Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 51, 25 December 1869 — The New Post Office. [ARTICLE]

The New Post Office.

Thc oUI bui!din?T, for many years occopied i l»y the Government has been torn j down. «nd ail seoms rc»ady for the crcction ! of tbc so-riilcd nevr Post Oliiee. Tiie !aslj LegishUiVo Assntubly made au appropriation j of $9,000 far a Post Otiice. lt incidentalSy j apj)carctl iu debate that the governmental i purpose was to inc!ude a Printin£ Establish-' »nent ; but in vlew of the promincnce given j to the idca of a new and rnuch needed bui!diii!j'for thcevcr incrcasmc: needs of thc Posta! Dcpnrtment, the biii passed by n lanje majonty. Wo nre however »uprised to henr tbat, j thouj;b tbe new bo»!ding is to be three stories j high (bcsides a'cellor)« Oftiy about onohalfj of the lir.Nt floor i>- to be devoted to the Post! OOĪee. We iiope our inforcnation is incorrect. but havc our fears, thnt it js but too true. if tbcre has bccn nny purpose of so ovcr ridincr thc pubiic convenience atid necpssity. ivc trust it wiM be iinrnediate!y abandoned. The Po?t Orticc needs mueh more space than it now hns, nnd it will be a burning shame, if nfter such an appropriation os 59,000, i( should have iittle if any more room than it now nccupies. And the interests to whieh we woukl cspeeiall)* draw nttention nre those of the Hawaiian part of the populntion. Hawaiian lctter-writers nnd !etter-readers, should hare c(jual nccommodations at the Post Office with their white-skinned feiiow citizens; instead of whieh, even here in the nietropolis, they ore now obHged to present themselves at a !itt!e structure nbout ns large as the " caboose " on one of our coasting schooners, nnd there nt great inconrenienc?, exposed to sun nnd min, solicit their letters, while whitemcn up undcr the verandah are cspecia!ly favoreil w»th good s!)elter and abuni!unt space. It is time this ordcr of things was done "nway \vith. Tho Hawaiiau bas a right to J elaien ali the political priviliges that any body enjoys. Tho Hawaiian should have a post olHee window "on n !evel with and in cvery way ns convenient as that of any one e!sc. A c!erk shou!d be in ns constant attcndancc at the 41 native M as at the other, and there should be the samo iateroal arrangements for an orderly aod proropt delivery ot the letters. Quite a iarge part of the rcvenues of the post office eame from native lctters. .This is greatly due to tho incrcasing mai! faci!ities whieh ouT rn*crgetic Posl Master Genera! is ever providing; and tiiesc fncilities shou!d be stil! further cxtended aud improved.