Canadian printer & publisher . or them to be served. The front office is notdisturbed with them. The Beacon building is three stories, the top fiats being rentedfor other purposes. A very wise provision at the back is the reservation of agenerous light area at the side of the building where the com-posing machines are placed. It is not always possible to dothis, but it is an important point, and should always be kept inmind. There is no question regarding the advantage of a one-floor office where such a thing is possible. For small dailypapers and large weeklies it is quite often that sites ca
Canadian printer & publisher . or them to be served. The front office is notdisturbed with them. The Beacon building is three stories, the top fiats being rentedfor other purposes. A very wise provision at the back is the reservation of agenerous light area at the side of the building where the com-posing machines are placed. It is not always possible to dothis, but it is an important point, and should always be kept inmind. There is no question regarding the advantage of a one-floor office where such a thing is possible. For small dailypapers and large weeklies it is quite often that sites can befound that will allow of such a building. In future issues wehope to go farther into this matter, trying to show advantage-ous lay-outs, and point out features that should be and suggestions will be welcomed in thisregard. If you have features that work well with you, let theothers know of them. If you have tried something and foundit to be not worth while, let us pass on the warning.— -4*-9^. % J^EACON^UIlMNa-?Sltntfoid-Oivt- Sketch showing the layout of the Stratford Beacon editorial, business and news departments. The whole office is on one floor and is remarkably well arranged. CKiefly About tKe Bobcay^eon Independent A Paper tKat Had an Ideal and a Sick Press By Frank H. Dobbin BEING now of some mature years and beyond the dayswhen if a good-sized composition roller, newly washedwith lye and water, fell on the office floor and consumedmuch needed time in picking from its surface the basswoodsplinters that adhered so persistently, memory recalls incidentsassociated with the old-time handicraft and exigencies of eachdays work. To-day the printer is more or less of a fact often a sort of glorified machine tender, a part on onewhole that makes for what men delight to speak of as the all-round printer will be a being of the past,likely for his own good, too. But I take it to be true, (loudcalls from the galle
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