The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-11

latter by the chief editor and proprietor,
sane tsrum. The number Of reporters and assistant
editors 10 thirteen. Their duties are multitudinous
and various-often arduous. They sub divided
into police reporters law reporters Court Of Sessions
reporters, city item reporters writer's Of commercial
and financial articles, market reporters, shipnew
reporters hand reporters and miscellaneous re-
pc rters
One gentleman is employed exclusively in arranging
election matters posting up from day to day. returns
the States in which elections held comparing
them with the results Of former years. and keeping the
readers Of the HERALD informed Of the varied chan
in the political world around them.
The ship-news department, (Which is one of the most
important of the paper) is under the management OF
gentleman, who devotes the whole of his time and
attention to it and who by long service and ASST
duty, has so systematized it, that arrival de-
parture Of a vessel great small in any part of the
world, can take place without his knowledge
In our editorial corps, We have constantly in our
service three literary transators whose duties
to translate the files of foreign papers
that We regularly receive from South America, the
West Indies Span France, Germany, Italy and other
countries. Papers printed in every language are
translated for our columns, by these gentlemen as
soon after their receipt as possible.
The mercial and financial department occupies
the attention of gentleman whose duties are con-
fined to this branch of the paper The articles which
appear these from day to day, form notthe
least interesting feature Of the literary labor bestcw
this Journal and extensively quoted through
out the commercial world. This feature to news
paper originated in the United States by the pro-
prietor Of the HERALD. Within few years, many
other newspapers in the Atlantic cities have followed
the example set before them by the HERALD greater
or less extent and with varied ability
In the rooms occupied by the proprietor num-
Der Of teegraphic tubes communicating with the pub
ishing Office the press room, the printing rooms, and
the apartments occupied by the assistant editors and
reporters. These enable him to convey his instruc
tions to every part of the building at ny moment;
and without leaving his room places him in constant
mmuncation with reporters printers pressmen, &c
&C., Sc. These rooms to the HERALD ESTABLISHMENT
like the "wheel houses' to ship The helm isthere
which guides and directs the whole These con-
tain valuable library, embraces several thousand
volumes Of books in every department of literature
ancient and modern, aliases, and everything else of
use in the conducting Of great newspaper establish
ment These being the sanctum sacred
and no intruders, or outsiders can, under any pre-
tence, be admitted into them
In the rooms comprising the remainder Of those de-
voted to the accommodation of the gentlemen con-
nected with the editoria department. there library
Of useful works Of reference such public documents
Presidents messages, reports of both houses Of Con-
gress maps charts histories, dictionaries of different
languages &C. sc. The internal police of these
is arranged in O systematic and complete manner
Each has desk to himself with gas light album
dance of pens paper and ink, and every convenience
for preserving his memoranda, papers, Sc &C.
Attached to this, as well as to every other depart
ment of the HERALD, are a complete set Of water
od ipcip nf <aI,
graphic tubes leading every part of the establish
ment, and the Croton water pipes connected with
it, to which hose be attached at moments notice.
in the event of a fire breaking out.
THE HERALD JOB PRINTING OFFICE.
The composing room of this department is on the
third and fourth floors Of the building.
In this establishment the work done for six regular
theatres and eight other places Of amusement,
amounts to $500 per week. Six permanent hands are
employed in the composing room, and number of ad
ditional ones often required.
On the third floor is good assortment Of book, cir
cular and neat job type ALSO collection Of about
thousand wood cuts. Books and pamphlets in Latin,
English French, Italian and Spanish can be printed
at short notice.
The fourth floor, measuring 40 by Is feet, is the
principal job Office In it q stands for compost
tors four largo stones for the making up FORMS and
all chases and furniture necessary to such establish
ment One side and one end Of the room occu-
pied by shelving, on which is arranged extensive
assortment of wooden type, measuring from one to
twenty-five inches in depth. In the cases are metal
types from nonparei to six line plea Attached to this
room is slide and machinery to lower down the forms
to the pressroom.
The PROOF READING ROOM
To the right Of the stairway and immed oppo.
site the jobbing room the fourth story is situated
eadi m wi ~
painted Night Office" where the proof readers cor.
rect the committed by the compositors in the
work Of composition. This department engages the
labor of four persons, who employed desks run
ming the entire length Of the ROOM lighted brilliantly
at night by jets Of gas To the right of the door, in
this reom large closets with shelves and pigeon
holes, for the reception Of the copy of all matter
which has appeared in the HERALD, and which
ispreserved carefully for future reference In another
part OF this room racks for the reception of
spare cases" capable of holding thirty-six pair
or seventy two single" cases." Opposite the entrance
and to the left on entering, is bed ROOM with COM
Portable accommodations for the assistant foreman
who is at all times in readiness for whatever news may
arrive after the paper has gone to press.
THE HERALD COMPOSING ROOM
We now ascend, from the reading room, a flight of
stairs at the northwest of the building into the COM
posing room This room extends the whole length and
breadth Of the building, and considered by those well
versed in such matters, Of the handsomest and
most convenient in the United States or in the world
is in this room that all the types for the newspaper
are set and to render it suitable for the purpose to
which 1t is adapted no expense has been spared to
procure every facility that genius could invent
The vsiter is astonished arriving here to behold
such great number Of men engaged in, apparently
small compass when compared with other bra ncbes
of industry; but the exceeding nicely the arrange
ment and disposition of every body and every thing
explains the mystery. Commencing at the northwest
extremity of the room at the head of the stairs we find
single stand skeleton desk, on which the cases
containing TYNE nlaced. a4s-.l