Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1918 — ASKING FOR BIDS FOR POSTOFFICE QUARTERS [ARTICLE]

ASKING FOR BIDS FOR POSTOFFICE QUARTERS

A. C. Garrigus, a postoffice inspector, was here from Kokomo last week looking over the city preparatory to the establishing of free delivery, it is understood, and posted a notice for bids for 'quarters for the postoffice for a period of from five to ten years from next November, when, it- is understood, the lease of the present quarters expires. The requirements are that lesser furnish, a room with heat, toilet, fixtures, safe, etc., and that said room shall be somewhat centrally located.

As the fixtures alone, if bought new, which it is supposed they would have to be unless one could purchase of Mr. Shafer, the owner of the building where the post-J office is now located, the fixtures now in use, which were bought some-ten years ago, and apparently are in good condition, would jprobably cost $2,000 or more, and the expense of furnishing heat will also be considerable. Whether or not Mr. Shafer will be a bidder for the office again is not known at this writing.