The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-10

The principal repairs to the interior
have been made on the first floor, on that
part occupied by the postofice. In the
southern end Of the building partition
now cuts of about eight or ten feet, and
the boxes, principally lock, that were for
merly at the Sixteenth street trout have
all been removed to the Market street
front.
The letter carriers also occupied the
space at this end OF the Office, but their
quarters have been changed to the Marker
street side OF the room. The space re
Gently held by the carriers has been con.
yerted into neat and commodious flee
for the chief clerk, who formerly occu.
pied . little room at the northern end Of
the building. This r. om opens out Of the
pos,mas,er's private flee, and is a very
good change, as 1t makes commune .tion
between the postmaster and his clerk
much easier.
In the Postmastef's private Office q
change for the better has been made This
room was formerly dark, dull, gloomy
apartment badly lighted and generally IN.
comfortable, but all that has been chang.
ed and IL Is now light, airy and cosy
room. This change wrB wrought by re.
placing large iron door on Sixteenth
street with window. A new Bfussells
carpet adorns the floor, and new iurnit.
ure will replace the old uncomfortable
cheap chairs OF few days ago. A new
chandelier and other innovations complete
the changes that have been made in this
room.
Al the other end OF the building the
room formally used as Q chief clerks OF.
Zee is now occupied as.an office by the
lpsrintendent Of mails aud also as an oil.
,ce for the railway postal clerks while in
,ne city. This room has been remodeled,
repaired and generally overhauled.
The boxes formerly on Sixteenth street
are now all on Market street. what was
formerly the general delivery window Is
now the letter carriers delivery, and ct
this window neat desk has been placed
for public convenience.
The general delivery boxes have been
very much improved, and the.!delivery
clerk has now his inquirers In front OF
him instead OF beside or behind him as
formerly. The distributing even within
tho main room has been very much Inn
proved aud repaired. New stamping Ia.
bles, carriers tables, new D. P. 0. case,
and other new and convenient furniture
are some OF the improvements in this
room. The drop boxes for the public are
now together Instead OF being several feet
apart as formerly, and instead oftwo there
are now six, one for Northern and Eastern
mail matter, one for Western and South.
ern matter, one for papers, one for postal
cards, one for letters and one for packages.
a new floor has also been put In and the
ceilings throughout the Office kalcomined.
There are other minor improvements,
but we have given the principal ones
The work has been well and thoroughly
done by the gentlemen whose names we
have given. The whole cost OF the work
has been less than 5000, which is very
cheap, taking into account the extent and
,horoushness OF It MIR. Kimball has given
the whole work bis unllring personal at
tention, remaining In the city until It was
entirely finikhe and experimenting each
particular OF it. He Is thorough and &C.
complished architect, aud Is an old and
valued Government official, Several other
persons 10 the employ OF department sub
mitted plans for work to be done here but
oil were rejected. Some Of these gentle
men took the position that II was not pos
sible to replace the defective stones In the
walls, but this was neatly accomplished by
Mr.. Schuele, under the directions Of Mr..
KimbsIl
Mr.. Kimball will leave for his home at
Minneapolis, Mimi, next Saturday. where
be will remain Ter some time. BE has
been commissioned by eecre'ary Sherman
to erect or rather to supervise the erection
OF building similar u the one in this
city at Paducah, KY, but has not yet con.
cludsd to undertake the carrying out o
the commission.