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NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR MR. PUGH.
(From the November Inland Printer.)
Mr. A. H. Pugh, of Cincinnati, an ex-president
of the National Typothetae, is one of the best
known and most popular men in the printing
business, and his many friends will recognize this
story which the Harris Press people tell of him as
characteristic:
The young man in charge looked disappointed,
but explained that speed varied some as the ma-
chinery down stairs was thrown on or off. Just
then the genial Mr. Pugh came up, and he wanted
to know how fast the Harris press man made it.
To the reply of "14000 an hour'he demurred and
immediately commenced counting his printed
stock. That finished, he said to the surprised
Harris representative, "I know this press has
been running at the rate of 16,000 an hour for
two and a half hours, because that much stock has
been printed." "But we did not set your press to
run that fast, Mr. Pugh," said the Harris man.
"No", he replied, "but I changed the pulley so that
I could get 18,000 an hour out of the machine."
However, the Harris press people say that
14,000 an hour is fast enough for the ordinary
man, so they continue to use that as the maximum
speed.
It is doubtful if any machine fast enough
to satisfy Mr. Pugh will ever be made.
always looking for something faster and better
than the fastest and best.
He is
A representative of the Harris Automatic Press
Company dropped in at the printing house of the
A. H. Pugh Printing Company at Cincinnati a
short time ago, and went to a remote corner of
that most complete establishment to see the cylin-
ders of the "little wonder" go round. He found
a very efficient young man operating the press.
He was running envelopes-taking them out of
boxes, keeping the hopper of press full, removing
them from the delivery table and replacing them
in the boxes; doing it all himself as is customary,
only the press seemed to be going unusually fast.
"Count it", said the young man to the press com-
pany's representative. He tried to count it, but
at high speeds it is a little difficult. However, he
said he thought it was making 14.000 an hour.
Both sides of this card were automatically printed on the Harris Press.
Built by the HARRIS AUTOMATIC PRESS CO.,
NILES, OHIO
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