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The original building, a three-story structure of brick, sixty feet by forty, may still be distinguished in the midst of the group by its old-fashioned style and dormer windows. It is connected with the fireproof warehouses that stand nearest the river, and forms an extension at the rear of the main building, which is four stories in height, and has a frontage on the east of one hundred and seventy feet, and an equal frontage on the north. On one side of this central group is a new Stock Building, and on the other a large building used for type-setting and dry-pressing, an Electrotype Building, and a Press Building with a large new addition, while in the rear is a one-story brick safe for the storage of electrotype plates, and a capacious engine and boiler house.

The distribution of material and apparatus and the organization of work in these buildings are planned to secure the least possible handling of books while in the process of manufacture, and the best conditions for healthy work on the part of the more than eight hundred employees. The separation of the plant from neighboring properties and its considerable open space give it a natural immunity from the danger of fire. Steam fire-pumps are always in readiness for use, and a very