Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-12

and injured, He must verify an names
and addresses when possible by the az
rectory and arrange them IN alphabeti-
cal order, This Is work enough 10 keen
one or two men busy on such occasions.
AS the names Of the missing were tele-
ph0ned from time 10 time by the
Leonard street station man. reporters
were sent out TO look up their addresses
one OF the artists was instructed TO
prepare a block map showing the lo-
cation OF the wrecked building and the
damaged around H. A reporter was
sent 10 get an estimate of the losses
and an account Of the insurance, am
other TO see the Inspector OF c0mbusti-
bes for an official statement. and a
third to interview druggists and chem
lists who, from their knowledge OF the
stock carried by the Tarrant Drug
company, might give a plausible ex-
PLANTATION Of the cause Of the explosion.
These assignments were made By the
city editor az they occurred TO him
during the afternoon and as the men
to cover them reported at the office.
When the night city editor arrived at
) o'clock p, m, the schedule Of as
sgnments was completed up 10 that
hour New men had been selected %
relieve those who had been covering the
fire story during the afteuoo~ that the
latter might come 10 the office and be-
gin writing. The big editorial room.
which had been dlugy In the day time.
was now Hooded with electric light Re-
porters nc nearly every desk were busy
writing copy A night city editor takes
up the work where the city editor
leaves IT, He must make such addl.
tlonal assignments during the evening
as may be necessary and with the ala
Of half a dozen copy readers who ro
port az G o'clock p. m he must edit an
the city copy and write captions for &c.
Enough copy is thrown away every
night 10 mn an extra paper. Either be-
cause It Is comparatively unimportant,
or for other reasons Il Is not available.
Although a score Of assignments have
been made on the Tarrant fire the
major part OF this new story win be
written by two or three men who are
now turning out COM rapidly When
ever one Of them niles M four or five
written pages an office bow hurrle7 Il TO
the rieht city editors desk.
In addition 10 the night city edltol
am his assistants, nearly a dozen other
mon, telegraph suburban and sporting
editors, are now busily engaged In edit
Ing copy. There Is a faint haze OF to-
hrcco smoke in the big editorial room.
Most Of the men are working
with their coats of and
their shirt sleeves rolled back.
The COPY editors are not only expect
ed to correct all mistakes IN the copy,
but II the story is badly constructed
they must tear 1t apart aud reconstruct
It The proofs are read later by the
night editor and by the managing ed
flor. who is the court OF last resort, and
each Of them Is looking for mistakes 10
correct. The telegraph editor, who Is
reading Washington copy swings
around In his chair and calls out to
the nisht city editor;
Senator Blank died Unexpectedly
this evening Have you a man 20 get
up his obituary or shall | ask the
Washington office TO telegraph it?'
The night city editor assigns one OF
the reporters who is disengaged to
write the senator's obituary, The re-
porter gels his facts from the books
OF reference IN the library and from the
newspaper clippings which he finds In
the "0bit box IN an envelope bearing
Senator Blanks name Every man Of
public importance In the world Is rep
resented by an envelope IN that same
'obit box" which really isn't a box at
all. but a double chest Of small in
dexed drawers. each filled with LONG
envelopes. Some Of the envelopes con-
tain merely newspaper clippings. and
IN Others are carefully written Obitu-
aries ready 10 be sent 20 composing
room at a moments notice
The t!pesettIng machines up stairs
are clicking away automatically at fun
speed making columns OF type out OF
the COPY. From the floor below comes
indistinctly The rattle Of dozens OF tel
egraph instruments receiving Dispatch
es from all parts Of the world and send
ing out 10 $50 widely scattered newspa-
pers the results OF this papers news
| gathering for the day, Reporters come
in. tell the night city editor briefly
what they have obtained and then
write II. according 70 his directions
There Is no confusion. Each man
| knows what he IS expected % do. By
10 o'clock nearly 10000 words about
| the Tarrant fire have been edited and
put in type. Fresh proofs are dumped