, 1877-12-06
EAST Or NEST Z

THE NEW Posr-oFF1CS BACK-DooR COMMISSION
nrrircd In town yesterday. There was no boom.
ing VI guns uE,o,, thciF advent, neither Was amy
undue excitement noticeable upon the strccts.
The Commission consists of Thotuas r. .fark-
son, ucur5 4. Martin, and n. La Rue Narri-
son. Mr.. jackson Is Superintendent OF Repairs
Of buildings in New York; Mr. Martin ia Special
Agent of tie Treasury Department, who has
lia Headquarters at Canton, O.; Mr.. liar
rtson is n Special Agent ot tho Post
Office Department at Washington, D. c.
MetsrS. jackson and Harrison put tip
at the fremont House, whlc Mt. Martin made
himself at hume at tho Sherman, nut the Trc
mont House will be made general hcaaquar-
tcrs. Tho Commissioners arc all strangers to
each other. Mr. .Jnckron Looks With hcnevo-
lcnec upon John i. Drake nnd Tyler y. Cas-
kcll, while he sytnpathizcs with Sam Turner,
who Is Ill q: present. lie has due regard Tor
Potter Pal,ncrs feelings, and ucvcr sat! any uf
the ocntlen,cn mentioned IN his He. Sit. slar.
social gentleman, who appesars TO know how
10 mimi his own business. lie Ike. Drake,
and lie Hikes Palmer. anil le likes Chicago.
In lis views: lic knows all aooit Post 0iiys
Interiors. lie has planned lots Of them. lie
regards Paliucr and Drake with great sicnl Of
ul,xiety. Int tho great. mtr1eIltoua question,
'sWl,efc shall the frnnt door bel" las nut been
tlelnel,. uow the guests o: Jcwctt Wilcox a,I,l
,-ilrln lfurlsEit. The fato al Dearborn street OF
Clark street rests In their hands, And the three
rettlrrnen nre ~ serene rs though no grave
question: sucl ~ Post back or lront door.
Was to be decided by thenl. THEY Rtc llrartEiy
Yesterday, and thcfr minds wandered not.
They received pile Of 1,apcrs, Including let
tcrs, petitions, vtr., m bic as su,ne Of Walkers
bctore tl,ese assaults, but rend a,ut rcreal.
Aud vet, ttFa1so as u may secin, the nan'es of
some vtfy resrecinble gentlemen arv fountl IN
petitions fur bot!. Clark and Dcarbnrr street
good fasth never, Ut course, expecting that tho
little n!attcr Ut being on both siles vi tho fence
would Le nntscetl.
The Gotnmissluu, accompanied BY TRIBUNE
reporter.
TOOK LOOK At THE NEW posr-ofFtcE
during the dag. A. o'clock thcy met In
Archlteet Narln1'e office, corner OF Dearborn
and 1actton srcets. a1,t! there aud then tltl or
ltcrr sns NJ ousm6tton, Mca+rs. Martin aud
Harrison voting In tic affirmative, aud Mr.
'larkso,i acsll'.lnG Il, sotc: inc meeting Mas
was n b'st.d1'' Of rapes ha,'led By the Chair to
SIR. Marlin, Will re quest that ne perusc them
carefully. SOW, us II look t~t, Uool.stxctl Eoys
70 snsry that bs'''t u Of pn1crs 70 the hetcl,
thuse dosnments fl uesedscn,C to the request.
Tin ilext thug dono WIS u hand Mr. Harrison
Il cigar, which MAS effectively accomplished ny
ARCHITECT Durliu9. It vas tic Iaat onr iu tho
INK. Then Mr.. .jaI tton took Mr. Martin to one
ride mud whispered something IN his ear. Mr.,
Martin snlled. Mr.. jackson then invited tho
Commission anil thu reporter Quito view tho
bu!!slEny. They all walked up the Ilcaraos,,
street front, aud then Mr. Jackson kindly re-
4ues.cd Mr. Murt!n to notice. that thr
.Ioearborn street trout was just ie
tho Clark street front. errcpt tho por.
tlco, the proportions Of which lie wanted
min tn keep In his eve. .:lr. Martin said TINT
Ills cyr couldn't hold 30 much, and then the
Commission laughed. Tlln Commission next
toox In the Clark street front. John i. Drake
WIS just getting into his carriage In front Of
the hotel, and he didn't tco the members, wlt
aiso admired the pfopurtions Of his hotel. The
Commission talked orcr matters informally,
pf'l at ::D o'clock adjourned :ili 10 this ,nur
ln4 III The private ulllee Of Collector William
Henry smtll,, in the i!cpublte L!fu building,
When they will he really to hear arguments pr
md cut ~ to the Asuess of Desrl,orn and CLARK
streets for mal1rentratlces. From ull that tl,t
reporter could learn. .ic Commission IA un
pfe1ultccd. anil rones herc to lnniie d fair n,N
slulru Investigation ~ 10 tho relative merits ol
tho two sttEets.