The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
JOURNALISM or
THE PRESENT. DAT
The Strictly Modern Building and
Equipment Of The Journal
and the Men Who Make
g
the Paper.

Tho History of The Journal has been
.,ory of success, and its recent move
-, Inc new building which it now
bonnie, on the corner Of DeLuna and
r,endencia street, marks distinct
norb in the development of journal
IN in me Deep Water City.
From a small paper with no plant.
circulation. no reputation, and
[O.Ajpp hardly but a name and CT y
s.orsp an which to do business, The
yorrna, has in the past seven Yeas
,srooped into a metre politan daily
rsicb is known all over the Sou;h
ma IN which the people Of Pensa ,o'a
lake a special pride.
Seven years ago The Journal S
i.av issue required about so pounds
Il naper. The regular daily issue OF
!. nader now requires nearly LOCO
ronrds OF paper and this edition today
has consumed 900 pounds, or two and
half tons-enough paper to have
ased The Journal seven years ago
Tor third OF year.
Tho Journals circulation has not
only increased. but its pay roll and ex-
nepse account has increased accord
,nely From the table shown else
~S,re in this article it will be seen
rha, The Journals pay roll has increas-
ed from SIS per week in 1899 TO
|s5OO per week at the present time, and
liz other expenses have increased In
lie proportion. its total expense ac-
count now aggregating $1,000 per
week. Few people outside Of the bus
mess have any adequate conception d
he cost of getting out newspap per
and these figures will, doubtless, be
read with surprise by the public at
large.
About twenty months ago The jour-
nal became a member of the Associ-
ated Press and its telegraph service
Is iow received from that soli,e. The
ASSOCIATED Press Is the greates: .ews.
ysathering organization in the world.
Since taking on The Associated Press
service, The Journals circulation has
Increased wonderfully and the paper
j. now read all over West Florida on
the same day that it is raDIshe1. Ii
5. in fact the only paper published
Thich can be generally circulated and
cad by the people of Wesc Florida
" The same day of publication.
The Journal Is proud Of its .arge
Emily Of employees-the men who
rake the paper-and who seem to in.
crease IN number almost every mon, h.
10 these men, individually and col.
ec'Nely. Is due the pheno nenal SIC,
cess Of the pape. and to their inrer
s III he paper must be ascribed its
e owth and popularity.
Following are the names AMI re
Specuye positions of the men VIII,
l-aEe The Journal:
Men Who Make The Journal.
Frank l.. Mayes. editor in chief.
ben II. Thomas, managing and news
eOtO;
sam B. Russ, associate editor.
Percy S. Hayes. city editor.
MRS. b. S. Bernard, editor Sunday
society page.
B. 5. Bernard. advertising manager
suO assistant business manager.
rercy Ocken, bookkeeper and cash
= A. Sweet, circulation manager
mas. f. Steward, travelling repre-
sentative. ~
tive -ep'o'''
tive ep e'0"' = :
Hdrlton Cushman, city circulator.
dudley G. Barrow, superintende:
Mailing department.
w. Lambrecht, collector.
Jho. NJ. Gerkin, collector.
H. l.. Caswell, collector.
Lee Goulding, bookkeeper.
Elliott Barrow, mailing clerk.
willie Goulding, mailing clerk.
II NJ. Himebaugh, foreman.
orator NO ~
EDWARD Preston, linotype operator.
" !. Pacetti, linotype operator.
r. Mcclellan, ad. foreman.
j. W. Miller, ad man.
Bert Rutledge, ad man.
W. /. Bogart, apprentice.
"
W. II. Nealeans, pressman.
quincy Henderson, stereotyper.
vincent Neisius, helper.
Teo' Jackson, janitor.
n addition to these are The Jour
-'' small army of carrier boys.
The Journal Building.
lon NE new home Of The Pensacol;
~ una, recently erected at the corne
IN ..,n'endencia and DeLuna streets
i .ne heart Of the business district
lbO one OF the finest as well as one. O
IN most complete newspaper plant
Oon 1e state, If not in the entire South
for T :, ucted, as 1t was, exclusivel,
wa, 'ne use of The Journal, no detail
one no overlooked that would make tn
ana ION ION OF the big plant conyenien
the ceoo'ohomical or that would tend t
varjo Noin1ort of the employees in tn
aftar apartments. The building /
ure ,n Tue Moorish style of architect
lery wv y~o stories in height, with ga
occnD over the DeLuna street side an
feet ''e IS ground space of 32x1O
The hr me first floor is occupied b
me,t tD sIs office, circulating depart
ana s, mailing department, press room
'e'Fping department and tn