Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-09
THE POST OFFICE SITE.
Bids Opened for Clearing il of the Build
ings Now Standing There.

Bids Opened for Clearing IL Of the Build
ings Now Standing There.
Bids were opened at o'clock today in the
Office of the supervising architect of the treas
ury for clearing the site of the city post Office
building in this city, according to an advertise
ment issued three weeks ago. The regulations
for bidding required that contest
ants for the contract should make
a bid for clearing the entire square and then
make a supplementary bid. If SO desired, for
any separate building or buildings. This para
graph is as follows: mo bid will be considered
unless for the clearing of the entire block. Bid
ders may, however, state in their bids
made on the whole above the amount
they will give each. for any one or more of the
buildings-to be designated in such bid-pro-
vided the government will release such bidder
from the balance of his bid should he so re-
quest in his bid for the whole, and it
shall be optional with the govern
ment to accept a bid for the whole or to accept
bid or bids for any more Of the buildings bid
for by any one or more bidders"
The bids were opened in the presence Of Col.
Low the acting architect, by Chief Clerk Nc
Lean. They covered a wide range Of figures,
from 10 cents to over $1,000. Two OF them
were altogether informal. being accompanied
by no check, as required in the advertisement
SCHEDULE OF BIDS.
The bids were follows: Geo. B. Emmons,
Washington, 81, ITO. block as a whole; Wilbur
F. Nash, S2,O55. whole block, or parcels No. 9
and 10, $500 and $500 respectively; Jno W.
Dorsey, informal bid for an amount that
could not be understood; A. W. Frank, pro-
posal TO give the amount of labor and means
required to clean the square in 60 fair days. {"
without any amount and no check inclosed;
NJ. G. Copeland and ID. NJ. Goodacre, $500
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block; P. R. Pullman, sl,l17 whole block; Geo.
Creveling 4 Co., 10 cents whole block.
This last bid created a great laugh The
dime was inclosed in the envelope and rolled
across the floor. When it had been recovered
it was handed over to Col. Low, who called in
Mr.. Creveling and handed it back to him with
the remark that the government had no use
for it.
No award was made today, but the probabili-
ties are that the bid of Mr.. Nash will be ac-
cepted early this week. Parcels 9 and 10 en-
brace the best buildings on the square, those
G street.
Supt. Steward is occupying the building at
the northwest corner as an Office, and this will
be the last to be demolished.
MOST OF THE BUILDINGS VACATED.
The square is very nearly vacated today,
there being but four buildings occupied. Three
of these are on the avenue or ID street front and
the other is on 18th street. OF those on ID
street one is the theater which is evidently
going to run until the contractor begins to pull
the building down.
The entire outf. was included in the pur-
chase by the government, and thus there is
nothing worth mentioning to be moved. The
stage settings curtains, scenery and furniture
all belong to the United States, and as Uncle
Sam has little use for a show house he will
probably dispose of it along with the rest of the
tumble-down buildings to the highest bidder.
No rent has been paid for the establishment
since the SALE and il is to the interests of the
occupants who are regarded as squatters or ten
ants on suffrance, to hold on as long they can.
Next to the theater q saloon still dispenses its
goods depending largely upon custom that
drifts in from the show. Acouple of doors above
fruit stand, run by son of the land of Co
lumbus, is waiting for the final summons
and around the corner livery stable still does
business. In these two cases there is but little
to move, and proprietors can afford to wait.
All of the other buildings in the square have
been vacated at various times. and there are no
teuants except those mentioned. There is
thus no reason, il is claimed why the con-
tractors should not go ahead Immediately upon
the work of demolishing the structures, for
which two months time is allowed by the
architect. This is thought to be ample time.