The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-21
The Now York Post Omce.

restoration.
The New York Post Once.
New York has cause to boast Of some institu-
lions truly worthy the name Of the Empire City.
The Sub-Treasury and the Custom House are
both governmental establishments wherein pub
lie business can be transacted with proper
degree Of celebrity. But, spite of the rapidity
with which monumental piles have risen on all
sides Gotham has yet to obtain proper accom-
tropolis de facto, the city Of q million
souls, is afflicted with postal establishment
scarcely worthy second rate European town.
The central Office, in Nassau street, should
be q large and handsome structure, to which
entrance could be obtained on all sides. In
reality 1t is a small and badly ventilated bnild-
ing, devoid ofthe accommodations required by,
the thousands that daily oongregate to avail
themselves Of the facilities Of postal despatch.
0fcontemptible outward aspect, it should pre-
sent to the eye facade of massive, il not gran
dose, proportions Provided with internal
departments that are totally insufficient for the
wants of some hundreds of employees, the inte-
rior should be of such spaciousness as to allow
the enlistment of an increased force. These
are few Of the more important features of
which the Post Office Of city like ours should
be possessed. Who can say when the much
needed reform will be instituted?
Occasionally, it is true, rum0rs Of improve
the most credited was the feeble suggestion
offered by that fossilzed organization, COM
prising many of the solid and not few Of the
stolid men Of New York, and known to the
world as the Chamber of Commerce. The STIR
ring eloquence of its members proved as inef-
fective as the petitions of less prominent citi-
zens. We will admit that at distant intervals it
has appeared to few Of the more hopeful Of
the community that some changes were likely
to be made. Thus one day the good people
Of Nassau street hailed with astonishment the
advent of dozen carpenters who, for few
successive days. made the hours of labor
hideous with the din of their operations In
an instant the news that improvements were
being made spread like 'wildfre; and, ere night
he'd closed in, as if every character in the
School for Scandal had been on duty, it was
currently reported that the authorities were at
length to afford the patrons Of the department
proper accommodations What The improve.
asnts and their value were was clearly demon-
strsted when an array Of slanning doors, the
destruction Of partition separating the ladies'
department from TINT of the Steiner sex, and
~ establishment Of half hundred extra iet-
Ter boxes, designed to facilitate the labors Of
thVrierks, at the cost Of the time and trouble
Of business men, we're the manifestations Of the
progressive ideas of the department.
Let us consider few Of the many tribuls-
lions Of the public. If person visit the
central Office to purchase a stamp be must
stand among the crowd and sacrifice from ten
to twenty minutes before he succeeds in ap-
preaching the single wicket whereat one
solitary employe is doomed to supply the
wants of thousands. Having purchased the
stamp, OF the cost of q temporary station in .
locale which is generally colder than the street
without, he must elbow his way through the
crowd to reach the mail boxes and stop to de-
cipher the hieroglyphics that are to enlighten
him as to the proper disposition to be made Of
he must return 10 the street, and then re-enter
the Post Office. He will thus, even under par
ticulorly favorable circumstances, expend
much valuable time in the transaction Of an
affair which gould be settled in trice we're
the accommodations so justly claimed by the
public afforded him.
IL is needless here to recapitulste The I'M
numbered Inconvenience 10 which the man of
business II daily subjected while at tse Post
Office. He must hasten from the northern to
the southern extremity Of the department II
he wish 10 ascertain the hour of the closing Of
the European mails, and must return time and
again on his footsteps to become acquainted
with any details relative to postal facilities
throughout the Union. And II y change take
place In the hours Of closing the mail pack
ages, the placard on which the change is am
Dounced is so carefully secreted from the gaze
of the vulgar that nine men Of every ten will
pass 1t by unheeded. The lack Of q proper
system in postal matters Is caused by the lack
of such structure rs IL required in metropolis
Ike ours II WILL therefore, suffice for us to call
attention once more TO the fact that New York Is
still unprovided with Post Office worthy the |
Empire City, and that our citizens demand the |
immediate adoption Of measures tending 10 !
give them an institution Of which the accom-
modations shall be adequate TO the wants Of |
the public. The sooner those whom IL may |
concern will set out upon the work the sooner
they will become aware that they are not per-
forming an act of condescension. but an act of /
duty.
The SoEr or EVIDENCE THE REcossrRrcnoS
COMMITTEE rs TAxNG.--It is stated in the |
Washington correspondence that q Mr. |