The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-10

The third floor is occupied "a tho once OF the Now
York. Abaoy and Buffalo Telegraph Company. Mr.. O. I.
Whiting the manager and Mr. j. D. Reid the Supern-
te dert There nine or ten operators employed in
this oce. Mr. ". Il. Abel, the auditor Of the American
Telegraph Company has also rooms this floor, where
four or Ave assistants and clerks employed keeping
the necessarily complicated books and accounts OF the
company.
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The general agent OF the Associated Press, Mr. d. a.
Craig, occupies large portion OF the fourth floor EN-.
rloying some ten or twelve clerks ard q number OF
messengers Here the reports received by telegraph for
the Associated Press written out on manifold paper
and distributed among the various newspaper oc that
are connected with the association Another CHI OF
this business the supply ing OF newspapers all over the
United States with received at this central point
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TELEGRAPH AGENCY.
In the rear Of Mr. Craigs Is the ollco Of the
Foreign and Domestic Telegraph Agency OF Mr.. George
Stose This very necessary branch Of elegraphing,
being sort OF international link between Europe and
America. merchant at New Orleans or st. Louis
wishes TO telegraph in the British islands,
France Germany, he has but to transmit his message
through this agency II is forwarded with the Associated
Press rews, by the first European steamer, and tele
grarhed from the port Of arrival TO its dest;natonthe
agency making all the necessary arrangements about
paying expenses &C. There another apartment thi
floor, which it is proposed to ct up reading for
the operators I'll
BATTERY ROOM
large room on the 9th door devoted to the batte
res. 1hsso require the most constant and careful at
tenton They In charge Of T. j. Llis Tho batteries
consist Of series OF glass cups two three tmos the
size and thickness, and something In the shape, Of
large lumber having inner vessel encased in zinc
and filed with nitric acid while the outer one Ia filed with
diluted sulphuric acid battery consists OF from two
TO fifty Of these cups according to the amount OF power
required, connected with two wires. The company is
now expe, imenting with new improvement, called
vergre yoltac battery which appears to have advan
tages the ordinary groove battery The cups, to
the number Of three four hundred, ranged On
stands ike many flower pots but the odor which the
acids evolve is hardly pleasant the perfume OF
conservatory Mr. Lls and his assistants find work day
and night auting acids cleaning and replenishng
the jars.
ROOMS sEALEDUP.
Two Of the this floor locked, red tapped
and seaei with the seal Of the United States Marshas
Office They contain the manuscript messages trans
mitted from the telegraph Office for the last years.
and which were seized last week by order of the
government for the purpose of seeing what trea-
sonable correspondence they contained At the rate
Of 0cO Per day, they would make 700, COO mes
sages to examine which would require the labor Of
ten clerks for 20 days. surprising each to do at the rate
OF GOO day In view Of the amount of she
labor it was deemed advisable TO seal up the rooms and
await explicit instructions from Washington Treasona
BILE correspondents in this city may therefore defer their
flight for short time longer
The front rooms are occupied by the janitor.
This sketch of the offices Of the American Telegraph
Company will enable readers to form some general
idea Of the management OF business about which iu
reality go little is known