Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-02
Request for a Sub.Station for
the Post Office Filed With the
Post Office Department.
MANY VISIT BUILDING.
Petition, Numerously Signed, Was
Sent to Congressman Howell
Through Assemblyman Crow
ther--Expcct Prompt Attention by
the Department Ofiicials-New
Federal Building in Use Today.
(From the NEWS Correspondent

(From the NEWS Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Apr. 2.--Mr. How
ell has received through Assembly
man Frank Crowther, of Perth Am
boy, a petition asking for the estab-
lishment of sub-station at the store
of c. A. Sexton, 20 Smith street,
Perth Amboy. He has indorsed the
same and filed it with his recommen-
dation. No doubt the postoffice de-
partment will give it early considera-
tion. c. s. A.
/ Hundreds of people have visited
the postoffice in the new federal
building all day and favorable COM
ment is heard on every hand for the
new building and it's fixtures. The
force was busy Saturday night and
yesterday moving to the new build
ing and getting things in order. Ev-
erythng was ready at the opening
for business at Z O'Clock this morn
ing.
The first customer was Miss Bes-
sic Abildgaard, who went to the
stamp window and bought two two
cent stamps and one one-cent stamp.
1. Postmaster George H. Tice, who
has just been appointed for his fourth
term of four years. and who, with
! Congressman Benjamin F. Howell,
was instrumental in agitating the
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sented with large floral horseshoe
by the force of employees of the office,
the presentation speech being made
by Assistant Postmaster j. H. Tyr
rell, Jr., and Mr.. Tice responding cor
daily. Across the opening in the
horseshoe is a card being in gilt let
ters the words, Good Luck" The
horseshoe stands on Mr.. Tice's desk
and a photograph of Mr.. Tice's
daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Hall, OF
Plainfeld, and son. Mrs. Hall, who
was formerly Miss Elizabeth Tice,
was the assistant TO Mr.. Tice during
his first term and she served well and
] faithfully the entire four years. Mr..
Tice will have his commissions from
/ President Harrison, President Mckln-
| ley and President Roosevelt hung
framed in his Office at the right OF the
Maple street entrance. He expects
his latest commission from President
Roosevelt in the near future.
| Mr.. Tice was busy today making
out his quarterly report and he had
so much else to oversee that he had
little time for his report.
An appropriation of $1,000 is ex-
pected to be made by congress for
identifying the grounds about the
new federal building. This money
will be available, it is expected, in
June. Postmaster Tice saw Congress-
man Howell recently and he is expect
ed TO visit the new federal building
soon after the adjournment of con-
gress.
( A number of persons who evident
! ly were unaware that the postofflce
had been moved, dropped letters in
! the door-slot at the old building al
State street and New Brunswick ave-
nue. Saturday night and yesterday
morning. Postmaster Tice got the
letters yesterday and plugged the
slot up and hung notice in the win
dow. A large box for mail has been
placed outside the new postoffice as
depository when the office is not open
The new regulations went into ef-
feet this morning and the carriers
took their altered routes. Carriers
Hope and Buchanan will each make
four deliveries daily in the business
section of the city. The carriers have
new mail bags of different pattern
The holders of private boxes in the
postoffice have been assigned theii
numbers in the new Office and given
new keys.
On the chandelier over Postmaster
Tice's desk hangs gilded horseshoe
which Mr.. Tice says he wouldn't take
/ $1,000 for 1t was kicked Off by one
of Thomas Redhing's horses when
backing up to the New Brunswick
avenue door when the postofiice was
moved to the building just vacated
The horseshoe flew halfway across
the room and was secured by Mr.
Tice. He left it in the office when he
was succeeded by Cornelius P. Con-
very and it was in the same place
when he again became postmaster. II
was one of the first articles that Mr.
1jce took to the new building.
,Hhrongs of school children visited
the postoffice at the noon recess and
! gazeh in wonderment 1T the higf
ceilitgs and marblewoTS,
Advertising in the NEWS bring:
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