The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-26

Special Dispatch to the Post t-rntelligcncer.
WASHINGTON, July A.--SeAttle viii
have 10 wait another year at least for
Federal building. The report OF Special
Agent Garr~tson. of the supervising archi-
tecrs office. rejecting ali sites offered ~
either unsuitable or above the amount
available for purchase of site. has been
approved by Secretary Gage, In the optn-
ION Of the special agent. which In con-
Cured in by the supervising architect and
the secretary of the treasury. the amount
authorized to be expended In the last con-
gress in the purchase of site and tho
erection of building Is not only not
enough, hut not half enough. The one
site. out OF all those offered. which Mr..
Garretson thinks suitable Win cost sia&0oo.
and he lays decided emphasis upon the
fact that a building with sufficient noor
space to accommodate the Federal offices
now In Seattle occupying leased rooms
will cost at least tsesop0 This. then. would
require an authorization OF an expenditure
OF $76a.up. with an appropriation immo-
diateiy available Of Nao.e0 or ;eos,ece for
the purchase OF the site and the COM
mencement Of the work,
Mr. GarrctAOnss R2pOrt.
BY permission of the secretary cf tho
treasury and through the kindness Of Mr..
Garretson, who Is enthusiasts over his
visit 90 Seattle and never tires OF sound
| Ing the eity's praises 10 his EAatofn
! friends. / Am enabled TO place before the
readers OF the Post -fntsIitgrncsr = dupli-
cate copy OF the report made upon the
various sites offered. with tho recon-
| mendations made In each case.
NTreasury Department.
Once OF the Supervising Architect.
Washington d. c.. July 10 lSsA
To the Honorable. the Secretary of
tho Treasury~-Sir. In pursuance with
instructions given me on the lst ult.
visited the city OF Seattle, Wash.
and, a. your representative. examined
personally each and all Of the proper
ties. twelve In number. offered In said
city OF Seattle q site for i public
| building The conditions In SEATTLE are
somewhat peculiar, In that II ID huiit
upon a succession OF hiiis, ard extends
| over large area, from Puget sound
on the west. 10 Lakes Washington and
| Union on the east. The wholesale bus
| mess In located southwest of what -
known az Pioneer place, and from
which point the retail business ID rap
idly extending towards tho northeast.
The grades In Seattle are extremely
| severe. in that in many cases there ID
rise Of forty or nfty feet In dis
lance OF 30 feet. found also that the
hills on which the city Is located are
| in part Of a glacial formation. with
| evidences In certain localities eft move-
| ment Of large quantities OF earth.
Proposals for sites.
With these facts In mind I exam
ined the various sites offered and have
ya hEsa 80. 0sxrsf
case as follows
Proposal marked No. 10 made By
Mary A. Denny, being a whole block.
| bounded by Eighth and Ninth avenues
AMI Union and University STREETS. the
| dimensions being no feet By 40 feet.
| This property. although offered ~ u do
| nation. Is too far fron the business ne
Seattle 10 warrant my r.cpmmsnda-
ton, IL being necessary 10 locate she
| customs offeers AZ near the river frunt
as possible.
| Proposal No. II made by Mary 4.
| Denny. and In fer property iocated %
| the north side OF Unsverw4ty street. ex-
/ tending frnm First 10 Second asenuca.
/ with frontage OF Ia feet on Second
avenue by 2zs feet ON University
/ street. the price asket therwfor being
| sisaGG
This property would doubtless BE- ell-
rihI. aR q site for the building but FOO
the faEk tsfAf a&tI property sHG@ IN IN
| abrupt blur Of. passshly. twenty-five
or thirty feet, tn about the center ot
/ FIRST avenue on the south. sasd ave-
nnA having a bnlkheaa fos lis proteo-
1 ton on sha west side. How far this
condition would affect the eonstrucsioa
/ Of 80 large "A busi5tng on the site in
question l am unaAIa 20 dsfermfna.
| ard. therefore. DO nes feel warsante1
| In making u favorable recommends
: ton In the case.
1 pr1Esossi No :. offered by Eshelmas-
/ Csreoran Company, In heated on the
north ade 0f Enson street. bstween
/ aseaBG and Thisi Avenues with .
frontage ~ 10 feet On Second avenue
/ and sas feet on Urssn street sne orixf-
| nal offer fsing slie0no. nsufitfed bid,
/ awtsa Jafy 4 issa. refusing thr price
/ sssseos 10 s1A.@1.
THIS property being easy OF approach
/ ard wsa 5ocatei in sfs Iiue of basf-
1 nsas pfagFens. ! recommend he placed
upnn fes slssthi1 iiss a site fos the
psbssc building at tAls place.
PROPOSAL No. (. Offered hy ESf1simAn.
/ csTeoTan rgnraBr. was withdrawn. q
| a1s4 before / reached sne city.
Proposal No. 5 - offered ky Stewart
I T. Smith. aad IL heated on the north
/ sife of Marion street. extending from
Third 70 Fourth avenues. with 'front.'
age IA S&S fe1t On Tasra ssvnae aad -
sses en- Mass0a street. tins prizes asked
| taersfe~ being tiM;.x1
2hn Decpaxty = ~ Tar fgpm fhGfhmnr