Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-01
THE INQUIRER BUILDING
HREN1X-LlKE ABISEN FROM IFS
4. ASHES.
Some Descriptions OF 1t and tho Uses to
Which 1t Is Devoted


Some Descriptions OF 1t and tho Uses to
Which 1t Is Devoted.
The extensive printing house of the ln.
quirer printing and publishing company, of
this city, which, together with it's con-
tents, was destroyed by fire on the 25th of
January. has been rebuilt and was for
tho first time since the fire, occupied by
the company yesterday.
Stately and capaciOus as was the orig
inal structure, and well-adapted as it was
for the extensive business carried on with
in it, the new structure is much larger, is
more substantially built, and is better
adapted to the purposes Of it's enterprising
owners and managers.
The building has front on North
Queen street of thirty-two feet, and ex-
tends in depth to Christian street, 264
feet, and is four stories in height. 1t is
built of brick and rooted with tin. 1t is
most substantially constructed. the walls
being mostly "a inches thick and laii in
the best of mortar tho joists and girders
are of the best lumber, and the floors and
stairways of yellow pine.
The Basement.
To commence at tho bottom VIC find in
the basement capacious room, contain
ing ten pen alleys and restaurant finely
fitted up and occupied by Jacob Cremer.
The First Floor.
In the first floor front are two capacious
store rooms, with fine plate glass fronts.
These arc occupied respectively by L. 3.
Herr as as book, stationary, music and
musical instrument store, and by John
Hiemenz rs fashionable boot and shoe
store. Mr.. Hiemcnz having, also, con-
nected with the store, by private stair
way, . largo room on the second floor.
Back of the store rooms is a very largo
fire proof vault, for tho storage of stereO-
type plates, books, &C., and adjoining and
connected with this is a large room used
as the stereotype foundry. 1t is fitted
up with all the latest improved machinery
and implements used in this delicate art
Back Of the foundry is placed tho engine
and boilers for running all the machinery
and heating tho building. Tho engine is
20 horse power one set of boilers 40 horse
power, and another Is horse power. Still
further back, and fronting on Christian
street, is the paper room. Owing to the
gradual rise of grade from North Queen
to Christian street, this room, as we'll rs
tho engine room, is partly under ground.
The floor of it is laid in cement, so that it
is imperviOus alike to vermin or undue
dampness. A very wide door has been
placed at the east end of it, SO that the
large boilers or other bulky machinery
may be easily removed from il when neces
sary for repair or renewal. A portion of
the room not far from the furnace has
been partitiOned off as Il coal bin, and is
provided with q shute to convey the coal
from the car to the bin.
Second Floor.
The second floor is reached by broad
and easy stairways front and rear. Front
ing on North Queen street are two large
rooms, 81 feet wide by 80 feet long,
which will be occupied rs insurance Of
fees.
To the rear of these, at the head OF tho
first flight Of stairs, is a large room used
as the business Office of the Inquirer pub
fishing company and tho Office of the
Weekly Ingusrer newspaper. 1t is furnish
ed with safes, desks, counters and the
necessary Office furniture.
Adjoining the business office in the rear,
and extending all the way to Christian
street is the press room. 1t is %! feet
wide by 1856 feet in length and II feet in
height, in tho clear, from floor to ceiling
both tlocr and ceiling are Of yellow pine.
The room is lighted by windows on both
the north and south sides. In this room
arc four large Adams power presses Zone
of them 4-rollcr) two Hoe drum cylin-
der presses one 4 roller, 2 revolution
Cotterell press, and one Costerell stop
cylinder press, especially adapted for fine
book work and plate printing. There are,
besides, three steam-power job presses
and a number Of foot pedal presses also \
hydraulic dry pressing machine and other
printing appliances. There is sufficient
shafting and space in this room for seven
teen large power presses, and these will
be put in as occasion may require.
Third Floor.
Tho North Queen street front of tho
third floor was arranged especially as a
council room for the order of United
American Mechanics. The meeting room
is about sixty feet long by twenty y-eight
feet wide and connected with it arc two
ante-rOoms. 1t is the intention of the
Mechanics before moving into it, to furnish
it elegantly.
To tho rear of the Mechanics room is
the book bindery. 1t is of the same d.
mensiOns rs the press room (22t by 155
feet.) 1t is provided with wonderful
stock Of the most approved machinery and
appliances for book binding, ruling and
paper cutting. Among other valuable
machines may be mentioned al Acme
solf.clamping cutter 4 Semple book.
trimmer, 4 Sheridan embOssing press, an
improved backing machine, steam power
book sewing machine. wire stitching ma
chine, IIickok ruling machine, paging
and numbering machines, standing presses
and every other appliance pertaining to a
first class bindery.
Adjoining tho bIndery is the proof
reading department., which is very com
fortably and conveniently fitted up for the
accommodation of those important person.
ages, the prOOf-readers.
Fourth Story.
The entire fourth story front i; a single
room, used at present as school for BIZ
cycle riders, of which Martin Rudy is
teacher and proprietor. The room is very
large and admirably adapted for the pur
pose, and the riders glide over its smooth
surface as gracefully and almost as noise
lessly as swallows skim the air.
To the rear of the bicycle school is the
principal composing and job room of the
establishment. 1t is the same size as the
bindery and pressroOm, and is large
enough to comfortably accommodate
one hundred compositors with cases.
There are windows on both sides of the
room and they are just wide enough and
far enough apart to allow of two stands,
back to back. to De placed between each
of them, with comfortable space for the
compositors between the stands. There is