The Detroit news: eighteen hundred and seventy-three, nineteen hundred and seventeen, a record of progress: . o ?8 a -Sc. c s O ?3 en oO The Editorial Offices. 53 For the handling of this vast amount of telegraphic news, provision is madefor twelve telegraphers in a soundproof room adjoining the news room. Theinstruments are so constantly in use that their chatter is the most characteristicsound and distraction in newspaperdom. Both the editorial staff and those whopound the brass profit by the seclusion of the operators. The exchange depsirtment is also given its mead of privacy, but fo
The Detroit news: eighteen hundred and seventy-three, nineteen hundred and seventeen, a record of progress: . o ?8 a -Sc. c s O ?3 en oO The Editorial Offices. 53 For the handling of this vast amount of telegraphic news, provision is madefor twelve telegraphers in a soundproof room adjoining the news room. Theinstruments are so constantly in use that their chatter is the most characteristicsound and distraction in newspaperdom. Both the editorial staff and those whopound the brass profit by the seclusion of the operators. The exchange depsirtment is also given its mead of privacy, but for anotherreason. To the several members of this staff come hundreds of magazines andnewspapers each day, and the constant mutilation of these publications results,perforce, in a somewhat littered room in the heat of the days work. Largedesks are necessary in order that the journals received may be spread for easyreading, clipping and pasting; and extraordinarily strong light is provided becauseof the quantity of finely printed matter that must be read. Segregation insuresagainst a semblance of disorder in the news room,
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