Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-12-07
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WILL OCCUPY NEW ENLARGED
QUARTERS.
National Baptist Publishing Board
Moving Into Wei Built Home.

Moving Into Well Built Home.
Nashville, Tenn, Dec 2, 'O7.
In making the eleventh annual
report OF the National Baptist Pub
fishing Board. located in this city, TO
the National Baptist Convention
which convened in Washington, ID.
c., September 1t-17, 1907, DR.. R.
II. Boyd stated that contracts had
been made for about 81 .0DO worth
OF the latest improved machinery;
that new building were being erect
ed. and that altogether about S35.
600 would be spent during the en-
suing fiscal year. thus adding to the
facilities for getting out more work
and better work. 4 visit 10 this
plant by your correspondent reveals
the fact that the buildings are now
about complete. One three and
half story brick with an eighteen
inch wall. double floors. inlaid with
fiber, windows on the four sides, is
TO be used as a manufacturing build
ing.
On the first floor Is an up-to-date
pressroom with nine printing press
es. on three OF these presses is to
be seen the new cross automatic con-
tinuous paper feeder. The capacity
OF the cylinder presses is from IL. .000
TO 5000 impressions every ten
hours. There is one new Miehle
printing presses, a regular book press
which will enable the Board at least
TO keep up with the enormous in
crease In the demand for it's output
OF Sunday School song books and
periodicals. This is an addition In
presses 20 those now in operation.
There is not a more complete press
room In the city OF Nashville: not
withstanding Il is the nome OF pub
fishing houses.
The second moor IS occupied by
the bookbinding department. COM
plete and we'll managed. New ma
chinery, consisting OF Dexter fold
ing machine and a Fuller's folder
paper feeder has been added TO this
department, which already could
easily boast of being the most com
plete bookbinding establishment op-
Grated by Negroes In the world.
The third floor will be the COM
posing and proof departments. The
addition TO these departments is a
Washington hand press TO be used
for taking impressions, printing
banners, etc. The two linotype ma
chimes. the stereotyping outfit, with
the scores OF cases OF type, will be
in place the latter part OF this week.
There is an elevator in the building
and a basement, one new 45-horse
power engine that Will run the ma
chinery and make the electric lights
for the plant.
In the second building, which is
two story, the mailing rooms, the
counting rooms and sales depart
ment will occupy the first floor,
while the editorial rooms, the field
secretary's Office and the chapel will
occupy the second floor. One Of the
unique features OF this institution is
its devotional exercises which are
held at $40 each morning, IL being
earnestly requested OF every en-
ployee, unless especially excused, To
be present. DR.. Boyd. the inaugu-
rator and founder OF the institution
as well as the promoter OF the move
ment, pays a high compliment TO
these devotional exercises, declar-
ing that on this hinges whatever
success the institution has attained.
When all OF the departments shall
have moved TO their new quarters,
the entire Baptist publishing plant
will be practically under one roof
that is, you can go through four OF
the buildings without going out OF
doors. Yet six buildings are occu-
pied. namely; one three-story, three
two-story and two one-story build
ings. The indications are that dur
ing the next fiscal year the circula~
tion in the periodicals will reach II,
OOO, 900 while the output as a whole
will be about 15 per cent, above that
of this year.
Nothing has been so surprising
and astonishing as the rapid growth
OF this institution. DIR. Boyd has
been out OF the Office for more than
six weeks. All of his time has been
given to the personal management
and arrangement OF these improve
ments. giving none OF the enormous
correspondence any personal atten
tion He stated to the correspon-
dent that IL was absolutely neces-
sary TO leave the Office work and
correspondence TO the assistant sec
retary. in order 20 superintend the
work now so near completion. 1t
is impossible to specify the extea-
sive Improvements that are now be
ing made.