Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-24
|POSTOFFICE Will
BE OPENED NEXT
MONDAY
Postmaster Will Start Serving
Public in New Building a
Couple of Days Sooner Than
Planned.


On next Monday morning. or iva
days cartier than has been anticipat.
ed, Albuuucrqueans viii receive
their mail from the Now postoi'c, on
cold avenue. TIE work of removing
the records from Tho old onico has al
ready occn b,gun. and soon IA"
crampcd quarters where for SO MANI
years the malls have beer distributed
viii lee but m'mory
Al mails arriving in Albuqucrqu.
after the arrival OF train so. . sun
day afternoon VIII go to the new of.
iicc. Every thing Ia bcius moved
now that b. not indispensable Ia the
transaction of the current business ot
l. office. ,nd rs Saturday night the
work OF removal viii 30 compl stc.
Fortunately. none OF the fixtures or
furniture VIII haN" 60 b, moved. as
the pres nj building ls rented by the
government furnished and IN, new
building il furnished complete with
everything that b. modem ia the way
of post Office appliances. T. II had
been necessary 20 uny" fixtures and
furniture from the old building 10 the
new. the resulting confusion and in
convenience would have been lncal-
culablr.
As it is. there viii ho confusion
enough tn begin WIth. and pus,mast T
Hopkins asks that AN patrons Of the
"iioc exercise patience until the new
order OF things rs well established.
Every thing viii be- new and strange
60 The oiiic" force at FIRST and q, IL
not "a De- expected that tlct can give
as satisfactory service at u,t as viii
bc possible after they hay, become
moro accustomed to IN, nrW sur.
roundiugs
Another matter To- which Postmas-
ter Hopkins desires 10 call in, spec
ial attention of the puzzle Is the i'm.
portancc eff securing NV boxes be-
FORE the new office Is opened M
BOX rent expires an Apcll T. uuI every
box holder In the old unicc win be
obliged Co secure "a new box. as tac
numbering and arrangement of the
boxes Ia tho new office Is altogether
different from that in tho old The
new office has been open for several
days for the renting OF boxes aud
much Inconvenience can Dee avoided
by securing boxes nov instead of
waiting until tic new office O. open.
Those securing boxes tor the first
time viii get the use oi their box
from March - to Apil | free.
though of course il viii bee necessary
90 plt iu advance TIA. rent for the
quarter beginning April /, and also to
make the usual deposi, for keys
There are i50 more boxes in the
new pustotiiCr tian IN the old. hut the
business Of the Albuquerque Ollie. IN
growing at such a rapid rate that q,
Is probable that even this Increased
number viii Ia a short time be IN
sufficient FOR the needs of the oflc.
Postmaster Hopkins stated this
morning that during his incumbency
0i the Office uf postmaster the re-
c"ipts OF IN Albuquerque post Otto"
had more than doubled In the year
1901. when he was appointed the re-
ceipts FOR the year were about SEA-
oon while this year. hsur'ns urnn the
bosis OF the business that has al
ready been done. III. receipts Viii
run over t5s.OOO. This viii he an
Increase of ABOUT ten per cent over
the business ~ 1917. This should
be gratifying To all Albuqucrqucans.
as there X no more certain or accur-
ate barometer of the growth of a
city than tn increts. in postal re-
c"ipts. The figures given do not In
clude the fees from money orders, as