Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-08
Poniers,'. Democrat.

$50 UNIV 80 AAAAa HAAHAAAA'AaN N''E
ular and rapidly growing weekly
has lately undergone a thorough
renovation and nehtliRg, From
prcss-room To saRelum, from com,
posing rom % counting Ioom, all
is as neat, convenient and orderly
, as lhe deck ola maR-ofmdr cleared
for EcliOn,
On enlUring tho c0nRilhg room
one cannol but ho Impressed that
tins n a place for tho sicvly and
accurate transaction at business
The Office il neatly earpele,l and
splsnlidly furnished in Hack wal
nut, while tho numerous fine en-
cravings and ohrOmOs upon the
walls render il an exceedingly At
traetive place OF business. Over
the ,lesk orc, T., Sykes, tho oher-
gstic aud thorough -goingpnblisher,
hangs an elegant engraving, Tho
Fight iOr the Standard, which one
toGld not consider otherwise than
~ emblematieal of tho principles
which characterize tho business ~
we'll rs tho editorial management,
OF this famous paper,
Ascending 10 the second floor We
enter tho Offices of the Managing
and Masonic editors. Neatly fres.
coed, riClSly carpeted, elegantly
furnished, with numerous iino pic,
lures decorating tho walls and u
carefully selected library Of stand.
ard works, il is, indeed, in strotg
contrast with the ordinary sanctuin,
as il is provocative of envy in thGsO
whose fate it is to perform their
work in u carpctlcss room, seated
upon three. legged stool, while
writing on rickety table. As
ones surroundings havo great in
ilueuco upon his mental prodnc.
tions, the emanations from tho
minds OF tho foitunatc occupants of
this dainty and luxurious Office
should bo unusually poetical and
harmonious.
From here yso ascend to the Third
floor, occupied by the mailing and
composing rooms. From tho ma.
turc of tho work here performed
these rooms arc necessarily lacking
In tho elegant fittings Of tho Offices
proper. Yet the walls arc as white
rs the art ol the kalsominer can
mako them, the windows clean, the
floors neatly scrubbed and free from
nil bits of waite paper, type, and the
Usual debris ofa printing Office.
The furniture ofthese rooms ID tho
best and n6atest attainable while
tho workmen, from ioremen to copy
holders and wrapper-paster, appear
exceedingly careful that thoir work
bo neatly and expcditiously per-
formed.
The mailing-room, on the day OF
our visit, was in unusual comm0-
ton from the fact that it was send
ing off an extra edition of fifty thou
sand sample copies, wrapped in
single wrappers, addressed and
post paid every man to his taste"
and thcsb stamp damponers atd
atiiXers were vehement y exercising
their perogativo on 81 900 worth Of
two-cent stamps. This single OK
tra mail filed two hundred two
bushol bags.
TO print and fold this immense
edition is indeed II llcrculcan task !;
but in tie press and lolding-rooms
we find all the modern appliances
fot the rapid performance Of this
portion of the labor. The clang of
the prBssos and rattle OF the folders
from Thursday night to Monday
morning, while working of the pa,
per, render this ono Of the noisiest
and N ost bnstling ofplacos in wid5.
awake Newspaper Row"
TO return to the counting-r oom;
we Have but to step upon the eleva'
tor, and again we are seated in this
leGantly-appointed office. A boy
enters with Il huge solo-leather box,
which he places upon tho publish
er's desk. The publisher unlocks il
and takes out from three to four
hundred letters from all parts of the
United States, Quebec and Ontario.
This office has the largest mail 60
ing from or coming to New York.
The circulation of this paper is
enormous. 1t is claimed by SYKES
TO be over two hundred thousand,
and wo know that the advertising
arents who base their contracts on
close estimates Of ciccu ulation put
the "Democtat" on an equality with
other weekics whose circulations
range from 10000 to over 2'O. 900.
The daily amount Of labor to be
quickly and accurately trar'STcted
hero demands thorough system and
experienced men and SO complete
is The system and SO experienced
are the men that there is no hustle,
10 confrsioh-naught but quiet,
effective work.
From here Mo proceed to the
editor-iu-chiefs private sanctum on
Union Square. For upwards of
vear Mr.. Pomcroy endeavcred 10
do his editorial work t the lower
office. but the continuous stream Of
callers who must see him if he was
in the unavoidable interruptions
and delays, and the noise and bus
tie of the location finally compelled
him to seek more retired quarters.
And here we find him, as he says,
with Union Square as bis door
ward Two handsome and cheerful
suites Of rooms, elegantly and lux
uriously fitted in every particular
scores OF fine portraits, valuable en-
cravings and costly paintings; nu-
msruus statues and busts of distih-
gnisbed men and friends Turkish
1rbolstered chairs and sofas an sr-
tsnsive library an excellent bill
iard-tablc. and, in fact. everything
l,eiokeninr the man of taste and
wealth sufficient 20 crafty it. Not
r. IL sto.o rrraf "a urrg