Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-31
Our New Building.

Last week the REPUBLICAN, moved in.
to its own building the first 4 por north
of the post office. We are now ready to
receive our friends in our now quarters.
The REPUBLICAN was founded by
Cousins II Mcclure, tho first number
being issued December D. 1896 1t
was located then in frame building
situated whore the west part of Bilhar2
big store building now stands. IL re-
NAMED there little less than ono
year or until September 10, 1856, when
1t was moved into the basement of the
First National Bank building The
notice that appeared in these columns
concerning the new location was on the
date of September l6, 1886, and was as
follows:
IN NEW QUARTERS.
THE REPUBLICAN office was removed last
Friday and Saturday to its new location In the
basement of the Audubon County Bank build
Ing with rs little Inconvenience rs was possible
to undertake such disegreeablc and unpleas-
to pieces OF 600 or 700 pounds each, such as our
Sampsonian devil could handle conveniently,
and landed safe and sound o the solid foun,G-
ton prepared for 1t In the new room. The work
of removing the rest of the furniture was com
paritively easy. The new room is handsomely
adapted to the printing business, is snug
enough to be neat, but hot cramped and is
favored with good light. We extend to our
,Aata "a
us in our new home.
Since that time or for nearly thirteen
years, and under the rest of the owner
ship of Cousins d Mcclure and during
that of j. f. Griffith and the present
ownership till last week, the paper has
had it's home there. Its business and
equipment had somewhat outgrown
those quarters, and it became desirable
to have larger ones. Last spring the
present publisher bought the lot across
the alley and north of the post Office and
during tho summer erected substan-
tial and attractive brick building, and
now the paper has home Of it's own
The building is 25xG0 with II inch
walls and with hollow space in the wall.
The foundations are broad and strong
and go down to solid clay. The roof is
tin. The ceilings are twelve feet high
In the southwest corner is the editors
room which is l6x15 feet and has
corner entrance from the southwest.
From the editors room one door opens
north into the paper room and one east
into the press and composing ROOM
The paper room is 7xl5 and the north
side is entirely taken up with deep
shelving capable of holding IA big stock
of paper The press and composing
room is 23x43 feet except that in the
northeast corner, an engine room of 7x7
is taken out. The foundations for the
engine and for the newspaper press are
brick extending down to solid earth
about four feet and prevent those pieces
OF machinery from resting on the floor
or joists. The large room has door
on the east and another on the south, |
also has two windows on the north, one
on the east and three on the south. The
building was planned to have abun-
dance Of light and ventilation It was
built solely for printing office, to be
convenient and to moet the needs of the
business. 1t ia substantial in structure
and is well finished The interior walls
and partitions are plastered and the
woodwork, hard pine, is finished in hard
oil. Roy Hibbs did the brick work and
did excellent work, adding to his repu-
tation as workman and contractor
II. M. Talbot did the carpenter work, j. |
M. McKarahan the tin work and G. Il.
Zion the painting. The brick was
bought of Charles Tramp, his pressed
brick, with light colored, rough faced
brick for trimming, being used in the
front end and side. Home material
WINS used as far as possible and home
labor entirely. The cost of the building
and lot is $4,000.
Rob Rice has been unwell the past
few days.