The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
RUSHING WORK 0n
NEW P0sT0FflC
Good Progress Being Made 4
Preparing for Handsome A
Federal Building. q
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LIKE OLD BUILDING
BUT LARGE AND AMPLE
Three of the Walls of Old Struc
ture, Associated With Rich. q
mond's History, to be Re-
tained-Home Labor M
Employed. u

There's a big hole in the Erounu A9%
Tenth and East Main streets exten0s#
ing clear through 90 Bark streess
This is where Uncle Sam is buiidiM
Richmonds new postoffice.
The Shafer building. one OK IL
foremost landmarks mas gone. HI
work of raising the old structure 49,
completed about month ago, wpF4@@
men have now about compiete0 y ssis
cavating and the work of laying TOUT
dations for the new building
shortly begin. II will not be long bers
fore the gray granite walls Will be91M8
to rise and by December 81. 1elxs%
Richmonds splendid new FeoeFM4g
building will be complete. ssa
The new home for the postomc4s
and other government departments
will be one of the finest In the conn-ssa
try In architecture 1t will be tMA
same of the old building, which 49,
always a source Of admiration. ltN
same scheme will be carried out in
all details. The structure VIII 0N
raised one story and thoroughly equip-SI
ped in every way. ss
Old Walls to stand.
Those who have watched the wOrk9
progress will have observed that three
walls of the old postoffice remain
standing. This has been done In ordeEx
save llHte dti'i CAPGhSC ~ PSsts-.4l3a
up the new building. The 'front.' backs
and eastern side walls will be utiiazea.f
The masonry OF the portion yet t0E
be erected will conform to these.
The size of the new building will bot
nearly three times as great as that o..
the old one. All of the site extending
to the sidewalk line on Tenth streses
will be utilized.
The CLANS and specifications ptN
pared under the direction OF the Al1
cruising architect OF the treasury 1ll4
parunent at Washington. call thu
est of all materials. II u alo04
forth that enough men must ~
pioyed by the contractors to innnx
the completion of the work by L.
cember 81. 1911. For each day over
this time limit the contractors Will
have to make a heavy forfeit.
Keeping Close Watch
Engineer Hollyday. OF the SUPER
wishing architects ONCE. is here ing
charge of the work In. behalf Of 1fhAs
government. He is also in charge o.
a new postoffice going up In Wtnchea-
ter. Va Mr.. Hoilyday spends four
days of each week here and the re~A
mainder OF the time in Valley CITY,
He lis constantly on the alert to -
that the departments specifications
are carried out to the letter. @
Collector Of Customs arnold; W1Sc'
is also custodian of the Federal build@
ing, is the distributing agent for ILL
government. All of the money spenN
by the government in carrying on THU
work passes through the hands o&
Mr. Arnold. M 3 ss
The contractors. Baltimore nrnlss
believe 1t will be possible TO have tli&
work done on contract time. At pre-
ent. however. mostly unskilied 1ah6
is being worked in removing flf2
debris occasioned by the removal
the Shafer building and large p0(S
zion OF the postoffice. As SOON ~
the work OF raising Ia completed 0NG
hundred skilled mechanics.
carpenters viii he set to work
speedily finish the job. aS
A large corps of engineers hoN1
about finished their preliminary M0&f3
Each day now they may be seen N4tl
levels and transits stalking On H.
Use Local Labor. III
IL will be the policy OF the cCnfrAGs1
tors, II Is understood. to. employ 4i
much local labor as possi6le. IN
enough cannot be procured In Htch
mond other places will be called txp0xf
1t is believed. however. that No dffa
Guilty will be encountered in this Gi{5
in getting sufficien work. IN
! Thus IL will be seen that 15ia&I
thousands OF dollars will be spent III
| Richmond. Scores OF families VIII ~
supported for more than a year WITH
money earned by the brea winnex
from the government. M
Great quantities OF building uSn~
teriai will be bought from locaf
houses. although some will necessari5%
have TO be made according to np<@
cial designs in plants away fr0En
here. s sa
| rne enlargement of Rfchmon6sS
postal facilities speaks clearly for tn
growth of the town. A city's groM$Hl
can probably be best judged from
postal receipts Richmond-s reeo11
are constantly increasing. Tho ~
mands made upon the postoff1c0 N62
increased MANIFOLD during rad ~ :
few years, So great. In fact. th81S
| was Imperative for the governs
10 order a bigger building to N6x
the mails More than two hun6
/ peopfe are employed by the Nx9
postoffice, not including the ManC1
ter station. s Ell 3S
To Provide For Coureas
Not only will this building n y
cupied by Postmaster Edgar Al
and his stan. but the following col
and United States ofices viii a1
! located In the new building. asaaS
United States circuit court 0&f&
peals. United States district
| United States circuit court co1IS
| of customs. Eaitde States IN
revenue Office, Including that
! collector of reYenue and
agent, United States marine IA
| and public health service. b1x1
animal industry. United 0Sntn0
shall and of1lces 81 the t1dR0
clerks OF the courts. .aa
! In their temporary Quarl6x1
three-story brick building N