The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-13
THE ADVERTISERS NEW HOME
 WILL BE MODEL BUILDING
Contract Awarded and Its New Quarters on Dexter Avenue and Lawrence Street Will Be
 Completed by August 1.

press of The Advertiser will be located in the rear of the business off1ce on the first foor and separated from u by the stairway leading to the second noor. The press will be about on level with the street pavement. Through chute news papers folded and ready for delivery 10 subscribers will go directly from tue press into the cellar where -the maiiing room will be located.
 In addition to the mailing room the large cellar which runs the length of the building, will be used for storage of pa per and for the heating apparatus which will consist of hot air with vsnviation carrier boys and for the storage of coal. The entrance to the cellar will be by an area way leading from Lawrence street. There will also be chutes leading from the sidewalk into the cellar for the oe- livery of coal and rolls of paper ~ : The second floor of the building will be given over entirely to the editorial stan of the paper There will be nine rooms. the idea Of the management being to provided with windows desks and otner sccommoda tions. The front room. look ing into Dexter Avenue and extending across the entire front of the building The library and file room will also be located on this floor and of easy access to tho writing force.
 The Mergenthaler typesetttng machines.
 
 news editor and the stereotypinE depart ment will be located on the top floor Of the building. The news editor VIII. oc- cupy a room. extending across the front room of the editor-in-chief. Adjoining his room will be the room of the Asso- ciated Press.
 The plans contemplate numerous. win dows 4the front and Lawrence Street side of the building so that there will he an abundance of light and ventilation for the compositors and other workmen of the newspaper.
 The rear of the building on the top floor will be occupied by the stereotyping department of The Advertiser and the plates which go on the big press will be made here instead of adjoining the press room as Is done in the present quarters. There will be an automatic air drop lead ing from the stereotyping Ioom to the press room by which the plates will he delivered on the ground floor as fast as they are completed.
 The building Will be provided with. a complete interior system of telephones by means Of which quick communication can he had with all departments, from the cellar to the top floor.
 F. P Glass. Secretary of The Adver- tiser Company. said last night that the change from the old quarters to the new would be made within thirty-six hours. He added that of course the newspaper would not lose an issue. The transfer of skilled workmen from the factory of the Goss Printing Press Works who will be sent here for this purpose. MT. Glass added that 1t was probable that at the time of the removal third deck would be put upon the big press thereby en- ablin~ the printing of twenty-eight pages at one operation and also increasing the capacity of the plant.
 The work of making the change from the Perry Street place to the new build- ing will begin on Sunday morning just as soon as the big press has delivered it's papers to the mailing room. The type setting machines will also be taken down and 'bv the following Tuesday evening the press and typesetting machines will be in their places in the new building.