The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-02

of the cashier, and is furnished with every
ment. Further along on the same side OF the
room is an ornamental iron reading stand
where the tiles OF The NEWS are always to be
found at the service Of our friends. III rear of
this main counting-room are two private Off
ces with glass partitions, furnished for the
convenience Of the proprietors, and which are
ia direct communication by means OF speak
Ing tubes with every room and department of
the establishment.
From the yard In rear of these rooms the
broad staircase previously mentioned leads to
the second floor, which is occupied by
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
These consist Of two handsome apartments,
a large front room, SIS By rs feet in Size, where
the actual work Of preparing the contents oil
the paper Is done, aud a rear room, 70 ieet
square, used as q reception room. The front
room Is a bright. cheerful apartment, lighted
by three windows on the north and the same
| number on the east side. The ceiling has a
height of IA feet, thus aGording the most per-
feet ventilation. The walls are painted In q
lilac tint, which is at once tasteful aud agree
| able to the eye, and are flushed with q broad
and elaborate cornice, painted white. On the
west side of the room is a broad fireplace with
a carved mautel, constructed In the good old
days when lumber was plentiful and artisans
| unsparlug OF honest labor. Along the north
| slide, but about 8 feet from the ri. stand a
1850. q lt>oi, ,waI,,,t "A l.bo upOin m nrHur fAr
| this establishment, aud Of uniform shape and
slyle. Additional desks line the east and west
walls, and over each desk Is a pendant goa
burn-r, with u porcelain shade. The south
| wall Is occupied by doors, leading respective.
IL to the hail and the reception room, and be.
tween these doors stand the large book case
C obtaining the editorial library OF reference
| uni TWO large racks for current dies or papers.
The reception room Ia a large square apart
| ment, finished in the the same style as The
Que Just described, AMI containing a centre
table, sofa, chairs and toilet conveniences.
THE COMPOSING Rooas.
The rooms on the tnicd n ,or correspond In
| size with those of the secoud, except that the
! ceilings ere twelve instead OF fourteen feet In
| height. There Is q front room 35x25, lighted
| BY 6 large windows aud Is gas burGers. This
Is the coin posing room proper, aud contains
IL stands, accommodating as many lype-sel-
ters, and the usual variety OF cabinets, impos-
ing stones, galley racks, proof presses, DC.
| Tue rear room is rs feet square, and Is known
as The torenla,5 room. Here Tue "c)ly"
Is received from the editorial depart
ment, cut into takes" aud distributed
| among the composltors. After oein1
SIT and laid In galleys, each containing
! about on. column, tbs liter Is Returned to
| this room an laid dowa on the Imposing
stones, of which there are several. The as
sistaut foreman then arrang-s the Mailer In
the chases Ia tue order In which IL Is to appear
IN the paper, the chases containing either one
or two pages OF type. The liter, wh-n
locked up IN the chases, compose The forms,
which, OF course, are exceedingly heavy, being
equivalent to solid slabs of lead Of 3 or a feet
square, and over an inch thick. For convey
| iny these lorms TO the press room, which is in
a rear building, an iron beam has been let
into the rear wall Of the main building, over
one OF the windows OF the foremtn'5 room,
from which depends a stout tackle consisting
| of double blocks and several hundred feet OF
rope. By this means The heavy aud valuable
forms are 9 .fely aud quickly lowered to the
foot of the main building, whence they are
conveyed across the yard TO the press-room on
q hand car designed expressly for this pur-
pose.
The Quite Buildings.
The entire lot belonging to this establish
ment Is 1876 feet deep, aud extends through
from Broad 10 Elliott streets. About midway
| bet Heen the Two streets aud stretching across
The lot stands u two.story brick building, IS
feet long by 20 feet deep. The ground floor OIL
this building Is In one apartment, and Is
| known US the press room. This contains the
! TWO very large and fast Taylor presses, now
used IN printing the paper, which by being
located directly on the ground floor have a
solid resting place, aud are found to work
very smoothly and quietly.
The second fl ,or of this building Is divided
into Two roous, used respectively as a folding
and mailing room. Here the papers are
UUuulcus lOluCu oAu INV ~ Noh
bags, whlch are to carry them to the early
trains, or given out In heavy bundles TO the
carriers and ueweboys who are TO deliver them
throughout the city, aud In the early morning
hours, Just before and after dawn, the scene
in this department is always a oustling and
lively one.
Adjoining this buildins in the rear Is
q ENGINE ROOM.
This Is q new building twelve feet square,
| and contains the engine which furnishes the
| motive power 10 the presses In the adjoining
room. The engine vas made in the machine
| shops of Messrs. John F. Taylor & Co., Of
| Charleston, aad is a substantial aud beautiful
piece of mechanism Of elght-horse power.
On the opposite or north side OF the press
| room is a vault twelve by fourteen feet In
size, which Is used for storing the few tons OF
white paper which are kept on hand for cur
| rent use. This structure nearly Adults on the
| vault extending to the rear of the main onild-
lug, aud thus completes THE circuit OF tae
| yard, which IL bounded on three sides oy Inc
| buildings Just described. and un tile fourth oy
d high brick wall on Ga isden's alley. THIS
wall c~oulaiuA u gate which furnishes q side
entrance 10 The editorial and mechanical de.
partments Of the establishment and is lighted
At night by q gas lamp In Gadsden's alley.
THE JOB OFFICE.