, 1874-06-25

| Fob. II, 1872, tho Secretary te1ograpled to TIL
! Dlstrlct-Attornoy tlat tho Government had con
clrdod not to gye moro tllan 81 $50 200 for til,
site Of tho buildtng, an That. aftor consultation
with parties III Washington, Lo thought tho bos
thing to do WAS to procood with tho condemns
tion OF
| THE n1aELuw BLOCK,
| all petitioners to pRy their OWN costs. Accord
ingly, tle Commissioners Ret to work at ollco
and, after working hard for several montlB, Buo
ceodod III completing Tho btslnass. tho overs ol
tho DjIgolow Block lInying voluntarily agroed tc
pay al costs III tho petition proceedings. This
purchase, or condemnation, caused good denl oil
murmtlrlliE among porsets Interested in the sale
| OF the other blocks, n,,ti the Common Council
manifested 2 disposition to throw obstacles 1T
tho way Of the contamination Of tho Investment
! Some 12.Q00 fcot OF Quincy street, wl,lcl, rar
east and west through tho centre Of the block
| lad to DO vacated before building could bo COM
lnenced. vacation sortnance, presented BY
the Board Of Public WorkB At tho suggestion Of
| special com,alttoe, found littln favor among
minority Of tho Aldermen. Tho Inter would
only paen tho ordinance OH condition thai tho
Unitod States surrondorod to tho City of Ollica.
go the old Post Oiflco sito, in Lieu OF tho ground
| sought to bo vacated.
TIoeo torms voro considered too hard by tho
Commissioners, but tho Aldermen remained in
o1orahlo, and for wcoks kept mp bitter fight
over the proposition. No doubt the wra1glo
would have been prolonged, If not iutotminable,
lad not
THE
atoppod In, and, curly. in Maroh, 1879, passed n
bill whereby that portion Of Quincy nfroet which
passed through the 1lgelow Block, was coded to
the United states by the State Of illinois, This
waB aovering the Gordon, knot in y very clever
1nanncr, and tho unwarrantable quarrel In the
Council was happily closca, for Gov. Palmer
very promptly sigied tho bill. Tho measure IN
tho Assembly WAS immediately followed by M
additional Congressional appropriation of $780,
QUO. milking the ontiro amoi,nt Of tho subsidy for
In 1raf.u nr%f41 tt.n
nonaes. and active commencement Of work,
&2,H00,000,
PAYING CLAIMS.
Tic Commissioners then turned their attcn-
ton 10 thu claims Of tho different owners, and
the Hon. Norman D. Judd, Collector Of Gus
money to the parties properly onttlod thereto,
to the amount ngrood upon. The claimants
wero very numerous aud grent difficulty WIS ex-
'pertencod IN getting ut safe titles. The Bgelon
lleirs wcro infants, and owned about $2G7, ,0O0 ~
thoir share In tile ground. 10 tile District At
torney hsd 10 proceed with great caution, 30 TINT
their interests, as we'll III those OF tho Oovcrn-
mcnt. might DO p, otccted. Tho other claimants
wero legion, but, by patient investigation, ovcry-
August, 1872. lie last itlstn!lnent waB paid, md
the quit-claim doeds placed ia tho custody or tho
United Statcs Courts.
THE PLANE For TIE NEW nu11p1Sa
were prepared by the Government Architect, Mr..
columnB OF tho newspapers at tint Voriud Since
thon those plans hnyn been considerably mpdi-
tiot but, beyond the moro general plan OF tllo
building, Aif. 3Iulett has nut revealed what do
tailed disposition In to Ee mat]o of tho soyeral
apartments and Offices Of the mammoth struc-
tnre. Tho loason assigned for this IL that, vera
tho selection of couttloon offices, otc., made
known prematllroly, tllere would DO onllcss OBJ
)ect!oh Talee1, anf tue bufnoBs would becomo
pofiect mnddlo. IIoretore, no Offices or rooms
sha n no sagna.cd lof any pa.cu'ar use until
IlEE sIrEhiSTsSpENr y 9f coNsTnucT1oN
for tho United Stntes, Col. J. U. Rnnk!n,
yotefan III Tue MT OF public hnilulnS, arrived
noro rom washington sept 'lo, 1St2, mud, on
the d@Y sncceett,he no 1hnteuratcd acttYa nleati-
hfes NY TAXING III" ilfbt sllovo'inti Of SOL ont
OF the Bgelow Blocl to pronaro tho foundation
of tue new C'1stom-Aot3e nnd PoBt.o ofice. Tho
eustro fail was consumed III preparing, tho Hito
lor hui'd;ne IN ihe spring. a, stockade WIS
erected at asonna tio nqllasc. so sllat the work,
men might not oe strudeo npon ana ntorruntou
BY luicrn nnd onsyboiiob. TLo wiuter of 1872
closed ~ very suddenly ind hevorely. and COM
Ioiiea Inc suspension Oh @ aonVo measures Oh tue
l31n day or november, lof2' aixty daYs alter
eroaho ~as nfst oroatm. ...
on LILO tth o. MAY, Sta. ana "ns pushed with
VlEor nlltll the 18TH OF November OF tho hamo
year, "nen opefhtlons upon quo stone WoIk Nas
suspended Tor tho season. up to the laHs meu-
tlonca I, date the entire WORKING tlme upon tue
nnlloilG "as oniY nlne months, and II ~ no OK
egso1atlon to state tint there never haa been
30 M'lch Iaoor accompanied H!tnIh no nI1ei =
space, as feTsronca to the auoJoined factd WILL
prove ...
Tho building meaallrcB on tho ground 34i feet
By 2i0 feet, all H plxcet oV.,i distnnL from tia
streets. Tile nppsonches will ba
from cnch Of tho four Atraots, the ontrance to
the courts, lhe customs, aud the 5ub-rreasury
being by grand atairuays opening from AdurnH
aud Jackson streets. Tho Post Office General
Delivery will DO situated otl Doa. born Hlroet, AZ
formerly, and the mails will be received and
dispatched from Clark ttreet,
The building cuusists Of three high gtorics, q
basonent, and au atto, The basement and irat
floor will be occupied for most office purDuneB.
and thoee two tloon covor lie entiro urea Of tho
sppce occupied by the building.
AbuYe tho frat iloor ID M Interior opon court
or quadrangle 8bx103 foos. The 1rst floor Of
this court il covered with 4 glass roof, which
lights the working part Of tho Post -Oiioo,
Around tue court III tue upper stories nro cou-
tlnuous corridors which are lighted from tile
court and give entrance to tic yarioux offices,
the offices beiu Lighted from tie seyeral streets
The second floor Mill provide accommodations
Intornal Koyenue. and othar oi}lcos connectod
with the Treasury Department. While tie third
floor will be occupiol by tho Courts and otier
Offices connected NTH the Inferior Dopartmonts.
Tho various stories will te apnroaciuI by four
pusaoncor elevators. placed il the immodinto
vicinity Of tllo graul starcascs.
THE FEATURES or HEATING AND VENTILATION
bayo bocn yory carefully stutlied. I'he yitiated
air will In cnntlucted fjnwn,yarad In 'fnur tnrra