New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
NEW BPUNSWICK POSTOFFJCE.
TUITION ACCEPTED-LIABILITY TO
PAY FOR SEARCHES

John o H. Pitney counsel for the Howard Saw
ings Institution. of Newark, said yesterday that
the Government had accepted the site offered by
the institution for the NewBrunswick Postofice
building, that searches were now being prepared.
and that no question has ever arisen TO their
liability to pay for those searches, nor of their
willingness do So" AS far the Howard Saw
ings Institution is concerned this statement is cor
rect, but IL does not fully meet the case.
United States District Attorney Rice, who is in
charge CT the matter for the Government made an
explicit statement to Tribune representative yes
terday In which, among other things. he said. that
he had been correctly reported in The Tribune. He
added:
On January 10 received from the Attorney Gen
eral of the United states papers relating to the
proposed purchase of land in New brunswick for
ters Of the land Owners to the secretary Of the
Treasury offering the land for sale to the Govern
Of the Treasury in reply thereto accepting the
offers and stating the conditions OF the purchase
owners at NewBrunswck advising them Of what
the Government required. The Howard Savings
institution had already sent their papers and
l had under way search being made for them in
ment Two of the owners of parts of the land
Mrs. Isabella Martin through her son and Mrs
ives, notified me that they would not pay Tor
searches or 90 to that expense as these conditions
that two of the property owners would not pay
for searches 10 Washington on January ~ ana
have received no instructions since.
Charles Greenwald another of the owners of the
day that after he had written TO the Secretary Of
the Treasury giving him a price for his land, ne
received notice that the Government would accept
his proposal two conditions. one of which was
that he was TO furnish an abstract OF title tree
OF cost.
At did not accept the proposition" Mr.. Greenwald
said. land | shall not | will not expend the
price of another postage stamp in the negotiations
What ! want is the $500 which set as the price
of nv land in my hand in clean cash. and shall
not pay for the search.'
1t Is perhaps not singular that MI. Fltney Was Was
not fully informed as to the situation as II had
been previously stated In The Tribune, but the
foregoing the facts
Those who employed in making the searches
for the Howard Savings Institution may find a
break in the records somewhere in 1873. when the
New Brunswick property, formerly owned by Frank
b. Allen and later by the Howard Savings lnStl-
tuition. and recently accepted by the Government
rs part of the site for pOsOffie building. was SOLD
by the New Brunswick Building and Loan AsSocla-
ton and purchased by the Union Building and Loan
Association of that city. The sale was made oy a
Master in ChanCcry under foreclosure proceed
ings but up to recent date the record OF the
sale had not been matte. The claims against the
property AT that time were somewhere about
AS6C00. Afterward the Union Building and Loan
Association offered several times to sell the prop
erty with the Opera House building then standlns'
$4,000