The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-09
INCREASED ROOM
| FOR POSTOFF|CE
Floor Plans Are Received, and
Cost Will Be approximate
ly $175,OO0.
POSTMASTER THOMAS
IS HIGHLY PLEASED
announcement Also Is Made of
Increase of Salary for
Clerks.

GltEkS.
er;1N Floor plaus for the Improvement of
|; s,fhc postofice. which Improvement Will
|H,pcost in the ncighborhood of $4,000,
a tmere received Saturday afternoon by
\, fsPostmaster Arthur L. Thomas, who re-
r. Hurned Friday night from Washington.
N Westminster Thomas was also the bearer
eslh Of good news for those who are cm-
|a 'ploved in the department.
HI Tho floor plans relate to the first,
,'second. third and fourth floors Of the
present building and the proposed cx-
~ tcnsion of forty feet. The north lobby
,sson the first floor Of the building Will
o1be extended forty feet, and will con
"a meet with a private lobby, which will
N open into the cashier office, and will
be for the use of the public. The
Il Icashier's Office will be moved from the
y y. south side OF the building, where it is
rat the present time, to the northwest
N,corner.
" adjoining on the cast OF the cashier S
|r, department will be the stamp clerk s
m'divisou, and opposite the stamp win
rsdow will be the letter drops, which will
'ravoid the present task Of walking
rIaround the lobby of the building after
Fsbuying stamps. in order to post letters.
19Thc elevator IN the northern portion
\ fof the building will be removed, and
the postmaster office will occupy the
Northeast corner of the first floor Next
krwiIl come the otiicc Of the assistant
\. s.postmastcr. and after that the Office
Frof the stenographcr. which will be 10.
|, cated in the room occupied ut present
1 by the assistant postmaster, Follow
ing this will be the room for the files
The forty feet to be added viii be
used, with the exception of the place
occupied by the cashier. for the out
tgoing mailing department. Here will
a.sbc located the windows for the re-
I EES5ccpting Of registered mail from the
'railway mail clerks, which Will open
n into the mailing room and give space,
i Formerly used by tho clerks, 10 the city
EcarrierS.
Additional Windows.
IN the registry department two addl.
! tfonal windows Will be added, and also
y two in the money order department.
The general delivery department will
be enlarged By the addition of one bay.
which at the present time Is immc
3bdiately west Of The department and
used now as the information and for
uwardiug clerk 5 department, This will
be- moved 10 the position at present I
occupied by the stamp department.
On the second floor another room
will be added 10 the United States dis !
trict attorney Office and seven rooms
In the rear ot the building will F,
H. be added for the use of officials who
Er-7rc not al present in the building.
= On the third floor, one room will be
%added to the Land Office, and there viii !
he Eve additional rooms for officials !
. who are at present located outside the !
m building.
N On ihc fourth floor ono additional
room Will be added for the use OF the
h Surveyor general. and an entirely new
Rsuitc of rooms Will be added TO be
3 used for d railway mail clerks depart
e fpent and their doyIuitory. In the
rortheast corner Of the building. on
the fourth floor. will be a room which
will be- used by the surveyor general
as a blue print room, and on this floor
|. ftlIere viii be another additional room.
(. 20 he used by some other officials.
e The basement of the building will be
e enlarged, and excavations Will be made
under the thirty feet of ground that
has been purchased by the government,
m for coal chutes.
" Will Be Approved.
r Postmaster Thomas said that in his
y pest Judgment the plans would be ap-
proved and the working plans made
l. ready for the bids TO be advertised by
juno L. 1909, as the government bad
|d forwarded him Instructions to the effect
p That the work was 10 be completed
rs quickly as possible.
p Regarding the increase of the sal.
h nries of the various clerks in the
Tfdepartments the postmaSter stated tho+
= he was we'll pleased 10 be able to
! say that all of those who had been in
the service for more than years
l. time and whose records were good.
would receive an increase Of 500 ner
year to their present salaries. These
nj Increases of salary will take place at
u the beginning Of the new fiscal year,
NJ aud are as follows: Station No. l.
T T. G. Schramm, clerk, 500; station No.
l. 8, d. L, Davis, clcrl. Sl00: station No,
5, Harry Coombs. clerk. 800; station
No. Z. ". D. Mathis, clerk. 500: sta
tion No. H. T. l.. Halliday. cIcnb
5000; station No. II, JOY Ii. Johnsd
5000