Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-24
TEE NEW POST OFFICE.
The Supervising Archit~ct Has Prepared q
sketch Of Its Plan


Sketch Of NJ. Plan.
ALL READY TO SUBMIT TO TINE coxNrssIox--
THE BUILDING WILL m EIoHT STORIES srer
AND OF eRASrrE-sTxLE or ARcHrrrotrss
PROPOSED.
IL has no doubt been borne ere This 4. Dr.
minus OF the ions-wsiting public Of Washing
ton that there Is to be no unnecessary delay IN
me construction Of the new city post osscs.
The greatest activity has prevailed mn 20 the
time, and every step Ia. been t.keu
to prepare the site with the le>st
possible loss Of time. worswep
now are swarming on the old ssructur~~
across the street from Tar srAR Office and
daylight begins 90 show through the roofs and
windows. indicating that In a comparatIvelv
few days square S2S will be vacant and ready
FOR further operations
When the supervising architect Of The t-ea.-
ury. Mr.. Edbrooke, advertised for PROPOSES 10
prepare the site he told q STAR reporter that
by the time the sixty days allowed for that sork
had elapsed he would have made another con-
foundation.
In order 90 do this however, q would b.
necessary for him 30 decide upon his gsaeral
plan of building. 80 that the ground lines for
digging might be laid down.
IL was requisite. therefore, n the architect IN
tended to carry out his promise. 20 gel his
plan drawn and approved before the expiration
OF the sixty days granted 10 Mr.. Nash. the con-
tractor, FOR the removal Of the buildings.
TIN PLAN ALREaDr DRAWN.
The architect has done much rs he can in
this line and is today ready 20 submit % the
post Office Commission his sketches Of bald
mission consists Of secre,arie. Fssssr
and Noble and Postmaster Geserai
Manamaker The illness of Secretary
Foster, who Is confined 10 his house by an az
tack oil the grip. ~ delaying this action. bot il
thus lost
The building that Mr.. Edbrooke has IN mind
VAL cost s2.000.000. will be Of grsaite
and. IN accordance with the acts of Consre.s
height. Mr.. Edbrooke, speaking 70 a er.s
reporter this morning. said that be hoped that he
mad devised a building that would be a MENU
ment OF modern architecture and an houer 20
the city. de felt confident that his plan would
NEE, with general approval. ne he had striven
ior the production OF those lines that be has
found TO be best suited TO such buildings.
TN STYLE or ARCHITECTURE.
He wished, however, to correct an erron.ous
impression that had grown out Of his remssk On
STAR reporter few week ago that there v.s
no necessity for the building being of A cls-si-
cal style. Some people had conceived the ides
that the plan was therefore to be q mixture. a
that was not what he meant The buildiur he
had sketched was TO be pure and distinct 4, its
style and not a compromise by any means.
HE sketch that Mr.. Edbrooke has made has
been seen by but a few persons in his ip,me-
date Office and is now being kept under iock
and key until the commission Is ready 70 et-
anime IL The law requires the approval of
Tins body before the plan can be carried into
effect and the building erected.
MONEY ENOUGH FOR STOKE.
There has been general idea prevalent tbst
the great height Of the building required bv
the law would prevent the use Of any other
material than brick, but Mr.. Edbrooke feels
sure that he can set the structure crested
within his limit Of $4,000, 900, which il the
residue OF the appropriation after paving for
the site, with granite walls His estimstes
though Approximate at present, are shreud
ana ms long experience in Chicago where he
was commissioner of works rs well as an nrehi-
teet OF the frst rank, is sufficient TO warrant
the belief that he knows his ground we'll
There Is provision In an act of the last on
gress making appropriation for the appraiser
store in New York, requiring the building - be
OF brick, but there Is no other instance % a
stipulation OF materials for any building now
beng erected or about to be erected by the
government The only requirement in the
present case Is that the building shall be mot
less than eight stories high"
Mr.. Edbrooke has, in the preparation Of his
sketch, frequently visited the site 70 acauaiut
himself with its character and surround1nps
and has also consulted a series Of photogrsrhs
that have been taken of both the square and
the fronting blocks.