Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-19
A Government Building


A mseting of the members Of the
Board Of Trade was held last night at
the rooms Of the Board. in Baker Block.
The President, Mr.. A. Haas, Of the firm
Of Hellman, Haas & Co., called the
meeting to order and stated the object
of the meeting to be to petition Congress
to mako an appropriation for the cree
tion of government building in Los
Angeles, for the use Of Post Office,
Collector of Internal Revenue, and
United States Courts and their officers.
Mr.. Q. G. Lips thought that il we
did not ask for such an appro-
priation we should not get it, and
to further that object, made a motion
that committee of three, to which the
Secretary was added, be appointed by
the Chair to circulate petitions to Con
gress for the purpose OF obtaining an ap.
preparation for the erection Of Govern
ment buildings in Los Angeles for the
use of Postoffice. Collector Of Internal
Revenue and United States Court and
its officers.
The Chair appointed Messrs. G. c.
Lips, Harris Newmark, l. N. Van Nuys,
with Secretary Davies exofficio. to be
such committee. The committee was
instructed to ask the City Council to take
similar action, and to report to an ad-
journed meeting Of tho Board, to be
held Thursday evening, Nov. lst, 1888.
All the action of the Board was unani-
nous, and the utmost zeal was mani
tested. The committee is a strong one
and viii go ahead with the work with
vigor. The COMMITTEES was instructed to
prepare copies of the petitions for all
the members Of Congress from This State
and the United States Senators. II is
quite likely that several petitions viii
be prepared, one of which will be signed
by the Board of Trade, another by the
Mayor and City Council, another by the
bar of the city and county, and still an
other by the business men and taxpay-
ers of tho city and county.
Los Angeles county pays into the Ma
tional Treasury at least 5000, 600 annual
ly, and justly should have something in
return. We have no safe place for
keeping the archives of the Government
officers, and no buildings Of the Govern
ment Of any kind. In other States large
and costly buildings have been erected
for the use of Postoffices where there
was not half the Government business
which there is in this city. We trust
that united effort will now bo made by
all the representative men IN the county
to secure an appropriation for such a
building as our needs require, and for
the establishment Of United States
Court in this city.
A building such as we need ought to
cost at least $500, 900, so as TO acconmo-
date the large business of the Postoiiice,
the postal bank and postal telegraph,
the United States Commissioner, Deputy
United States Marshal, United States
Court and jury rooms, Collector of In
ternal Revenue and United States
Gauger. The building should be large,
reasonably fire. proof, and fit for the pur-
poses of a great city. Senators Farley
and Miller and Representative Tully are
in favor of an appropriation for such a
building, and their hands should be
strengthened by an earnest effort Of our
united people 10 its favor 1t is work
that wins, and work is all that we have
to do to get this appropriation, while
the treasury at Washington is overflow
ing with specie. We can spend on such
a building some of the standard dollars
that the Secretary OF the Treasury is so
much concerned about. Los Angeles is
not afraid Of silver dollars, but would be
glad to have half million of them and
build a Postoffice with them.