Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-04
$4,000 POSTOFFICE WAS
OPENED SATURDAY. NIGHT.
POSTMASTER BFysOnan HIS Force Com
fOrtably Lacatedin Governments
Handsome New Building

Handsome New Building
Patrons OF the H~endersonvf1le post
ONCE called for their mail Saturday
night at the same old stand onsthe cor
kner of Main street and Fourth avenue
but ON Sunday morning they called for
lit at the new $4,000 building one block
west on Fourth avenue, which means
that under the. cover of night Postmas-
| ter Sam Y.-BrysOn and his co-Workers
| stole a march. took along all valuables
and had themselves firmly established
IN the new federal building Sunday
morning.
Public Inspections
From six to- eight o'clock Saturday
night the new steamheated building
Ihad every roo on the two floors light
ed and thrown open for public inspec-
ton and many of the patrons of the
Office took advantage of this first OPP
~Dortunity to- take a general look over
the handsome structure of which the
\ city naturally feels proud.
/; The finishing touches had not been
made on the building but the wOrk
will not interfere with the transaction
of business by the postofice employees,
1EH&0 EWG4O r44OEG ~ 44@4
lhampered quarters. The government
Twas ready to enter into q contract with
Isome .f.ond and pay for the moving
but Postmaster Bryson and his force
decided such procedure would cause q.
4 good deal of useless red tape and ex-
pense as well as delay, SO they took il
upon themselves to move for the gov
ernment.
&k
/ @ge2arr Employees Are Lost.
The employees have SO much room
and so many facilities they are about
like a hen making a nest in a big pile
4of hay. They are unfamiliar with the
purposes and usages of some of the
modern equipment. All the box num-
bers have been changed and things are
turned around in general, but by a lit
title work the force will become accus-
toned to conditions after which v "
thing will run smoothly.
Asks Indulgence of Public.
Postmaster Bryson asks through the
u Democrat the indulgence OF the public
until he and his force can f! TcOme ar
customed to new quarters, ctter which
he promises satisfaction in every re
spect. The patrons have been assign
ed boxes with numbers different from
those at the old Office, and they have
so far as possible been grouped To
business and professions, hence the
lack of familiarity and usual prompt
ness in the distribution OF the mail un-
til the distribution become more ia
miifar with the new surroundings.
Description Of Building.
The building, 45x82 feet in dimen.
sions,, two stories with basement ant
attic, is of, purely colonial architectur
al style refined and modtfed type
] OF the Corinthian order was employed
lin treating the terra Gotta pilaster cal
lion the front elevation Of the .tdlfdinl
and the cornfce was also executed II
.telra Gotta. Wire or tapestry brtcl
land glazed terra Gotta we're used pr
lmarily in the construction the basl
1being Of Indiana limestone. -
Is 80 The Main Entrance.
Entrance is made from Fourth ave
hue to the .4center OF the building
Ftfhrough double doors into the larg
lFfobby finished i'm whiteaT To the RICH
land at the end of lobby is the none,
border and registry division, and as
the case with all lately c~onstructel
NJ Fnostofices, this division is treated as
INIT or branch in itself and is separat
from the main workroom.
The Lobby.
Directly. opposite the entrance ar
live BAYS of lock boxes and to the RICH
of them the stamp window, then tn
Z general delivery window followed b.
the package and letter drops in on
bay and a small bay devoted entirel'
to parcel post, near which is the win
dow of the registry and money orde
department. In front of the EN-
trance and to the left are tn
lock boxes and to the extrem'
end of the lobby is the stairway to tn
second floor, constructed of Tennes
see marble, and the entrance to3tn'
postmaster's Office. Adjoining tnl
room is a private toilet and a burgla
proof vault. The money order an
registry division also has a vault VIII
two safes and the Office for the inter
raj revenue department up stairs ma
La large vault. P~ostofice employees vii
find their way to the work roon
through the postmaster's office or u
the rear of the building or by enter1n'
: the basement from a door near that D
!. the postmaster and coming UP a stair
\ way leading to the work room.
The work room comprises abou
2. 900 square feet where the mails ar
received and dispatched. The mall
are dumped on the mailing platform II
the rear of the building carries
through the mailing vestibule n DC
nosited in the workroom, where tn
distributing latest type of cases ar
installed.
DOR area in usage in the building
terminating the entire basement Wit
itg boiler room, fuel room, janitor.
room and all storage space) will bord
or on 5000 feet. In addition to thu
there is a five foot ten inch attic space
Facilities for Comfort.