The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-01
THE SUN AND ITS NEW OFFICE.

New Managers of That Luminary 20 .. =.
stalled ON SaturdRy-The TRANSPORTATION
Of Tammnny Haii-The Building ms IL Is
organization Of the New Stua-The SUN 10
be still the Sun.
The metamorphosis OF Tammany Hall or tina, which
rammany Hall oncc was. into the thoroughly well atted
residence Of New York daily approx!mates connie.
uon and Is expected that tho lumlusry which shines
LOT all al an expense OF two cents head keep up the
glory OF It's shining will be transferred to its new place
OF shining about the middle OF January current The
"DETAILS Oh the n'ns or rather rehttlng, OF tho building
are now so nearly completed as to admit OF do
scription. BY elevation and the addition OF .
hansard root the building has been trans.
formed from the somswha. squaity original into algnl.
ned Romanesque edice OF five Stories one OF which
tho roof must be counted As Il now stands q has
depth OF eighty feet Frankfort street, front Of
shyhv feet on Nassau and height OF eighty
Zoo, The exterior Is rather imposing and UNIQUE two
boa,.es Lich haze been comprised by the very simple
aaa,,on If ne Mansad roof, which Is once the most
GRACEFUL and 10 stul Of ali modern inventions for
buildings.
According to the ira tion Of tho elders In the nows
paper business upp,T story IS to DO used as COM
posing room II is seventh foot long by Sky 10 width
and includes tho whole area ~ tho upper aoor with tho
exception or the space taken up by the stairs. Twenty
stands with twelve cases o. typo for each stand,
added the ncldentas Of the ing room In
the northeast corner. and for ssreotylHng which
will occupy few further square feesof space. The
room is excsTentIy lighted and most compile 'ely ana
easily ventilated, draughts Of air being a.tanabe from
every direction
Descending siugs story, the explorer fnds him self
with the superintendent OF tho jobbng depa'
nent which |, Of the most completely equipped i'm
the city This whole door (seveny by sixty las been
given up to the Use Of tho general public The equip
pings Of the departments Of double Of
twenty-five cases oach four single stands Of eleven
each three Hoes cylinder presses and tho minor
fixtures needfuL Thrco thousand five hundred dol.
lars have boon expended for type this department.
fourteen thousand havo been expended for presses
other fixtures
The noxt story below, which is tho third story I
counting from tho ground consains the editorial rooms
and the job printing stock room-the latter being in
about thiriy-A by sixty feet fronting on
Nassau street, running back. The editorial rooms are
after the usual fashion, though OF better finish than the
improvscd coils generally used for the purpose aud
termed editorial rooms by courtesy Mr. Danas room
has been plainly though rather elegantly furnished
is located the OF Frankfort and Nassau streets
Tho apartments to DO devoted to the 'subs'' arc dis
posed one after another in the and all front
Frankfort street. Though small they are pleasantly
lighted and Will not suffer In any respect by compari.
with the general average. Mr. Charles A. Dana, per-
this department.
Tho second story, large seventy feet by sixty.
to be rented either in its present form parttioned
TO suit ths wants OF several tenants
On the first story Is located tho business Office which
is not yet sufficiently completed for detailed description.
The counting has 4 front of thirty-0ve feet on
Nassau street and an extension OF sixty feet Frank
fort street. and u IS intended to make II, in competo
moss Of equipments. one Of the finest IA the city
The general entrance IN front loads directly TO the
counting on tho left. Tho reminder Of the frs!
story will be parioned SO as TO form couple Of OK.
ce!en stores with from twenty 10 twenty-five feet front
Nassau street and depth Of sixty feet running back
to the long corridor partoned on parallel with tho
meets the Frankfort street entrance, which Is for
the general uso Of editors, reporters and other
employees; with tho staircase a. tho southeast
corner OF the building. THIS staircase conducts In
regular series from story to story ondng with the
posing On tho second floor corridor has beon
partltioned or none being needed; but the
third story tho corridor is again continued The whole
arrangement and pan) Is Of the utmost sim pcY, and
Is worthy of imitation since 80 many Of New York's
newspaper buildings rather to have been planned
atyrnths 10 puzzle than ediices for coavep.ent
transaction OF business
poses The hugo thIrtynve feet boiler has crawed away
under the pavement o. Frankfort street. who Tor tho
out from the othor side Of tho building The press
OF sufficient size, being thirty feet by and
well lighted. From floor to skyghI tho extreme
height forty feet Ono six cylinder Hoes press two
BnIock's presses and acoupe OF Roots patent engines
complete the equipments hero The boiler II OF the
Kind known as Harrison's patent Tao cellar WI DO
orally pronounced one OF the finest in the city, has not
been assigned 20 any especial use.
Messrs. Charles A. Dana and confrirss vii. take
possession Of tue S oce at the old place or shining
en- Saturday next The paper will continue 10 be, as
heretofore. twocent morning daily. and no alteration
will for the present be mado In its general appearances
though there IL likelihood OF some little alteration In
us politics. Tue organization OF tho stan y mo-. as yet
completed and 10 Ia probable that moss OF the old stat
Of subordnaos will DO retained for tho present II Is
proposed 20 remove the office 10 Tamnany Hall about
the middle OF tho month.