New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-10

department Of TIE TRIBUNE, although when the
Spruce and Frankfort street extensions finished
twill probably be rented forOces The hight of this
story feet inches The walls ceilings, wainscot
tiles, and woodwork are the same as on the floors
below. but the arrangement of the is entirely
different At the head of the stairs and opposite the
entrance to the elevator is reception parlor, to
which all visitors will be shown, the offices Of the
editors being kept strictly private. Next to the
parlor the Spruce street side are two apartments
for the use of the night and day editors, general
news editors exchange readers &c. Large and
handsomely furnished room on the southwest
corner overlooking Spruce and Nassau streets and
the Park-Or to be more exact, overlooking
New-York Bay and Harbor, the North River, and
good part of NewJersey-is occupied by the princi
pal editorial writer's and critics The room of the
chief editor is in the tower. North OF IL, on tho
west 'front.' are q council room for meetings OF the
editorial staff, and rooms for the editor of the
weekly and semi-weekly. and the financial and
agricultural editors. Opposite these, on the east
side of the building is the office of the city editor
and the entire north end Of this story is assigned to
the reporters, for whom there is abundant light air.
and desk-room, with multitude of comforts and
conveniences to which this hard-working and
invaluable elass of men unfortunately not
accustomed in most American newspaper offices
All the rooms this floor except the reception par
lor are connected together by PARTITION doors, OF
the same pattern those in the lower stories.
Pneumatic tubes for the conveyance of letters tele-
grams, "copy," &c, run to the desk Of the night
editor from the Counting ROOM where all dispatches
are received The tubes are 4 inches in diameter,
being the largest yet constructed, and made of
copper in lengths of Is 20 feet Without scam,
curately joined at the ends, and fastened together
| by collar sOldered upon the outside They are OF
| American manufacture, and greatly superior to the
imported articles. The machinery by which they
are operated is very ingenious and also very simple.
blower in the basement, drawing its supply of air
| from one Of tho rear windows, sends a powerful
blast through the tube, carrying with it cylindrical
leather car which contains whatever it is desired to
transmit. The car is inserted OF removed through
| openings in the tube fitted with hermetical
DOORS Pneumatic tubes also extend from the
night editors desk to the Composing Room,
and tho rooms of the chief editor and city editor.
| The position of the last two apartments made the
problem of pneumatic communication rather diff
| cult one as it il mpracticable to carry the tube
| around short corners. The perplexity solved,
however, by conveying the tube from the night desk
straight up to the attic, where it was brought by q
mathematical curve Of long radius to point imme-
diatey the spot to be reached and thence down
An elaborate system of speaking tubes and electric
annunciatO connects the desks of the chief editor
and his principal assistant with every portion Of the
editorial department. and the chief editors room is
in communication, by the same contrivances with
the Composing Room, Press Room, and Publication
Office. The day and night desks have similar attach
ments. We can safely say that for comfort, ele-
gance coolness quiet cheerfulness, and adaptabilty
to thor purpose, there editorial rooms in the
United States comparable to those Of the new
| Tribune.
| THE COMPOSING ROOM.
The Composing Room is one of the most remark
able parts of the building 1t occupies the whole OF
the ninth floor, with tho exception of the small
square apartment in the tower communicating with
the chief editors room underneath by spiral stair
case, and it may be described as a huge L. one arm
of which is 81 feet long by % feet wide, and the
other % feet long by ~ feet wide. 1t has hight
of no less than % feet with fiat ceiling in white
hard finish. The walls instead Of being plastered,