Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-26
Old Union Building Again Housing
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Post Office.
PROSPECTS OF A LARGE BUSINESS
Wide Territory Served in an I'M
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portant Section.
ASE IN REC PIT S

The old Union building on G street be-
tween 9th and 7th streets northwest has
again put on an air Of hustle. When the
city post office, which had occupied it for
several years. was transferred to the new
building on Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street, there was a sudden transformation.
The hurry and hustle incident to post
ONCE was no more, and the nelghborhood
became suddenly quiet. Now everything
has changed again, and Uncle Sam has
waved his magic wand, and 10. another
post office has sprl ng up. While 1t strug-
giles under the unimportant designation of
Station G, and is yet in its infancy, it
promises great things, and there are some
so bold as to predict that before it becomes
yearling it will have eclipsed the main
office in point of receipts.
The necessity for a station in this section
has been apparent since the post office was
removed. It is in the center of a busy sec
ton, and the merchants in the vicinity
have petitioned repeatedly for its estab-
lishment. First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Perry S. Heath took an active interest
in the matter, and, after 8 personal inves-
tigation of the locality with Chief Beavers
of the salary and allowance division, de-
cided to establish a station in the build
ing formerly occupied by the city post
office. In looking around for suitable
man to put in charge of it. attention was
directed to Benjamin Parkhurst, an official
of the main office, who, by his Industry
and close attention TO business, had worked
his way step by step to the front. Superln-
tendent Parkhurst is no novice IN post
Office affairs. He entered the city post
office in 1880 and has filled a score of posi-
tons at intervals during that time.
Assuming Proportions.
The station has already put on
practical business appearance, and this
morning, when a reporter of The Star
visited the building, there was no hitch ap-
parent. Merchants and business m3n We're
making inquiries during the day for pri-
waite letter boxes, and it is predicted before
lCng they will all be rented. Everything
about the station smacks of regular es
Establishment. There are fifteen clerks busy
asserting mail and twenty seven carriers
and collectors hard al it collecting and dis
tributing
The new station serves an important ter
ritory, and those living within its bounds
Will preft by its establishment. All that
section north. of + street and west of 9th
street is included, while the eastern bound
airy goes to the west side CT North Capitol
street. BY petition of the citizens OF Eek
ington that suburb is included, and lie
DrOit Park also comes within the limits.
on Sunday. from $50 to II o'clock, the
office will be open, while each evening from
to I o'clock the delivery of letters will be
made to those who apply.
AS anJindication of the great strides the
new station lis making, it need only be
mentioned that the receipts yesterday were
800 per cent greater than the day before.
Superintendent Parkhurst told a reporter
of The Star today that every facility sif-
forded by the main office will be given by
station G. -H