Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-23
TO MOVE
EARLY IN JUNE
F. A. NlMocks DOES NOT THINK
BUILDING WILL BE CON-
PLETED SOONER
FIXTURES ALL HERE.
Chandeliers and Lighting Apparatus
Nearly All In; Marble Is All Set;
Sodding the Grounds
on Sides.

! Il don't think we will be In the new
| building before the first Of June said
Postmaster Frank A. Nimocks, when
asked regarding the removal OF the
postoffice into the new quarters. If
we are settled in the new quarters be-
tween the first and tenth of June, |
! will be satisfied, for there is still a
great deal of work to be done and
much of this is cleaning up
Time Expired.
Although the contract time has been
exceeded considerably the time being
set at March 21, 1912. the fact remains
that in the face OF discouraging de.
lays in the transportation of various
materials and with differences at
times between employer and en-
ployes, the work has been pushed
through with a fair degree of speed
and when done will prove to have
been a big job. The character OF the
lob, too. is such that will commend
itself, but nowadays in federal jobs
the work has to be of quality that
will bear the test, for Uncle Sam pays
men to see that the work Is the best.
Work Practically Done.
Practically all of the construction
work Is done and already there Is
crew of window washers on the Job
working from early morning until late
at night to complete the contract for
cleaning the glass about the buildtngs
The materials that we're delaying the
work some two weeks ago have now
arrived and the marble and light fix
h4% Nd no - N.
pleted The latter Is finished as re-
CARDS the basement, the postoffice and
third floor, and today the Reading
Chandelier Co. will start it's force on
the second floor, portion Of which
has already been equipped with light
ing fixtures. The fixtures are OF
dark oxidized copper and very pretty.
Gas Of the latest approved style OF
lighting alternates with electricity In
the chandeliers and wall lights.
Everything the Best.
The handsome office furniture and
furnishings have been here for some
time past and are beyond anything
ever brought into the city for its fine
quality Elaborate and large, roomy
desks, modern filing systems and Of
flee mechanisms for the safe and
rapid handling of papers and business
communications are seen. Handsome
cases, chairs, tables, and all that goes
to equip an up-to-date office, have
been furnished. This applies to the
postoffice and the various officials IN
connection with the postoffice who
have offices, as we'll as to the United
States court officials and the inspect
ors. Plenty of room and everything
provided Of the best is the impression
that forces itself upon the visitor
throughout the entire building.
The exterior is beginning to loom
up pretty and most of the ground
about the handsome building has al
ready been sodded. What has not Is
being covered with green sward. The
pretty cement promenades bordered
with the green sod tend to make the
place present very pretty appear
ance.
Fixing Gases.
Anxious to be ready by the time the
command is given to move, the mail
carriers after hours are engaged In fix
ing up their route cases in the new
building. These are being tagged or
ticketed with the various streets and
blocks for the carriers guidance and
while the city carrier is so engaged.
his country fellow employee, the rural
route deliverer, is also fixing up his
cases. A few bad spots in the concrete
sidewalk are being torn out and re-
placed to make the job perfect
throughout. The builders hope to CON-
plete the work by next week. Super
intendent B. A. Appleyard of the treas
ury department was out of the city
looking after work in Quincy, ILL.,, He
could not be interviewed as to his
opinion on when the building will be
turned over to the government.