Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-05
THE CITY POST OFFICE.
Where VIII It Go After the Lease Of II
Present Building Expires?

Where VIII II Go After the Lease Of Its
Present Building Expires?
The governments lease on the old ram
| shackle building now occupied as q city post
Office will expire on the S0th Of next June.
Ground has not yet been broken for the
magnificent new post Office that is TO be, and
naturally there is no telling how soon it will
be finished and ready for occupation. In the
meantime, what? This is the question that is
at present worrying the minds of the powers
| that be.
Under the law the Postmaster General has
the authority to lease q building temporarily
for post office purposes, and this is what will
probably be done in this city, providing only
that suitable structure. in a satisfactory loca-
ton, can be found. The present building has
been outgrown. The annual rental is 80 900,
one or two more thousands are used up every
year in keeping the building in a habitable
condition, and il it came to q question OF re-
newing the lease at the end Of the present year
it is thought that the rent would be raised once
more. PAY ten or get out"
POSTMASTER sHERwooD's VIEWS.
Postmaster Sherwood IN conversation with o
STAR reporter this morning said that they
would be only too glad to move if they could
only find some suitable place to move to. Said
he: Anywhere between I'd and 18th streets
and the old canal and street would do, some
place not too far from the railroads nor from
the business center Of the city 1t is very evil
dent that We must move from where we are
now. If we stay we must increase our accom-
modations and there is not much room left US
for growth Our lease has almost expired and
l do not think it could be renewed at the same
figure. Altogether we are in a most unsatis-
factory condition. The Postmaster General is
authorized to lease building and think he is
inclined to do SO if the proper building can
only be found.
1T will probably be five years and it may be
considerably more before the Washington post
office will be i'll its permanent new home. In
the meantime it seems to me that we ought to
look around for another home. 1 have looked
over the ground and am sure that there liz at
present no building ready to hand that would
answer all the requirements, but it seems to me
that 1T would be worth while for some one to
put up temporary structure and lease it to
the government. A one or two story building
would answer providing il had at least 80, 900
square feet OF floor space. or say 10000 feet on
each floor if the building were in two stories.
good foundation might be put in and after
ward finer building could be put up in the
same place. Or we might take the first few
floors OF some new big building that would
answer the purpose. We must 60 some place.
What want is to have capitalists and real es-
tate people know that We are on the lookout
out of our difficulty"
DEAL WHICH FELL THROUGH.
1t is understood that syndicate of business
men has been endeavoring of late to consum-
mate deal in property that would enable them
to offer the post Office officials a home until
their new building is completed. For some
reason or other the deal seems to have fallen
through and matters are no further ahead than
they were before.