The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-01
P0ST0FFICE IN AT LAST.
VAIL MATTER WENT N AND OUT
OF NEW BUILDING LAST NIGHT.


After the 10 O'clock Mail to Atlanta
and the North Had been Sent Out
the Force Moved Across the street
and Took Possession of Its New
Quarters-How the Floor of the
New building That Is to BE Occu-
pied by the POstoGIce Is Arranged.
Money Orders Nay in the Future
BE Deposited in Bank and VIII Go
Through the Clearing House.
At 10 o'clock last night the Savannah
postofHce moved from the Whitfield build
ing across Whitaker street into the beau
uful new building that is to be its home
in the future and took up permanent quar-
tiers far more satisfactory than it has
ever occupied before. After delays in
Vulnerable and disappointments almost as
many, the transfer has at last been ac-
complished.
The new furniture for the postofice has
not yet arrived and it was necessary to
move the old furniture that is scarce in
Keeping with its surroundings. This was
put in place in great part during the af-
ternoon, 50 that at 10 o'clock, when the
last mail that was 10 be sent out from
the old Offices In the Whitfield building
had been looked after. there was little
TO do other than to carry over one of the
stamping machines that had been left
behind TO place its seal on the last batch
of letters and the remainder of the mail
itself. This was that portion that had
come in on the late trains and therefore
not delivered and that part of 1t that
finds it way into the boxes or Is distribut-
ed from the general delivery.
In few minutes the Whitfield building
had been cleared of the property Of the
postodice and all of it was in the new
building ana ready for use. Thereafter
whatever business the patrons of the Of
fee had TO transact with it was done in
its new home. The letters We're soon dis
trbuted. the lock boxes filed with The
mail matter belonging to their owners and
the affairs of the Office moved on as
smoothly as if the removal had been
thing of months past instead of a few min
utcs The mails came and went with the
regular celebrity of clock work, there was
a minimum of friction and a maximum Of
accomplishment apd every emp!Oye in the
office was well content
A brief resume Ct the arrangement of the
building so far as IL relates to the postof-
flee may be Useful and not embarrassing.
AT the Pun street entrance, fronting the
street. are the lock boxes. 800 in number
and Of Handsomely beaten bronze. Starting
AROUND the broad corridor that
skirts the lower floor of the build
ing on the President street side, the first
thing 10 strike the eye of the visitor are
the windows for the general delivery of
l.fv,g tho az fIa- m,
window and the windows for the carriers
delivery for their use on Sundays, when
deliveries are not generally made by them
on the streets. Further down the corridor
is the registry department. while almost
at lis extreme end is the money order de-
partment, provided with an apartment
closed by swinging doors, within which
those who desire to transmit their money
BY his method, may Wri out their apph-
cations at their ease. The offices of the
postmaster and assistant postmaster are
on the York street side of the building and
its extreme end
To-day everything win be in readiness
for operation. 1t is a matter of regret to
the POS master and his force that the fur
n.ture did not arrive on time and that
they will be compelled for a week or two
10 use the old stuff that they have had on
hand for years IN the new building. When
the new furniture does arrive there VIII
feels that the troubles that he has had 10
undergo have been quite sufficient He is
tired. but he recognizes that II is all in the
days work and accepts il with as perfect
sang froid as he can muster
To-day also the new money order clear
ing house will go into operation. The Mer-
chants National Bank will act as agent
for the pOstofiCe and hereafter money or
ders drawn on Savannah will be accepted
In the banks of the city with the same
formaldes only as are observed in the
case of checks or are required by reguia-
tons of the department,
The Merchants National Bank has sent
out TO the other banks in the city a circu-
lar letter reading as follows:
Commencing Aug. !, the Merchants
National Bank will receive from its de-
positors and from the other banks in the
city, through the clearing house, post
office money orders drawn on Savannah,
the same as checks drawn on them.
This new arrangement promises to be OF
marked convenience TO the business men.
who have had in the past to send the
money orders that they have received to
the postoflice to have them cashed. To
send them to their banks along with
their other deposits viii simplify matters
wonderfully and grease the wheels of ar
fairs In a manner that will permit their
revolution even more smoothly than q,
present.