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Model Postoffice

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
July
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Postmaster Pond has the plans for remodeling the interior of the post office building. It will be changed so completely that it will scarcely be known. Though the west side of the room from the front door to the back end of the office will run a partition, forming a corridor 12 by 90 feet. The Windows of all the carriers will be on this side. The general delivery window will be at the southwest corner of the office. The corridor in front will be 27 feet wide. The stamp window will be at about the middle of the partition running to the east from the west partition. Just to the left of the stamp window will be the money order and registered letter cage and still farther to the left and under the stair case which leads from the outside to the offices above will be the private office of the postmaster. A partition will run from the east and west partition south to the south wall of the building. This will form a room five or six feet wide and extending to the south side of the room which will be used by those who have business at the money order window and will enclose them from the general public in the main corridor. From this enclosure a door leads to the private office of the postmaster. Then along the east wall will be a vault in which will be placed the new safe which the department has informed Postmaster Pond has been ordered for him. Toilets will be located on the east side. Lockers will also be placed along the east wall for each employee where his or her belongings are to be kept. Two window for light and ventilation purposes have been arranged for in the east wall. These changes will leave about the same amount of floor space in the interior and also in the corridors as at present but it is thought the public will be much better served. Contractors are now figuring on the proposed change and work will begin quite soon.

Large doors are to be placed at the rear of the corridor so that the patrons when there is a crowd can come in the front of the building and leave at the rear and thus avoiding all pushing and shoving of those who have received their mail in an effort to get out.