The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-09

sna Its Meehanical Doma nds-Ques-
tions Of Change Of site ana 10 On.
Now that the smoke Of the political fghthas
z cleared away and we are left, for q time at
least to look around us, we may be excused
for little business explanation between the
public and ourselves. II is purely business,
and has relation to that very pregnant
topic between the makers and readers
OF the HERALD In carrying on q newspaper
like ours the progress which is marked by
an IN extension Of our news facilities on this
Continent or any of the other continents
which we call olden creates in turn necessity
for progress in other and more mechanical
branches off, detail 4 We mean by
this the necessity which demands that the
news collected abroad and centralized in the
HERALD should be once more. instantaneously
almost, disseminated to the public through our
columns. Distance in the first part Of this
process may be annihilated, but unless we can
overcome q hundred small but pressing diff
culties in the way of publishing the record
thus obtained the enterprise falls parched
and useless, like the wheat in the parable,
scattered on the rock. These considerations
are but rarely canvassed by the reading public
and still more rarely appreciated. They never
think that the want of facility in printing q
paper is thing which grows in the ratio of
its other requirements. If the HERALD prints
o regular edition of one hundred thousand
copies they do not think that there
is any great difficulty in printing twice the
number. Neither would there be if the dear
public would only wait an hour longer before
getting its paper. Like true performers Of
what we preach we do not wish it to wait q
second. The question Of supply is reduced
among morning papers to battle with time.
From the moment that the last line of type
goes to ''press," strange as it may seem,
there is very little more than one hour in
which to prepare the full edition. The paper
which passes this time to any extent loses
in sale. The diverging channels through
which it is scattered broadcast are timed so
nicely that they cannot delay moment be-
yond the time set down for them. The mails,
like time and tide, wait for no man or
paper. The carriers, who know that hun
dred thousand breakfast tables are waiting for
their journals, cannot delay. The paper
which is s1ate'' must then be done without.
The carrier is sorry; 80 may the breakfast
tables be. They both endeayor to console
themselves with another journal; but,
the paper which is 1'late' suffers without
any consolation. Y It has been the constant
pride Of the HERALD to have ever endeavored
to foresee and provide for this; yet with all
our present facilities the question Of growth
becomes as importunate with us and our
readers at present as the ankle-high pantaloons
Of q boy of fourteen are to himself and his
parents. II ya.a 9r8G .sH mg je q
Before entering into any explanation Of our
wants. desires and intentions on this score, we
would wish to make few corrections. In the
Daily Witness we find the following para
graph 9vaa3 rs. ,tn.ts ao0f q
The HERALD says it sold one hundred and fifty
O'clock n before went q press This Is the
over one hundred and forty thousand when Lee
surrendered. 1t adds that yesterday it could have
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for move to the great new building Of iron and
Rrrk n Nassau street On me block where the
The figures Of our Wednesdays sale are cor
rect, and we may mention as d proof Of the
progress we refer to that our sole on that day
exceeded by forty thousand, on the result Of
o national election which was almost
foregone conclusion, the sale on the day after
election year ago, when, amid the most
intense excitement, the "Ring" was buried
under the great uprising of the people. The
other statement, that it is the first bell for
move to the new building on the corner of
Ann and Nassau streets, where the HERALD
grew to greatness, has no foundation in fact
at all. Cramped as we now are in our present
building, we shall, for OF least three or four
years more, try to find elbow room in this
location. In any case we shall not think Of
leaving Broadway. By the time we have
mentioned Mr.. A. T. Stewart may possibly
consent to selling out his marble
building at the corner of Chambers
street and Broadway, which, with good
management, might be made capable
of meeting our increased wants When we
first occupied the present HERALD building,
the basement, first, second and top floors only
were used for the purposes Of the HERALD
business; now we use j from the roof to the
cellar. Our present printing capacity Of one
hundred thousand Impressions an hour is
attained through the agency of five Hoe
presses and two Bullock presses, both Of
which answer their purpose very we'll
and perform their respective quotas admira-
bly,. We find it necessary, nevertheless, to
seek space for OF least three more Of high
power, and this can only be attained by en-
larging our press and engine rooms laterally
on Ann street and obliquely on the face 'front.'
ing the New Post Office square. As an in
stance Of how this will react in other depart
ments we may mention that it will also necessi-