The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-07
Prosoh's Hall Selected by q. s.
Officials Last Night.
FIVE YEARS LEASE SECURED.
gIf&ren Propositions. We're snemft-
Part of the once Equipment Has
Arrfvea-pr~.fd~af Mckinley to
Auoogut the Chief Asnayer soon
Expects Seattle 40 Rank Second

proseh's hail. az si5 Ninth avenue. tn
close psoxisalty 10 the corraeFs Of James and
Cherry streets. wac definitely decided upon
;azt night a. the Iooagl8n fof the Seattle
United States assay oTles George T..
Rosxrta. director of :ne United States
rninf. and Theodore F. swzyze. chief clerk
OF TIE United States treasury department,
did not arr.Vs 3. tAslr deeisios IN selecting
Prosch's bah az the most suitable head
quarters 10 10 found In the city for the
nancy at their command for :snias rar-
poses. until they had inspected fourteen
other locations. which had been submitted
10 them by Seattle msn. Their tasa !n maxi
ing the selection was an ax5uoBs one. and
ons which had 20 be performed with the
utmost care ard pracagtlon, and they hope
that tn making tnls selection they have
pleased tbs people Of Seattle To please
tbs public was one Of ths main objects.
which they aimed 10 accomplish They
also aimed 20 act In a manner tina, would
accommodate the deDostfors Of gold An
other important elssnsnt which largely gov
erned their Deliberations IN making the de-
c.sson was extreme care and precantion IN
eseinR that the government would be fully
protected. Proseh's hail was the only To-
cation submitted which conformsd TO the
requirements ard provisions laid down by
tho government In regard to the nature OF
the buildings meet desirable for assay Of
f1css II Is distinctly specified that the gov
eminent nfficisls to whose care the reSpon-
siaslity % selecting q location for ar as
say office Is lntnRstsd shall give such
structures which are detached from all
other buildings. and which. IN fact are
entirely Isolated from III others. the pref
erenos. Proschs hail aas the only ioea-
fion submitted 70 iossrs Roberts and
fswayze. which caue up to those require
rnants. and for that reason II was given she
preference over all others. The building
has been leased for a period Of fye years
= sni the lease which was executed last
night, viii b. forwarded 10 Washington to-
day. - Sc ratified rs the secretary al the
treasury. Both officials say that the secre-
: tary Of .he treasury wlil Immediately ratify
the lease between 'he government and Mr.
I'roseh. and All % ~kscz interested Wi. no
Immediately uo1insa sdr Saayye is thu.
official at Washug{ra .sto looks after the
affairs Of al the raailo buildings in the
tuitsd s.ases and particular attention IL
paid by him tn the matter Of selecting
proper locations fog them ia m interview
With a T'osi-IuteEgcucer reporter last
nlsa, at his apartments In the Hotel But
ler. Mr.. ssssza said. In regard to matters
pertaining 70 tAe location OF the assay
olfice.
Locations Examined.
''slnce coming 70 Seattle with Mr. Rob
erts. ahogs 0fteeu locations for the
n&say offlcs have been submitted aud We
exercised extrene care ana pgetButieu 10
see that every one ~ Them VAS Thoroughly
inspected. with . view of ascettalulng
which would te the most suitable. / can
say. with atrir' regard for the truth that
not n single man who brought location
10 our atteul!nn has been sighted or over
looked. as Is was uf course. our Intention
tn act fairly. TIE locations and their aa-
vantages. were carefully weighed In the
balance and out 81 the entire ifseen we
decided That The choicc lay between tAFee
% them. namely rrosca's han the United
States rourt hnndinE anf The squire build
lag which wtS formerly occupied by the
NnEth En3 banking Institution.
''Fae objection ta "a" United states court
building VAS t9.e facS That only one floor
WA eyailahi" san this goor could hc
narJttoued Into "a Sufficient number OF
rooms. " necessary Tie h,tlIiing IL Ia.
Gated against a hin ARIA far ghss reason
Il would he utterly impossible to obtain
sufficient iigat FOR "a proper operation az an
assay office. Tae Squire building wss con-
eidgrcd Ia - located at too great dIs-
lance freem Rhe central rart of the etiv.
and heaa,ira wc dtd not think it advisable
for the government 81 take care ~ the
rooms IA the building which wosild riot -,
necessary for foe Headquarters 81 she ass
say 0fftce proper
HutidiaE Selected.
'fyosch'a hait cara TIE otber hard. came
up 20 the esaudsrd df requirement more
Tally ihas any ~ The othefs Ia the nrst
pisoe. IS Us - .sfeR construction watch is
absolutely "s-e=~-ffy a0d has concrete
basement fog f}ig tlrnac,~ sud zteraKa
yGesn. ~hssh 's a tnofe1 ar pefr~-tiou Tha
2asfn}out ais' a4s tas advantage ~ icing
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