The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
BUTLERS FEDERAL BUILDING
OPENED
First Mail From the New Postoffice
Was Delivered Sunday.

n
/ After many delays Buffers new
government building is completed,
3the furniture installed and the post
Eoffice moved in and in operation.
1The first mail being delivered Sum
Iday.
Il An appropriation of 100000 for the
Ebuilding was secured by Congress
iman Dickinson during the closing
ldays OF the Taft administration. but
lWork was not commenced until
August >I3. 1917. 1t was at first
thought that the building could be
jcompleted i'll about ten months, but
there were several unavoidable de.
lays and it was not finally complet-
ed until in October. 1918. Then an
3other delay was caused by the fac
ftory having the contract to furnish
4 the fixtures falling down and failing
ito deliver the furniture on time.
/ Last week the last piece was deliv
lered and the government supervisor,
IMr Brown, notified Postmaster
I\Vlliams that he could move in and
dit is needless to say that no time
I was lost and by Sunday morning by
hard work everything was ready to
! commence the delivery OF mail.
4 The building, which is o5 teet
Square, is located -on a block I45Xloo
feet just west of the Fraternal inn,
4 on West Ohio street. The grounds
4 around the buildinv have been grad
ed and seeded to blue grass and
i small trees and shrubs add much to
i the appearance OF the lot.
t t1v' interior Of TIE building IS ar
4 ranged with a view to secure the
4 greatest possible convenience, both
1 for The patrons and employees uf the
4 office The work on the building
! has been from the first under the
strictest government supervision and
fuothing has been sighted. In the
basement. which extends under the
/ entire building is the steam heating
1 plant, store rooms for supplies, used
in the office, janitors room and d
lounging room tor the eight rural
and three city carriers. The room
bis proviued with tables, chairs, desks,
4 where the carriers may make out
j thei, reports and a locker for each
4 On the main floor is the work
room, large airy, we'll lighted room
n occupying the greater part of the
Hf'uilding 1t is equipped with all Of
1.-THE latest improvements aud devices
for the rapid and convenient distri-
button of mail Each carrier is pro-
vided with distribution desk of late
design where he makes up his mail
for his route. The rural carriers oc-
cup space at the west end of the
room. The distributing racks,
tables, cases and mail bags for the
outgoing mail are i'll the northeast
corner OF the room. with the tables,
cases and racks for the distribution
of the incoming mail in the center OF
the room.
The rrivate room OF Postmaster
Williams, which is furnished with a
| flat top desk, chairs, filing cabinets,
and locker is in the southwest cor
ner of the building and is very
comfortable room.
/ Assistant Postmaster Campbell.
has handsomely and conveniently
| furnished office in the southeast cor
ner, where is also located the money
order and war savings stamp depart
ments. The vault in which the
stamps and valuable papers OF the
office are kept, is also in this Office.
AT the west end OF the lobby are
located sI2 lock boxes, which are
unlocked with keys and not with a
combination. as was the case at the
old office. The stamp and general
delivery windows are directly III
front OF the main entrance. The
LOBBY is furnished with two writing
desks. In every department of the
building there is a. clock, Six i'll all,
one of which is time clock which
must be punched by each employee
as he reports for work.
The present officers and employ
ees of the office are Postmaster, J.
+. Williams; assistant postmaster,
Elmer Campbell; money order clerk,
Ira L. Sutton; general delivery clerk,
c. A. Rolin: mailing clerk. w. 1.
Stubblefield; city carriers. Fred
Williams, A. l.. Rook and Lloyd
Brooks; rural route carries, route I,
G. A. Knight; route 2, w. T. Thorpe;
route 3, f. w. Smiser; route 4, I.
Wainwright; route 5, Ed Smith;
route E, H. O. Welton; route 7, M.
pac ad:ct. routo 2 r w Grout and