Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State April 4-1868 Printing by Steam A Pioneer Steam Printing Press in Genesee County. The "March of Improvement" The Times a "Progressive" Institution! The present number of the SPIRIT OF THE TIMES is printed on a Steam Press, the first one ever driven by that power in the County of Genesee. Just two years ago to-day we set up our large Cylinder Press to enable us to more readily work our steadily increasing edition, and secure better facilities for Job Printing. Our expectations from such an outlay have been more than realized by the corresponding increase in our business in every department. It proving a success, we concluded to "progress" still further by the addition of a suitable steamengine to drive the Press, and thus be more independent of manual labor to "run the machines." Our engine is a model of beauty, with an upright, super-heating tubular boiler of about three-horse power, with oscillating cylinder, and possessing all the improvements adapted to such machinery. Those who have seen it operate greatly admire it, and are much pleased with its unflinching and steady labors. It has always been our aim to keep a step in advance of our contemporaries in the county, and we think we have thus far succeeded. We do not intend to let the grass grow under our feet, but shall keep pace with the requirements of the age and the growing wants of our beautiful Village and the County at large, whose united interests shall ever be advocated and upheld to the best of our ability. We claim now to have an office that ranks second to none in the county for amount of Printing material and superior business facilities. When we first came into possession of the TIMES establishment we found its business frittered away, the material had become old and worn, and nothing but the semblance of an office remained; but by devoted attention, economy and industry, we have remodeled it and substituted new type through out for the antiquated face of the past, and rendered the establishment capable of good service for years to come. As our friends must be aware, our expenses lately have been very heavy, and we think it not out of place here to ask a settlement of the very many accounts for Job Printing and subscription due us. Will our friends see to this? * * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************