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Show New Federal Building Possible If Present Stamp Sale Continues I) A'c"ri':'if. to the regulations of the U. S. Po-stal Service with regard re-gard to stamp sales, Springville is nearing the goal of becoming a second class post office. Figures released by Postmaster J. E. Bird at the close of the present pres-ent 193B-37 fiscal year show the following gains in stamp sales above previous years- 1934- 35 $U,835.(i2. 1935- 3G $7,256.55 per cent gain over previous year 6 2 1936- 37 $8,333.22 per cent gain over previous year 14.S. The amounts for which money orders have been issued for tne same years compare- 1934- 35 $58,615.91 1935- 36 63,857.63 1936- 37 70,902.63 The possibility of becoming a second-class postoffice is based on the gross sales of stamps which must amount to $8,000 during the calendar year. Postmaster Bird points out that inasmuch as the last fiscal year was well over this mark, there seems to be no reason why the calendar cal-endar year, which Is half completed com-pleted now, should fall short He further points out the interesting item that an $8,000 sale of stamps tor two successive years will entitle en-title our community to a new federal fed-eral post office building This post office now serves a city and rural population of si ghtly more than 5,000 persons me city postmen serve 3242 nat rons, and the rural delivery 1656 An average of 102 patrons get their mail through general deliv- post office boxes. |