The Anaconda standard., 1895-05-17
1T MAY Be MOVED
Butte's POstofice Thinking Of Going
Down Town.
BIG INDUCEMENTS GIVEN
Property Owners on East Broad
way Agree to Help Poor
irf Uncle Sam to Pay His
Rent Down There.
BIG INDUCEMENTS GIVEN

Butte. May 16.-The decision Of the
authorities at Washington in regard to
the location of the Butte postoffice Is
expected to be received here within a
very few days. and its arrival Is anx-
iously awaited by the business men In
particular and by the citizens general
ly as well. While there is no one who
Is possessed OF any definite inside IN
formation as to what location will be
selected, there are many who believe
that the present quarters in Miners
Union hall on upper Main street are
to be abandoned when the lease ex-
pires about July /, and that the gov
ernment's very popular institution Will
be removed to some point In East
Broadway between Main and Wyom-
Ing.
When the efforts of the Park street
business men to secure the removal OF
the postoffice to that street fell through
their East Broadway contemporfes
took the matter up with an energy
that may be crowned with success. A
subscription list to provide for the rent
was circulated and the necessary
amount was guaranteed in a very
short time. The Butte and McDermott
hotels, and Forbis e. Forbis, Dan Tew-
ey, H. l.. Frank. Lavelle Bros. and 9TH
er owners of property that would pc
benefited by the removal OF the post
Office to East Broadway put down their
names for liberal amounts, and the pro-
moters of the proposition experienced
very little difficulty in securing all Oh
the announcement that was required.
The two government inspectors who
were sent here to select a location Ior
| the office were then interviewed and II
| is understood that they looked on the
Il ,.1o xx,ffl deal Of favor. Iley
I stated, 1t is said, that they were salts
| fed that he present location of the Of
| flee was unsatisfactory and they dld
| not believe that the general pubic
1 should be inconvenienced in order 70
| improve the business of a few wide
awake merchants. 1t is also said on
seemingly good authority that they
made the positive statement that they
/ would in their report, recommend the
| removal of the office from Upper Main
| street to some point nearer the busi'
ness center of the city, and that they
regarded some place in East Broad,
way near the city hall as the mos
4 convenient spot for 1t.
They also gave out the pleasing In.
formation that the government woulc
be willing to pay a reasonable rent fol
a central location.
II. L. Frank submitted a proposition
to the inspectors which they also con
4 SlUeTeQ IdNOTdDly. ne OlCIco W ~
up brick building 40x100 feet on To-
just east of the Goldsoll block. which
adjoins the city hall, expressly fol
postoffice purposes and to furnish th'
ground floor in accordance with specih
cations to be- prepared by the postofhc'
department. He placed the rent o
such a room at $500 a month, of which
tamount the government would only %
lasked' to pay SIS. The property owner
agreed to pay 800 and Mr.. Franl
agreed to stand the other $25 himself
The inspectors carried this proposition
to Washington on their return and
decision is expected within a day o
| two.
Some declare that the recommenda
ton of the inspectors will carry sum
cient weight to secure the removal
the office to East Broadway, and the
also believe that Mr.. Franks PROPOSE
ton will be accepted. There are prob
ably none who more earnestly desir
the removal of the postoffice than IL
employees. Some of them say that tn
present quarters, in addition to bein
badly cramped and poorly lighted, ar
dirty and ill-smelling, particularly !
II summer