The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-17
1ORfMOBtl MEN P0SIOFF|C[
CAPT. GILMORE WILL nEGIN ON
THE WORK AT ONCE.
Location-Posto0ee O0cial Says
DisaAvantages Are More FaneieA
Than Real-Feur Daily Deliveries

Capt. Gilmore received q telegram on
Friday night from the postofiice depart
ment at Washington. through the Seattle
postofsce. informing him for the hrss tine
definitely and ofiicial.y that his offer Ct the
Arlington building had b.en accepted. and
ins;ructng him to 90 ahead and fit the
building up for use.
Since the location of the assay once this
: the first selection of a site for q govern
nent Office IN the city. and II has naturally
excited keen interest, great deal OF which.
however. seems TO have manifested itself
after the decision had been made. The orig
inal advertisement ran for three weeks In
the Poss-Inteliigencer. and the supplement
tary advertisement ran for ten days
When the b.cs in response to these adj
verf.semsnts were all In, II was seen that
Capt. Gilmore was the only man who had
offered for the use OF the government a
building actually In existence. With the
choice Of the new location the Seattle post
master. Gen. Gilbert s. Meem. had nothing
whatever TO do. The various bids were
taken under consideration and reported to
the department By the special inspectors
who were sent TO Seattle for that purpose
beginning with Inspector Wayland.
Within the last few days after i was dis
covered tina, the Arlington builcing would
probably be accepted. two petitions have
been placed In circulation. one for and the
other against the location OF the postofiics
in that locality. These petitions natura..y
amounted. 10 nothing whatever One gen.
tleman who was approached by those in
charge Of the petition against the Airing
ton said. THE position of some OF these
people with reference to the location Of the
postoffice reminds me Of country village,
where every crossroads store wants the
postofYice located in II IN order to draw bus
mess. In my judgment Seattle IS entirely
TOO large for that sort Of thing
To Remodel the Rooms.
Capt Gilmore acting under his instr,ic-
tons from the department. will at ones be-
gin the work Of remo1eiing the rooms.
which are TO be occupied by the postofAce.
The windows IN the outside wall VIII be
cut down 80 as to admit more light, and
the sidewalk will be readjusted with the
same end in view.
A wel-known ofYicer in the postoffice.
summing up the situation with reference TO
the new quarters. sad yesterday: TT 10
not to be denied that the new location will
be attended with certain advantages and
certain disadvantages The same might be
sad of am location that could have been
chosen. For instance, when Il was thought
that We would probably have the Meyden-
bauer property, at the corner Of Third and
Columbia, some people raised an outcry be-
cause. as they said. such location would
take the postoffice too far up the hil and
too far out OF the business district OF the
city
as follows: The chief floor OF the post
stairs but 2" vii, '0h be acce..iS1e from the
street level the new location will give
a better haul for the mail wagons, some
cf which. n slippery weather. have had to
be substituted by heavy wagons, In order
to bring mail to our present location: the
Arlington was the only existing building
offered. and IL the only building the rear
Of which runs out into the light.
One Disaavantage.
Really the only disadvantage that
location Win take the once farther err away
from the business center Of the city. This
complaint VIII bear looking into little.
II the nn ,, psce Ssrn , e rap
streets. along FIRST and Second avenues
In the next place. as matter OF fact.
are not compelled to visit the post Nice at
all, and when merchant or banker speaks
OF the long walk up to the new location,
he Is ao y,; be hat Ms.
Not once a year. Substations are estab-
lished within easy reach, and more Of these
will be added downtown q It . seen that
stamps are sold. letters are registered and
postal money orders are issued and paid
OF course. II the merchant wishes 10 rent
q box In the main once. that is his privi-
lege. but even In that case he does not go
10 the Office himself, but sends an ONCE
boy. and II he finds that the walk to the
Arlington Is too long for the boy. he can
have the mail delivered In his own store
by a carrier.
This bring to mind q new Improvement
which Will come in along with the new lo-
eaton. Four daily deliveries Of mail will
be at once established, and there will be
a continuous collection OF mail In the husi-
ness section Of the city between the hours
OF o'clock a. m. and 10 p. m BY con-
tinous collection l mean that collectors
will be kept constantly on the round co.,
lec,ing mail and taking Il TO the postof-
fice"