Evening star., 1922-05-10

room, stereotype department. circula
tion department., basement and the
establishment of the Maurice Joyce
Engraving Company, which for years
has made The Stars line-cuts and
half-tones. The composing room has
it's own special system of ventila-
ton. has the big newsroom. where
revolving exhaust fans keep the air
of the room in that condition so es-
sential to the best brain work. In
addition. the building is equipped
throughout with "Austral" windows,
which. working on the principle of
balanced sash. and invented because
of the inability of an Australian
workman to obtain weights and pull
leys, form remarkably satisfactory
ventilating system all their own.
Great Network
OF Pneumatic Tubes.
Noteworthy is the great amount of
pneumatic. tubing installed by the
Lamson Company throughout the
building for the quick transmission
of copy and mail. This complicated
system of tubing might be compared
to the nerves of the body. A battery
of three high-speed elevators is
comparable to the arteries. making.
with those in the older building. five
passenger cars and one freight car
rier. y tank and special machinery
in the basement provide iced drink
ing water for every floor. Needless
do with plumbing, heating and light
ing. fire protection. etc, found in the
usual office building, are of the latest
and most perfect type.
Taking the two structures as unit,
and beginning at the top. the ninth
IN tins nd oth
features to be touched upon later; the
eighth a clubroom and the compos-
ing room: the seventh, the editorial
and news departments: the sixth. the
business departments: the fifth.
fourth, third and second. tenants; the
mezzanine. the circulation depart
ment. Star ad bureau. telephone room,
directors conference room. ETC.; the
ground floor, the handsome business
office, decorated with fresco paintings,
where the general public transacts
business. and the pressroom and
stereotype department., and the base
ment contains the engine room and
the space under the pressroom, where
the great rolls of paper are handled.
AccommO Odati0ns
OF the News OMces.
The first function of newspaper
being the dissemination of news, a
survey Of the seventh floor. begin
ming at the Pennsylvania avenue end,
shows. first, the editorial rooms. In
cluding the office of the editor-in-
chief-the front room," as it is
known in newspaper parlance-and
four or five adjacent rooms for other
members of that branch. To the
north of these quarters tho old news
room has been remodeled and divided
h
is commodious working reference
library, in charge of librarian. and
containing reference books and papers
calculated to provide a member of
the staff with any statistical or his
torical information he may desire.
fileroom in which bound copies of
The Star for the seventy years of
its existence are carefully kept on
specially constructed shelves. Less
than half its capacity Is filled, room
having been provided for many years
to come.
Back Of this. in the new annex, is
the entire news department, located
on one floor, and most of it in one
huge room. No partitions interfere
with rapid communication between
the news and city editors, members
Of the reportorial staff copy readers,
sport department., illustration depart
ment and messengers lobby. Tele-
phone booths for taking stories over
the wire and a telegraphic desk are
included in the equipment. Furniture
throughout is of metal, durable and
easily cleaned, a number of the
pieces, such as the great horseshoe
like copy desk. having been built to
order by the Art Metal Construction
Company to meet special reduire-
ments. Every fire alarm turned in in
the District rings in the newsroom
and can be located by code book,
while all clocks are kept accurate
by electricity.
Separate Rooms
For Special. Departments.
Flanking this great single space on
the east and north are rooms for GER
tain officers and departments for
which seclusion is BILE. These
are. in the order named. reception
room, the society departments room.
the offices of the managing editor and
his two assistants. the office Of the
Sunday news editor, that Of the dra-
matte department, those Of the Sun
day editor and his assistants, in
charge Of all special features, includ-
ing the rotograyuvs section; the quar-.
ters Of the Photographic department.
with its big camera room and three