The Washington herald., 1916-08-04
WORK RUSHED ON
POSTAL BRANCH
Business Men Pleased at Pros,
pect of Downtown Mail Of
fee, to Open October |.

Work Is being rushed to complete
the new downtown post Office which Is
to be located at 514 Eleventh street north
west, and It is hoped by Postmaster
Chance to have the station in opera
ton before October 1st. Special fur
niture is being made by a large manu-
featuring establishment which special
lies In this work and as soon as deliV-
cries can be made by them the fixtures
will be installed.
Every modern appliance will be used
in the new station, and when opened
for business Il will be the most up-to-
date post ONCE branch IN the city. The
building Is 100 feet In length and 221a
feet In width The location was decided
upon after careful consideration had been
given every available site in the down
town section and the selection was made
with view to meeting the needs OF
the many merchants who were deprived
OF postal facilities when the local office
IN the old post Office building was aool-
ished-
The screens, furniture and other fix
lures have been selected with great care
and the arrangement Of the interior of the
neew Office have beeen made with view
70 giving the most efficient service pos
sible- The parcels post windows will
be located IN the front of the building
and extra windows have been allowed
for the heavy matter which passes
through this branch durtnng the holiday
seasons
Best Clerks on Duty.
Every detail Of the new branch has been
thought over with care and Postmaster
Chance said yesterday that the most EN-
cient clerks in the department would be
placed on duty there 1t Is the aim OF
the department to have men in this ONCE
who are competent to answer any ques-
ton which may erise regarding any de-
tail IN any branch Of the service. The
detail Will include an expert on foreign
rates and classification and others well
Informed upon matters Of domestic
character.
II has been decided to dispatch and COL
lect mails from eighteen TO twenty times
a day at the beginning, and to increase
this service II necessary. The collections
and dispatches will begin at 8 o'clock in
the morning and continue until 12 o'clock
midnight. During the busy hours this
service will occur every forty minutes
In the opinion Of Postmaster Chance the
Eleventh street branch, as 1t will be off,
cially known, will transact more business
than any other postoface IN Washington
Plenty of stamps
The new branch with start with a suf-
fcient supply Of stamps to meet the
needs OF all Che business houses IN Ilc
downtown section OF the city, a feature
which will be greeted with satisfaction
by those who have for the past months,
been compelled to send to the main ONCE
when large quantities OF Uncle Sam s
stickers were needed
committee OF five was appointed by
the organization to further the interests
Of the merchants in bringing about the
desired result To Isidor Grosner, chair
man Of the committee, is given the credit
for the establishment Of the new branch.
He worked with unttrtng energy IN be-
half Of the merchants
Postofflce officials said yesterday that
they had foreseen the necessity Of a
branch Office in the downtown section OF
the city at some future time and that II
would doubtless have been opened IN any
event. but that the hundreds Of letters
received daily by the department, and the
efforts Of the committee OF the Retail
Merchants Association had brought about
the desired result a little sooner than
at first contemplated.