The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-31

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Although there Il greet del n the life Of re-
porter that nay aepear at raetins hls labou ere
somstimss most aglnous. DWine ths wintQr 60
con particularly, se14wo or thnas lanths preceding
the elections. end y the sn,ivesnsry week, be -
constantly occupied. The soens presented in The
editorial rooms. when the reporters are al engaged
in writing sut the reports Of different meetinss.
would present 9 6ne opportunity for the specuIs
lions Of The philosopher Here be win find ono 90
cupled In writing out an account of an inHdel con-
vestiOo, and here again y another preparing 70
port Of missionary meeting, while the rest are,
perhaps, employed In giving description Of some
terrible calamity. just at that time when others
are retiring to their nights rest, be is often begin
ming the lsbors Of the day. and preparing the &C
counts which meet their eyes IN the morning.
TEE coxrosrToRs AND PROOF RIB ADHRs.
Printing has been Justly called "the art preser-
vstve Of ell arts" and ct one time "the printer"
or as he IS now called. "the compositor." was en-.
titled to certain privileges which we're only con.
ferred on the most favored citizens. Some of the
most eminent men In our own country, and In the
Old World, have worked OF the case; but time, and
the great has taken place in the number
Of printers have placed them On loved with other
trades, at least 20 far o. the exclusive privileges
with which they were invested Ia regarded. In our
composing room there ere about seventy employees.
besides the foremen and prooEreaders. To those
who have never been inside Of q newspaper estab.
lishment, and who are unacquainted with the man
ner In which the process Of setting type sad print
ing is carried on, brief description may not prove
uninteresting. The composition room Of the He.
RAID has extent Of one hundred feet by seventy
five, and is in every respect superior to any other
the country. II Is lighted by windows on every
side and an extensive sky!ight, while the most per
feet ventilation puriAes the atmosphere from the
unhealthy efuvis which arises continually from the
type. Communication lie kept up with the editorial
rooms by means Of dumb waiter and speaking
tubes. The copy is sent up by the waiter and dis.
tributed among the printers by the foreman, with
directions as to the description Of type In which
il is TO be " set up.' If it is editorial it is
usually set up in BREWER; but II general news,
tho type used is mgnion, nonpareil, or agate, the
latter Of which, however, is seldom employed. In
consequence Of it's small size. Placing this
copy on the case before him, the printer
formed by means Of /" stick" as the instrument is
termed. Instead Of being constructed Of wood, as
the name would seem to imply, it is made Of iron.
The printer holds 1t in his left hand and picking up
the type with his right places it in, letter BY letter.
until the stick is filed, when he emptes the con-
tents on q galley. This ia done with every stick
full Of type until the galley closed when proofs
taken, which the typographical and other errors
are corrected by the proofreader, and afterwards
revised by the reviser. After its correction, it
is placed in the form, which is then sent to
the press room-its final destination. There il is
fastened on the press and thepapcr is printed on It.
printer must necessarily be well informed
man, as it is occasionally required to make correc
lions in the manuscript furnished to him. Tho
typographical appearance Of tho paper depends
to . great extent upon the taste and Judgment Of
the foreman, who has Almost responsible position
TO fll. In the HERALD the news and advertisements
are arranged under separate heads, 30 as to assist
the reader in its perusa and to prevent confusion
In the printing Of daily paper this is matter Of
no small importance, and the greatest attention is
therefore paid to it.
THE PRESS ROOM.
The press room is situated under the building,
and extends one hundred feet on Fulton street
and seventy.iye on Nassau. It is built under
the street and is lighted by patent illuminators,
which compose largo part Of the pathway imme.
dia.cly over the room. The ceiling is constructed
Of immense iron arches sufficiently strong to
support the mass Of earth and granite that
orm the street above it. Three Of Hoes largest
presses occupy one side Of it, each Of which is
capable of printing over ten thousand copies
Of the HERALD per hour. On the side ex-
tending under Nassau street the boiler and engine
placed the latter being twenty horse power.
Under the building, and adjoining the press rooms,
are the store rooms, In which large supply Of
paper is always kept on hand ready for printing.
There are twenty men employed in this depart
mcnt, the majority Of whom have formed them.
selves into military company, under the title of tho
Herald Guard" A separate room is used by the
Gamers to fold their papers in while the newsboys
arc supplied in another department.
THE PUBLICATION OFFICE AND ADVERTISING pE.
PAETNFST.
The principal business transacted in the publica.
ton Office is the receipt Of subscriptions for the
paper and Of money for advertisements, besides
the general financial arrangements Of the establish.
ment. There are five clerks whose duty it is to
attend especially to the receipt of advertisements Of
all kinds, while six clerks constantly employed
in the mail department, attending to the transmits
sion Of the HERALD to its subscribers in all parts of
the world. The publication Office is kept open day
and night all the year round, with the exception of
the Fourth Of July and New Years day, when work
issuspended in all the departments Of the paper
THE HEwsBoys.
Who, that has ever seen q newsbcy, or been soil
cited by him to buy a copy Of the HERALD, can
ever forget the blended expression Of shrewdncss,
independence and reckless disregardfor everything,
that seemed to mark him as different being from
those of hs own age? Among those we have OBJ