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«■> WEEKLY EDITION. THE CONSTITUTION. VOL. XYI1. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING? AUGUST 19 1884. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Description of Its New Building and Equipment- ITS FAST RECORD AND FUTURE HOPES. The Details of Its Management and Preparation. TOE WORK OF EACH DEPARTMENT, The Cuilding, the Presses, the Lights and Who Made Them. The Constitution enters this morning on a new era of growth, and an ora, We trust of intreased usefulness. It occupies to-day for the first time its now building and uses for the first timo its new equipment. Its new home is a massive and handsome structure, CO by 110 feet, six sto ries high, fire proof, heated by steam, lit by electricity, furnished with two fine elevator*, and fitted up with every convenience known to modem house building. In its press roc ms, - besides many presses adapted to tho different departments of its business, Isa Hoc Perfecting press, that from a solid roll of pnper, cuts, prints, pastes, folds, registers and delivers 14,000 complete Constitutions of twelve pages each, in one hour. Tho com- posing rooms are supplied with an abundant and complete outfit. Tho news rooms are connected by special telegraph and telephone wires with tho outside world. Indeed, at a cost of considerably more than $100,000, Tnn Constitution is provided with a home and equipment that in convenience, comfort and completeness is surpassed by that of no journal iu the country. It will bo our earnest purpose to make i\in every respect worthy of its outfit,and to haveits col umns show corresponding improvement with its environment. It bos been working for tho past two years with an outfit that it had fairly outgrown, and lias contended with daily disadvantage. It has now entered a home, in which it has more than enough room, and an equipment that is more than «uupl<> for its needs. Whatever progress it limy ninko, and its hopes nro high audits ambition strong, It will bo after the hands that now mausge it have dropped from the helm, when it has grown beyond tho limits^ of Ibe bouse it enters to-day. As it is to be, as far as wo are concerned, tho permanent homo of Tub Constitution, a detailed description of it may bo interesting to the public. Such a description ia'appen- ded herewith, preceded by a short history of the paper, and somo account of its manage ment: How Tlie Constitution in Owned. Tin: Constitution was established In June, 1868, by Messrs. Carey W. Styles and J. H. Anderson. In Oct. 18C8,Mr. W. A. Hemphill bought the iutercst Qf Colonel Styles and became business manager of the paper, which position ho has held ever slnco. In 1870 Mr. E. Y. Clarko bought tho interest of Mr. J. H. Anderson. In 1 m Mr. N. 1*. T. Finch, . tousht a sixth Interest in the paper. In 1876 Messrs. Hemphill and Finch bought Colonel E. Y. Clarke’s interest In the paper, the llrm of W. A. Hemihlll A Co., having been previously changed t* the Constitution Publishing Company. Messrs. E. 1*. and Albert Howell in October, 1876 houfht a haH of the stock owned by Hours. Hemp p hill and Finch paying for It €10,000 in cash and as- sutn'ng 121,000 of liabilities. They already owned part of about $8,000 worth of stock which had been Bold to out-ilderr. Mr. Howell at once bought up lor the company ever}- share of this out.-. Ido stock, In about a year the compauy bought .the interest ofEMr. Albert Howell leaving Messrs. Hemphill Howell and Finch owners of the stock in the com* y. On May 11th, 1 m, Mr. II. W. Grady bought a fourth Interest In the paper. The capital stock of the company was $100,000, and chan?es in the ownership were so made at the tlmo of Mr. Gra dy's purchase that each of the four stockholders owned $25,000 each. Sluce that time seventy shares of the stock have been sold, among others, Mr. B. A. Hemphill having bought $.>.000 worth and Mr. W. J. Campbell 12,000 worth,, but the original basis of ownership has remained practically un changed, Messrs. Hemphill and Uowcll owning *23,000 each, Mr. Grady $22,500 and Mr. Finch $20,• COO. None of the stock has been, or will be, offered for sale at any price. It is probable that the own ership will remgin where it Is until it has dcsccndel to.the tens of tbc*e who now own it. The Management of The Constitution. The management of The Constitution rests with the four directors, Messrs. Ifowcll, Hemphill, Grady and Finch. Mr. Howell is president of tho company and of the board of directors. Mr. Fiuch Sa secretary. The directors meet on the 5th of each month and review the business of the paper, dis cuss the situation, and outline the work for the future. At these meetings the exact basinsas of the preceding month is shown. A statement Is made showing the recelptTTrom subscriptions to the daily and to the weekly, from advertising, and from the job deportment. A comparative state ment is made, showing the increase of each of these departments over the same mouth of the preceding year. The managing organization of the establishment fa as follows: E. P. HOWELL, President and Editorin-Chlef. W. A. HEMPHILL, Business Manager. HENRY W. GRADY, Managing Editor. S. P- T. FINCH, Associate Editor. CLARK HOWELL, Night Editor. JOS!AII A. CARTER, City Editor. W. J. CAMPBELL, Manager Job Printing Department. W. C. HENDERSON, Foreman New* Room. JOHN WHITTAKER, foreman Press Rooms. TITIS CONSTITUTION BUILDING, Hogan 1883, Finished 18'JI, Painters and Finish rs -if. M MAUCN. Architects—II. I. KIMBALL, L. B. WHEELER A :o. Superintendent of Brick Work—MR. GEORGE JARKEIL Superintendent of Wood Work—MR. JOHN BISHOP. Plumber*—IIUNNICUTT A BELL1NGRATH, ,1*. STEWART. Steam lie*ting ami Fitting—nCffNICUTT A , Mmtrfcfaxi-MR. VANDERGRIFT. Plasterers—GOMEZ A PINK. Slaters—A. G GOODRICH. * The llome of The Constitution. When The Constitution first occupied the homo from which It moved yesterday, it W« thought It wns settled forever tnd a day. A building hn l b:cn erected specially for it at a cost, Including the ground, of $13,500, and no one then expected that In about ten yorrs It would have outgrown that building and two adjoining floor*, and have been forced into a new hom* that cost moro than five times as much. The new Constitution building Is 60 fact by 110, and is six stories high. It Is located ou tho corner of Alabama and Forsyth streets, on a lot bought bought from Mr. Hugh Innyui for $15,0001 and for which Mr. Inman offered$29,000 bcioro the building had been fairly started. The lot was oc cupied by two stout and coraaratlrcly new two- story brick stores which were torn down to make way for the new building. The designs of tho building were furnished by Messrs. H. I. Kimball, L. B. Wheeler A Co., and are rich and artistic In tho smallest details. The building Is built of the best river brick. Tho front and sides nro of tho finest oil pressed brick, granite and terra cotta. It Is finished throughout with polished and oiled Georgia pine, aud the effect is very handsome. Tho press rooms and tho engine rooms are fire proof and crush proof, so that if tho building were burned, or otherwise de stroyed, they would remain Intact. Tho entire building is practically fire proof, and as neither lamps, g«s nor fires arc need In It, a match need never be struck within Its walls. The chief characteristic of tho building islta massiveness. fiuch walls wero never before seen In this city. As they were In couno of erection frequent protests were mado against the waste of brick and labor In giving them double tho width of usual walls. "We are building them to stay here for our children,” was tho reply of Mr. How ell who hod charge of the work. Tho materm. was tarnished firms: Brick-lb G. LOCKETT it CO. Granite—STONE MOl STAIN GRAN I FANY. J.mulior—GATE CITY PLANING MILL ( " . * Hr h\i rTi (o 11 a -1 ’ F LLIGRl NTA CAST LK It E R K Y. Iron Work—WILKINS, l*nsT A CO. Shafting and Pullcys-E. VAN WINKLE A CO. The ornamentation of tho bnlldlng Is In admir able taste. Tho doorway is of huge grnnito blocks, designed by Mr. L. B. Wheeler, and, It shows the surprising degree to which Stono Mountain gran- ito can bo carved and worked Into raarblo effects Tho terra cotta panols nro of oxquistto design fro.n original drawings by Mr. Wheeler, and worked cut under his direction In Atlanta. Tho steps are Of Pickens county marble. Thcso, with various Oips end cornices of rough granite, make up the outside decoration of the building. The steam and t!ic xuotivo power for the building Is fupplied by a double engine of forty houso power. This supplies the steam 1 or tho elevator and for the heating pipes, power for the electro dynamo, nml for tho proves. It runs smoothly and noise- lo-aly, and Is pronounced by experts the finest piece of machinery in the eity. It is made double, so that If ona side were to fall or break the other would run the establishment un til the disabled side could bo repaired. The boiler a very large one, of tho latest pattern, is sltuatod under the sidewalk, and Is encased in heavy ma sonry. The building Is lighted by electricity. Good light is on essential iu a printing hou e. A light that docs not heat, that Is steady and strong, that emit* uo foul gas or odor, that ha* no flamo and needs no match or taper to light with. Is a pcfcct light for printers. All of this is tho electric light. By careful inquiry it was found that tho United States Electric Co., offered tho beat Incandescent light. A* Tin: CoKSTiTUTion needed about 250 lights it wss thought beet to buy an outfit and make its own light. A dynamo with a capacity of 850 light* was purchased and put up at a cost of $1,000. About 250 light* are fitted up. Tho dynamo alts by the cnglno and when light i* needed the shafting of tho dynamo Is put In motion. In less than a minute, the cur rent Is started and the entire building sparklet ou* 80x110 IgOt. SI*'Stories High, >b, dinr* and tJu»i*—OG LETREE, ROBINSON ..(*£<• Lights—UNITED STATES ELECTRIC 'e* aud Bailees—RK INX ER, WOOD* GO. •T. M. CLARK A CO., and MURK WON •Lroflngnnd Guttering—Ht'NNlCUTi' A UNORATH. vlding it with comforts and luxury. You have but to touch a bell aud a cushioned elevator waits to carry you up or down faster than you could walk. But turn a button and your room is flood ed with a light that emits neither Jhcat nor odor. Turn a screw and Instantly the room Is filled with equable and gcntlo warmth. Press a knob and there is a llmv of clear and cool water. Telegraph and telephone operators within the building await your orders. Situated ns tho building fs, on tho highest point in tho city rave one, there Is Mo- lightful view from the upper windows and con stant breezes. From tho fourth, fifth and sixth •torlca ono may see from the tower windows, Stono Mountain, Konnetaw, and tho Blue Ridge. Alto gether it Is a homo that I** an inspiration to tho workers who Inhabit it, and It may be that In tho columns of The Constitution, tho reader may find something of the suggestions It brings aud the ambitions it enkindles. How Tire Constitution Folk* nro Located* In taking a tour of The Constitution building, it Is best to begin with tho bnsoitcut or first floor. In the rear of the building Is the coal cellar, out- shloof the main bufldingand connected with the boiler room, also under the sidewalk. The boiler room Is reached from the outsido by broad stone step*. By narrow steps cut through tho wall, tho cnglno room is reached. Hore Mr. Bowling Dun can is in charge, with his assistant, Mr. Goorgo Long, and a coal-heaver. Both nro excellent engi neers, and ns proud of their machinery ns a boy is of his awsctlicart. Tire cnglno room is kept as clean as a parlor, and the engine fairly glistens The engine room Is occupied also by tho electro- dynamo machine, under charge of Mr. Vaudergrlft and his assistant, Mr. Kcmptcr, and by a huge ma chine for dampening the rollaof paper from which Tiif. Constitution is printed, so that it will tako ink readily and evenly. From tho englnejoom tho main press room is re ached through two heavy lrou doors that are fire proof. Into this room the rear clevutor delivers Its freight, and the great Hoe press occupies prac tically the rest of tho space. Tho press Is under charge of Mr. John Whittaker, for many years the trusted aud efficient manager of The Constitu tion’s presses. Ho was sent by The Constitution to New York, whero ho studied the working of perfecting presses for some time, that ho might bo capable of handling this one. Ho saw it put up piece by piece, and is os familiar with it rj tho man who made It. Messrs. Montoto and Holt man, two courteous experts, who superinteudod tho erection of the press here, arc still in supervising charge. Mr. Whittaker’s assistants nro Mossrs. William J. Leak and Jeff Skinner,'who by yoars of long service have attested their worth and re liability. Hqunrcly across from the press room toward the front of the building Is tho maillng-rooiq. Hero Mr. John Lively, who has been for twelve years In chargo of The Constitution mailing dcioirtmciit, presides. Tho papers are bundled Into him fresh from tho press, and bo and his assistants address i by machines. Ho Is assisted by Mr. 8am room nml tho mailing room is with a window which about sixty feet long and Between the pn a little cuddy, opens Into a r»»< twclve/oet wide. In this cuddy Mr. Jufnes Cortor, superinten dent of tire carrier* and nowsbajrajjUkeH his place while they ocrupy tho long fool* and receive their papers 'frpm him. Tbelonf rtioiij will he' heated, as is the rest of the building, otfc cold morning, /or tho l*m.lU o( llio soung.toM, »ho ( - ,»i*cil with Hip, Cotmc^BovItU hl„rooo<« first tone, and whoso record is made up iu Its re markable success. Connected with this room by folding doors is one that Is its counterpart, and Is occupied by Mr. E. P. Howell, the president of the company, and editor in chief, whose sagacity Is unerring, and whose judgment in politics, and in business, is as infallible as the judgment of men over gets to be, and whose work, as the head of The Constitu tion company, has been a groat one, no Ion for the company than for tho public at largo. These rooms are large and cau be thrown Into one. They thus furnish a central place for meetings of public interest, and many an enterprise, having for its object the building up of Atlanta, or of Georgia, will have birth and encouragoment Iu them rooms. The Constitution docs not occupy any more of this floor than tho rooms described. Back of Mr Howell's room is the telegraph ofllco. To the left of the office Is tho liall in which Is tho elevator- room and the main stairway. Next to this Isa (spacious store, which has boon leased to tho Georgia marblo company for a term of five yoars. 1 ho entire second floor, consisting of rooms and offices, either has been or will be rented. The third floor is'occupied by tho railroad commission and other tenants, Tub Constitution ntcdlng nono of It. • The front of tho fourth floor—tho fifth floor, counting the basement—is occupied by tho edi torial rooms. To the right of the elovator on this floor Is a small ante-room, through which visitors to the editorial rooms aro admitted, occuyied by an office l>oy. It opens through gloss doors into the library which will le used as a general reception room, and through another door Into the corner room occupied by Mr. II. W. Grady, tho managing edi tor. This is flanked on tho left by a room on suito with Mr. Grady’s room, ami for prlvato consultation. Tho managing editor’s ** room Is connected with tho library by foldliigdoors, and tho library Is occu pied by Mr. Wallace P. Reed, ono of tbo brightest of editorial writers, whose power of graceful and comprehensive condensation Is something remark able. Connected with the library from the other side Is a large room with an alcove, that is oacuplod by Mr. N. P. T. Finch, whose sterling good senso olid large information has for many years contrib uted so much to tho cdltorlnl pages of The Con stitution, and by Mr. Joel Chandlor Harris, whoso Inimitable special sketches for Tiie Constitution that have carried it* name and bis over tbo country, is but a small pari of tho rich and sparkling work ho docs daily for tho paper. Thcso rooms nro finished in Gco.gla pine, and will bo when they aro fully furnished and equipped tho most delightful editorial rooms to bo found any where. Above tho dust aud nolao of the street, and yet as accessible as If thoy wero ou tho first floor, with charming pictures unfolding from each window, and perpetual breezes playing through them all, they make a pleasure of work, and far* nfsli striking contrast to the stifling dens In which tho editorial work of The Constitution ho* been done for the pnst ten years. Almost the whole front of tho sixth story I4 oc cupied by tho night editorial forco of the paper. Tbo comer room is occupied by the night editor, Mr. Clark lluwufi, who bus eliar^u during tho night uutJl It goes to press, „ and wbo v represents tho mau aging editor in bis absence, and whn^y unusual uptltuda •bd diforctloti, has shown fylmm'U • born journal • Maud inspired tho confidents df albwho are brighter thnn day. Tho lights aro enclosed in poor shaped globules of glass or porcelain. A button is turned and tlie light streams through thorn Tho button is turned again and tho light Is oX No match Is seeded, and there is not tho slightest clinnco for a shock In handling any part of tho wire* or globules. When lit by thcso shining globes a room is literally as bright-as day. The building Is heated by steam. There Is not a fircplncu In tho building and no flup. Each room and hull Is furnished with colls of stosm pipes that give just what heat is needed by simply turn ing a screw. Tho danger, the dlsdJmfort and tho unsightliness of having kindling and cool in every corner of tho building is thus avoided, and de lightful heat for each room is-rcady at tho hand of the occupant. Connecting the six stories of the building are two elevators and two spacious flights of stain. The front stairway Is n liaudsomo flight with low and broad steps and is made of Georgia pino> The rear steps are not so broad and are onolosod. Tbo elevator in tho front of tho building has tho finest car over put up south of Washington, and is made entirely, of mahogony and mirrors. It Is made by Otis, and Is perfectly safe and makes the six stories in six second*. The rear elevator Is used principally for freight aud is very strong and speedy. Water is supplied to tach floor from two Im mense tanks on tbo root of tbo building. These arc supplied from a woll, tho water being forced to tho tanks by a steam pump. It was noocssary to devise the system of water supply as the city sup ply could not be carried to tho upper storle* of the building. An abundant supply of clear well water Is assured by this plan, and every floor Is supplied with closets, lavatories, and with bath rooms where they are needod. Fuch is the homo of The Constitution. It really looks as if ingenuity had exhausted Itself in pro- Tito front part of tho basement Is occuplei tho Job printing department. In this room several presses, including tho press on which The Constitution bos been printed. They aro now used for tho bookmaking and Job printing business of tbo establishment. This business Is under chargo of Mr. W. J. Campbell, who has been for some years bookkeeper In tho gonorul business department and Is a gentleman of excellent basi net* tact and ability. III* superintendent is Mr. Wyly Harris, and his pressman John Cawley. Tlicro aro employed In this depart ment nn average of a dozen men, Including Messrs. Lowry, Wilson and Dclphy. QThe burincr* ofllco of The Constitution Is the first floor, and corners on two streets. It Is fitted handsomely In Georgia pine polished very highly and given an oil finish. Thera are sepa rate windows for advertisements, subscriptions, cashier, etc., and behind each I* an attentive and courteous olerk. Mr. R. A. Hemphill is In charge of this section, where ho hss been, with occasional intermission, for about twelvo years. Universally acquainted and universally popular, always cour teous, It fs a pleasure to <lo business with him. He is assisted by Mr. Charles Bllder. Tho city collectors aro Messrs. J. T. Carter, who Is tlie right band of Mr. Hemphill, and Mr. C. It. Howard, an activo aud attractive young gentleman. Mr. C. T, Logan has charge of city advertising, canvassing, and docs his work gracefully well. Messrs. Ed and Charles Johnson represent the pape* <n the rood, and are tho best known and most popular pair of travelers that leave tbeclty of Atlanta. Nest to tho business ofllco is a small room, fitted up Miugly for Mr. E<1 White, Jr., who has for years been tho bookkeeper of The Constitution, and whoso accuracy and fidelity havo become prover bial. Back of this room, but cu suite with tbo row of offices, is a handsomely finished room, oc cupied by Mr. W. A. Hemphill, In whose trusted mid capable bauds tlie business of Tiie Constitu tion lias been confided almost slnco tho day of Its j h (*11 tor, who In for twelve years, an tlon and ability, his advance. C has steadily risen in post- and always Justlflod 1 each lido of him aro tho telegraph operators, that feed out dispatches to him ns fast n* ho can group thorn Into shape. Next to his room Is that of Mr. Joslsh Gar ter, tbo admirable city editor, who worked his way from tho bottom with The Constitution, and who though the youngest of eity editors perhaps, has fairly won his spun and enjoys tho fullest confi dence and esteem of the proprietors aud his asso ciates. Ills room Is In telephonic connection with the city. Occupying desks near him aro Mr. P. II. lUchnrdson, tho brilliant Washington correspon dent of The Constitution, who, between sessions does special work and docs it specially woll. Mr. 8. W, hinnll, whose special bnslncssls wUh tho courts, bntwho can do brilliantly and forcibly any work connected with tho paper from original poem* to market report*—Mr K. O- liruffey, ubiquitous, popular, and capa. ble, a regular night-hawk, whose adveuturcs In news-hunting would fill a book—Mr.IUce, Mr.Mur- phy.Mr. Logan and whateverotborspoeial orspoco men Mr. Carter finds It necessary to press Into ser vice. These rooms aro tho highest suito of rooms inthodty and the editors and reporters who dwell therein and who have looped tho lightning to their eyrie sit tho night through, really sen tinels In the watch tower. Back of this suite of rooms (s tho composing room, which is probably the finest In America. It Is sixty feet across and clghty-fivo feet in length, with light and air on threo sides. The celling Is high and the ventilation Is psrfect. In the center is the fereraan’s desk, occupied by M*. Walter G. Henderson, who has been with The Constitution „ so long and so closely that {10 has become a part of It. Tho printers’ cases aro i*trkcd about this con fer. earh nan having plenty of room and air. To the left la the proof reader’s roopi, occupied by Major Henry Winter, Intelligent and capable, and one of The Constitution’s standbys, and bis assis tant, Mr. J. H. Rice. In tho upper corner of tho room to tho force of The Weekly Constitution, consisting of Mr. T.C. Wilkinson, who has boon with Tiie Constitution sine# Its Jlrst lusuo, Mr. L. G. Moye, and Mr. rtili Green, tinder charge of Mr. Claude F. Cochran, whose make-up of The Week ly bespeaks his taste, skill and care. On this floor arc doeeto, dressing rooms, lavatories, etc., for the printers, and every convenience for the occupant*. Tiie Conttitution to prouder of nothing than Its printers. The roost of them havo been with It for lhem fc j nc# | te flri | <1*7,. They As The Constitution's New Type Web- Perfecting Press. Capacity 15,000 twelve page papers per hour. yeam-mony of them since Its first days. T1 nave stuck to It through thick and thin, and many occasions have proved their devotion. — n class they are sober, moral, and many of them— the most of them, we may say-own their homes. As for manuscript, they can eat It up (aster than ■ny fifty men In the country, and with le*s fuss. We print the list of them In full, and can avouch It os a list of tueu of whom we are proud, aud to whom Tiie Constitution owes much of its fiuo appearance. Composing Ilooui. W. c. Henderson, Foreman. If. J. Htoue, Assistant. Henry Winter, Proof reader. J. If. itlee, COpy-holder. W.VSfe,} AdrtrtUln, Dcputmmit. J. B. Lively, Commercial. Dan Green. Galley boy. Walter Martin, Telegraph coMruairoB* J. A. Gorman, J. M. Barron, W. E. Jefferson, If. It Durant. If. ft. Kistruns, 8 8. l ovinpgeod, • v • Dennis. Louis Kaloshin, If. L. Bara, T. J. Farr. Tom W. White, II. M. Barron, O. B. Mackey. Henry galoiblp, A. J. Brown, K. W. Woodstde, Joe J.J lobby, A. M. Wler, G. A. Knabe, J. A. Cooper, W. A. Hehell, i iconic’ 1 f cm phries, J. B. Lowndes, TshnuKeUlchardv, C. Rice. A. B. Blnglcy, C. F. Cochran, T. G. Wilkinson, L, O. Moye, Ifow the Constitution Is Made. There to much curiosity to know exactly hpn a great newspaper to made. Tho history oia day I INDISTINCT PSXNll