Arizona republican., 1907-06-16

| The contract for the building has not
] vet been let, but II all plans carry
J this matter viii be taken up in the
rear future. The cost Of the building
Is therefore a very indeterminate figure
! yet, but the readers who study the
picture may assure themselves II will
cost enough. Attention is called to the
/ fact that though II Is much smaller. II
( will in a General way resemble the big
/ Noble block. the construction Of which
has been begun Just across the street
( on the block west OF The Republicans
site The similarity lies chiefly In the
( fact that both are to be of reinforced
/ concrete. now growing in public favor.
! aud believed to DO about the most
/ nearly fireproo: that can be used ex-
/ tensively with reasonable expense.
| For the equipment of the new plant,
! The Republican has already contract
ed for a new Duplex twelve-p page. color
press. that will be Installed In the few
Quarters before the old home is aban
doned. This has been made absolute
" necessary by the growing circulation
OF the paper that demands a large daily
Issue of mora than eight pages. the
Limitation OF the present press except
by second ruin. daily. for extra pages.
owing to the large circulation. that Is
fast becoming a process wasteful OF
both time and effort and therefore of
money. The new equipment, permit
ting a twelve-page edition at one run,
will not only afford these suggested
| economies. but will have the additional
advantage OF the color feature which
adds so much to the attractiveness OF
newspaper and the effectiveness OF
it's display. The necessity for secur-
ing and erecting this new press before
the old one Is discarded. lies IN the fact
that no other press In the city. or FOR
that matter, in the territory. Is cap
able Of doing the presswork fot The,
Republican pending any other change.
that might be suggested. Without Of
fensive boastfulness. The Republican,
may say II is now recognized as the
chief newspaper in Arizona It's phr-
pose is TO maintain that proud distihc-
ton and to support with fidelity. the
title Il has so laboriously earned.
The press room or the new pant VIII
! be located in the basement. as. Also
will be the composing room. mailing
room and some minor departments OF
the papers business. An important
feature OF the basement floor win be
the storage capacity for roll paper.
There is no storage capacity in the
present plant for more than carload
and none elsewhere In the city, where
thousand pound rolls may be kept in
safety and handled with convenience
and facility. And during the recent pa
per famine II was demonstrated that
one carload of paper is not a sufficient
quantity for this newspaper to face a
famine with. or any other serious con-
tingency. such as an interference with
transportation. An elevator. probably
adjacent to the alley, will facilitate
the handling Of paper and heavy ma
chinery from the dray to the press
room.
The three iinotypes which now COM
pose The Republicans battery. will
be reinforced by at least two new ma
chimes and possibly more. and will
be able to meet any requirements OF
the business whether in the newspa-
per or job printing department. These
will also be located on the basement
floor. with the other heavy machinery.
The disposition OF other departments
which will occupy thSfirst or ground
floor Of the building. Is not yet fully
determined upon. but IL may be as
sumed that the counting room. circu-
lation and managerial offices will be
located in front. the rest Of the space
being devoted to editorial and repor-
torial rooms and the job printing de-
partment. All will be given thought
full consideration and arranged as
seems best suited for their respective
lines Of effort. The job printing de-
partment will no equipped with new
facilities and new material and be
prepared to do as good work as can be
done anywhere in the present day de-
velopment of the printing art