Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14

| in Texas to print au eight-p paper
| every day, so it was the first to add spe-
| cial features to the Sunday edition. 1t
ran up TO twelve pages on Sunday then to
| sixteen, and finally, on Sunday,
March 6, 1886, a twenty-page edition
was printed. A serial story feature was
added, articles from special writers were
| presented, and the Sunday GAZETTE be-
came the paper, par excellence, of the
| Southwest. OF course, all this cost
money, but no newspaper was ever built
| up in the face of strong opposition with
out money. So it was with the GA
ZETTE. 1t cost money to put it on a solid
basis, but the enterprislng men who
| backed il had faith in their undertaking;
| they neither stopped nor faltered, and
| the foundation was laid broad and deep
and strong in the minds and hearts of the
| people. The policy pursued by the Dem
ocrat Publishing Company has been pro-
| ductive of the best results, and the paper,
from being charge on its owners, has
| been made as solid financially as it has
ever been popular. In 1887 it cleared 4
| large percentage on its capital stock, and
from that time it has gone on ''from
strength to strength, conquering and TO
| conquer. -
THE NEW OUTFIT.
With the growth and prosperity of THE
GAZETTE came the necessity for increased
facilities. The old hand press had been
superseded by country Campbell, turn
ed by hand; steam was afterwards intro
| duced, and finally fast dOuble-Cylinder
| Hoe had been procured. From small,
| oue-roOm establishment it had branched
| out until it filed two stories of 4 large
| house on Second street. But a
| faster press, more room, and
new dress were needed, and SO in the
spring of 1888 the stock was increased and
| enough money added to the accumulated
earnings of the paper to buy perfecting
| press, an entire new dress and all the
! facilities needed for publishing first
! class morning newspaper in the most ap-
| proved modern style. A contract was
made with General j NJ. Peers by which
| a building was erected and arranged eS-
pecially for THE GAZETTE, divided into
rooms and offices to Suit, and fitted and
| furnished with all the modern conyen-
| fences.
And now, on the 9th day of December,
| 1888, with smiling and happy face,
dressed in an entire new wardrobe, in
new and attractive form, enlarged and
| beautiied, but still the same old newSy,
| warm-hearted and clean minded news
| paper as of old, THE GAZETTE greetS old
| friends and new with renewed assurances
| CT that faithfulness for the future which
! it has maintained i'll the past. Offices
northwest corner Rusk and Fifth streets,
| business department down stairs, edito-
| rial rooms on second floor.
THE GAZETTE S NEW HOME.
THE GAZETTE building is located at the
| corner of RuSk and Fifth streets, covers
| an area of 25X95 feet, and is three stories
high In addition to this TIE GAZETTE
| occupies some additional space in an ad-
joining building. The first floor of THE
| GAZETTE building is divided into two
rooms, one facing Rusk street being used
for a counting room. This is fitted
and furnished in comfortable and
convenient style for the business mana
ager and his corps of assistants who aid
him i'll attending to the wants of adver-
tisers and other patrons, from whom are
| gathered the sinews of newspaper war-
| fare. In the rear part of the first floor
| is the press room, of which more anon.
The second floor is divided up into edlt0-
rial rooms-of which there are tive-and
| a stereotyping room. On the third floor
| is the composing room.
This building was designed and con-
structed especially for Il newspaper
office, and it is well regulated, comven-
iently fitted and furnished, and is UNI
doubtedly the most convenient and best
appointed newspaper building i'll Texas.
If the reader is interested in learning how
a newspaper is made, and will place him
self Cor if it be herself, all the
better), under the guidance of the
writer he shall be taken all through the
establishment, and a trip through ought
to make him pretty good journalist.
THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT..
We go toihe business Office first, for it
is the foundation upon which, the whole
superstructure must rest. No matter
how gifted the editorial writers, how
keen scented the reporters, or how
graphic the correspondents, if the finan-
cial policy of the'paper be not sound it
cannot prosper. Therefore we start at
the counting room. Here we find the
business manager with a number of
clerks, book keepers and assistants, each
with his own particular line of work to
do. Suppose we go in for the purpose Of
inserting an advertisement. We are re-
ferred to the 'sad'' man, who asks
how much space is wanted,
for what length of time, and upon what
particular page-for each of these con-
sideratiOnS enters into the question Of
price. Having been informed, he gives
the price. we accept ana mana Ill IHe
"copy.'' The copy is marked for the
foreman of the composing room, telling
him how many columns it is TO occupy,
what length, where it must be placed,
and how it must be set. The copy is then
turned over 10 the boOkkeeper, who en- |
tiers it in his day book, and afterward |
sends it up to the composing room. The |
advertising man takes the paper each |
day and marks with a blue pencil |
those "ads'' which are "dead' Chat |
is, have been printed as often as
the contract. calls for, and those
which are 'live'' (that is to be inserted |
again) and sends it back to the compos-
ing room. so that that the makeup"
may know just what goes in the paper.
He also furnishes the booil-keeper with
sheet, showing the standing of each |
cad. - by which the latter posts his
books and makes out his bills.
Perhaps, though, you desire to sub
scribe for the great family newspaper. If |
so, you are turned over to the subScrr.y
ton clerk; who takes your money [sdSh
in advance always and your name. If
you reside in the city he takes your street
and number and sets it down, together
with the length of time
for which YOU have paid,