The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-26
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
At FEDERAL BUILDING
Handsome Over-Iights to &c Placed
on Either Side OF En-
frances.
High Praise Given Local Post Office
by Postal Inspector }. G.. MCGUIRE.
New Postal Cards Will Bear Head
OF Jefferson.

Many small improvements are being
made Mt the Federal Building. somo for
the Identification of the structure, and
others to expedite the work OF the
postal department. Several thousand
dollars is being expended on labor and
material.
The principal work now under way
is the erection OF four ornamental
lights. two on the front and two on
the rear OF the building. The lamps
will DC installed. ono on each side of
the main entrances. They will be
hung on bronze brackets. and will set
out twelve Inches from the wall. The
globes are twenty-four inches in
diameter. aud cost 500
Another important piece of work TO
be started soon is the erection of a
mailing platform in the rear of the
building. It will be constructed OF
wood. ana will be forty nine feet long
and FIVE feet wide. Its purpose is TO
expedite the loading and unloading of
mail wagons. The increase in mail
vast amount OF parcel post business.
Petitions HAY. been erected around
tho registry division this week. They
are constructed Of oak. with glazed
glass windows. Window guards Of
heavy iron VIII be placed Oh all win
dows In the registry, cashier and
money order departments for their
protection. This latter contract
am cunts TO $500.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
on NEW POSriLS
Postmaster Thornton was notified
yesterday by the i'ost-O Office Department
that a new postal card would he placed
on sale after July |. The new card
VIII he printed in green ink, and bear
n profile of Thomas Jefferson. The in
scription on the face of tic card--"rhis
side for address only'-wil be amend
cd so as 10 omit the word only" APP
parently for the purpose OF permitting
a message to be written on both sides
The present card Is printed IN rcd
ink. and bears n profile OF President
Mckinley. The omission OF The word
only" relieves the grainmarians. who
have long disputed its proper place In
the sentence.
For convenience OF patrons. POST
master Thornton IS preparing to erect
a special letterboX at Elba Station.
1T VIII be primarily for posting OF
Northern mail at night. Only letters
going North on No. So at 500 o'clock
each night, can be mailed in this box
An employee OF the main office will go
10 Elna each night. and just as the
train pulls in. will empty the box
Usually from nifty To 100 persons wait
in line to post letters in the railway
mail ear. Business people use this
train to a great extent
HIGH PRAISE FOR
LOCAL POST-OFFICE
Postmaster Thornton was In receipt
yesterday OF recent issue of the
fa"oo County News, weekly pub
lished at Ya2oo city, Miss. The paper
contains two column letter from j.
c. Mcclure, one of tho four post Office
inspectors who have been working here
on the Standardized ton OF the local Of
flee. More than half OF the article IS
given over to description OF Rich
mend. II says IN part:
NO city can boast of prctticr homes
or better streets. and tho City Hall
Is enc OF the finest in the South. hnv-
Ing = style of architecture that at
tracts tho attention of all passers."
Speaking Of The local post-oni Mr..
Mcclure says:
The Office liz ono OF The best VIC have
visited, and Postmaster Thornton is in
hearty sympathy with tho plans of tho
department to give Richmond a postal
service uneNcellcd by any place of
equal size in the country"
Together with Il. T.. johnson, c. NJ.
Perkins and Frank Fraser. Mr.. Nc
Guirc has gone over the philadelphia,
Atlanta. Cincinnati and other post
offices. with view of standardizing
the work throughout the country. II
is the purpose Of the department to
make pc.t-oficc work uniform in
every city. That Richmond was so
highly praised by one OF these experts
is very gratifying to tho local force.