The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-25
STILL THEY COME.
OpiDiOns Of Citizens on the Post
Office Site.
4 Number Of Additional AEdavits Filed, the
Majority Condemring the Commits
sion's Recommendation.

About forty citizens called at different
hours yesterday upon Special Agents Glib
son and Harris at the Baldwin to make
voluntary statements regarding the Post
Office site recommended by the commits
sion.
During the course Of the morning and
afternoon ten afidayits were fled, only two
being favorable to the site. Several en-
Joined secrecy regarding their opinions and
these were treated as confidential by the
officials. a Typewriter has been engaged
70 transcribe the opinions Of those who de-
sire to make sworn statements.
Ira 2. Rankin, who was one Of the earliest
visitors, expressed bis emphatic objection
10 the site, adding that ut is no fit place for
cur POstofice.' Horace D. Dunn conceded
in this opinion.
James McNenOmey approved the site, but
IL subsequently developed that be owned
property at 1857 Mission, just opposite q.
Monnier Of 1888 Howard street c0ucuTTed in
the opinions Of his neighbOr.
D. c. y. GOOdseil, who has resided here
for forty years, aud owns property on How
ard street, near Seventh, said that although
against his own Interest he could not re-
frain from stating that the location was not
good and the price was twice too much.
NOT SUITABLE.
6. s. Tlton, also a pioneer Of 1853, sub
mitted an affidavit TO the effect that the
property was not 10 a suitable location for
q POstCfIiCe, even II 1t were solid aud not
made land. He considered 5000 600 liberal
valuation, with a margin for large commits
sions to those engaged in promoting the sale
10 the Government He thought that apart
from those anticipating pecuniary profit
from the sale Of the land IN question rot
One-tenth Of the people favor the location.
His first choice is the Old St. Ignatius Church
lot, and the second the property on Union
Square.
George T. Marye Jr fled a four-page aft
daYit that the site was a good one. and the
price, under all the circumstances, not eX-
Cessive.
Colonel c. I. Taylor and Louis Parrot
expressed their opposition TO the location
aud the price and promised TO make aitida-
Wits 10 support OF their statements. They
reviewed the history Of the controversy and
assured Special Agent Gibson that the
Chamber Of Commerce meeting last OC-
tOber when resolutions were passed favor
ing the site, was packed 10 the interests Of
tie commissions recommendation.
A SWAMP ADJOINING.
James Denman of 2l07 Webster street.
swOTe that be had lived in San Francisco
since 1851, and remembered that there was a
swamp adjoining the site in - and 81 lie
considers 5000 a liberal estimate Of It's
present value, and thinks tie location is
too far from the city's center TO accomm1-
date the business community. In bis
opinion the Office should be built several
blocks east Of Seventh and Mission, and
north Of Market. The assessed value Of his
own property is $4,000.
Robert Sherwood Of the firm Of Sher-
wood il Sherwood filed an affidavit that ne
owned property in this city worth 100000.
He remembers that swamp covered pOr-
ton Of the site about forty years ago and
considered it uusOund. He valued the
property in question at S5OO000
William NJ, Wilson Of 437 Mission street
submitted a sworn statement that there had
been, at the corner Of Seventh and Mission
streets, quagmiTe IN which he had once
almost lost hog.
THE BEST TO BE PROCURED.
c. G. Hooker, retired merchant, living
at 81 Bush street. thought in his affidavit
that the location was the best that could be
procured; that 1t was worth S1,000,OO0 to
the Government although be admitted that
he would not pay more than 100000 for
the property at a private sale. He posi-
lively aYerred that there had never been
quagmlre on the site recommended
j. I. ONeil, 1881 Mission street, stated In
an affidavit that IN 1852 there was no swamp
within 100 feet Of the east end OF the bridge
crossing Mission street, between Seventh
and Eighth. de said the site had been
sand hill In early days. He considered
100000 a fair price under the circum-
Stances
j. 3. Whitcomb, q pioneer OF '49 and for
twenty-eght years a Teal-estate agent in
San Francisco, filed a sworn opinion that
the proposed site had scarcely anything 10
recommend it, and that its value is not over
$4,000 His first choice would be the Lin
coin School property and the second the old
St. Ignatius Church lot.
Agent Gibson transmits a daily report Of
tie testimony addnced to the authorities at
Washington. BE viii receive the voluntary
afidaylts Of any citizen faYoring or oppos-
ing the site, and has maps and charts with
which to refresh the memory of the atlantis
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Lucky O'Byrnes.
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