Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-22
THE NEW POSIOFF|CE
Postmaster c. f. Brown is En-.
titled to Great Credit For
Work Accomplished.
N EW FIXTURES ALL IN
Twelve Employees and Pay Roll of
S1O.500 Per Annum Now
at Alma Office.

The citizens of Alma, who have not
had occasion to visit the postofflce during
the past week, will not recognize the in
terror OF the present building as the one
which for so many years they have been
accustomed TO view when in quest Of
mail The change has all been brought
about through the efforts of our present
postmaster, Mr.. {. +. Brown, to whoss
personal efforts the citizens of Alma are
indebted for one of the best equipped
and finely furnished postoffice rooms in
the state. There is not a vestige OF the
old fixtures in the room, everything IS
new even to the floor and the work COM
pleted with the exception of the walls,
the decorating of which will soon be
started. The fixtures were purchased OF
the McI.ane Manufacturing Co., OF Mil
ford, New Hampshire i'll competition with
FIVE factories in different parts of the q.
$, who make special feature of post.
office work The main lobby of the pres
ent postoffice is ,4xI2 and the woodwork
of quartered sawed oak given a finish
which brings ont the beautiful grain Of
the wood lsed. The postmaster's room,
6xII, occupies the northeast corner OF
the room, the fixtures of which are made
of golden oak. The registered letter
clerk has a room 6xS, which like the re.
mainder of the fnishings is in natural
oak. The general delivery department
and the section used by lock boxes is
allowed space I2xio which is cut Of
from the main work room by an iron rail.
ing The work room proper is 7Ix4o
feet i'll dimensions and Is equipped witt
all OF the latest and modern devices for
facilitating the quick handling OF the
large amount Of mail aeceived at this
Office. A Dormus cancellng machine.
new sorting tables, eight special made
cabinets, each containing 100 pigeon
holes for the use of the mail carriers, are
among the fixtures.
Each employee the Office is furnished
he can deposit his extra wearing apparel
while at work. The gasoline lighting
plant, so long in use in the old Office has
been removed and electricians will wire
the building for electric lights, while
plumbers will install laval ories and wast
basins for the use of the employees. 4
ho. air furnace will heat the building and
all improvements that will in any way
tend to facilitate work or add TO the COM
fort of the employees are being made.
The Alma postoffice now has force OF
II employees and a pay roll exceeding
sTo, 500 per annum. The city carriers are
now working for $4,000 per year, next
year they get $4,000 and OH recon-
mendatIon OF the postmaster will be en-
titled TO an additional raise of 500.
per year until $1,000 per annum IS
reached. Commencing July Tst, 1907,
the r. +. d. carriers from this office will
receive an annual salary of 5000 each.
The government has leased the present
building OF Messers Gibbs & Horr for q
term of ten years at an annual rental OF
S5SS.oo. The RECORD joins with the
many friends of Postmaster Brown in ex-
tending congratulations on the success
of his efforts in securing for Alma post
Office room equipped second to none Of
any city of its size in the state.