Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-18
THE POST OFFICE EXHIBIT.
1t Will Be Large and Extremely Interesting
Some of the Features.

co"e Oh tne e1tures.
The Post Office Department exhibit is going
to be one OF the features in the government,
building at the Chicago fair, and today a party
Of department officials leaves for Chicago to
superintend the arrangement Of the exhibits
The third assistant. Gen. Hazen. will be in
charge. and he will be accompanied by d. P.
Liebhardt, the superintendent Of the dead
letter Office: z. Moses, assistant superintendent
OF the railway mail service, and Z. S. Hall Of
the third assistants Office. There has been
enough material collected to occupy the Is, ,oS2
square feet assigned.
Perhaps the most popular as well as impor-
tant feature OF the entire collection will be the
post Office. where people can see how the every
day work OF q post office is performed, and may
also receive their daily mail, buy postage
stamps, cash money orders and send them out,
DC. A postal with force OF clerks at work
will be shown. There will also be models of
steamers used in the mail service. models OF
mail wagons. ancient and modern, postal maps,
collection OF stamps, &c. The museum OF Gu
riosties in the dead letter Office is be largely
drawn from. The American Phiiatelic Associs-
ton is to have an exhibit of postage stamps OF
all nations and times, embracing some so 600
stamps. Some Of the articles showing how the
postal service in other countries is carried on
Will be exhibited.
THE WORLDS FAIR STATION.
The following has been issued by the Post
master General:
To postmasters and the public:
For the benedt Of persons who intend to
visit the forthcoming worlds Columbian ex-
position at Chicago notice is hereby given to
the public through postmasters that there is
now in operation in the government building
on the gro>rsds Of the exposition a branch OF
the Chicago post Office, known as tie world s
fair station, and which will continue during the
entire period of the great fair.
This station post Office will make regular COL
lections and deliveries through its own force
OF letter carriers from and 10 all parts of the
exposition grounds and will transact money
order and registry business, as IL as all other
business pertaining TO iret-ciass post Office.
Visitors TO the exposition not knowing
before leaving home their precise loca-
ton III Chicago may find it convenient
to have their letters and other mail mat
ter addressed to tho worlds fair sta
tion or to have money orders payable there
rather than at the main Office at Chicago.
Afterward, IL desirable, they can have their
addresses changed, either by notice 10 their
correspondents or by application TO the post
master at Chicago or the superintendent OF the
worlds fair station.
Mail matter inten nded for delivery on the ex-
position grounds should be plainly addressed
worlds Fair Station, Chicago, H." giving. IL
possible. also, the precise locality in the
grounds to which the matter is to be de-
hve.ed, SO that carrier delivery can be easily
effected.
Postmasters throughout the country will be
expected to give Us much publicity possible
to this announcement, without thereby, how
ever. incurring any official expense. II is es-
peciallv desirable that, with this qualification,
they shall endeavor to get the press. III the gen.
eral interest Of the public, to give information
from time to time Of the arrangement.