New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-06
PREFER OLD POSTOFFICE.
COMMERCIAL MEN THINK ITS FACILI-
TIES SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
THEY WANT ELEVATORS TO CARRY TWO HORSE
TRUCKS UPSTAIRS AND USE SEW
ERAIl FLOORS

THEY WANT ELEVATORS TO CARRY TWO HORSE
TRUCKS UPSTAIRS AND USE SEW
ERAL FLOORS.
conference of delegates from a number of COM
mercia organizations Of this city pursuant TO
call issued by the Board of Trade and Transporta-
relative to the need of adequate postal facil
ties in this city was held at the rooms of the
Board of Trade and Transportation yesterday af-
ternoon- The following were present:
Representing the Board of Trade and Transporta-
ton, William McCarroll, William H. Wyley. L. ].
Callahan D. J. Osgood. James Talcott and Ludwig
Nissen the Manufacturers Association OF New
York, Richard w. cambridge and James Sherlock
Davis; the Republican Club, at the request of
Senator Depew, Alfred E. Ommen the Merchants
and Manufacturers Board of Trade, j. A Heck
man; the Staten Island Chamber OF Commerce, E.
c. Bridgman, William A. Shortt and Cornelius G.
Kolff; the New-York Furniture Warehouse Mems
Association w. H Wayne and Charles P. Corbit;
the Wholesale Grocers' Association. G. Waldo
Smith and c. n. Sayre: the New-York Mercantile
Exchange, w. L. Hermance and ]. A. North; the
Retail Grocers Union, Henry MINERS and George
II. Leemeyer.
William McCarron presided and Secretary Gard
ner of the Board OF Trade and Transportation, act
ed secretary Of the meeting. Mr.. McCarrol
opened the proceedings stating that the meeting
was called to further adequate facilities for the
Postoffce business of New-York. Then Messrs
Hickman Ommen and Hermance discussed the
needs Of postal facilities this city They agreed
quate facilities in the present Postof1ce building
and the second the need OF a new Postodice
building The general opinion seemed 10 be that the
increase In the facilities in the present Postoce is
more urgent than new building, and that the lat
ter can wait Some OF the speakers pointed out
that II must be years before new building be
had even II an appropriation be Immediately forth
coming-a most unlikely contingency
1t was shown that an appropriation for increased
facilities in the present building can be much more
x7yiltb a
At this point Mr. Corbit read the report of the
committee on city affairs to the New-York Board
of Trade and Transportation at it's meeting OF
December 70 last on this subject. The report
described the postal facilities OF the city ana their
shortcomings
Mr. Corbit moved that the resolutions submitted
In this report be adopted by the joint committee
of commercial organizations present. This was OBJ
jected to by several speakers. first on the ground
that It was the resolution cf the Board of Trade
and Transportation alone, and would not be the
resolution OF the joint committee. Others set
forth that the resolutions in the report were re-
versed in matter of Importance. Nearly all the
members agreed generally with the sense of the
resolutions and declared that new resolutions
in the same line should be prepared for adoption
Mr. Hickman after discussing what may be done
with the old Postofice building said that several
floors be used for the postal business and the
offices occupying them removed to other quar-
tiers. Mr. Shortt and others assented to this and
thought that large elevators capable of carrying
two horse trucks up one or TWO noorS Such as Is
done in the large wholesale grocery stores of this
city, could be put In. This he said, would much
facilitate matters Following a general discussion.
in which many motions presented were defeated.
committee of three appointed to draft suta-
BILE resolutions The members of this committee
are William A. Short Alfred E. Ommen and Lud-
| wig Nissen
The following resolution then offered by Mr..
Nissen
| The delegates to this conference recommend to
a ia
to form permanent Joint committee OF commercial
organizations OF the city of NewYork to adj
ditiona postal facilities that shall represent the
| city OF New-York at hearings before committees
of Congress and In other to support the work
| of promoting the building of new postoffice and
OF securing an increase of postal facilities at the
city of New-York.
This unanimously adopted. The statement
then made by several that bills being in
troduced into Congress to grant the additional IA
cilities asked and that will require active work IL
| the bills 10 be passed After discussing the
necessity of getting every commercial organization
in the city interested In the matter adjournment
! taken. subject the call Of the Chair.