Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-01


.a1ssa NEvt naobr 6ffsts. :
After mauy ,yssrs of eensssat endeavo'
ws bAye sew Pest 0aace, Those who nav
besa srampsd and cre~dsd in the nArsow
lifnsu u the old Bndy street Post 49,
now rejoice in abundant room and ample
facilities for, be Il known, that this morn
ing, the Rrst day Of November, 1863. the
Davenport Odics VA opened in its new ana
eomnodious qu srtsrs in Griggs' Block, cor
ner Of Third and Perry streets.
The room now occupied by this Office v
70 feet dssp by - fessf frs0t Instead 81
two narrow doors for ingrcss and egress it
has five broad entranees-two on Perry
street, and three on Third street; instead
Of meagerly facilities for light, there is now
"a entire front Of glass. with abundant
side aad rear lights; instead Of about s0O
available boxes, there are nov about l4OO
for the accommodation Of the public. Tho
area Of the new reon 10 3S4O feet, cxciu-
sivo Of The room occupied by the firs-proof
vault. About three Fights Of this space
comprises the lobby which is about twelve
feet wide, starting about forty feet back on
the Third street side, running around
tho entire front, and then back on the
South side Of the boxes, forty feet more
thus affording about ~ much lobby room
as there was Office and lobby room in the
old room op Brady street. At the fsrther
end Of the South lobby is Money Order and
Registered Letter stand, fitted Up in the
most eonvenisnt style, and here too, the
private entrance to the interior department..
At eaei1 flint corner are the BOX deliveries,
and 10 the North lobby is the General d.
liver, in triangular form ~ in the old office
-one side for gents and the other for Ia
diss. The ladies delivery is 1t the farther
end Of this lobby, andis reached by q spc-
cial doss opening fron Third street. Here,
Too. is = new stand 6f boxes prepared for
abies ~ho wish 70 rent private boxes-also
For families, SO thst neither ladies' or chill.
dren who come for mail are required to
ningls with the crowd in the principal lob
bies. These arrangements are Al on tho
most liberal and acconinodat ating plan, ard
cannot fail to meet with universal approx
al,
The interior department is also arranged
on IN excellent plan, there being abundant
room for receiving and distributing tho
mails, and disposing Of it in its proper
places in the most convenient order, with
no lack Of working room for the Postnas.
ter and his assistants.
The work, though not yet completed,
has been pressed forward vigorously. TO
gain such a spacious room the wall separa-
ting the corner store from the next one on
Perry street. had to be removed, the upper
portion being sustained by iron pillars
This critical and laborious job was perform.
Ell by Mr.. Sanders, builder the carpenter
work by McClelland the painting and
glazing by Norton Spink-all of which is
done in first class order. The lobby is
being handsomely stained and finished in
appropriate style. In the front lobby and
between the two Perry street entrances is
The stamp and stationery stand, occupied by
Mr.. Cavendish, which is soon to be fitted
up in convenient order
In short, the improv cments are oil com
plcte and reflect great credit upon the ex-
cellcat Judgment of Postmaster Russell
and Frank 0riggs, Esq.,, who projected
them. The entire improvements cost about
s., 200, but it is money well spent, aud
The Perry stteet property holders who have
brought about this change and furnished
Lhc me ms to carry it out, have performed .
good work. It it is to be hoped that they
will be amply remunerated for their pains.
Davenport can nov boast Of having the
finest Post Office in the north west, outside
Of Chicago. 1t is conmodiou q, convenient
aud in all respects, just what the public has
long needed; just what the leading city Of
Iowa is entitled to.
PERsoNAL.-Wc notice in our exchanges
the statement thxt Cot +. H. Tddpey, who
some time since rendered his resignation as
Assistant Adjutant General Of Iowa, has
been permitted to retire from the States
service and rest upon his well earned laurels.
lie, like the Moor Of Venice, has done the
State some service = much service, in fact,
has he done Iowa, for which praise is justly
due: Coming dewn to citizenship, our
young friend proposes to luxuriate, - he
has been doing acceptabiy for some time
past, considering the cause wherein he
lsbors,) in the felicity of journalism -as as-
sociate editor Of the Gazette. He will ran.
domize from "grave to gay, from lively to
ssvere;" breakfast on political hash, lunch
% scraps ofiact and fancy, dine On this, that,
md tho other about town. and sup late on .
general melange Of all combined. Nay for
tune bend low over and smile sweet.y upon
speaking; politically may
he he reclaimed from the error Of his ways !;
may the spirit Of the democratic Fathers OF
bur Country yet penetrate and fiil his soul !;
and eventually may his sons and ours play
marbles upon the same barn floor, get
the same school-nafrns, and
0nally become democratic presidents Of .
TInited States whose south .rn pata ahsll he