Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-25
POST OFFICE REMOVAL
City Service Being Transferred to the New
Building.
Creditab1e Record of the Registry
DivisiOn-Its Only Loss in
Ten Years Recovered.

| In the pellucid days of yore, when City
| Postmaster Wilett was somewhat younger,
| so far as years are concerned. than ne is
| now. he possessed dulcet voice, that was
| frequently heard with great pleasure at
| social gatherings, which he was accustomed
| to brighten with his genial presence. Among
| his favorite ditties were Annie Laurie,
Mary of Argyle and similar songs. Mr..
Willett has not sung much in recent years,
but he was heard yesterday diligently hum
ming the air of loft With the Old Love
and On With the New" The inspiration
for this musical break was undoubtedly ex-
istent in the fact that he was on the very
verge of changing his official abode from
the Union building, on G. street. to the quar-
tiers provided for it in the new structure
which rears its granite form on Pennsyl-
Vania avenue The portion of the Union
building occupied by the post office for sew
eral years past. al the rental of s22.Oo0 4
year. will be deserted by Sunday morning
and the last work done in it will be the
diSpatching of the western mail al II 30
o'clock Saturday night.
Progress Made.
The work of removal is now in progress
and being diligently prosecuted. The cash
ier's office was moved yesterday, as we'll as
all the postal CARDS. There We're no less
than twenty-five large wagon loads of the
cards, numbering about 15.O0o,0OO of the
popular little things so universally used in
public communication. The store rooms are
being denuded of their contents today. and
OF the possessions of the captain of the
watch and the registry division as well.
The money order and mailing divisions will
be transferred tomorrow.
Cashier Seymour w. -Tulloch and mis- force
of clerks are already in possession of their
quarters on the 18th street side of he new
building, Immediately south of the entrance
hat no fiI-iSi jS f1rlI,
ped with all modern fire-proof and burglar
proof appliances. The rooms and vaults are
inoased in steel. and the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of stamps, postal
cards. stamped envelopes. etc. are rendered
free from all possible loss or ruin.
l. Postmaster Wilett expressed himself to-
day as being well satisfied with the prog
ress made SO far, and believed everything
would be in excellent shape for the prose-
cutiOn of business Sunday.
Change in Arrangements.
1t has developed that the city post office
force will not have complete control of the
space originally planned for, it was de-
cided early in the week to place the third
division of the railway mail service of the
general Post Office Department in the
apartments at the southeast corner at the
junction Of 18th and G streets This ar
rangement makes Transfer Clerk l. n.
Davidson temporarily officeess at least,
and John Hadiey Doyle, superintendent of
second-class matter, and Mr. Joseph Hodg-
son, superintendent of mail equipment of
the city post office. are in the same boat.
They will probably carry their offices in
their hats until arrangements for their con-
venienCe can be made.
Fortunate Discovery.
In the work of removal very gratifying
discovery was made. The registry division,
under Mr.. w. D. Peachy, recorded bat one
loss in the past ten years. This was let
ter containing dollar, which was recorded
as being lost Marcn 4, 1897. When the
moving of the papers in the registry divi-
sion vas in progress yesterday the letter
in question was found and this clears the
record of the registry division absolutely.
When it is known that the division handles
from S6OO,OOO0UO to 500, 900, 600 worth of
government values every year the perfec-
ton of the system and the care exercised
may be wei realized.