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OF the floor. On the 'front.' four spacious apartments
connected as TO appear like one, while they
at pleasure be separated by folding doors. Here
are seats for the gentlemen In charge OF distinct de-
partments OF the Herald, as well as accommodation
for the numerous and famous corps of reporters at
tached TO the Herald, in all over twelve beside the
editor himself. The library is well supplied with
popular and standard works of the most useful de-
scrptlon for reference-an indispensable adjunct to
TO well organized establishment.


On the next floor is the book printing rooms. The
composors room is placed In front, and employs
half score of hands occasionally, and seven con-
stantly. In the centre chamber used TO pre-
serve on file the voumlnous newspaper publications
which II ls desirable to keep-both American and
foreign. The press room is the next farther back,
and contains the requisite accommodation for exc
cutting this part OF the work.


The fourth story is the job printing department,
presided over by foreman OF skill and intelligence,
such being indispensable to the great amount OF
work done here. AT present all the theatrical bills
for all the New York theatres are printed here,
cept for one or two called the cheap and nastes,
which would not be treated with at the Herald es-
tabllshment-such small affairs being left to the
hungry and starved journals which cannot get along
without such employment. There are ten hands
employed in this department. There are in all six
working presses here of the well known manufac-
per royal, l medium, double medium, l foolscap,
and one hydraulic press of high power. All these
are located in the back room-the remaining space
in front being occupied by the compositors.


Another ascent OF a dozen steps brings us to the
Herald printing room il is spread over the entire
floor, and is capable of containing fifty compositors
at work. Its arrangement affords great facility for
the despatch of business and in this is adapted to
the accomplishment OF the surprizing feats done
by the Herald in printing news far in advance OF
all competitors. One complete longitudinal section
of this floor is taken up by the compositors' DESKS
the other by the tables, forms and desks, necessary
as appurtenances Twenty men are daily employed
here. One hundred gaslghts illuminate it at night,
and windows in proportion by day. There is a
good supply of water on this fiat, and command
ing view of the city towards the south, a part of
Long Island, the bay, &C. AS specimen of the
Herculean tasks in the printing line done here, we
may observe, that by the arrival of the Washington
mail, bringing some interesting political intelligence
thirteen columns have been received at midnight
and appeared in next days Herald In one double
daily Sheet there has been not unfrequenty as much
matter set up inside of one working day, as would
make book of $50 octave pages of ordinary print.