| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME typesetter on Salt Lake City dailies before the advent of the Linotype And he left an indelible imprint on Utah journalism during46-year career most of which focused on Utah County Arthur Gaisfordfirst smell of printerink came early in 1891 when he learned to hand stick type ondaily paper He was still actively engaged in newspapering when he sufferedcerebral hemorrhage and died on January 22 1936 The youngest child of the three sons and two daughters of George Matthew and Eliza Watkins Gaisford he was born in Salt Lake City on December 17 1871 Educated in the city school system he began setting type almost simultaneously with his January 1891 marriage to Elizabeth Mary Beverley Like the Gaisfords Edward her and Mary Beverley were parents Bellamy Utah pioneers Theyleft their native England to come to the United States shortly after the railroad to Utah was completed in 1869 ushering inveritable floodtide of migration to the new Mormon territory With the installation in Salt Lake newspapers of Linotype machines each of which replaced five or more hand typesetters Arthur and his brother Lorenzo Gaisford alsoprinter and typesetter found themselves without work It wascrucial period for these two young families Early in 1895 the brothers embarked on their first weekly newspaper venture when they purchased the Fillmore Pro gress It hadsparsely-equipped plant andrather dismal history but they had nevertheless chosen Utahfirst capital city as an entry step into the work for which theyprepared The Progress printing facility was adequate for that era Equipment includedhand-operated tabloid size press ample type makeup stones job press andpaper cutter It was located in the southeast corner of the first floor in what had 515 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
