Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-02
b|SbEES NEW POSTOFF|CE
 QUARTERS
What the New Library Building Will Afford in Handling :
 Mail.

M UT udS HUN UCCh bCeu Oh LIN new library building, and 1t will not be very long before Bisbee has one Of the finest post offices in the south west. William Morris and John Wil- laims were awarded the contract yes terday for the construction of the building. The cement blocks will be furnished by the Southwestern Ce- ment and Construction Go.
 In regard to the new post office, the contract for the furnishing or tn. same has been approved and awarded to the Pacific Post Office Equipment Co. of Los Angeles. When seen yes terday and asked about the arrange ment and furnishings or the new pos. office, Assistant Postmaster BTU said:
 "Tbe entrance to the new post or flee will be on Main street. The Ioc by of the post office will be about 2 feet wide and about 70 feet long. o: the left as you enter will be the post masters room, then the assistant post masters room; next the money order department, then the registry and stamp department, next the package Fand innuirv department, then thre' general delivery windows, and then 2 | large vault.
 At the extreme end of the lobby vii be the different letter and packag drops. On the right hand side of the lobby there will be twenty-thre' hundred mail boxes, arranged in a sys tenn of alcoves. thus affording much more room for boxes.
 There will be twenty-four windows in the post office, affording abundance of light. There will also be a retir- | ing room. for the clerks on the right l hand side of the office, and side door for the employees. The fixtures and equipment of the office will be of the most modern type. This is the plar which was approved by Superintendent Hall, of the Salary and Allowance Di- vision of the Post Office Department. This will mean much better servic, for the public.
 q have been in the postal service II Chicago and elsewhere for the pas twelve years, and never in my expe-i. ence have I seen anything equaling the congestion of the general delivery in Bisbee. The boxes are so few in number, and the space is :b limited that a man who did not have an iii domitable will would give up in de spair when it came to the manage ment of the office
 Postmaster Cassidy took charge O the local post office just about yea ago, and in that time the business has increased more than forty per cent Under the old conditions it was Wer:. hard to handle the mail, and with tn increase it has been herculean task After MT. Cassidy had been in tn post office for a short time he notified the department at Washington of tn number of changes that were needed to give to the people of BisbeeI. th' mail service that he thought they were entitled to. He worked perse veringly, and presented to the depart ment such an array of facts that the sent number of inspectors to exam inc into conditions.
 Many of the deficiencies were mos difficult of solution-for instance, th' lack of space. This was obyiated h the Copper Queen Company's offerfn the ground floor of the new library a nominal rental. Cassidy perseverer until he won from the departmep complete recognition of the justness O his demands. It is true that the de partment, when it became aware c the conditions, was not slow to SC the wheels in motion for an improve ment, but tine task of bringing these matters to the attention of the head O the department was not an easy one and Mir. Cassidy deserves the highes credit for his good work. Under thu new conditions. even without free de livery, which every other city of Bis bees size has. but which, on accoun .. of local conditions is impossible at th' present time, BisOee promises to hav' the most efficient service