Arizona republican., 1920-04-03
ADDITION ID BE
 BUILT T0 LOCAL
 FEDERAL BLDG.
One-Story Mailing Room to Be Added = More Space Badly Needed by Postof- flee - To Adjoin Main Building

An addition to the federal building Is to be constructed immediately. ac- rordins to an announcement made inspector. who stated that a single building, to be used as a mailing room would shortly be under way The post office department, realizing the need oI additional space to the Phoenix oIIlces ordered the matter investigated, and in accordance with the report made by Mir. Cooper, will make the much needed improvement.
 It IS understood that the new build Ing, Tor which bids will be opened within a month. will not in any way detract from the appearance of the federal building. An attempt will be made to have it in harmony with the architecture and the coloring of the government building. The treasury department will grant a license to the builder to erect building which the poStoffIce will lease for a term of five or ten years. The structure will be situated on government property and Joined to the main building but will not be owned by the government. A lease proposal on a sliding scale will DC considered, according to MT. Cooper
 The building will be located west of the federal building, joining the rear platform and leaving the driveways open. It will be one immense room running north and south It will be used for mailing room and also for shipping out supplies to the 300 post offices in the state that are now re- ceiving their supplies from Phoenix the state distributing point. At pres ent the overflow business is being handled in the basement while the mail room proper is so congested that It Is difficult to understand how the mail system is managed.
 More Room Much Needed
 While it is unusual for the federal buildings to be enlarged after the man. ner the treasury department has sug- Sested in this instance, Mir. Cooper stated that he considered the local postoffice staff remarkably efficient in the manner in which they handled business under the present working conditions
 The inspector. who left last even ing for Tucson, will return in week, but in the meantime builders who care to consider the governments proposition can take up the matter with Postmaster Nicholson. Before ditions imposed by the treasury de- Dartment contingent upon issuance of a reyoca ble license:
 As much open space as possible is to be left between the proposed build ing and the adjacent federal building, as a fire protection
 Notwithstanding the fact that the United States has exclusive jurisdic- tion over the site, the customary mu- nicipal regulations respecting the To- cation, construction and operation of the building are to be observed.
 Plans and specifications for the building should be submitted for transmission to the supervising archi- tect, treasury department. for ap- prova1.
 A bond in the sum of $500 will be required to insure the removal of the proposed structure within six months from the notice from this department requiring such action. without expense to the government, and the land shall he left in a condition satisfactory to the department.
 Gas heat will be required.
 The walls adjacent to the federal building should be painted white. The windows facing the postoffice building should have metal-covered frames and be glazed with wire glass.
 A complete set of prints will be re- quired for filing in the supervising architects office.
 An adequate number of fire extin guisherS must be provided.
 The proposals should be mailed to J. L. Cooper, postoffice inspector, Phoenix, AriZ.