, 1879-04-07

rlc public will gain entrance to the building by
tic stairs Situated IN the places Indicated on tho
diagram. An area extends OIL three sides uf
the lalf.bassnicnt. a.lli on tho inside tllcre is
general lobby extending ia front OF all the
divisions. 4 portion OF tho nren indicated rs
the main entrance llas been covered With 4 sky
front u tho goneral delivery. There arc no par
tItons IN the basement beyond lie raliiigs
counters, md scree1-wor!t to 30 put III by tho
Fost-Uilco authorities. filc cllutes for tic ro-
l,,aiI.bags are at tic souti, or Jacltaon street
uud An abllulA,ice OF doors lead from the urea
to tic lobbcs, :aifordtng ample exits anI On
THE OFFICE OF THE rosTatABTER
will 10 In the northeast corner Of tile building,
In the lalf not properly bnlot,gitg TO the Post
Ollie. Adjoining Ills Office will be those If tho
Cnstiicr, Auditor nnl Accountant, n,d next to
their offices will ba TINT of tho Assfstnnt-post-
,t1nster. The ontEarse 60 theso rooms WY be
by tho stnlra In tllr middle Of tho Adams street
trout. MID thcnto under the portico.
Owing to the wallt OF room, the offices OF the
Snperlntcndcnt.. pf Railway Mai!s mud ot the
s;sa hS9nts M ss II a,s G EsoDGy noe
straeta, ttr former nt 207, nnd tc lnttcr at l97
Drarborn strcut.
Tic courtyard about the building Is being
laid with heavy .p1ankine, md tho fence on three
sides will ha torn down within few days. Thu
gus fixtures Will not be nut III until moving day,
rs they caurot be- dispensed with In thu preaont
paco All thu old cascs, desks. and fixtures
will DO used until The ttn,c when tho ofnco shall
bo pruvlued with permanent quarters, taktng nil
Ut the basement md arst floor, whieti they cx-
pect to do certainly by Noy. ].
Postmaster Palmer nn1 Ills aasocatcs arc
highly pleased at the prospect u ut iast gctthug
intu place whesc t!re, tArlr persistent enemy,
Will have but little show. They cosit1er tic
nai!a ns safo from futuso eonllagrati0ns Us thuY
we'll could be- AZ the satne time no precautions
will be lost sight Of to The end tint tho public
fpN1 fpi1t hiatt fhn9P
definitely Locate tAc Post-Olllcc when they
awake.
4 BLIGHT GROWTH IN pusiNEss.
Tho following igures, taken from tho ofllcIal
records, will glyu MI idea of tho enormous In
1S.f, there llro no records, whit existed, II auY,
having bccn swept away by the tIrc which burned
4 portion Of the Treasury Department. tn 1880.
The receipts Of this Office during 1878 were ST.
exception OF Ssi,5s5, which wus received from
thu sale Of newspapers and pvrloaieal stamps.
ron al ts soees sess' weis 9 m paias e os: fs
auastcrof tat year hH total receipts werc $t3. Is.
Tho next yeur thcy rose to ss74 n,sA the rtxt to
u GOO, while in 1885 they wcro s3,4o5, aId III
elty md Tho era OF speculation, They weut up to
81, ,.5y. Reductions III postage and tho deprcs-
sion causcd hy tho pautc 10 1877 brought tlIrm
down to S1,lS3ln 1858, aId to $-bosi tn lb10. III
1879 tho letter-postago receipts werc U,a7l and
tlp receipts from newspapers md pa.npheta
shs5. In lsi5 they rosc to $O,G57 and s9so; ID
1911 to &s,S;N antl si,l7U. Tileu In 1878 they
reached tho Highest, point for some ttn,e, be-
!ng sla,eo0, far lftteF postage9 md sps4
1859 they isl 10 st0,ks4 anA s2014,
rising n 1s55 to sss, ,Aa a.'d sa,dt4. rAen san,o
iB5s tie tiEurus fell to Sl3,4W| nnd sa,G3i. In
1861. either lrom thu disturbed condition ot tho
country. Or from tAe low p,stagu llicy fell to
onward pro1reas Of the ofllco hus been familiar
| to everybody
Hack ot 1919, tho RECORDS are very imperfect,
anA show l,otl!ng except tho receipts Of Thu
office. ln ls43 !l9 conpensatlon of the Post-
master was ps7. So, the other expenses Of tho
utiico being s2,607 In 1915 tho Postmaster got
,0y, anu tho uthcr expanses OF tho Office wero
sSol thu Office n ,'o sa'"s year payg 9yss Z, sa 70
In 1873 tic Poal,naster's pay appears to have
beou g., o00, an.l tle incidental uxponses oE thu
olice Si1E3l t!ty l,alancc returned to tue Unttcl
6tatcs boilsH 81, ,Al.