The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-15
POST OFFICE SITE.


Where the Federal buildings shall be still the subject of dis
agreement and discussion and the longer the discussion lasts the
the sites multiplied By the time Commissioner Eustis
there may be hall dozen sites for the Post Office
and determined of advocates ready sacrifice and every
thing obtain its avote position, involved the delay
OF erecting buildings We very much in the
position of Dte Deucars, who could make his mind
and of whom Tanmas Hagga the humor of Thrums, said
that ito have minds confusing twins and further
that thems that greedy for ahng gets naethng There
deal of wisdom in the old Scotcman that Barrie portrayed
We should perhaps conhne discussion point, the
foSt once ms the place which interests the general public
than the Custom House and the Federal Courts The Post
Office must be central for have much personal business
transact there 1t is not only the business houses that inter
esed the Post Office but individual personally
ed The Post Office be central and be easy
tor ALL Some people argue that the detached boxes and the house
house delivery sufficient for the general public they
bucoo or Cmra or hiacha either from the box the
post You make personal visit the Post Office
find The poor has clerk send and he go
himself You have then to consider the who has both little
time and probably less money.
Again Post Office may be personally visited order
send small money and here the poor who
has be considered The order system originally
instituted for the of the poorer and OF the
richer class tWas enable who had banking
who put their feet within the doors of bank send small
OF OF their That the order system
longer this by poor
proves usefulness
and the building which houses the money order offices
central and must easy access.
Then registered letter parcels system
lmS also appeals largely the classes whom every nickel OF
the portion of lives and should be situated
arrange lives little possible may be selfish but
that poer the rhman remarked did
thing him. and therefore he did why he should bother
his head about posterit Many the arguments
arguments for posteriy No go quarter OF mile
couple OF hundred yards his benefit
nifty years off We be benefited now,
If we look back growth OF the city, thirty years
changed its central point very much Thirty years ago
Fort street the principal street. and Fort street still
the principal street The Young building calculated by
be the forerunner OF great parallel Fort street.
the OF the Young building still pobemaca There
people who think that the Young building full quarter
century before its time This may be utterly wrong then
on the other hand they may be right
Fort the retail CENTER Post Office far
off from that the Capitol and the Judiciary building will
be Inconvenience People talk of its being dnce
chant street. Mclneny to the Government build
ngs wouldn't be in the bracng climate Of the temperate zon
but quite distance in this climate upon day.
And is not only the walk there but is the walk back OF
could be assured branch Post Offices
orders could be obtained where registered
would matter very little where the central office might
But not likely to be allowed branch Post Offices
tainly within radius of quarter of mile the
. central office.
People argue upon the Post Office varying stand
points There whom the architectural standpoint
appeals forciby These favor either gore or Union
Square the Irwin property the heater These
both achltecturaly good sites and would be excellent the
Federal law offices Some favor punching of government
buildings together and would do the drill shed and put
the Post Office and Federal upon site Some see
advantages of Post Office the epanade and would put law
courts there well which would be excessively nconvenien
Some favor practical and the present
uture and would have either the present s the
possible Out of these be
hoped that something will be agreed upon and that Mr. Euss
when he returns viii have cleacut proposition before him.