Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-28

AoAALGAs
TMI CIV posr nrvx~S
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ConGre1s TO be Asked Again 20 Provide
Suitable Building.
SIZES AND PLANS suGGEsTED FOR A NEW
BUrLDISe-THE BILL THAT WAS PA8rp nv
THE SENATE LAST vrSrER-pnorosrp rx.
| as1oN OF THE fosr OFFICE DEPARTMENT
suILDIxo-A Talk WITH PosrxAsrrn CON
! Ammo .he r,.tter, ., .,..,., ,,....~ . A.
citizens Of washington to which the ss,sn,;on lon
| OF the new Congress win be directed 10 the ne
csssity, which b. Iour existsd for = c,tv No.,
o.ee ouilding.
| sseooo IN TIN STAB Fostmaster Coneer
| has addressed O letter to the Postm sster Gene
raj In respect 10 this matter. and this letter or
tts substance, wtll Il ID stated. be Incorporated
In the Postmaster Generate annual report 20
Congress and the efYart n sec,re . neyr ana
proper building for the caty post ONCE which
| came % near succeedipv last vtn,er Nj, IA N.
newed. .rhe serata .o-,,r,,,,as -, rrhu.
hnii6ir~. ..T Sue.S SoAAtniSseo On puouc
ger. to-dsv whsn asIa sa' ST. s,sr S Sc.r
Ina citv re. WEI asked oy STAR reporter 9ow
Sr 9Hs aotoarned, reported bill Providtne
Ofyaco Sens.so. slueH Aoo, east W Sue ~ -
ana 9th and ana sr haa h,, ,a. "a
the Sen.fe EitSnn. dsss., nuAs o,. ~ -
provision was N aS g. tbs nwse. ~
fe Droit hwidIn 81 ,ot .ms ~ t h
the citr , Uutuo,ng toI tsmpotafy occupancy ~
PS Ss once , OHnoins being ultimately
purchased ana that $500 w Eve ae Srou ~
extension TSis SIN Vas rassrrppT sn aSe Honss
COMMITTEES on public buIidinSS and ~ 9ronnds
| where it was pireon~boied 2onsiaeeahre or,s
position was manifesfed hv menhers az tie
| COMMITTEES and soma other rnen,hsrs os the
| House, Sc being claimed That tho hiii vas 40
| loosely drawn that the oovernment,s in tareSfs
| were not pnotecied and r. h. rresrrna1 rnss
persons who were Interested i'm HAVING the civ
post office located elsewh NAV possibiv have
used influence TO prevent the psssape OF the
! bill. On the last night OF the session the hiii
which had already been passed Inv the senate
was Incorporated By the senate In the sundry
! civil appropriation bill, but when it reached
the House OF Representatives this particular
! amendment was disagreed 10, and was nnsily
| prFrxRrNcr or opIvIox Al mn
sWas thoro anv or,~,.,,,or - no..as,. o..
| e H"S Vpposi''on W ProVioing ior
tue neeos Oh the city post oMce?" inquired the
| reporter.
.sThere mas m onr,~,.ior ,vhoto,,.. " ..,a ~,
Conger, ''to the prpposition to provide SUITABLE
| COMMUNICATIONS FOR the nost ONCE of wssfSn~.
| ton city The on,osition arnss on the onestion
OF location. the cpst of the nronoSs.i site and
building and the ones,ton wheiher Il ~a,s a.
visabie DR. mot tn have the c,tv nost ns,;oe ss
rpte from the Pns, 0ffSca den.rttn.nt hnitJins
or made q part OF IL. some members were de.
~ m "a "
nartl m $50 lily vuuins ia onS y, tue Pupao
need now for q building" continued Mr., Con-
ger, than there was when the bill speak Of
s.ant,, r 10, tne Dusness Oh sne once Is con-
tiiyiny showns,, 20 "'"Ae 'e'' s'~
mgr
Il did not make any recommendation az 10
asked by committee of CnSpress r dec,,ned
to make any Recommendation, for the reason
that the Postmaster General had maids his re
CONNIE ndation and IL would haye h.an yarx,
improper Tor me, "a subordinate. 10 crit,cise .,r
oppose his Recommendation. DO not hesitate
to say that am opposed TO Iocatirg the not
office in any of the reservations nrons,sed irha
triangular reservations fronting tbe avenue Mt
7th Street and at 18th street are ensre,T t ~
small for a Suitable building Nh 49,
would barely he room enonyh on ,hss gronnS
door for one division. 'D '"e s''"nu
market." e"AN 'i ii""' vi 'iie oen'er
THAT would do II is tho onIv r,ooo Tho.
would do, Ii the building is to he niacra on ths
have every room to which tho ,mh,io ia. ie ,, "
occasion To 20. ON the ground inor end na .uy
accessible. Even the postmaster's room, sI.an,S
be OIL the grouad floor ,rn,,id So, IL ooSru
thing i'm the cellar Yccnt coal To- nsI Suy
were of fire proof const rncti"n q, cosid 10 ad
pnir shop ana denosiforio "n ~ hi pas TO
the upper stories TT tho Suiid, ue ioeateo In
the post office would need 10000 or SaooC3
ar in share I.Ss ,,rnr,,d ~. 40 MY Iangu-
as a more cornnacf .,r,". o Will pe neeoeo,
MADE" soen' couio DC
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SITES AND PLANS SUGGESTED.
When the proposition to build new CITY most
office came before Congress- nj ,,s ,.st soSs,1~
MANY sites 1vara Spacastaa o. -. ."..
ICY s,'e" ".io SuSses'eo. ohe pan proposed
was 70 puy the whole OF the square on which
the hresent city post once STANDS and erecDa
u Dummy , when WHEN WOULD acSommodate both she
S i.ty poss ONCE anu the Distnct government,
nnSaS tS daypn.a ~ r MS st,; oor ~ was pro-
some space on the ground. however. for the tss
collector office the treasurer's Office, and other
Dis.fst o.aces wnlca should be OF easy access.
office and nistricf hniidinu TIC voar cry poss
i'm front of the Center market The trsan1 "r
reseryations or marks nm pannsytyania a.Sm a,saa
mt lain and -fb streets and NJ Vernna S,, unne
Sth and Z streets We're SI,aaaS,ad rr duaaS,
offce hniIdiug Members of tne ioinr CO.. ut,
over I'd consiJrrad seversi af the snr's JAZZ.
Occnnied nv nrfvnte bniidi,as az IT, s.a,,nn INV
the civ as we'll as thai wast 1t th D., ns,, ",
danartyn.nt hmjld;nr rvhich 80 r. os . Sac1
~ tt,a ssana,a r. i,s Ta, ILL., ,uS appIoSa.
The nrcsanr pnst 0a3ce a euss.nSsu .''so tnIt
mo 10 anIarsed hy add,urp ~, ouii ~
i,s G.iGht eonIa y,hat .hse "0 es S 70
LYON to- snS citw uost ",i VIC T in noo, oe
ssanoement os the mai, finor OF th t.nssua ar,
hmii,iinS ia II is said tnra;iy rnri,aG -, oJ i.
most office nnrnoses and m recons1rnct !, SS
nav hn,,iiny The MANS nrnoxa, s " eIcc,
Ing the Recruitment buiIding 10 9th strest cor-
tenplnte Closing in SIN street entira,y The az
tension would he rnad. so as 70 Harnnnsse
architecturaiiy with the presen, hniiSin~
There a ra ssrne proh,ems nresantea a. ,hn ns'