Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-05-01
The New York Herald-The Salaries IL PAYS.


The editorial staff of the New York
Herald consists of one chief, one man
aging, one financial, one city editor aud
eight editorial writers. The ship news,
foreign news, domestic news, statistical
matters and translation departments each
have chief, with such assistance as he
may require from the city department.
me city department. is presided over by
chief who must have gone Through all
the gradations of the reportoIial DEPART
mcnt.
This force consists of twoRty-seven re-
porters, who cover all the news points i'm
New York, Jersey City, Brooklyn and
contiguous places of easy access to New
York. The salary of managing editor il
-, 900 per annum' and financial editor So
900 per annum, and the writer's or suh.ed-
itors, from $40 to SEQ per week reparters,
S2j to $50 per week.
In the composing room, seventy-five
men are employed, whose pay depends
upon the skill and steadiness of their
week.
The clerical force of the paper numbers
about twenty, divided into RELAYS for day
and night work.
The editorial force meet daily in the
council room" of the establishment The
meeting Is presided over by Bennett, faith
er or son, as the case may be, or i'm the alb
sence of both these gentlemen, then bv the
senior writer, DR.. George b. Wallis. At
this council all the current questions of the
day are discussed all formality in speak
ing on topics is avoided, and it partakes
more of the character of family gather
ing Mr.. Bennett, after carefully looking
over his memorandum points, breaks a 81
lence, and the conversation takes q cheer
full turn and continues for upwards of two
hours. In the interim, each editor is AZ
signed to write a certain article. Mr.. Ben
nett, ST., has not written an article in the
Herald for upwards of thirty years, yet he
Identifies himself with the editorial col
umns by requiring the editors to keep the
tone and style of their articles within GER
tain cardinal points.
Mr.. Bennett has telegraph wire mine
miles long connecting the Herald office
with his residence at Fort Washington
also shorter line three miles) to his
house on Fifth avenue. BY this means
he is in constant communication with
| the office. Important news from Europe
and indeed from any part Of the world
is announced to him, and he sends the
points for leader over the wires, the tele-
graph key being manipulated by the gem
tie hand Of his beautiful daughter, Jean
cite.
The foreign correspondence on the Her.
AID Is now in charge of gentleman in
London, who receives a salary of s. 900
per year in gold. He moves and instructs
the correspondents at the various Euro
pean capitals.
The receipts from advertising range
from two thousand five hundred to five
thousand dollars per day, according to
the changes i'm the busy season Of the
year.
Mr.. BENEFITS income from his real es-
tate and newspaper is two hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars per year,
and that of his son, forty-five thousand
dollars.
Bennett, ST., is % years of age, yet his
brain 1s rs vigorous rs it was twenty years
ago. His habits are of very abstemious
character, and TO this he ascribes his good
health.