Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-23
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The Post ONCE Now in Apple Pie Order
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The Post Office Now in Apple Pie order
The p. MS Private once.
The work of improving the interior
of the postoffice building, which has
been in progress for some weeks, has
been finished and Hopkinsville
now has postoffice that for the con-
venience of its arrangements, the at
Effectiveness of its interior and the eff
ficiency Of its service is unsurpassed
by any city in the state without
government building.
When the present postmaster, Mr..
W. A. Wilgus, took charge of the Of
flee last October he at once began to
take steps to improve the Office and
the service. He made a five-yeais
contract with Mr.. John Moayon for
the room occupied by the office for
several years past, on the corner of
Virginia and Ninth streets, and the
entire interior arrangement was
changed and greatly improved. Mr..
Moayon, with creditable enterprise,
has expended about $3.50 in remodel
ing, wainscoting and papering the
large lobby and it now presents as
handsome an appearance as any bus
mess house in the city. Mr.. Wilgus
has himself spent about $500 in
adding new furniture, paper racks,
check systems etc. and furnishings for
his private office to in the right of the
entrance.
The fixtures of the Office are of the
Yale manufacture and the very best
that are used for post offices. The
lobby is so arranged as to be thor
oughly convenient for those who get
their mail at the general delivery,
without crowding the patrons of the
money order and stamp windows.
The finish of the woodwork is a rich
ash, and the papering and ceiling
match we'll the natural wood. The
interior of the office is we'll and suffi-
GENTLY lighted, and is supplied with
all the necessary furniture and latest
improvements for the perfection OF
the service.
The private office of the postmaster
is finished in antique oak and the
beautifully carved wood work with it's
superior finish, makes most pleas
ing effect. There is an elegantly
carved center piece on the ceiling
from which suspends a combination
Chandelier for both gas and electric
light. The door to the office enter
ing the lobby is supplied with large
ground plate glass Of elegant design,
as is the imitation door on the same
side of the room. The furniture OF
the room is of quartered oak, and the
carpet and rugs match well the hand
some outfit.
The large plate glass window in
the front of the office is draped with
satin Damask curtains, and taken al
together the room is about as elegant
as could be.
In the lobby an iron railing has
been constructed leading to the gen.
eral delivery aperture and the plan OF
waiting upon all patrons in regular
turn has been adopted and is rigidly
adhered to. Another Innovation is
the keeping open of the stamp and
money order windows while the mail
is being opened. These departments
are closed at no time during the Of
fee hours.
The working force of thelofice con-
sists of four assistants, two of them
employed at the expense of the post
master, as, the government only makes
allowance for two clerks Mr.. John
G.. Ellis, is chief deputy; Mr.. Alex G.
Overshiner, jr., mailing clerk; Mr.
VIM. E. Campbell, general delivery
clerk; Miss Eva Royalty, stamp clerk
All of these assistants are capable,
polite and attentive, and without dis
paragement to other administrations,
it may be truthfully said that the
service is better in every respect than
it has ever been before. The office is
kept scrupulously neat and clean and
everything is orderly and systematic.
Strangers are impressed with the
general system and thoroughness of
the service and the Office itself strikes
all as a model of convenience and at
Effectiveness and one that might be
we'll taken as pattern by other cities.
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