The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
BIG PRESSES SING OUT. AS WHEELS I URN
 Scores Of Men Have Been Necessary To Install New Equipment In One Of Finest Publishing Houses In U. s. NEW LINOTYPE MACHINES TURNING OUT REAL TYPE Miles Of Wiring Required For Power And News Transmits sion,. All Of Which Is Being Tested For Future Duty

The past week has been one of tuning up new machinery at The Age-Herald's new 27 story home which is shortly to be occupied for the publication of this newspaper. Saturday, for instance, was devoted to testing the new presses-presses which will prove a revelation to those who see them for the first . time. Imagine, If you can, a print ing press 64 feet long divided into six huge units which can deliver to the mail room paper composed ot SS pages and which can turn out pa- pers at the phenomenal rate of IT, 900 per hour. Any unit or any group of units can be operated Aeparately SO that it is possible to be printing two entirely separate papers on the same press at the same time. When everything is ready The Age-He
 wants its friends to sec this gar gantua Of tho printing industry in operation. Alongside the big press is a Goss auadruple, which will be used for printing in colors. This will De uBeO 1or SoltlHS o0e IHo H5o Herald comic section and other sec tions in which colored ink is used.
 Magnitude Of work.
 The installation of these machines Tn the basement of The Age-Heraid building has occupied scores of men for weeks because in the first place 7irs of such magnitude had to be d-g down through the rock upon z;.r-l hx,sf ct o f look Ike a swimming pool before- the . concrete lining was put in position The problem was complicated by
 triking one of the streams of water mich seem to underlie the whole ot Birmingham and getting this under control required much ingenuity and effort Miles Of electrical wiring was required for the operation of two complicated switchboard controls. But as the work drew to it's con cll sion during the past week and the wheels could be turned in line with their future duties everybody was happy.
 A little less busy scene was that on the third floor as the linotype machines were tested out by the ac- tual setting of type. There are IT of these machines, all brand new and right from the factory and spaced along the east side of The Age-Her- aid building upon hardwood floors with many of the aspects of draw ing room, they constitute the longest and most perfectly aligned battery of linotype machines in the southern states. On the same floor is brand moulding the matrices. All this IS operated by compressed air and fin ished mats drop through specially constructed chute to the basement where the plates will be cast for the presses. All this has had to be tested thoroughly so that everything would be ready for the publication of to a sin-le edition when the day comes to move-and that day is now near at hand. This department is another which The Age-Herald will be glad to have it's friends see in op- eration when the time comes to keep ''open house."
 Work On Other Floors.
 Aside from the mechanical install .1ation of the new publication quar- ters there has been much to do. Re- arrangement of the main floor had in be made to provide for business nurpuses. The entire mezzanine floor had to be arranged to provide execu- tive. advertising and accounting or ficsS. Provision had 10 pc rnaue ioI tfe circulation department, whlcn will be adjoining the big press rooms.
 made for the engraving plant ticker wires for, special leased wire reports other than the Associated Press; ,d for 1T the special telephone room where The Age -HeralTs leased telephone wires from all points in the state terminate. On the editorial room floor, extensive rearrangement was made to handle the general news ana the work of the city staff expeditions, " and efficiently. The Assoclate9 Press wire room. on this floor, is said to be the best equipped and most complete in the southern ,,. states. states Facilities are provided, for SIX teies- raphers to work at the same time
 These are some of the things which had to be done before moving could he undertaken because when me move ia made there must be no in- terruption in publication of any regular issue.