The San Francisco call., 1897-02-27

matter every body else feels the same wav
1t will put many men to work at once.
Ii there is anything we need here much
more than a chance for the worthy poor
to earn bread 1 am ignorant of it.
'1f The CALL urges this matter force.
fully, as have no dou BIT ii will, some good
will result There can be no doubt of that.
The construction of this building should
have been begun long while ago. If we
are not going to have it pretty quick it is
our risht-nay, our duty-to demand a
good and sufficient explanation"
Charles Keius of the Hub was emphatic
in his views and wasted no time in ex-
pressing them. "Sorely in need" of
postoffice is the way he put it.
"The quicker the work is begun the bet
ter" he said. 1.-The present quarters are
an outrage on city of 300 coo inhabitants.
They are TT to be exhibited to strangers
as monument of ancient days.
"IHE CALL is one of the foremost Jour
nails OF the day in everything that relates
to enterprise, and if it stays with its fight
it will not be long till we will have a post
Office to be proud Of"
There IS no question but that the con-
struction OF the Postoffice would do the
town vast deal of good" said n. P. Cole
OF the California Furniture Company.
"We are talking about taking up SUBJ
scriptions for the poor Well, in my
opinion, If the Government is unable to
start our Postoffice we had better take up
few subscriptions to help it along. Un-
Gle Sam can help the workmen of this
City great deal jlst at present.
1--WE may have men at the head of the
,ypNo ants frao l.
something. When we have paid for the
site, tie plans for the building have been
adopted, and there is surplus to our
credit In the treasury, 1 fail to find anv
good excuse for delaying the work. The
fact that The CALL fails to find any either
serves to strengthen that opinion"
There can be no two opinions in the
matter" asserted Quincy A. Chase of the
firm of Kohler & Chase. "The construc-
tion of the building should be begun at
once.
San Francisco has yielded big reve.
nue. to the Government and it seems
strange to me that while third and fourth
rate towns in the East get postotfices we
are left out in the cold.
"The site has been paid for and is lying
there useless. cannot see why the sur
plus is not utilized to begin work on the
building"
]. F. Sullivan, proprietor of Sullivan's
shoestore, was also a warm advocate of
the work beginning at once. In fact he
said he was willing to be put down as say
ing anything at all so long as it was favor
able.
There can be no possible process of
reasoning by which any man can find a
sufficient excuse for delaying matters"
he declared. 1--WE are entitled to the
building and it would help the town won.
derfully.
''Other places not half so large have
been given good Postofices, but up to date
all We have is site. We should have the
building"
said X. E. Marx. manager of the Maze:
"THE CALL has started in the right direc-
ton. We need the building, and further
more We deserve it. 1t will be one of the
best solutions OF the mooted problem of
work for the unemployed yet discovered.
I'VE have the site paid for. The plans
OF the building have been adopted. Now
with surplus on hand, let US have the
building by all means.
"The reasons advanced for the delay
representatives
in Congress ought to make themselves
heard on this subject 1.-THE CALL STAYS
with it they will nave 1t.
"The building cannot be started too
quick for US, was the emphatic declara-
ton OF Marshall Hale of Hale Bros. "and
am unable to see Why things have been
delayed so long.
Mr.. Loud is the Congressman from the
particular district in which the site lies.
and deem it his duty 10 stir matters up
bit.
"The appropriations for the smaller
towns have been carried out. San lose
and Sacramento have good postofice
buildings, and we should see to it that
there Is no more dawdling in our case"
I'VE ought to have had that building
long ago." said A. H. Page of the Indian
apolis Furniture Company. 1--WE nave
been treated worse than a tenth-rate
village would have been in the Eastern
States.
'Ihe Postotfice we have now is not one.
fourth large enough. 1t wss built tc
supply the wants of town of a few thou
sand people, but while it has remained
the same we have grown.
i cannot understand why the work has
been delayed SO long. Our Congressman
should look to it at onoe.''