Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-19
The City Post Office. Sire-

POSTMASTER coN6ER's OBJECTION 10 rHr CrS7FE
MARKET RE@ERTArToS-A CONFEEFNCE wrTH TtlR
pISTkICT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FRoPosEo stres
Some members oi the joint COMMITTEES. on public
buildings aud grounds. it Is stated are op;osa 90
purchasing site for A city post Office Will. n
favor Of an appropriation for euild,u- The sub,
committee, who have teen investigating Svsilatle
sites in the city, have concluded as stated in YES
ferdays STAR, that the west portion o. The r,rva-
Io IA front OF The center market Is The 81 avail
able site that can be obtained without purchasing
saound. other reservations are Well located. but
iuei SIZE Is not SUFFICIENT for the purpose.
POSTMASTER CoSGER SAWS
the Center market reservation is centrally located
out Is objectionable account OF the fact that tie
post ONCE would not have the needed acCuurpda-
TONS for mail wagons and the trarc " the orce in
Ihe rear III this site were chosen Louisiana avenue
Would nave 70 be closed at that point. The sub
committee on site have, with Postmaster ConSeE
Inspector all the available property between judi
scosrs ana the Department OF Justice Tie
enters OF business and OF population have been
laSen into consideration. The center OF ASSESSED
aoaIlon 81 property was found 10 be heated about
the corner or Sth and ID streets northwest
AN INTERVIEW WITH TBK DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
postmaster ConGer to-day had an interview with
the District Commissioners in relation TO TIE le n
Inc market reservation A delegation OF citizens
from North Washington visited the District com
nlssioners yesterday TO obtain their cooperation In
having the post Office building located On Mount
vernon square. al the intersection OF New York
ana Massachusetts, avenues. THIS site IL was urA-ed
was ceItGA geographically. and convenient II ar-
cess Postmaster Conger said to-day. IN reference
10 TINS proposition. that ia his UItniOn the post
once should be located hear the business center
us possible.
Postmaster Conger had an Interview with Dis
tr1ct Commissioners EdnnOids and Lvdecker and
tapt HOXie this afternoon. The postmaster aid
before them the facts relating 10 the post Office
site, ana The possibility that appropriation for
new building could not be obtained unless an
Fallaole site could be obtained on public ground
ne referred also 70 the fact that the oGsv rSerya-
ZION available was the market reservation During
Iile course or the discussion II suggested that
q guiding might he erected on the site FOR the oint
occupancy OF the District government and The CITY
post ofllce. Major l.ydecker stated that he would
nave the ground plated and a statement made
showing exactly the humber Vf feet available To
STAR reporter MAJOR Lyde,ker said that
he considered IL important 10 have
an appropriation for a new post office
building made at this session OF Congress. II posi-
Die, and be would do what ne could 70 aid Nr Con-
ger IN securing such an appropriation. Tie DIS
tlct could not he said. pass the title Of the reSr
walton In question without authority nom Con-
greSs- He deemed IL q wise measure also TO secure
new ana better accommodations for the District
entirely feasible 10 erect Building large enough 10
accommodate both Offices on the r-SeTy alton.
POSTMASTER CoSGRR STATED
10 STAR reporter after the interview with the
commissioners that the Interview developed the
fact that probably there would be ground room
enough by enlarging the proposed building to ac-
commodate both those branches OF the post Office
and the Offices OF the city government which & is
deemed advisable to have on the ground foor 50 as
TO be accessible TO the public.