The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-09

fleet / think the verdict will be overwheIm-
ingly in favor of the choice.
John McCOmb-The selection regard as
wise one. The price l should say was
reasonable. | have already heard the mat
ter discussed by great many people, aud
the sentiment seems to be largely in favor
OF the location chosen.
A. Il. SpOtts-The choice in my opinion
is a wise one. 1t is close to the new City
Hall. and you will find, think, that in a
few years that section in the vicinity Of the
two buildings will be the most beautiful
portion of the city.
General John Z. Sheehan The Post
master-General made wise choice. The
movement of business for a number of years
has been to the south, and will continue so.
When the building is complete it will be far
enough downtown to suit the majority OF
people.
NJ. NJ. Estee-There is no doubt in my
mind as to the wisdom of the selection.
The site is good one and cheap.
Ed Curtis-It suits me. There is gen.
eral feeling among those with whom have
talked that all things considered no better
place could have been found.
Under Sheriff Deveny thought that the
site was a good one, although the price was
little steep. He believed that the branch
Postoffice at the ferries would be sufficient
10 do full justice in point of rapid handling
of commercial correspondence to the busi-
ness interests OF the city. He thought that
all citizens should rejoice that the matter
had at last been definitely settled, and it
was a matter OF congratulation that before
many years were over San Francisco would
have Postoffice in keeping with the stand
ing OF the city among the great centerS Of
population in the nation.
President David Kerr of the Mechanics
Institute pronounced the selection the best
that could be made. II do not see any
reasonable objection that could be made to
it, he said. lit satisfies every expectation
| entertained of the kind of site that should
be selected. The site purchased will before
long be the business center of the city, and
it will be one of which we all can be proud,
as, besides the new City Hall. there will be
numbers of magnificent buildings in the To-
cality, for instance, the new Hibernia Bank
and the proposed Mechanics Institute
Building Anybody who notices buildings
going up in that neighborhood will see that
owners of property are erecting only the
finest structures, having in view the future
Importance of the locality. When the Post
office will be completed on the site selected
the business interests of that part of the
city will be SO great as to do away with
whatever objections might now be made"
General John Ii. Dickinson did not lIeSi-
tate TO pronounce the selection bad one. Il
believe" he said, that the P0StOffice should
have been located nearer the business cen-
ter of the community and the closer TO the
water front the better, in order to take ad-
vantage OF every possible second of time in
the reception and transmission of mail to
and from the city on ocean steamers and
the great railroad lines. There is plenty OF
good property that could have been bonded
in the same way as the Seventh-street site
and secured. Although not real estate
expert, yet having some ideas of the values
of property in this city, | cannot but say
that the price paid, S1.040,000. is an excess
Sve one. | think better location nearer
the commercial interests Of the city and
the distributing points OF the cltY's mail
could have been secured for that sum. The
property bonded on Howard and Second
streets would have been nearer the business
center than tile location way out on Mission
street. Still we should be glad that site
has been selected at last, and that some
thing will be done to provide Us with a
PostUffice worthy of the commercial import
ance'Of San Francisco"
Alexis Sullivan, General Secretary of the
White Labor League: cit is the acme Of
folly to locate the POstoffice out there in the
country. Our merchants say the city is
retrograding, and | think it is. Why, then,
should the Postoffice be placed outside tie
limits of the business portion of the town2
l suppose there is sack in this for some
one, and that's the reason for il"
Alfred Fuhrman, President OF the Coast
Federation: Property ont Mission street
will be dearer tomorrow. 1t is just what
that section of the city needed"
b. j. Pve, bOX-maker: Seventh and
Mission isn't bad place for the Postofice.
Eighth and Market, however, would be
much better"