The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-23
LAMINE STREET LEADS.
She Scores the Lowest Bid for
the Federal Building
Site.
Sixteen Bids Opened and Read
by the GOvernm mt LO-
eating Agent.

At high noon yesterday the Sedalia
posioffice presented busy scene. 1t
was the time announced for opening
the bids for site for the new federal
building. Sixteen bids had been FLED
with rhe postmaster and each bid was
represented by some one in interest.
These with the reporters pretty we'll
filled up the office.
/ Major Edward E. Avery the
locating agent of the government
had arrived from Washington
Friday night and was present
to receive the bids and carry them
back to Washington to be submitted
TO Architect Windrim of the treasury
who will make the final decision.
Promptly at noon Postmaster Rus
sell deposited sixteen bulky sealed en-
veiopes, each C 'ntaining bid, upon
a table at which Major Avery was
seated and proceeded to open and read
them, one at time. The specifica-
tons recited tina, "a corner lot is pre-
ferred, and the dimen ions should be
not less than 120 by 40 feet" As
ali the bids were for corner lois it is
useless to speak of the other require
ments. The bids were as follows, in
the order in which they were opened
and read:
THE BIDS.
Southwest corner of Usage and
Fourth streets, $1,000. by j. H. Witt.
Southeast corner of Massachusetts,
and Third streets, $40 600 by DR..
w codfin, agent.
Northwest corner 0f Kentucky and
Fourth streets, 5000, by w. +.
Cloud and Abram Meyer.
Northeast corner of Usage and
Fourth streets, $40. 900, by David L.
CLANCY and Minter Bros
Northeast corner of Massachusetts,
and Third streets, $4,000, by A. r.
Farris.
Southeast corner of Usage and Fifth
streets. So, 600, by Caroline Kullmer.
Southeast corner CT Lamine and
Second streets, 81, by w. p. COusley,
III w. Wood, e. w. Newkirk, j. {.
Thompson and Kaiser IL Fischer.
Southeast corner ct Lamine and
Fourth streets First Baptist church,
$4,000 by j. ID. Crawford ct al,
trustees.
Southeast corner of Main and La
mine streets, 81, by w. IL. Powell
and others.
Southeast corner of Lamine and
Third streets, $4,000, by Daniel
David.
Northwest corner of Ohio and Sixth
stree S, Congregational church, 5000,
by X. IA. Moses, ct al, trustees.
Southeast corner Washington ami
Third streets, $1,000, by William
LatOur.
Northwest corner of Usage and
Third streets, $1,000, by Mrs, j. VI.
Ritter.
Southeast corner of Usage and Third
streets, S. 800, by MaIinds Ilgenfritz.
Southeast corner of Kentucky and
Third streets, $4,000, by Malipda H.
gerfritz.
Northeast corner of Kentucky and
Third streets, 5000, by G. E. Mes
serley.
WHAT WILL BE DONE.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the bids, Major Avery said that he
would take the bids into his keeping
and would make a personal examina-
zion of a the sites upon which there |
were bids. He said that he desired
10 act fairly and impartially in the
matter and would be pleased to see all
the bidders during the early part of
next week, aud he would visit each
site offered and make a careful
examination of its advantages.
He would then write out a report of
the sites with reference to their situa-
ton i'm reference to centre of business
and population and when he returned
to Washington the report together
with the bids wonld be referred 10
Architect Windrim who would exam
inc them and locate the site for the
building at the most advantageous
point adapted to The convenience of
the people of the city.
Mr.. o A. Crandall presented Pc
tition signed by eighty-one business
men asking for special consideration
of Usage street, without regard to any
one of the five bids on that street.
The petition was received by Major
Avery who will file it with the other
documents i'm the case.
A communication signed by Blair
Bros was also read. praying that the
p ostoffice be built on the corner of
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