Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-26

room remains as it was, except that a
space 6x9 has been taken off the south
west corner for fire proof vault, for the
registered letter business, an essential
never before provided. Extending to the
south front on line with the postmaster's
room will be the money order and regis
tered letter departments,thet two divided by
wire screen, and occupying total space
of 2Ox4O feet. The doorways at the front
of the building have been
made into windows, thus fur
nishing abundant light to these
two offices. Then two departments are
divided off from the general waiting room
by heavy bank counter with wire screen,
and lobby ten feet in width leading back
to the postmaster's room.
Directly opposite the registered matter
department., and facing the main vestibule,
is the stamp Office, enclosed by wire
piled with two sale win
dows, one for the vestibule and
| the other fer the lobby. On line with
tant is TIE Office of the superintendent of
screen and having an elevated floor, thus
overlook the entire mailing department..
From the interior corner of the postmas
ter's room, a wire railing four feet high is
| run through the entire working department.,
separating the mailing department, which
is in the rear Or on the north side of the
building, from the carriers department,
which has the space contiguous to the box
screens. In the northeast corner a room
fxua hoe />fT
as dressing room for the
tins, etc. The superintendent of carriers
is located at about the center of the box
screen, upon an elevated platform which
overlooks the desks of the carriers. There
are to be two delivery windows, instead of
one as heretofore, one each for ladies and
gentlemen. The chandeliers in the work
ing room have been removed, and gas is
brought to every working desk by Jets,
thus reducing the general consumption of
gas, and at the same time giving better
light when needed. From the working
room an entrance has been cut through the
wall into the rear room off the main hall
way on the right Of the stairway leading
able, to be occupied by the postal clerks.
When it is understood that all of these
re-arrangements have been made without
materially interfering with the postofice
business-in fact not at all to the detri-
ment of the public the management and
foresight shown by Col. Smith will be more
fully appreciated. The elimination in the
general disturbance was reached yesterday.
when the work CT removing the old floor
ing-worn through to the grouting in
many piaces-was commenced, prepare
tory to putting down a new floor OF hard
maple, the best, Col. Smith says he ever
saw. During the day large force of men
we're engaged i'll tearing up the old floor,
and as soon as business closed
last evening all the distributing tables.
desks, etc., were removed, and busy crew
of carpenters commenced laying the new
floor. Relays have been provided for, and
the work will be continued throughput to-
day and tonight, so that when the Office
force comes on duty tomorrow morning,
they will find the job complete. AS part
of the improvement and enlargement,
new and additional furniture has been Or
dered at a cost of $4,000, which is ex-
pected to arrive in a few weeks.
Much yet remains to be done to put the
two rooms in perfect order, but the bulk
and most disturbing portion of the
work is done. AS said above,
the changes effected nearly doubles the
working space of the ofice, while the facil-
tiles for doing the work have been in
creased in almost equal proportion, and
yet Postmaster Day is confident that the
reorganization should have included the
absorption of the entire basement for
postoffice purposes, some other building
being secured for the storage of bonded
goods, and that it will only be question
of very short time when such an enlarge
ment will have to be made.
AS soon rs Col. Smith completes these
rooms he will devote little
time to the United States court room-a
marked failure in the original architecture
by putting in two thirty-six inch venti-
lators and two twelve inch refectors.