Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-06
The City Pos, Office oue~,;on

The City Post Office Question.
Editor Star:-The subcommittee of five to
whom this question was referred, one on,y dis
senting, agreed to recommend the scoring
either by purchase or condemnation, of the
square Immediately west Of the General Post
ONCE building. This is both sensible and wise
me cost is minor consideration, which ought
not TO stand In the way one moment With
that square, the government could also take in
sth street, between E and F streets, without
any expense. Here then Is room enough, RIGHT
at the junction of three street railroads. to ac
cGmmOdate the general and city post Offices for
me next century, If not for all time One mem
Ger OF the subcommittee proposes to have a
permanent city post Office erected on the
MARKET space, between 9TH and 9th streets. On
thls proposition, one to four as in committee
might be near the vote were the question nut to
general test; but it is doubtful whether even
one ouL or nve of the people of this District
would be satisfied to have any OF our public res
eryationS used for building PURPOSES Three of
the committee of tive-One OF the three being a
citizen OF Philadelphia, and one citizen OF In
Ciana-reco1nmend the purchase of the Centen-
nlal building, at the corner Of 18th street and
pennsylvania avenue. If 1t can be obtained at a
fair price or If it be not offered on satisfactory
terms. that an appropriation of $40 900 be made
to enable the Postmaster General to rent a
building temporarily for the city post Office
Now. instead OF building a temporary Office let
the city post Office remain where it is ult!l a
commodiOus one shall be erected on some part
OF the square 10 be secured as above; meantime
let tie Postmaster General BE- authorized at an
exFense of not exceeding 5000 per annum. to
rent Sufflc1ent number OF r0OsnS to accomno-
GATE: say, fifty clerks. more or less, who. with
slight inconvenience, could remove their desks
10 such rooms from the General Post Office
building. This would avoid all disturbance and
cost of removing the city office, and could hard
~ fail TO give general satisfaction.
Very respectfully, HoRATIo KING.
THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS met last
evening; all the members present. Chief Engi-
aeer Cronins report for January was read,
showing that there were thirteen alarms during
the month for f1reSs which involved loss OF
Sc SEQ on which there was an Insurance of
S5,lco. 1t states that all the new apparatus has
arrived. ard only awaits the finishing of the
new houses to be put into service. The follow
ing promotions were recommended to be made
andWeIe approved by the board:-Thos. Martin
fireman or engine company Noe. to be engineer
OF company No. t. vice j. w. CaSteu, resigned:
and Private Walter Cox, of company No 5, to
De fireman OF company No. ?. The following
RECOMMENDATION or Chief Cronin was referred
10 the District Commits sionerS -. Unless the
hotels are compelled to use fire-escapes. no one
can tel the fearful loss OF life that is sure to
follow In the event Of fire coming to a head in
any OF them. Speedy legislation SHOULD comneI
proprietors of hotels, public halls and extensive
business places to make the best arrangements
possible In this direction" superintendent
Miles, OF the fre-alarm service, submitted his
monthly report. 1t announced the placing OF
the new alarm boxes-No 80 on the trucb-ho
ON New Hampshire avenue ana NJ street and
NO. Is on the North Capitol street house The
former being very near box 81. which is on the
corner OF goth and NJ streets. he recommended
itS removal 10 the corner OF 10Th and l. streets
Which was ordered. The protest and resoIntionS
OF the coored citizens Of the District. adopted
IN mass meeting, on the alleged dlscrminI tion
against their race in the recent appotDtma1rs m
the force, with the request from the District
commissioners for report by the board, was
read In their report the fire board say that In
appointing members of the department they
are governed by the fitness of applicants with
out regard to race or color In the recent az
polntments they selected from nearly 500 aDpif-
cants white and black the names of u man
they believed to be best fitted for the service
and most In need of employment none beiDr
appointed because they were white or re iected
because they were black. proposition from
Messrs. Clapp & Jones to exchange four new
engines for four old ones and S1, 900 besides was
placed on file. Applications for positions were
T re = 8 from w. A. McCullnm, John Trahey,
W. j.. Brown, j. M. Foster, w. A. Hutchinson.
r. II. King, Charles G. Griffin, Joseph Flynn,
R. F. Brown.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHUKCH-Mr. Vim. Stichney
Eaonerafed--The congregation of the Calvary
baptist church held meeting last evening to
consider the case OF Mr. VIM. Stickney, in ac-
cOrdahce with the vote at a previous meeting
that separate trials before the congregation be
accorded the parties charged. There we're
nearly n,ea 300 members present, and Rev. Mr. Ny
TICK presided. The pastor, Rev. A. F. Mason
whose resignation, to take effect in a few
months, was recently accepted was absent.
me specific charges against Mr.. Stlckney were
o
church, Ia writing letter to the pastor alleged
10 contain insulting language, and contemDG in
NOT appearing before the deacons when cited to
appear. These charges were discussed az con.
siderable length, and letters read and eXnlana-
ions given, and finally it was decided. by a
vote CT l52 to 81. to exonerate Mr.. Stickney
4 us action se,tes the question as regards Mr.
Stlchney, and next Wednesday night that of
MIS-. stickney will be considered.
TIE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE of the NJ
nf
VIII commence its annual session at Grace
Gnurch In Baltimore, on the 5th of next month
a nei WIN De put few changes, under the three
go, eaL ruiz among the preachers at the Wash
lhgton churches-Messrs. Leech, of Union. NJ
IFS, Oh Dnhbarton street, Georgetown, and Nice
OF l2th street, East Washington beino Tho III,
ones. There may be one or more cSo Uo,o ohiy
lEe following churches, where the minisfa III
nave nave served two years:-Fourth street, GEaS1
Ames; Grace, II. $. France There is soma IN ~.
OF Dr. Ames going from McKendree cbane1 I'' IN
pI sS,set 1% and Re} Norris taking his
IOr at the Metropolitan. Wheeler at Wanr55
Deale at Wesley, McKenny at IIamline' owe
at ao MI; zion, Gardner at Ryland, McLaren at
their first year, and it is pretty certain thai
they will be reappoiDted to these churches.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Thomas Dow,ing b,e
IG;c 1y SOLO the following property for WIN II
Ihlillp, trustee lots and l, In Vests subdtvi-
sion OF original lot 1, in square 629, improved by
d,
LOT $500 and 1925. respectively; for Pearson and
fraser, trustees, the east II feet front of lot 4
IN square 16, together with the improvements
to jackson Building Association, for s29c far
Hyde and Thorn, trustees, was sold as follows,
NO. 1921 to Thomas Hyde, for s. 900; 1929 and
lSl3to same, for s., $50 each, and improved nv
Tour story brick residences. and located on Cor
coran street, between @ and streets.
AT MEETING OF THE TEACHERS of the puh-
TIC schools OF the District at the COngregationai
church yesterday afternoon, Prot Walter
Smith, art director of Massachusetts, spoke on
the general subject of drawing and predicted
great developmenebf the study In the public
SchOOiS OF the future. DR.. Philbrick, of Boston,
euucaClOnal commissioner at the Paris exDosi-
ton, complimented the teachers on the excel
!ence OF the exhibits made at Paris by the
Washington schools
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to John
n oSie ana Anna Woody; w. w. Greenfield
ana EIZa T. RamSourg; Charles A. Stockett
and Cather1ne G. Howe; Edward CANT and
Mary Francis Hardin, both of Montgomery
county, Md; Charles C. Collins and Adelaide g
Taylor, both OF Chicago, ILL.,; Anthony Williams
and Decy Dutch.
TIE SALE Of fine engravings, etchings, &C..
commenced this afternoon at $50 18th Street
CorcOran building, and will continue this eve,
ming at O'Clock. This sale offers splendid
chance to obtain engrayings at your own
price.
ANOTHER LOT OF WET DRY GOODS lust ar
rived from New York city. Wet honeycomb
quits, wet napkins, Wet table linens, wet