The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-28
THE CITY NEWS.
THE. POSTOFflCE BACK IN ITS OLD
QUARTERS.
Mails Delivered Once More From the Old
Granite Building George T.. Pickett
Camp. {. N.-Homc Happen
ing~ In General.

The removal Of the pOst0flice from IT
Temporary quarters in the Snyder build
ing. in rear Of Levy q Davis. to thu
permanent quarters IN the granite
building on Main street, was begun yes
tefday morning at clock ana com
plctcd about sunset.
The work Of removal was dileJen
from that of the former removal to the
temporary quarters. Then all the fur
niture bad 10 be removed from the
granite building ON Nam street To the
Snyder building M the alley. Not only
that. but the partitions had 10 be taken
down and replaced IN the warehouse.
The identical letter and newspaper
boxes had TO be removed and re-
placed in position along with tho
framework of the stamp window. gen
eral delivery window and money order
and registered letter counters.
This time nothing of that character
had 10 be done. The entire furnishing
of the postoflice Is bran new. Ii con-
tains every modern improvement for
the convenience OF the public and the
faciltatiOn Of business. Full paItlcu-
lars OF the modern Improvements and
arrangement of the interior OF the Office
the TIMES has already published.
The postmaster has his office in coy
little room iu the Main-street wIEg.
Just to the right az you walk up the
Main-streei steps. An aisle ON The night
carries one 10 a door which. when
opened, leads the long room. where
nre the mOney-Order and registqrcd-let-
ter departments. AT the end rs the as
sistant- postmaster office, marked by a
bold sign. Running along the corridor
parallel with the front of the building
are the window for the sale Of stamps,
the general delivery windOws-One for
ladie. and the other for gentlemen
and the carriers window.
To the left Of the Msin.street entrance
are the letter and newspaper boxes.
They face a corridor amply wide 20
accommodate q crowd. They number
more than one thousand. The letter
boxes are divided into small and large
ones, the former greatly prcponderat-
ing The large letter boxes ara hired
by the banks and other corporations
and firms which receive letters daily i'm
large numbers. The newspaper boxes
are IN rows under the letter boxes.
THE FIRST LOAD OF MAIL
was hauled at O'Clock yesterday
morning by Nh Gervas Storrs. who was
the contractor. He first conveyed the
registered-letter and money-Order de-
partments, the iron safesaud sundry fur
nItufe in the postmaster and the ar
sistant postmaster office. During the
day the mail bags and other parapher
MALTA were removed. and by Z o'clock
yesterday evening the p0stollice was
completely removed into the permanent
AMI handsome building on Main street.
Letters were deposited in the drops
at the Main street office after o clock
yesterday evening.
THE LAST OUTGOING MAIL
which left the old building in the alley
was that which left the city on the
and Ohio Railroad last
night going west The first mail re-
ceived in the new building was that
over the Richmond and Allegheny last
night
POSTAL NOTES.
The Sunday delivery between the
hours of 4 and , clock this afternoon
will take place from the granite build |
ing.
Postmaster Cullingworth gave his
personal supervision to the removal of
the postoiiice from the old to the new
quarters.
No delay i'm the collection OF delivery |
Of mail was caused by the removal Of |
the postofiice Every thing worked in
complete harmony.