The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-16
FEDERAL OFFICES
WILL Be SHIFTED
Many Changes Due To Take Place
When Postoffice Addition Is
Completed.

Many changes will be made In the
location OF Detroit federal Offices
whea the addition TO the postoiiNe
building is completed. which Viii
probably be- next July. Collector OF
Customs John b. Whelan. custodian
OF the building. has been busy Wit
the superintendent OF construction
trying To get the Offices taken cats
OF in the al arrangements.
The postoffice will occupy the en-
tire ground floor, the new part OF
which Is expected TO be ready To-
use for the Christmas rush. Ihe
mon yeorder department Will also
have space on the second floor Tor
clerical work, stairway connectihs
the two doors. This Will answer the
problem OF what the money order de
partment will do for space when the
postal savings bank is put In oper-
alton.
The customs Offices. which have oc-
cupied the Fort ana Shelby-st. sides
OF the building on the second floor
will be stretched along the Shelby-st
side to Iafayette-blvd. The small
private Office, formerly occupied by
Collector Whelan. will be converted
into vault. The collector has al
ready vacated il because OF lack OF
light. and is finding accommodations
elsewhere in his suite. The internal
revenue offices will be in the new
part OF the second story. The suite
now occupied by the internal reve-
nue. Offices and some additional space
will be occupied by the pension
agency. which will be moved from
the old postofice building. On the
third floor. the district attorneys
marshals and other Offices connecte'
with the courts viii be changed so a
TO be grouped more directly about
the court rooms. The exact arrange
ment has not been settled. The Uni
ted States engineers office. steamooa
inspectors. supervising inspectors and
pure fod Offices will be moved 10 tue
postoffice building. The lake survey
office. which has become an import
ant part OF the federal ONCE system
I'm Detroit. will be accommodated III
the old postoffice building at Griswold
and Larned-sts. Nearly all the great
lakes charts are now printed mere
and the Office has had additional rent
ed space in the Campau building. Coz
lector Whelan will try later 10 get u
a separate building. The United
States engineers have been occupying
a large part OF the Jones building.
AS the new addition nears COM
pletion, the government officials here
are more and more impressed with
the poor methods OF the government
In taking care Of its various offices.
The upper two floors OF the new addi-
ton are out of line with the old part,
recurring from two to four steps TO go
from one part TO another, and there
will be several Offices that will still be
required to rent quarters in private
buildings. The reason for the jog
lies in some Official short sightedness.
The supervising architect at first de-
clared that two floors would be
enough for the new addition, notwith-
standing the plea OF Congressman
DENLY that the citizens had been given
10 expect a four-story building when
ever the old structure should be en-
larged. When the bids were opened.
IL was discovered that the appropria-
ton would be almost enough for three
stories, and they have been squeezed
In by lessening the distance between
floors. The new Offices will be consid-
erably smaller than the old ones, l5xl6
feet being the regulation size.