The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-13
ABOUT OURSELVES.
Day and Night in The Herald
Office.
a Walk Through and Around
Our New Quarters.
With Explanatory Notes, and
Pen Pictures BY The Way.
And a Careful Collection of
Interesting Items Relative
to Our Record,
The Counting ROOm-The Sanctum :
The Composing Room The Press
Rooms The Job Room The
Bindery = ETC., Etc.

So. Mr.. Subscriber, you want to
take a walk over THE HERALD
block, do you? Well, cir, you shall
be accommodated with PLEASURE, Ii
you will have the goodness to follow
our guidance. Perhaps few pref
atory remarks, however, may not be
uninteres ing. THE HERALD was
founded on June 9Th, 1870, by Ed
! ward L. Sloan and William
G. Dunbar, both of whom
had formerly been connected
with the Telegraph; the former a
brilliant wri 'er-perhaps one of the
best the west has ever knOwn-and
the latter q close, shrewd business
man. This was thought to be
good combination; and then, on
September 1st, of the same year,
it was strengthened by the adj
dition of John T. Csine to
the proprietorship. In 1874,
stock company was formed and
THE HERALD Incorporated. At the
outset there were many who pre-
dicted failure, and just what a fail
ure it has been [ propose to show
you this morning. On June 5th,
then, the first number was issued, 1t
being somewhere about half the
size Of The HERALD at present.
The office was located up stairs in
the Old Constitution building Bust
ness extending, the establishment
was soon moved to more commodi--
Gus quar-: ers next to the old Des-
eret National Bank block. After it
had been decided to erect new build.
ings there, THE HERALD again took
up its materials and moved to the
quarters on East Temple street
lately vacated. This was an i'm
prOvement, and for awhile the
building, though not one Of the
most convenient and elegant, satis-
fed, to grsat extent, the necessity
for more loom. By degrees, through
filing up with new presses, type
and other adjuncts, the Building be.
came crowded, and continued to be
entilely inadequate to the demands.
But to OBTAIN suitable ground for
the erection of other quarters was
the 'rauble nov. There wee plenty
of aces to b. ha !, hat me off sred
advantages en- .uga 10 make it An
obiac .Otecure il At last ths com
psny was forum lie enough to .ur.
chase the pr sent site, anG ground
WAS jmmeJi telY broken for the
bull linz; ami hers the peculiar in
G dent occurred, ih t TO make room
for the new querters, buildings that
hal been erected b, one Of THE
HERALD'S fouuders-E. l.. Sloan
were pulled down.
Well, suppose you are ready to
com mence the walk now. Entering
then, at the
THE COUNTING ROOM
We find it to ke light, airy, clean
and spacious apartment, with the
usual apputtenances; nothing re-
markable here, or thst you cannot
see every day elsewhere, save the
elegant tech of stationery arranged
secure from dust or other dirt; and
the large glass cabinet, filed with
the bess and most apr roved forms
Of legal blanks. Of which we have
been making specially for years,
and with which we have been
very successful. Fine we'd
ding goods, and the more costly
stationery are kept here, that custo-
mers can choose directly from the
stock. That flnny-looking object
on the side wall, resembling Two
elongste3 pigeon boxes, is a
dummy" by which any communi-
cation designed for the editors, on
the next floor, may be sent, and it
saves patience and shoe-leather to q
great degree. The four speaking
tubes arranged in the wall connect
with the Editorial
the Composing Room, the
job DEPARTMENT and the Bindery,
thus giving Instantaneous COM
with every part OF the
These tortu0us steps lead
down into the
OOD I Mn 11GNNN L AhNSS ASOOnt
another light, comfortable and spa
cious place, where ali the press work
connected with the JOB Room up
stairs is done. The presses fly, DON'T
they? They are fed by nimble=
fingered boys. aud you would be as
lonlshed, sir, at how expert the
youths can become. "Looks easy
enough, did you say? Yes, it does,
OUT Try 1t yourself, and you will soon
90 made aware of how easy it is
not to feed them. Here is more
s5atlonery-piles upon piles OF it
everything from the finest to the
very common: paper OF all sizes,
Sudoes ano colora. That murdeFous
looKlng machine over there is a.
small cutter, on which the smaller
paper, sucn rs dodgers, circulars,
etc., are prepared for the press. Now
We nasS Ihr 1roh haze and nnfnr