Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1918 — THE POSTOFFICE IS MOVED Now Located In Room West of Trust & Savings Bank. [ARTICLE]

THE POSTOFFICE IS MOVED

Now Located In Room West of

Trust & Savings Bank.

The Resselaer postoffice was moved Monday night to its new location in the Hollngsworth room, nearly one block east from where it has been located for the past ten years. While it is now perhaps a little more centrally located, at least so far as the business part of the city is concerned, its new quarters are in many respects not so advantageous as the old location', because of the side-door entrance on Front street in the old quarters, which made it very convenient for the rural carriers and for taking mail to and from the trains. The owner of the K. of P. building, it seems to us, was very short sighted in not making more of an effort* to retain the office, as were others who had equally as much ,>’,t stake on that part of WashingTn; street. In our humble opinion it would have been much better for the interests of the city as a whole to have left the office in this end of town. As it is, the office is located in a room where the only approach, except the front, is at the rear on a ten-foot alley, with no place for parking the cars of the rural carriers or the motor mail cars. But the owner of the building vacated has a lot of junk postoffice fixtures on his hands, and plenty of vacant room in which to store them.