Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-14
THE pOSTOFFICE LOCATED.
The Planters House Site Wins the
Prize.
WILL START WEST ON MONDAY
Members OF the Civil Service Com
mission Will Make Tour OF
Inspection of Western
Postofiices.
WAsHINeToN BUREAU, THE OMAHA BEE.
513 FOURTEENTH STREET.
WAsuINcTON. ID. O.. Juuo /

AT five minutes before 5 o'clock this even
ing Secretary Window decided to adopt the
report of Special Agent Linton on the new
location of the Omaha postoffice. The de-
cison is in favor of block sc, known as the
Planters house block, and is bounded on the
east by Sixteenth street, on the west by Sew
enteenth street, on the north by Capital
avenue, and on the south by Dodge street.
At 4;30 o'clock Secretary Window and
Supervising Architect Windrim had q final
consultation on the Omaha building site.
Assistant Secretaries Tichenor and Bach
ellor were present. The supervising archi-
tect had all the papers in the Omaha case
with him, but the report was ready and it
favored the selection of block No. S6. The
secretary chatted with his assistants for
three or four minutes and then came out and
announced to THE BEE correspondent that
the Omaha question was settled and that
blocls.S6 was the site decided upon. asked
If he had anything more to soy upon the sub
ject, but the secretary simply said, 'No; we
have only adopted the report of Mr.. Linton"
Now that the site has been selected the
next step will be to secure to the government
a title to the lots and to have all convoyances
properly made. After this is done Supervis-
ing Architect Windrim will complete his
plans and specifications and then the treas
ground will be broken and the work of con-
structon commenced. 1t is by no means
certain how soon Mr.. Windrim will be able
to complete the plans and specifications of
the building. He has yet to reorganiZe and
get his force in working order, and it will
certainly be weeks, and perhaps months, be-
fore work on the Omaha postoffice will be
commenced. MIR. Wlndrim may visit Omaha
before doing the final work upon the plans;
at least he was urged to do so by Mr., Connell,
when he was here last month.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
The members of the civil service commits
sion will start west on Monday, with the
present intention of visiting Indianapolis
Chicago and Milwaukee, and with the pur-
pose of extending their trip to all the large
cities of the west if they can see their way
clear to do so. The members of the commits
sion say that no particular charges have
been filed against the postmasters Of either
of the three cities which they have on their
| slate, and that they desire to examine into
| the methods of conducting business in each
of the offices, with view to the enforce
ment of the strict observance Of the civil SER
vice law. 1t is more than surmised by the
members of the commission, that officials
under the last administration were per-
mitted to raise barriers against the admis-
sion into the civil service, of young men
| whose politics were not of the right tint, and
| 1T IS the firm purpose of Messrs. Lyman,
| Roosevelt and Thompson, to see to 1t that
every office is conducted with the closest
reference to the spirit as well as the letter
| of the civil service law, so far as appoint
| ments and promotions are concerned 1t is
| likely that after the visit to Milwaukee, the
| commission will swing around to st. Paul
| and Minneapolis, and then down to Omaha,
| and then around by way of ST. Louis back to
| Washington, but this latter programme has
not been definitely determined upon.
ONE NEW NEBRASKA POSTMASTER.
The following fourth-class postmaster was
appointed to-day: Cortland, Gage county,
| Oscar Oberman.
IOWA PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
| Albaton, Monona county, Jonathan Polly;
Burchinal, Cerro Gordo county, Mrs N. A.
Vail; Burnside, Webster county, A. D. Ten
| nant; Bancroft, Kossuth county, William E.
Jordan; Bloomington, Ringgold county,
| Jennie Gallon; Dallas, Marion county, e. q.
Baldwin; Flint, Mahaska county. j. S.
| Wharton, Hawarden, Sioux county, Watson
Kosztu, Iowa county, G. H. Dodd; Ladora,
Davis county W. R. Dawn; Longworthy,
Jones county, Christopher Scheer; Mel
| bourne, Marshall county, M. w. Corbett;
Monroe, Jasper county, John Vandermast; !;
| Scranton City, Green county. p. A. Smith; /;
| Spragueviile, jackson county, Martin Peter
son; Waukon. Junction, Alamakee county,
| G. M. Clogston; West Side, Crawford
county, E. r. Lucas.
MRS. HARRISON AT CAPE MAY.
President Harrison will probably be absent
| from Washington two or three times within
the next two weeks. He is likely to journey
to Cape May whenever he can get away in
order to join his family. Mrs. Harrison ac-
companied by the family, was escorted to the
Pennsylvania station this afternoon by the
president, where the ladies and children
took the train for Philadelphia, going thence
to Cape May. They will occupy Postmaster
| General Wanamaker's cottage at this pleas
ant seaside resort for at least two weeks and
possibly longer. The president will Join
them as often as he can possibly do SO.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Bids were opened by thel supervising g
architect to-day for supplying elevators for
the new public building at Des MONIES. The
following are the bids: EllIthorpe Air Brake
company, Chicago, two bids, $3.50 and 81, $50
respectively; O'Donnell ~ Barrett Elevator
company, Chicago So, 500; Crane Elevator
company, Chicago, sS,9S0; H. j. Ready s. Co..
Philadelphia, $4,000
| Leave of absence for two months and five
days with permission to go beyond the sea,
to take effect between the seasons of small
arms and heavy artillery practice of his
battery, Is granted Captain Paul Roemer,
Fifth artillery. PERRY S. HEATH.
STILL A MYSTERY.
Washington Officials Mum On the