The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-01-15
as LAMBERTVILLE TO HAVE A NEW
pOST.OFFlCE?"
+" WHERE IS IT TO BE LOCATED?'

on every hand.
The answers made are many ant
varied.
The RECORD will undertake to ans
wer them correctly. To the first
question-Is Lambertville to have q
New Post Office? the answer is Yes
1t has been so decided by the Post
Office Department at Washington,
d. G.
10 the second question-Where is
it to be located?-t this has not yet
been decided definitely. AS to the
Building, the Geographical site will
be Union street. between York and
Bridge streets.
The above questions having been
answered, it may be of interest to our
Citizens to know what their New Post
Office is to be like.
We submit the Specifications of the
Post Office Department as follows:-
The site for the proposed Office
must give either side or rear entrance.
The building must be provided with
good cellar fitted with modern heat
ing apparatus. steam or hot water.
The room to be used for Post Office
purposes must contain 1900 square
feet OF floor space. 1850 square feet
preferred. The floor of the Lobby to
the Post Office must be of Tile, the
floor of the working rooms of the
| Office to be of hard wood, maple pre-
fered.
The side walls to be of Sanitary con-
struction, to be agreed upon. The
ceiling to be of metal aud 12 to IA
feet high.
Building must be furnished with
inside Lavatories and Cloak Rooms
and Private Office for the Postmas-
ter. The whole to be we'll lighted and
ventilated.
Office to be fitted with working
equipment to the value of $4,000 as
authorized by the Post Office Depart
ment.
This Office is not to be Govern
ment Building. But the Government
will take long lease at a rental. jus.
tifying the investment necessary to
provide place to be used for Post
Office as per above specifications.
The procuring of Post Office as
above set forth will be supplying
much needed, and long felt want.
The appearance of the present Office
has long been an eye sore to our Citi-
zens, as well as to the strangers who
come within our gates.
While the cramped working space
of the Office has long interfered seri-
ously with an expeditions handling of
the mails.
Postmaster MacKay has been indie
fatigable in his efforts to secure bet
ter facilities i'll general, and better
mail service.
He was largely instrumental in Sc
curing the establishment of two Rural
Free Delivery Routes. He has done
everything that could be done in the
present quarters to make it better for
the patrons of the Office, and as re-
suit of his efforts, the payroll of the
Office has been increased to the
amount of $2400 per year. This is an
item that must be felt in the everyday
business OF our City of Lambertville
Postmaster MacKay is alive aud up
to-date and deserves the thanks of
all of our Citizens for his efforts in be-
half of better Office and mail facili-
ties.
After the establishment of New
Post Office, THE RECORD expresses
the hope that our Citizens may have
City Delivery, and Postmaster Mac
Kay informs us that the project meets
his hearty approval, and further SAYS
that if our Citizens will give to this
Office, all of the business that belongs
to it, the realization of our hopes can
not long be delayed.
"Haste the glad days our cry.
Get the Best, MAcKAY's Special
every afternoon.
Farmer Wanted-to work 1876 acre
farm on shares. Address George W.
Massey, Lambertville, N. j.
Union revival meetings are being
held every evening this week in the
Centenary NJ. E. church.
Ask for and insist on having Lam
bertvile Puffs Best cigar made any
where for the money.
--Ex-Judge Ferdinand s. Holcombe,
of Mt. Airy vicinity, reached the adj
vanced age of ninety, years on Janu-
airy 14th.
-Lambertvile p. O.-List of letters
remaining unclaimed in the Post Office
for the week ending January II,
| 1908.
Miss Minerva Dillon, Miss Nellie
Lavine, Mrs J. X Regain, Miss Ida
Slack, Mary f Wolverton, Henry
johnson, f. p. Quick.
J. ID. MAeKAY. z. NJ.
The Court of Errors and Appeals
last Thursday affirmed the conviction
of murder in the first degree of
Michael Tomasi, convicted of killing
Mrs. Della Congilio at her home in
Lambertville on May 20 last. Toma
81 was sentenced to be electrocnted
during the week OF December II and
a stay was granted until the Court OF
Errors and Appeals could act on
questions brought up by Tomasi's
counsel. Justice Reed will now re-
sentence him, and his only hope is a
reprieve by the Governor and elem
ency of tue Court of Pardons.
Mems League Elects Offcers.
At the annual meeting of the Men g
League of the First Baptist Church
the following officers were reelected: