GATEWAY RECEIVES LATEST
MODEL FOURTEEN LINOTYPE
Representative Travels Nine Thousand Miles to Sell Ma
chine to Seward Gateway—New Machine Does Every
thing But Collect the Money—Gives The Daily Gate
way the Best Composing Room In the Territory.
On the Admiral Watson arriving last Tuesday, the Seward
Daiv Gateway received the latest innovation in the printorial
■world—a Model 14 Linotype. This machine was placed on the
composing room floor of the Gateway office about four p. m.
Friday, and by seven p. m. Saturday evening was erected and
in running order, which we believe is a record for installation.
So accurate wrere the many thousand parts of the complicated
mechanism machined that but one minor adjustment had to be
made before the operator began turning out type.
l u sen iui9 matiiiac iu x tic uaic- j
way, Eugene B. Merovitch, mechani
cal engineer and representative of
the Mergenthaler Linotype Company
of Brooklyn, N. Y. traveled 9,000
miles. Leaving New York June 12,
on the President Garfield, Mr. Mero
vich came to San Francisco by way of
the Panama Canal. He sailed from
Seattle July 19 for Alaska, going by
way of White Horse, down the Yu
kon river to Dawson, where a mach
ine was sold to the Dawson News,
the pioneer paper of the Yukon Val
ley. Thence Mr. Merovich left by
boat for Nome, crossing Norton
sound under very unfavorable wea
ther conditions, and nearly exper
iencing a shipwreck as a side experi
ence. From Nome he came to Sew
ard on the freighter Nabesna, and
then left for interior Alaska by way
of the Alaska Raliroad.
While in Seward Mr. Merovich
booked an order for a Inew Model 14
Linotype, with electric pot and com
plete attachments, carrying 15 faces
of late types and capable of the most
intricate job composition. The
machine was shipped from San Fran
cisco and arrived Saturday, Novem
ber 22.
The Gateway last spring nad in
stalled a new Model 8, and the recent
addition to its mechanical equipment
gives the Gateway the best compos-'
ing room machinery in Alaska, and
better than in any town of ten thous
and population in the states.
The owners of the Gateway, Mr.
H. V. Hoben and Mr. H. B. Selby have
great faith in the future of Seward, j
and the installation of the Model 14 |
is a silent testimonial of the pros
perity of Seward and the westward
country. And that the ‘good people
of Seward and vicinity are appreciat
ive of our efforts to keep abreast of
the times, is shown by a glance at our
advertising patronage, which has be
come so great in volume that today
we enlarge into eight pages, five
column, tabloid style. This form
of paper gives us nearly twenty col- j
umns more space which will be de- j
voted to news, and also our advertis- j
ers to have a better display without !
crowding. It is our belief that the
Gateway by spring will be compelled
to go into an eight page six-column
paper, though preferring to remain
the five-column size, as it is easier
handled, and gives the customer a
better return for his money.
A glance at the (illustration of our
new Model 14 will show the compli
cated mechanism involved. The Lino
type comes knocked down in four
large boxes and is lavishly covered
with cosmoline to prevent rusting.
These parts must be unpacked, clean
ed and assembled, and it is needless
to say that the smallest mistake in
erecting would force the machinist
to take the parts down again. The
Gateway is pround of its force of me-,
chanics, we believe the most versa
tile in the Territory, as every man
beside being expert with the mechan
ism of the linotype and its operation,
is also a competent man on advertis
ments, the presses and on commer
cial printing and embossing.
This paper owes much to the .abil
ity and loyalty of its employees and
we trust our readers will pardon the
digression from the subject in hand.
When the present owners took over
the Gateway ^our years ago, it was
practically in a state of innocuous
desetude, being hopelessly in debt, of
scarcely worth reading. The first
thing done wras to clear out the old
machinery, which was obsolete and
instal modern equipment. A ruling
machine and bookbinding plant was
added, a large quantity of new type
faces, new presses, folders, punches,
perforators, until the plant was thus
equipped to handle any class of work
save engraving and the higher class
color processes. At this time two
type setting machines of inferior
quality, and in bad shape were will
ed to us by our predecessors. To
do good work it was necessary that
we have better composing machinery.
To this end a new Model Eight was
installed last spring, and its work
was so satisfactory that the second
machine, with enlarged flexibility
was added.
At this time The Gateway man
agement was fortunate in interest
ing Mr. H. V. Hoben in the publica
tion, and with his advent into the
firm improvement was rapid and cer
tain. From a struggling, immature
daily with small circulation The Gate
way has advanced by leaps and
bounds until we believe its circula
tion in its chosen field is twice to
three times that of any other publi
cation. The vast, undeveloped dis
trict to the westward has been brot
closer to the Seward merchants and
banking houses. Thousands of dol
lars more trade have come to us thru
the medium of The Gateway, and each
mail brings a greater volume of bus
iness here. The Gateway last year
brought many thousands of dollars of
Outside money to Seward, which was
turned in to our merchants through
Classified Advertising
Three room cabin for rent; See Mrs.
Cooper. tf.
FOR SALE—New Electric Sewing
Machine, $40, Ericson’s Paint Shop.
A. GENTLEMAN came in today, say
ing; “Let’s see the embossed mono
gram stationery you are advertis
ing.’ After looking over our spec
imens he said, “Just what I have
been looking for!” Yes, we are
open evenings, too, by appointment.
Seward Daily Gateway.
Gateway’s New Model 14 Linotype, Carrying 15 Faces
the medium of exchange and barter.
Our payroll has Increased from a few
hundred dollars to nearly one thous
and dollars per montn, and The Gate
way now has a force of nine em
ployes. Very few Sewardites realize
the magnitude of our operations or
the ramifications of our work, w'hich
reaches from the Fourth division in
the Interior to the First division.
And very few Sewardites realize the
scope of work done, which includes
the plainest pamphlet to the more
elaborate embossed jobs.
The Gateway management does not
take the* credit of our enlargement to
its own industry, but owes its en
largement primarily to the splendid
patronage given it by Seward resi
dents first, and next to the large pa
tronage of our job department by out
side firms. Seldovia, Kodiak and Un
alaska are good patrons of The Gate
way, as is also Kanatak. To all our
friends we desire to return our most
sincere thanks. Our volume of busi
ness has been built up by live and
let live methods, and that it is in
creasing from day to day may be
seen by a glance at our order books.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
STEAMSHIP STARR
Starr Sails Dec. 7th, connecting with Northwestern
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
THE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE
A machine to set type was the
dream of inventors from the time
when the printing business began to
assume a position of importance
among the trades. The original idea
was that a machine must handle
type-founders’ type and compose it in
to line with the help of one or more
operators. A number of fnachines
were made along this line. Some
were failures entirely, while a few
others were perfected so that they
would set type, but found to be too
expensive to operate. It was through
experimenting with a machine for
the more rapid transcribing of re
ports of law cases and the reports of
legislative committees that the idea
of a slug-casting machine developed.
The Mergenthaler Linotype is the
most successful one-man composing
machine which at the will of one
operator assembles a line of matrices,
casts a slug from them, trims and
delivers the slug into a galley ready
for use, and finally distributes the
matrices back into their respective
channels in the magazine, ■w^iere they
are ready to be called down again,
in their turn by the touch of the
key button. With the exception of
the assembling of the matrices the
entire operation is automatic.
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Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
LouiS'Bell, owner
Swedish American Line
“Only line between America and
Sweden." Direct over the Atlantic
and the North Sea in Large, Mod
ern and Comfortable steamers.
Frequent sailings.
Christmas Excursions to Sweden
and Finland
S. S. STOCKHOLM—From New
York December 2; from Halifax
December 4.
S. S. DROTTNINGHOLM—From
New York December 10.
Also Earlier Sailings
For further information and res
ervations apply to
WAYNE BLUE,
Agent for Seward, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA
ROUTE SCHEDULE
Vessel
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Yukon . Nov. 22nd
Northwestern.Nov. 29th
Alaska. Dec. 6th
Alameda.Dec. 13th
Northwestern. Dec. 20th
Alaska...Dec. 27th
Scheduled
Arr. Seward
Nov. 29th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 13th
Dec. 2Cth
Dec. 27th
Jan. 3rd
Scheduled
Sail fm Seward
Nov. 29th
Dec. 6 th
Dec. 13th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 27tb
J an- 3rc
NOTE—Ships In above schedule sail from Pier Two, Seattle, at 9:00
a. m. each sailing date and will call at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau
Cordova, Valdez, Latouche and Seward, both north and southbound.
Northwestern and Alameda will also call at Petersburg both- ways.
Steamers leave Seward at MIDNIGHT on sailing dates shown.
Steamer Redondo is withdrawn from westward route for the winter.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
THANKSGIVING EXCURSION
RATES
For the interest and benefit of those who wish to
“vacation” during the Thanksgiving Season and to
spend a few days with friends and relatives away
from usual haunts, The Alaska Railroad is offering
reduced passenger rates of 1 l-3rd actual fare
between all stations. Reduced rate tickets may be
purchased at all agency stations on November 23rd,
24th, 25th, 26th and 27th: final return limit Decem
ber 2nd, 1924.
Passengers boarding trains at non-agency stations
may avail themselves of this Special Excursion
Rate by purchasing reduced rate tickets at first
agency stations.
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
McKinley park route
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
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