The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-23
SK0WHEGAN NEEDS
NEW POSTOFF|CE~
When Will She Get 1t :?
Is Often Asked
Increase of Business Demands the
Building at Once.

Is Skowhegan to have new post
office building? This question is be-
ing asked by nearly every citizen.
There is no public building that the
town needs more than a commodious
and convenient place for the people
to get their mail and transact what
business they must necessarily do.
There appeared in one of the pa
pers Monday morning something after
the following: The following items
for Maine projects were reported from
the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, Saturday. Besides men
tioning Skowhegan, there were eight
other towns and cities that had asked
for appropriations. The appropria
ton that will be made for Skowhe-
gan, if made at all i'll the near future,
will be $4,000 for a site for post
office building. If this appropriation
should be made right away it would
be some time before other appropria-
LUIS NOulu Dc ulduO IOl illC
ing itself 1t appears from the list
of appropriations asked for by the
different towns and cities that Bath
has had $4,000 and now asks for an
appropriation of $4,000 more; Bid
deford has had $4,000 and asks for
$4,000; Camden, $4,000 in addition
to $4,000 heretofore appropriated for
site; Gardiner, $4,000 in addition to
$4,000 heretofore appropriated for
site; Hallowell asks for $4,000 for a
site; Old Town, for $4,000 in addition
to $4,000 heretofore appropriated for
site 1t is fair to conclude then, that,
If the $4,000 appropriation is made
tor the site of the Skowhegan post
office from $4,000 to 100000 is need
ed for the building.
There are many reasons why Show
hogan needs a new post office building.
The town is increasing in population.
The business in the post Office Is in
creasing and the present apartments
are very meagre and inconvenient for
the size of the town. The lobby is
very small and the people that come
to the office to get their mail from
the lock boxes are caused a great deal
of inconvenience because of the mar
rowness of the lobby between the wall
and the boxes. When there is a holi-
day or on Sundays the inconvenience
is still more noticeable.
The increase of business in the
Skowhegan post office in the last ten
years is a fair argument that Show
hogan needs a new building and that
right away. The following shows the
Increase in business in the last ten
years: The Skowhegan post office in
the last ten years has increased it's
business 49 per cent in postal re-
ceipts. In the money order business,
the amount of money in orders issued
has more than doubled, while the
amount of money in orders paid has
increased over 100000. Following is
a comparison of the receipts of the
year 1901 with those of 1909: Postal
receipts, years ending Dec. 81, 1901.
$780, 1909, $4,000. Money order
business: Year ending Dec. 81, 1901,
orders issued, 1920, amount $22,3222l;
in 1909, orders issued 1892, amount
$56,645.S4; in 1901, orders paid
amounted to 1862 % and for the year
1909, to $119,254.87. During the year
ending Dec 81 1909. rural carriers
issued receipts for money orders as
follows: 2066 orders amounting to
2066 orders amounting to $l0,269.S2,
which was nearly one-half the total
amount of money orders issued dur
ing the year
There are seven r. F. D. routes
which were established in 1902. The
carriers are: Horace Withee, No. l;
o d. Berry, No. .; +. A. Merchant.
No. 3; Norris Cleveland, No. 4; Fred
o Eaton, No 5; Almon Sanford, No.
6; Joseph V Wiley, No. Z. These are
the same carriers that were appoint
ed when the routes were established
There are three city carriers: Lewis
Dow, Edward P Whiting and Howard
Durrell.
The postoffiee has been located in
its present place on Water street
since Feb. /. 1891. Before this it was
where the cigar store now is at the
Railroad crossing.
The following people have been
postmasters since about Civil war
times: Joseph Philbrick; Stephen Co
burn; C. Davis Miller; w. r. G. Estes,
Jan. l, 1888 to March /, 1892; Forrest
Goodwin from March /, 1892 to April
1896; s. w. Gould from April 1896 to
April 1900; Isaac Dyer from April
1900 to the present time.
PrOhibitlOnlst Meeting.
Observation-Disclosures of GkoWhapan and