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

AGENTS &c.
New Orleans, J. C. Morgan Boston, Redding,
Charleston, A. Head, Hochkiss,
Augusta, M. Miller, g Wiley,
Masamoras, J. A. Little, =" W. r. Davis
Galveston, w. Wilcox, {" f. w. Psrkman
Mobile M. Boulemet, New Bedford, ". Robinson,
St e %ou SSSs ssonnsson sIP' w Snss
S. w. Pease, Garrett s Gilbert,
Baltimore, w. Taylor, Troy L. Willard,
Washington, w. Adam, Troy A. Smith,
Philadelphia. Zieber s. Co. Buffalo, T. s. Hawkes.,
Richmond, J.W Randolph A. Burke,
Pittsburg M. p Morse, Schenectady, &. Clare,
-" NJ Miner, Syracuse, W. L. Palmer,
N. Brunswick, w. Solomon w. r. Cannf,
Newark, w. Agens, Utica, G. N. Beeby,
Elizabethtown, Caldwell, Rochester, d. NJ. Dewey,
Railway, J. Page, Hudson, c. B. Nash,
Trenton, J. Raunsley, Paterten, NJ. Sears,
New Haven, M Downs, p Archdeacon,
Hartford, A. Rose, Halifax, S., 7. Bolton,
TIW JOB PRESS ROOM.
The press room of the job department is in the base
ment one story above the vault Two steam cylinder
pressesone Sc by 49, and the other % by 10 inches
are constantly working small bills and 'sposters'
each striking off 1000 per hour; two hand presses,
mammoth and superroyal, are also in use, and of
Hoes patent card pres ses working off 1900 per hour
The cylinder presses constructed that tinted
bills for menageries crcusses &C., can be done, in
four colors at very short notice. and at rs per cent
less than was heretofore charged for them Four
hands are permanently employed in this room, with
additional help, when required.
In the paper ROOM near the presses is of Hoes
best hydraulic presses smooth the paper after it has
been printed.
THE PUBLICATION OFFICE.
This department may we'll be designated as the in
termedate link that connects the routine of this
tensive establishment with the editorial the compost
ton, and the job Office bureaus AS the chief medium
between the respective members of EACH
rily occupied by persons who capable Of receiv
ing the public advertisements, the subscriptions of
foreign and domestic applicants giving such inorma-
ton, to general subjects, may be required at
the counter, and transmitting messages through a
vocal telegraph with expedition that in few
onds draws the attention of the three principal agen
cies, to the requisite points.
This portion of the department consists of cashier
and book keeper through whose hands all transactions
conveyed, receipts signed and cash deposited
Three persons specially deputed to attend to the
counter convey the cashier and assistants the pro-
ceeds and make themselves generally useful in office
details
The publication office is open night and day; aud
after a reasonable hour the whole establishment is
placed under the superntendence of faithful watch
man. whose personal attendance viii insure the inser-
ton Of advertisements to the latest hour of going
press He is also responsible for such mail and tele
graphic intelligence may be transmitted, and for
the general protection of the building fire or any
other incidental occurrence.
This portion of the building is equally with the subor-
dinates under the chief supervision Of gentleman
whose duties embrace the business correspondence,
the regular disposition Of the mails, and other
details insepsrably connected with an establishment
that requires the most active perseverng energy
through all its intricate departments, to sustain it.
TIE MAIL ROOM.
Among the wonders of the establishment that can
not but astonish those with the
the amount ofbusness done at the Office the mail
claims due share of attention. As many ten per-
frequently engaged at time in directing and
posting up our maable papers, to our many thousand
subscribers in all parts of the world Cave johnson
and the attaches of the Post Office Department might
profit by witnessing the regularity dispatch and in
dustry displayed by those in employ. Their
rapidly and despatch only equaled by the correct
ness Of directionfew, If any Of the complaints that
received by being attributable to any neglect
at our office.
This room is very spacious; it is situated on the
first floor adjoining the publication Office and is very
convenient for subscribers, when nquiring how their
subsc ripton stands for the year. is rs feet in length
and 20 in breadth embraces thing suitable for
department of this kind such as books pens ink sc.
&C. 1t also contains four large DESKS for the of
writing and two large folding tables packing mails
has Eve six gas burners, in different parts of the
room 1t also contains a large closet, in which
deposited papers daily from the first and
until the end, of each month These files Of papers
kept hand exclusively for the Of captains
sailing from this barbor to other ports
There are employed In this room, four mail clerks
and five packers, who thoroughly understand the
business Of writing and transmitting mails to all parts
of the Union, and likewise to foreign parts. Each
has his respective mails TO attend without inter
fering with the other They all provided with four
large books in which to enter subscribers names from
any part of the world they entitled North South,
East and West mail books. These books have regu-
larry transcribed them the names of subscribers of
each day, from the subscription book, amounting to
from 5to soper day. and frequently over that number
The business Of this room is divided into seve-
raj departments, viz. Daily, Weekly and Foreign.
The first Is the Daily department, which is under
the csntro of two yourg men the second, the
Weekly department, under the management of one
the third, the Foreign department, under the con-
troll Of another and the fourth, the Mailing depart
ment. The subscribers names regularly written
every day, what termed slips and singles; and
having been written, they laid out in rotation,
after another according to the hour of the depar
ture Of the mails from the Post Oce so that the boy
Of the department who fold the papers, understand
when the mails to be deposited in the Post ONCE.
We challenge any mailing department to beat us, for
orrectness, rapidty and Dispatch in writing mail
ing papers, to be sent to any part of the world
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
The editorial rooms Of this establishment occupy
the second story Of this building, and consist Of six
leading into each other, and forming q
continuous apartment, and two 9th re- separate and
distinct by themselves. The former are occupied BY
number Of assistant editors and reporters and the