The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-31
By plan Which Has Been Worked Out
to Change Seventh Street Door
Congestion Will Be
Relieved.
MORE ROOM ON SUNDAY
People Fighting for Their Mail !
Hours Time Will Also Have
Benefit Of Two More
Windows.

Relief Is to be extended the hun
dreds of people who go III the post
office every Sunday morning between
the hours of 10:30 o'clock and 1880
for their mail Soon the congestion
in the Seventh street corridor will
be thing of the past, as plan has
been worked out and approved which
will result In moving back the re-
yolving doors on that side and the
opening up Of two additional delivery
windows. The treasury department
mas appropriated $3.50 to move the
door and the contract has been given
to John w. Young, who will put his
men to work Immediately. AT first it
was planned to move the present Sew
enth street door to the next door be-
low. but better plan was worked
out. 1t is to move the door out to the
head of the broad stone steps The
door shield would then meet the line
of the building, allowing as much
room inside at the door as any place
else in the corridors. AS the door is
now, the shield extends to within a
few feet of the two delivery windows,
which cannot be opened for delivery
Sunday morning without certain con-
gestion from tlscSe who would re-
ceive their mail there. With five or
more feet opened UP and two adj.
ditional delivery windows the Sunday
callers for mail will be accommodate.
ed and convenienced as never before.
The work will consume but short
time
The st. Paul firm which has the
contract for installing the heating
plant in the postoffice is remoyingev.
cry vestage of the old plant and
the equipment which is to be install
ed to replace 1t is arriving The new
furnace will consume 80 per cent, OF
the smoke and will effect big say
ing in fuel
The recent trip, made by the post
master and a pest office inspector
over the two rural routes resulted In
disclosures of interest. It was found
that both routes are less tran twenty
four miles in extent with the roads
fairly good, but admitting excellent
opportunity for improvement. The
postmaster declares that the roads
are in need of dragging after rains
and points to the mistake that Is be
ing made and it dfEs the roads very
little good. But on the other hand
there - stretches where the roads
are dragged after rain, and here is
where good work is being done. The
worst piece of road Is what is known
as Walker Lane, and unless the road
there is improved the service will be
discontinued, which means that those
living on the road will have to come
to the post office for their mail
Three boxes failed to meet witt
the requirements of the postoffice de
partment regulations They were al
on Route No. | and the owners vii
be notified to discard them and sub
stitute the regulation boxes, other
wise the service there also will b.
discontinued
1t is gratifying to the daily papers
of Keokuk to learn as a result of TIL,
trip that there is not a single DO.
on either route which receives /,
newspaper published outside of Keo
kuk. And the people along the route
are readers, too. for nearly every DO,
receives local paper.
"a note of warning has been sound.
ed for the benefit of those merchant
Qf the city who send out circulars
fand bills, etc, and have them place,
~ the rural mail boxes. This is con
fpary to the postal regulation. and,
~ as much of an offence as IL the.
We're placed in the mali boxes in Kec
kuk, which none of the merchant
would think Of doing Much of thi
advertising literature was found an,
brought back. The merchants will b.
notified through the department un
less the practice is discontinued
They are subject to prosecution.