The Detroit times., 1910-09-17
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 ofiices
when the addition to the postofiice
building is completed. which VIII
probably be next July. Collector OF
Customs John b. Whelan. custodian
or the building. has been busy with
the superintendent OF construction
trying to get the Offices taken care
OF In the 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. Til.
money order department will alos
have space on the second floor for
clerical work, stairway connecting
the two floors. 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-
cup.cd the Fort and Shelby-st. sides
of the building on the second floor
will be stretched along the Shelhy-st
side to Lafayette-blvd. The small
private office, formerly occupied by
Collector Whelan. will be converted
into a vault. The collector has al
ready vacated 1t 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 postoffice building. On the
third floor, the district attorneys,
marshal's and other Offices connectec
with the courts will be changed SO as
to be grouped more directly about
the court rooms. The exact arrange
ment has not been settled The Uni
ted States engineers Office. steamboat
inspectors. supervising inspectors AMI
pure food Offices will be moved to the
postoffiee building The lake survey
office, which has become an import
ant part Of the federal Office 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. Col
lector Whelan will try later TO get II
separate DullulIe Il hS Chl~N
States engineers have been occupying
large part OF the Jones building
AS the new addition neGrs COM
pletion, the government officials here
are more and more impressed with
the poor methods OF the government
in taking care of it's various Offices
The upper two floors OF the new add
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
to expect four-story building when
ever the old structure should be en-
larged When the bids were opened,
1t 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, 15x16
feet being the regulation size.