The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-11
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.
THE NEW YORK HERALD ESTABLISHMENT.
Description Of the Premises.
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The increase in the circulation of the New York
HERALD, within the last year or two, has been so
great, that we found ourselves obliged to make
great alterations in our establishment to meet
the increased demand. To do this required not
only the purchase of new presses, steam engines,
and machinery, but various other additions, atera-
tons, and improvements, requiring vast outlay of
money.
The new presses have been In operation for some
time past, and the alterations and improvements
In our establishment were undertaken with the de-
termination to have them as complete and perfect
as art could make them. They are now nearly
finished; and we venture to say that our premises
are the ne plus ultra of newspaper establishments
on this side of the Atlantic; and we doubt very
much if they are excelled by any in Europe-not
even excepting those of the London Times.
We nave thought description of our establish
ment would not be undressing; so we give one
in to-days paper. 1t is annexed.
We begin at the foundation-sixteen or seven
teen feet under ground =
THE HERALD NEWSPAPER PRESS ROOM,
in which the DAILY, WEEKLY, EUROPEAN, and EXTRA
editions Of the HERALD printed is large vault
Nassau street. twelve feet wde eighty feet long, and
fourteen feet from the floor to the Of the arch
and rendered nearly as light upper room, by
Hyatts patent crystal vault lights nine Of which are
placed in the sidewalk. At night, it is brilliantly and
beautifully lighted with twenty gas burners. 1t is
tated by spertures two feet square cut horizontally
from the apex of the arch, and communicating with
the Through these apertures there is continual
current of fresh air. keeping the vaults both dry and
wholesome
In this immense vault, which is entirely under the
sidewalk and street. is steam engine boiler and two
of Hoes last fast rotary presses either Of which
presses is capable Of throwing off 10000 to 900 i'm
fressions per hour In the east end Of the vault is
situated the large tubular locomotive boiler The
Goals used for generating the in this boiler
taken through an opening in the sidewalk, down an
inclined plane, into the counter cellar Of the main
building. They are thence taken out through an
opening three feet square, cut through the foundation
wall OF the building and communicating directly with
the front of the boiler. The space occupied in the
counter for Goals is about one quarter of the
whole and capable Of containing forty to fifty tons
Within three feet of the boiler, stands the engine
which is one of Hoes improved upright ten horse
power machinesa most splendid specimen of the per-
lection to which this description of machinery is
brought Next to this and over head, are the large
shatng and pueys from which belts to drive the
presses on which the HERALD is printed IS well as
machinery in other parts of the building. Next is q
doorway, cut through the foundation wall, commune
eating with the main building, and by winding stair
way with the street. and through which the forms of
type, they come from the composing ROOM in the
fifth story above the street. seventh from the press
vault-a distance of seventy-fve to eighty feet-are
taken to the press.
The press consists of centre frame work. about five
feet diameter less, inside Of which cylin-
der four and half feet diameter which revolves
upon its own axle. On segment Of this cylinder the
forms Of type beds in which the type are fastened
and which constitute both bed and chase, placed
and fastened with large bolts the under side. At
nearly equal distances around this large inner cylin
der, four other smaller cylinders psced-two on
either sidewhich also revolve upon their axles
Each one Of these smaller cylinders receives from the
hand of its supplying attendant the sheet of white
paper with which, at every third revolution it meets
the form of type it comes round aud, in passing
gives the impression and instantly throws it out be-
tween guiding tapes, or bands made Of gutts perchs
into the receivers hands, two of the cyn recev
ing the sheet and throwing it out below and the
opposite two receiving it below and throwing it on
above. Around the large inner cylinder, and be-
tween each Of the smaller ones, placed tho
linking rollers, which vibrate all that
part of the surface of the large cylinder not &C.
cupied by the type, and which spread the ink upon
ner of supplying the rollers with ink altogether diff
ferent from that adopted in presses of the kind
previously built n those, the ink is contained n
fountain under the press, and is carried by rollers
the surface of the large cylinder from which the ink
ing rollers supplied In ours the ink contained
in copper reservoir attached to the top frame Of the
press, and thence conveyed through copper pipe
the end Of the axle OF the large inner cylinder Pass
ing into the axle to its centre it is thence con-
veyed through a pipe to small fountain, running
across the distributing surface and revolving with it
the roller of the fountain touching the linking rollers
as it passes under them and giving to each its pro-
quantity of ink which is distributed by the vibra
ton of the linking rollers upon the large surface of the
inner cylnder-the vibration ceasing while the form
is passing under them and commencing again imme-
ediately after it has passed.
Over the centre Of the press large round iron bar
passes across the vault either end being securely as
tened into the wall. small iron roller whose edge
is grooved to fit this bar rests upon it, to which at
tached common tackle. With this the forms of tyne
and lowered down upon it.
Next to this is another press of precisely the same
description.
The room occupied by each of these machines paper
boards, and ALL included isabout sixteen in length
and nine feet high, by about eight feet in width To
attend to these presses the engine boiler &C., seven
teen persons required viz sup erinte ndent and
assistant at night, with four to feed sheets in and
four to receive them as they come OUT and fireman,