The morning call., 1893-05-28

graph editor has been deposed in favor of the
night editor. The latlef is everywhere al once
Yet he is cool and collected. lie mus: be. No
man can make a mistake now. II is too late
for mi>faies Every one on duty from lhe
managing editor down must do the right thing
al the hight time and place to the very dol.
Though these hours recur regularly 365
times tn every year, they are none the less
hours OF suspense and drawn tension Every.
BODY Is on his mettle and works with as much
vigor and NJ husiasm as though the iabar were
fresh and new II must be so, and what must
be, Oil daily paper, is.
Two O'Clock comes. Everybody works faster,
though still fewer are on dutv In the editorial
department. The local room Is about desert ed.
save for the night police reporter anu possi-
bic copy-reader.
In the mechanical department every nerve is
strained TO It's utmost. This is the critical hour
for the steieOtyEers. The f. compositor, re-
maiuing aud The men who are making up" the
foims
II big fire or some extraordinary piece of
news, iiher local OF teleeraphic, does not turn
up all will go well. and if such thing does turn
up--we!l. even then, things must move right
along in sheir regular groove.
Al O'clock the big press moves. Ths edlto-
lial-rooms are dark and drSer ed save for the
managing editor or night editors and an assist
AMI oil either or BOTH
The center OF & aviiy is down under the side
walk, or thereabouts, where THE CALLS giant
quadiuplcX press is turning ou, finished paprrs
p,inted. pasted and folded, at the rate OF sc, OOO
! an hour.
Mailing wagons and carriers carts and vehi-
cles choke I'D The thoroughfaie IN front of the
pressroom aud LUCE bundle. of CALLS are COM
ing out iatu the world at a lightning rate.
This continues Tor an hour aud a half some
times two hours. Then the biz edition of a
great daily paper is OIL Tie machinery
stops.
Now the carriers do their work In every
quarter of lBe city they are running hilher and
IhiIher that you may have The CALL fresh
frem the ness aud is warm almost as your
sleaming coffee.
BY O'clock the last carrier has secured his
papers and is off on his route.
Five O'Clock tinds the niailers al work. Thou
sands OF copies must be wrapped and addressed
to all parts OF the world.
Not all the papers are delivered by 6 O'clock
in the morning, for they contain the very latest
news. yon know. In tile suburban disl nets the
carr iers have not completed their routes quite
and 1t makes little difference, for The residents
of these districts. as ule, do not have break
fast before $50 or O'clock
At O'Clock The business Office opens for the
local sale of papers. A goedly corps of early
| workers are kept busy supplying lbe demands
of tie transient customers. These are mostly
men who come downtown early to answer the
advertisements for help. Many women are
among these early morning customers.
Eieht O'clock finds the mailing department at
| its busiest time. The southern anu The north.
| ern and the Overland trains have yet 10 go out.
and the bags for them are being pdy filed.
| Nine O'clock finds the cashier and all the
clerks in the business office hard at work on The
| accounts Of the new edition.
| Thus great paper is mad II could not be
! done If the day were an hour shorter.