The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-08
NR. DOYLESUCCESTSAPLAN
Hints for the Arrangement Of a Model
POStOlliCe for Savannah.

/ The ideas OF Postmaster Doyle and
Deputy Waring Who Have Given
the Matter a Thorough study-Prao-
tioally Settled That the Main En-
trance is To be On President Street
Advantages Of Separating All the
Departments.
The plan for the arrangement Of the
posto1ice quarters in the new govern
ment building suggested by Postmaster
Doyle and Deputy p. Aston Warning
should meet with approval from the super
vising architect as it would best adopt
the building to the needs of che public
The plans were submitted after
thorough consideration of the situation,
at the request Of the supervising archi-
tect and the arrangement is one of the
best for the business of a postOfflce that
| could be formulated. The building is to
cover the entire block and the entrance
to the court room corridor will be on Bull
street.
The supervising architect, however, is
in thorough accord with the views of Mr..
Doyle and Mr.. Warning that the main en-
trance to the postoffice at least should be
on President street. Postmaster Doyle's
idea was to separate the main entrance to
the court corridor for the convenience of
the public which would use both, and to
arrange it thus so that those bent on diff
ferent business might not be continually
coming in contact.
TO COVER AN ENTIRE FLOOR.
The postoffice is to cover the entire
ground floor which will not be over six
steps above the street, and with the en-
trance on the President street side, the
postoffice departments would face the
lobby on that side. The postmaster's
idea was to have each department sepa-
rate and distinct one from another,
and in accordance with that idea the
suggestions were made.
The lock boxes, 800 in number. he said
should face the postoffice lobby on the
Bull street SIDE this lobby being just to
the rear of that containing the staircase
TO the court room. Just back of these is
to be the carriers department for the
distribution of mail to carriers and to the
boxes of the city mails. The carriers
department included the general delivery,
the window TO which is to face the lobby
on the President street side, along with
the widows of all the other departments.
Next to the carriers department, but en-
tirely separate from it by parti-
tions, is placed the registry depart
ment, and just in front of the
main entrance the stamp window,
together with string of drop boxes
are located, they being also separated
from the other departments. Further
down is to be the money order depart
ment containing two windows, facing
President street near the Whitaker street
side. The reason for this location is that
many ladies go to the pOstoffice often for
nothing else but to secure money orders,
and from this point they would be free
from ba uraV
| come in either by the main entrance on
! President street or by the entrance
which would be placed on Whitaker.
SEPARATION OF DEPARTMENTS DESIRABLE.
Back of the money order, stamp and
registry departments is to be the mailing
clerks department, separated from all
| the rest, the only connection between it
and the carriers department being a
| table, across which mails may be trans
ferred to their proper departments. Back
| of the registry department Is to be located
! the transfer clerks table. On York
| street are to be platforms for the carriers
and the mailing clerks department, where
the mail pouches are passed in and out.
On the Whitaker street side west of
the mailing clerks department are to be
! the offices of the postmaster and the
| deputy, where they can easily overlook
everything that is going on A lobby is
to extend all the way around this floor
except on the York street side, which
| will be the rear of the building
| This arrangement may well be consid-
cred one Of the most convenient that has
! been suggested, not only for the public but
! for the postoftice employees themselves,
where the departments are never brought
! in contact and cannot interfere one with
the work of another These suggestions
will no doubt be considered valuable by
the architect in charge, and Savannah
can expect pOstofice that will be mod
| ell one in every way.