The Washington herald., 1906-10-08
The HERALD And ITS HOME
Where WashingtOn's Modern News
paper Had It's Birth.
Busy Corners in Up-tO-date Plant
Which Whips News Into shape for
Its Readers Each Morning.

/ The Washington Herald bids its readers
/ a CHEEKY good morning. The purpose 10
publish new, up-to-date, and progressive
newspaper was announced last July,
when the reading public was informed
that the first issue would appear early in
/ October. II is now October 8, and here Is
the paper in all the pride Of new dress,
fresh news, and the realization of occu-
pying for the moment the center of the
/ journalistic stage.
The Herald IS published at 13l Fifteenth
street, in the premises formerly known
as IEC DOckOn Building. which has been
leased and htted up into d comfortable
and convenient newspaper home The
Herald Building was formerly an office
and apartment house, and for a long time
sheltered the Washington bureau Of the
New York Herald
The new plant occupies practically
three floors Of the structure, and has all
the aTpurtanances OF a modern. well
equipped office of publication.
The entrance is on the ground floor.
To the left, as one enters. Is the business
office, where the business manager and
his corps of assistauts, bOOkkeepers, and
clerks can be- found In this room also is
the telephone switchboard which con-
meets with the various rooms of the
building and the outside exchange
Opposite IS the "ciry room" with the
desks of the reporters and the copy table.
Here ,he city editor and his STAFF gather
The happenings Oh the CaDitaI city and
whip them into readable shape to be Pc
ruzcd by al Washington over the morn
ing toast and coffee
Further down the han 90 the right is
the telegraph room, where three telegraph
operators receive dispatches from The
Sow York sun news service, tne Pub
fishers Press service. as well IS from
special correspondents Beyond is the
room Of the manaEi1E editor, who directs
the news end Of the paper.
Opposite is the ohice OF the editor, who,
with his assistants gives attention 10 the
editorial page and speclal news features
To the extreme end or the hall is The
headquarters Of the advertising depart
ment. where the manager and his corps
of active and efficient solicitors carry the
burden of making The Herald "a financial
success.
Complete Mechanical Outfit.
Passing through the door at the end CI
the han. the visitor steps into. The com-
posing room. Here IS assembled a COM
pIete outfit for printing the paper. Lilo-
type machines line the walls to the left
over ia the corner, TO the right is tie
stereotyping apparatus, the busy cor
ner" in the last hours OF the morning.
In the basement is the pressroom, just
beneath the composing room. Here is
installed "a Hoe quadruple press. with a
capacity of 1900 an hour. IL Is operated
by the Kohler system Of electricity.
which keeps the press at all times under
the absolute control Of its operators. For
example. if a man on one side OF the
press sees something out Of order. by
pressing a button he can stop the ma
chine instantly. without giving alarm or
calling TO anybody else. This arrange
mcut OF power is u safety device of
great value.
In the second story Of the building ere
gathered the Cd-loTial writers, the dra-
matte, society. and sporting editors. and
the special writers ca politics ana kim
dred topics.
The plant is complete and convenient
its arrangements have been thought out
with -rcat care, and everything about
the home of The Herald is OH q charac-
ter 10 produce the best results in jour
ualistiC work.
Last night the new plant was put TO
the test of actually getting OUT the new
paper When The machinery was puC in
motion, the whole plant set about the
task of getting out the first issue without
a hitch. An Onl0oker might have imae-
ined that The Herald had been published
daily for a century.