aside."
f It is not likely that one of every ten
thousand readers of The Journal know
the leant mite about the one and great
Four of
the Bif Oana fwnnf Into Position for Inspection.
Superintendent Koller
S. W. KIA1LUU
Factory Operated, by American Type rounder
Company at Portland.
adjunct of the printing press that plays
the most Important part In the produc
tion of so well-printed and attractive a
newspaper as this one that you are read
ing now. The Journal is printed upon
type of the most modern newspaper
printing machine that the genius of
man haa ever produced. At the begin
ning of the present decade it would
have been aa impossible to have pro
duced a fae-slmlle of the colored title
page of this publication, aa It la im-
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Job rtn oloaed ready for filling.
the spinal column of an officer afraid
that he would run afoul of the man
who robbed the train.
"What are these printing rollers com
posed of. then?" some one will ask.
The printing fraternity in general
would rejoice if The Journal would make
correct reply to that interrogatory. And
The Journal would be pleased to do so
if it cbuld. "But there's the rub." aa
Mr. Shakespeare wrote. The Journal It
self don't know that is, it don't know
repent of his language and In eoual
eloquence assure the present bounding
woria tnat it is full of newneas--chock
full of It glittering with newness
boiling over with that very necessary
commoaity.
Only a few year ago a roller-maklnc
outfit consisted of a cheap cast Iron
mould, a couple of tin palls, one inside
the other the same aa the present small
fry glue pots. The composition was
placed in the Inner pall, hot water In
the outer one, and the glue, glycerine
ana molasses, previously formed into
cakes like maple augar, were melted to
the consistency of "blackstrap," poured
Into the well-greased mould, and next
day, or when It had cooled, was forced
out, and the roller considered ready for
use. Today the glue Is melted by steam,
the added ingredients, whatever they
are, mixed up with It by machinery, and
from the composition kettle forced by
compressed air Into the big patent roller
moulds, cooled by cold water forced
around the moulds by more machinery,
ine rouers urop out or tneir own ac
cord and there yoti are.
To bo more explicit:
The other day a Journal represen
tative dropped into the roller-making de
partment of the American Type Foun-1
dera company In this city, and there had
the pleasure of an agreeable - and In
structlve conversation with 11. W. Mc
Namara, In charge of that division of
the great concern. Mr. McKamara is a
young man, formerly of Chicago, where
he became skilled in, the pursuit in
which he is now engaged. He is an
affable, fluent talker and very enthusias
tic wher relating the virtues of the ex
tensive roller-making plant over which
he presides. Pictures of the plant are
shown herewith, ana these portray Its
mechanism so completely that It Is easy
to understand from them the manner of
Its operation. The cost of Its Installa
tion was about $15,000, and of this Mr.
McNamara said: .
It is through the untiring efforts,
energy and persistency of purpose of
John S. Plnney. manager of the Port
land branch of the American Type Foun
ders company, that this large plant Is
here In Portland. There Is no other
like It on this coast. San Francisco Is.
of course, the largest city of the ex
treme West, but that city has no roller-
making plant at all comparable with
this. In fact, so far as the manufacture
of printing press rollers is concerned,
the "City Is a farmer town as com
pared with Portland."
Mr. McKamara thereupon explained
the process by which he, with this mod
ern outfit, produced these perfection
rollers with a rapidity astounding to
those of us accustomed to spend the
better part of half a day in the indus
trious effort to turn out a single one.
.The steam cooking kettle first receive
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PERFECT ADJUSTMENT
PERMANENT ALIGNMENT
EASE AND ACCURACY OF ACTION
BEAUTY OF CHARACTERS
AND DURABILITY
THE YOST WRITING MACHINE COMPANY
230 Stark Street PORTLAND, OR.
WE RENT. WE SELL. WE EXCHANGE. WE REPAIR.
Copper steaming kettle with electric
stirring- mechanism, capacity ton.
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Oatlln) rna roUer machines In the American's plant.
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the roller composition, the Ingredients
of which, so far as this plant Is con
cerned, at hast. Is a secret bound uo in
the bosom of the gentleman in charge.
It is known, however, that glue, glycer
ine and honey form parts of Its con
tents, but further deponent salth not.
Here a steam operated apparatus keeps
the contents of the kettle constantly
Electricity"
In Your Home
Brings comfort and cheer
fulness during the long win
ter nights. Enjoy a few
comforts while you are alive
for you are a long time dead
Portland General Electric Co.
possible to beckon tne star from their
exalted orbits, or to bo. heeded if the
tide were commanded to ebb no more.
Yet this great printing press would
be as useless to Its owners as a rifle
without Its ammunition, were It not for
the rollers that deliver the Ink and
spread it upon the faces of the types.
The averago person imagines them made
of rubber, yet a rubber roller would be
of no more account upon a printing
pres than a presidential message upon
the ingredients of which the modern
roller is composed. A few years ago
roller composition was. made of a cer
tain per cent of glue, a quantity of mo
lasses and a part of glycerine. But the
genius of the enterprising nabber of the
dollars of the multitude that own
printing presses and purchase rollers
discovered improved Ingredients for rol
ler composition, and if the talented
Brother Herrlck were on earth today.
and owned a modern print shop, he would
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Air pump operated by elect rlo motor for filling the guns.
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110 Inch roller run la the Americas plant. This gun
make The Journal roller.
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' Air Tight Pouring- Kettle is the American Plank Ca
i paclty One-Ralf Ton.
stirred until ready for the composition
kettle. In this the stuff is heated and
strained, and then by air pressure forced
Into the roller moulds from the bot
torn, not the top as was the case when
rollers were made by hand. A heavy
hose conveys the composition from the
kettle to the moulds, and as the bore
Is filled, after the mold has been heated,
the air ascends to the surface so that
there are no blisters In the rollers, as
there formerly was. Indeed the roller
comes out from the mould of Its own
weight, aa smooth as a silver kntfe
blade. By the "fraternity" the moulds
are called gatllng guns, and they very
much resemble these deadly Implements
of war. In Its horizontal position the
"bores are seen, and it may be inter
estlng to know that these are cast with
the sanie careful accuracy as the bore
of the most perfect cannon in the
world. The least deviation from "true"
would render a roller not only useless,
but dangerous, as, on fast presses, such
as that upon which The Journal Is
printed, the smallest atom of . Inac
curacy would send the roller kiting,
with the probable result that somebody
would be badly Injured. Therefore these
roller mouldn are actually "true aa
steel." In fact they are bored the same
as cannon, and except for the strength
required, are about as expensive.
It Is a revelation to one who has
visited this important little factory for
the first time to witness the wholesale
manner in which things are done, and
to understand the broad scope of terri
tory covered by its business. This em
braces not only Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana. British Columbia and
California, but far away up into Alaska,
and the company is now reaching out
to Hawaii and China and Japan.
Were it not for the accompanying I
cuts, it would be almost impossible to
convey any intelligent idea of what Is
meant by a 115,000 printing press roller
plant, when It is understood that in
olden times a model outfit might be had
at from 150 to $100.
In Portland printers have no more
thought of casting their own Inking rol
lers. It would be a money losing prop
osition, and the advantages of the Port
land product are now pretty thoroughly
established throughout the entire West
ern . section of the United States and
Canada.
It is a new thing here., practically,
but one that has Invoked upon Itself
the blessing of nearly every press owner
In all the tributary region.
Mr. Plnney is to be congratulated
upon his enterprise. He deserves the
pleasant things that are said about him
by the printer men of Portland and
the West at large. ...
HENRY WEINHARD
Vropttotos of tks
CITY BREWERY
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Bottled Beer a Specialty
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BXTU OT7JU8 TO PTXSS.
Itching piles produce moisture and
cause itching, this form, aa well as
Blind. Bleeding-or Protruding Plies are
cured by Dr. Bo-san-ko's Pile Remedy.
Etops itching and bleeding. Absorbs' tu
mors, too a jar. at druggtsta, or sent
by mall. Treatise free.' Write me about
your case. Dr. Bosanko. Phil's, Pa.
Preferred Stock fanned (UodJ.
Allen A Uwl' Xlept Brand.
Leading Single Keyboard
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taadard Typewriters 4mm $:. U
makes rented and repairer!. HCl?,t
stamps, notary seala, etc. Co.ist Ag" 7
Ca til Stark. Tel. 1407, ,i
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