Now Ready for Business in its Central and Desirable Location
The fixtures of the new Post office are of oak and are of a handsome character. The office was opened to the public today, and is of a very attractive appearance. There will, on account of the letter carrier system be a reduction of letter boxes to one-third the present number, the open boxes being done away with altogether, while the number of lock boxes will be doubled, there being 206 lock boxes in all under the new arrangement.
Persons having business with the money order department will have the very pretty little private room. This is something new in Post office arrangements, as is also the elegant little private office arranged for Postmaster Wallace's exclusive use. Inside the Post office proper the arrangements for the clerks are in every point of comfort and convenience a great improvement on old conditions. This is particularly true of the mailing department, where open boxes for sorting mail and various other appliances for the reception and delivery of mail matter are provided.
It is not expected that the carrier system will be formally introduced until January 1st, or pretty near that time.
There will be a special room for carriers, and, in fact, the whole office has been specially fitted up by L. W. Bigelow's Sons with a view to making the conduct of the town's important postal service as satisfactory and easy as possible to postal employees and the public.
The new office was the great centre of attraction for the public this morning, especially for school children and young people. The clerks were busy all day and evening yesterday in getting everything ready to move. Today they have been good-naturedly answering all sorts of questions, particularly questions as to 'the best possible means of getting letters into the outside street letter box.
(All articles originally published in the Norwood Messenger)
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