Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24
TILE NEW POST OFFICE

The main portion Of the fixtures for the
new post office arrived at the end OF last
week and this week they have been put 10
place in the quarters prepared for them III
the town hall building They have been
centre Of attraction during the week, ana
their elegance and solidity have elicited uni
versal comment and warm praise. Our plan
OF the new office, which was printed on the
9Th Of August, gave correctly its FORM locs-
ton, and general arrangement, and with re-
gard to that, therefore, it now only needs TO
be said that the Office occupies the space on
the north side Of the second floor OF the
town building between the front end and the
public library. The passage way between
the library room and the office is eight feet
wide. The Office consists Of a mailing and
distributing room next this passage-way and
fronting toward the main passage way through
the building; next this is the money order
aud registered letter department, and next
this, occupying the front corner of the build
ing ia the postmaster's room. The fixtures
are Of selected cherry Kindred and finished
in the natural color by the Yale n Towne
companys patent process The wood work
is elegantly wrought in panel work with futed
! uprghts aud is In every respect ~ solid and
handsome piece Of work as one would care
to SEQ. The boxes are 1900 in number and
consist OF 900 wire bottomed call boxes, $40
]
lock boxes. The outhtin this respect is very
attractive The call boxes are handsomely
! numbered aud the lock boxes are very ele-
Z giant with brass doors and frames and plate
glass fronts. The signs showing the location
of the letter and paper boxes, the several de-
liveries, the money order room, etc, are of
solid brass The money order room is con-
vcniently arranged with window opening and
counter OF aolid cherry over which this part
] Of ha nfIin vyfn no cd
The room contains a writing shelf tcT The
convenionce Of the public aud a similar shelf
is placed in the vestibule outside.
The interior partitions are all of cherry
and the wood is seven feet high throughout
| Above the wood work the remaining six feet
to the ceiling is filled with glass paneling
The glass around the front or outside IL Job
scured' or translucent; above the inside par
titons the panels are of clear glass to give
increased light. In the glass in front, on Ell.
ther side Of the general delivery, are embems
Of the mail service, on the side panel front
ing the sire ct entrance is the appropriate
legend
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul
SO 10 good news from a far country"
There was some delay in the receipt of the
glass, one of the railroad companies having
"side-tracked' it somewhere on the route,
and II only arrived at noon to-day. 1t will,
however, all be 10 place to morrow morning.
The inside fixtures, to facilitate the business
of the Office, consisting Of counters, stamp
aud money cabinets, key cabinet, drawers aud
cabinet for the money order and registered let
ter department, etc, are complete. Postmas-
ter Guilds will fit up his own room with car
pet and furniture to correspond with the gem
eral style Of the office.
Chief Inspector Eigarton came up from
Boston yesterday TO inspect and accept the
new Office and found that everything bad
been done, both by the selectmen and the
Yale Towne company, in accordance with
the agreement with the department. Gen
E1garton was more than pleased with the
way the work had been done and warmly said
that it was the abandonment office he had yet
seen out of the hundreds or thousands which
he had visited during his term OF service
We presume our own people will not think
his praise overdrawn. 1t is certain that the
Yale * Towne company have given us a spec
linen Of their best work, and this is the best
that can be had in the country
We now have an accessible, we'll arranged,
wellighted and thoroughly modern office,
with all needful conveniences for both Il Q
public and the postmaster and his clerks 1t
has been long time coming, and it is all the
more welcome on this account. The employe,
, Of the office will especially appreciate this re-
lease from the dingy, dismal, i'll lighted and
unfit quarters in which they have been so
, long imprisoned.
The se!ectmen have acted throughout with
, careful regard for the interest of the town.
They were wise in insisting that, if new
Office Was to be pat in, it should be of the
best, aud their investment will certainly prove
profitable one for the town NJ. Childs
showed great tact and perseverance in his un.
firing efforts to secure from the department
the grant Of the new Office. Lastly, all par.
ties concerned are indebted to Ne w. G
Norris of Boston, representing the Yale 4
Towne company, who drew the plans and un
der whose wei. experienced and skillful d.
rection all the work has been done. and who
e has been on the ground all the week to super.
= intend the setting up of the fix ures
} Mr.. Childs hopes to open business in the
l. new office next Thursday morning, O.t. lst
There is likely to be some little confusion
: and delay incident to the removal and the
] complete change of boxes, but with this the
T public will cheerfully have patience
] A platform is to built at the side entranc
+, for the delivery and receipt of the mails, and
- the public will be glad to know that a suita
q BILE change and improvement in the steps a,
the outer entrance is included in the agree
r ment with the government.