The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22


Our present Post Office site covers
space of 1873 it. 1917 f. with
building of outside measurement Of
SS fit 81 #.
History of Building.
The building was erected and COM
pleted in the early spring Of 1910, and
in May of the same year the Post Of
flee Department moved into the new
building. In the building there are
two main workrooms, the mailing room
which is the workroom proper, and
the Money Order and Registry room,
In these two rooms there is a work
ing space of LITE square feet, much
of which is taken up by distributing
cases, desks, safes, etc. This space
was barely large enough to accom-
modate the postal business in 1910
when the building was first occupied,
and couple of years later when the
post office department took on the par
eel Post business, it became neces-
sary in 1913 to erect a mazzanine floor
in the main workroom to accommodate
some of the carriers, and while it is
very unhandy and retarding the eff
SlCllSy VI VIC 0CANANGy ~ duhth fOO
square feet of working space, and gave
us some relief for the then present
time. In 1916 it again became neces
sary to find additional working space,
and 864 square feet in the basement
(boiler ROOM was brought into use,
which then gave us a total working
space of 3,074 square feet. At the
present time we need double of that
amount, and in 20 years from now
we will need 10000 SO. TT.
Big Business Handled.
We are at the present time handling
20 mails per day Except Sunday in
coming and outgoing, an average Of
10000 letters, 1900 parcels, 300 Money
Orders, 200 registered letters, with
at the General Delivery
Window, Stamp Window, Parcel Post
and G. o. D. Window in similar pro-
portion. An average of 800 sacks of
mail is handled daily the year around.
With the ever increasing parcel post
business, 1t is an absolute necessity
that more space be provided. In fact
it has lately become necessary for me
to ask two of our factories to give us
IGIl pOIdIy SDdSC az bhNAL PiNhbS w
work their parcel post direct from
their plant as we could not handle 1T
through the Post Office for lack Of
room, and they have been kind enough
to give US temporary relief. However,
you no doubt realize that the factories
can not be expected to give US perma-
nent relief as they need all the floor
space they have themselves, and are
accommodating us at the present only
as a personal favor.
Supply All Needs.
Tnasmuch as the City of Kenosha are
in need of the present Post Office site
for Public Improvement, and our pres
emit building entirely too small to ac-
our postal business, I be-
leve it would be proper to lay before
the members of congress the matter
of erecting a new Federal Building
that would accommodate, not only the
Post Office Department, but also other
government officers, such as the In
ternal Revenue Department, who now
have their Office in the Lobby of the
Post Office. The United States Civil
Service Examiners, who have no room
Az all bS pdL tAtCiG VI JuoklCG anu POOb
Office Inspectors. Taking the future
into consideration, a new Federal
Building ought to be large enough to
population Of 100000
and postal business in proportion
thereto.
The expenditure of the Office is APP
1870 of the total receipts.
This will vary some according to bust
ness prosperity, but the average for a
number of years have been $50.
l believe that this is all the data you
will need in so far as the Post Office is
concerned, it will be necessary for the
City Council to furnish such data as
their needs. l shall however
and information as you may need from
time to time.
Sincerely yours,
James German,
poEtnn star.