New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,AIE OF THE OLD POST OFFICE SITE.

SALE OF THE OLD POST OFFICE SITE.
The old Post Office site to be sou 10y sVh dawn ~
Diape nrnneriv ever offerzj in this city at ruolc
auction. The site has frontage OF lo aaJar ="
Nassau 1870 IN LpTr gvu dates Back to pre-
Revolutionary times. In 1925 the Conslstory OF
The Reformed Dutch Church OF America pouen' %
my ~ Iamison the plot of land III Nassau-sL
a,,sctlv north of the French Church, and III i!Et
laid there tue cornerstone OF the MiIaie Dusen
Church The price paid was $50 lhs eu,. ,.,
was 100 feet in length aud 40 feet N width. VIII
tower at the end The ceiling was az arch un Istp
norted by pillars. The pulpit stood III the nluulo
Of the east wall The entrance was iTo na Kin
Van Dam president of His Majes'ys Couhcii oi I'LL ln
Province OF New-York, with an Inscription. ,5a ms
church was founded A. ID. l127, aud hi}sneu al
Tho Rev Mr. Walter Dubois aud Mr.. Henry boel
minister's The bell of the church was nau 90; ~
Amsterdam in 1871. Silver CONS were hrn ~bt
the melting pot when il was cast. III was piv p
Va. -" and d1l, hing 10 commemorate the. donor
Colonel Abraham De Peyster. Here III reI "a, leu
until 1874 when the DuiqInsi We sG4 he services
were conducted in Dutch. the nIst EhsnSh soi"i'"
beIng preached on April 10. 1854: 800, .,,o
The claims of the Chamber OF CommeTee on vio
otto NAV be shortly stated. ln 1860 The churcn
anthoi les decided to sell the edlhce, ana Gongless
yoted $1,000 TO purchase that or soihe o. Sa 6no
The amount voted was not suilcieht Dy @ou'o99o
and as the Government could not increase ltS oner
beyond the amount voted and the church Gonslsss
tory would not a0a,e or s , P''e ponnt which was
49, mn Inv a personal subscription among the mer,
chants and bankers of New; YORK. me $o ~" ne
tnr,ned no mart of the consideration stated III tue
deed which was 100000 only, but nad hot ollo
amount been paid the Government Woniu no. , to
secured the properly; 70 t hnf fd have right have
been assigned TO. the Chamber: lie UoVcI umSnU
vacated the building in 1870. III was 'hen use1 q"
orc for eighteen months aitelw"f4 eL arb ~
M Conant foY 50, COO for two years IN MaIcn,
1880 The lease renewed for anotnet wv So sho
at SI25oO. In 1879 bhi was I MopS Of the
House of Representatives, ordering s tnp
property TO be sold to the Ghauioel l., t h1
pnSIIe auction at a minimum OF T3OO'UO0 OF when
$50 900 was to go TO the ChainDer lne pre sod
6 under rgSi Of the the chamber Of
The sic contains about 10000 square feet equal
10 eight full lots. Messrs Ludlow d CO. h.ve pun
the value at 100000, or only $50 to the SQUARE
foot and on this Congress has fixed the upset price,
Other real-estate firms think tins very houeI1'e
computation No 100 Broadway was So1G a. o. at at
$50 per loot the site of the Bryant bulldlng az
ECO the site OF the new Cotton Exchange al Dol
No. Park-row at $3l Cyrns " HaG pro- st
lower value than any of these is thought low val
uation AT 5000, 600 il would only bring 800 per
foot: al $500 900. $40; and at 81 .OOO,UO @oo MI
Vanderbilt paid $40 per foot for the site on whic2
he is now building two houses at tiith-aVe. ana
Ftty-fOurth-st. The opinion is general alnons 80
estate men that the same rate would not DC eAcesSo
for downtown property of the choicest KIND.
THE SHOOTING OF THOMAS HAMMOND.
John Crogan, who shot and killed Thomas Ham
mopd IN a saloon at No. IS MashiD gtonSt., on Mon
day night was brought before Coroner Knox yes
terday morning and committed to the IomDs
without bail to await the result OF an inquest
Deputy Coroner Donlin made an autopsy on tne
body of Hammond yesterday afternoon. and the
body was removed from the Chambers Street los
pltal by the dead mans relations. Hammond was
a barkeeper for James Cough, at 1hird-aye. ana
Forty-fourth-st and Crogan held a similar position
In the saloon of Dennis COrbett, No. - West-st
The two men were friends until about week ago,
wien the first unpleasantnesS occurred between
them Hammond had taken a temperance pledge
and broken it, and CrOgan leased him about tine
matter Twice since, wnen the TWO men nave met,
Hammond Is said TO have drawn pistol, which
friends have prevented him from using. On Satuf-
day night Crogan had Hammond arrested. Inc
sergeant in charge at the Church street
Station TO which ne was taken, refused TO
hold him. although CrOgan declared that DIS
lie was IN danger. On Monday night about
8 o'clock both men entered the saloon OF Patrick
Council, No. 3S Westinghouse They talked and
drank together and hammond borrowed 81 OF
Crogan. Presently, however hot words passed be,
tween them. the dollar was Withdrawn ana Council
ordered them into the street. They were soon
friendly again. But finally they went outside
Council then heard SHOT, and hammond stag
gered through the door and fell CrOgan ran away
aud was not seen again until captured 10y Detective
OHara III Forty-nintb-st Hammond was re-
moved to the Chambers Street Hospital where he
died IN two hours In Hammonds pocket was
found an unCaded pistol. Crogan has been arrested
before for petty assaults