Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-06-11
The New Post Office.

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The new post Office building andsoqf.
itwas occupied to-day. The boxes,
money order and delivery wickets,
three in, number, doors, partitions,
overhead work, letter and pspef easeS,
&C., were manufactured bY..the Ylis
Lock Company, Stamford, Conn, and
in their mxnufacture iii of the lAtest
Improvements were introduced, making
the outfit one Of the neatest andb@1
arranged now in use. The losk ,boxaa
have 1hel metallic and glass font COR
bined, enabling one to see without On.
locking, whether they have mail. Tha
call boxes sres 80 arranged thst the
number cansb found without difficulty,
and none are 80 high q to be abqtx he
eye Of . person of, ordinary height.
The delivery Mickefs Ire Sd arranged
that the crowd will be broken and dis.
tributed, and those receiving msil from
the lock boxes or call boxes will not be
crowded aside by those at the general
delivery. The Office is splendidly
lighted with Harvey's patent safety
chandeliers. The building il new, the
efice 22x26, heavy plste glass front,
and the lobby is fitted up with shelving
and counters for books and stationery.
That portion of the Office from the
Yale Lock Company cost about six
hundred dollars. The building iss two
story with thirty-two foot one. story
extension at the rear, which gives e
dining room and kitchen in the rear of
the office, and . stairway leads to the
parlor and bedrooms above.
The TRIBUNE block; of which the post
office is part, is 46x48, the west half
being two story, accommodating q mer-
chant tailoring establishment and the
TRBuNE's large Taylor cylinder press
below, and the printing Office above.
In the front of the printing Office We
have an, editorial room 12x16 and .
room for the foreman 10x16, all splen-
didly lighted and arranged properly for
heating. The building is being plas.
tered throughout, the post Office, living
and editorial rooms being finished With
plaster of paris. % ss esaa ec 10 al. II
These additions have been expensive,
but the prosperity of Bismarck justi-
fes them and they can be- borne with.
out embarrassment II those indebted to
the TR1Bun1 will do rs thsy wouM wish
others to do with them under 1ikecir.
eumstances. Particular attention is
invited to the subject Of box rents, and
" trust every one who appreciates The
new outfit will come forward With theif
box rents, and those who have taken or
who desire lock boxes Twill come for.
ward with the deposit required for the
keys, as they can in this way show
their appreciation Of agood thing md
help to remove or carry the obliga-
tions incurred to secure it. The rent
for the call or glass boxes will be fifty
cents . quarter, for the lock boxes 76
cents, and for the drawers $1.00, but :
deposit of 1926 will be required Of
those taking lock boxes and two dollars
but fifty cents will be returned when
ever the keys are surrendered, For the
drawer keys deposit Of $500 will be
required. Those complying with these
terms will have credit on box rent &C.
count for the balance of the present
quarter, free,-that is payments made
now will carry the rentor until Oct.
LIST.