Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, May 30, 1913, p. 4. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. The new post office building is open for inspection this afternoon and until nine o'clock tonight, and people general are availing themselves of the opportunity to see the splendid edifice. Now that the new Federal building is ready for use and is an addition to Bloomington, so much appreciated and admired, it is well to recall how the splendid structure came to be here. It is of Monroe County stone, and it was begun January 25, 1912, and completed March 17, 1913. The site cost $15,000, the building $59,000, and the furniture and equipment $6,000. The lobby is lined with Vermont granite and finished in oak. There are two entrances to the building from College Avenue and Seventh Street. There are three vaults within the structure, each fireproof and having doors of one-inch sheets. Each of the vaults has locks capable of 100,000 combinations. The entire building is wired for intercommunications. The second story has a rest room for carriers, a civil service examination room and a bathroom. The rest room is provided with easy chairs and magazine racks and games are provided for the employees. The bathroom has hot and cold water and shower baths. The third story will be used as a storeroom and in the basement is another storeroom that will be used for the storing of records. The basement contains the heating plant. All telephone and electric wires enter the building from underground.