Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-28
EVENING STAR.
THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1858.
: WASHINGTON POST oFFIcE.

WASHINGTON POST OFFICE.
Our recent article on the great need of
improvement in the construction and gene
raj management of the Post Office of our.
city has attracted attention, as we hoped it
would, and elected further facts on the
subject 1el - <I
1t is believed that the Government could
easily erect the necessary buildings and
employ the requisite assistance to supply
the wants of the public For a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars, the following
really necessary improvements may be at
once secured, for the convenience of the
people.
The land could be procured on Seventh
street to F. On this let there be erected
one story brick building, with a metallic
roof, of the dimensions of ninety by forty
feet-which would be sufficiently spacious
for present purposes. This place should be
occupied for the reception and delivery
of the mail bags, and by taking the mail
wagons and stages around on street, the
area of the Seventh street office would be
much increased, and its entrances at once
relieved
The present Seventh street building
should be Immediately enlarged, until the
proper steps are taken for the erection of
city Post Office worthy of the capital of
such nation as America. The enlarge
ment, however, would suffice, for the pres
ent, for the better delivery of the mails, by
furnishing the requisite halls and boxes,
and thus keeping the people in from their
present exposure to storms, heat and dust.
The ladies apartment under this arrange
ment, should be entirely separated from the
main one, and have private entrance.
Another graf desideratum of the Washing
ton Office is an increase of clerical force. 1t
ought to be had, without delay. This
would facilitate the delivery Of letters and
papers, and especially at more convenient
hours. Wewould so increase this force, that
the following hours should be faithfully OBJ
served: Open at a. m. close at 1Op m.
BY this arrangement, large class of our
laboring population would be much better
Accommodated. Many working men who have
to 60 to their labor at an early hour in the
morning could get their letters at conve-
nient season-perhaps enabling them to
leave during the day to advantage, or. it
may be, aiding them in forwarding import
ant information, or remittance by re-
quired time. This is often matter of
much value to the humble citizen A similar
conveniencekill at once be brought into
existence if the Office is kept open at night
as late as ten o'clock. By detailing men for
the purpose, this can easily be done. 1t
is due to large body of our citizens who
cannot come to the Office at any other hour
than from eight to ten at night, that this
arrangement should be made It can, and
ought to be.
We have laid it down as an axiom in the
columns Of the Star, that the city of Wash
ington is yet to become the INodel City of the
Republic. We believe the time is yet to
dawn when this city will be admitted to be
the most beautiful city tn the scorld. To Sc
cure this great object, let the people take
hold of the good work of reforming the city
post Office. 1t can be, and should be, the
modetpost office, so that when the postmasters
visit US from different parts of the country,
instead of laughing and sneering at our
postal accommodations as they may now
we'll do, they may return to their several
places to copy the improvements We set
before them.
Onward. is the word.
ANOTHER MATERNAL INCIDENT,