The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-21
Men Now I'm the Field VIII he As
signed tn the Duty of inspect
ing Old Routes.
SITE FOR PUBLIC BUILDING
CITIZENS OF RICHMOND PERMITTED
TO HAVE THEIR CHOICE.
Selection Made by the Inspector Set
Aside at Request of a Majority
of the People.

Staff Correspondence Of the Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-S. B. Rath-
bone, of Indianapolis. superintendent of the
middle division rural free delivery. has been
in Washington several days. He came here
to attend a meeting of the different di-
vision superintendents. To-day it was de-
cided to discontinue the work temporarily
of installing new routes, except in those
counties where work is now in progress.
The chief reason for this action was be-
cause the appropriation made for the es-
tablishment Of these routes is running low
1t was decided to transfer those men who
have been installing routes to the work Of
inspecting work already accomplished. Su-
perintendent Rathbone said to-day that the
routes would have to be inspected sooner or
later, and the superintendent thought this
a good time to do the work. No new routes
will be laid out until Congress has made a
new appropriation. Among the counties In
Indiana where rural service is being estab-
lished at present are Pike. Rush. Whitley
and Boone. The work in these counties will
be completed.
Those present at the conference be-
side General Superintendent Machen, As
sistant General Superintendent William G.
Edens of Chicago, of the free delivery sys-
tenn, and II. Conquest Clark, superintend-
ent of rural free delivery. were Special
Agents w. B. Gaitree. of Marietta, Ohio
division; w. c. r. Hazard, New York.
Eastern division; A e. Eisenhower, Phila-
deiphia, Atlantic division; s. b. Rathbone
ger, Nashville, Southern division, and
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The secretary Of the treasury to-day
announced his selection of the site for
the new federal building at Richmond. The
site is 1H.25 by 122 feet. and is located on
the corner of Ninth and North streets.
Mary E. Baer and NJ. Ella Johnstone were
paid s13. 500 for it. The Treasury Department
was guided wholly in the selection of this
site by the communications received from
people living in Richmond. The COM
munications, of which there was a great
many almost unanimously favored the Sc
lection of the site chosen. The site selected
was not the one recommended by Inspector
Parsons, but after a conference with the
secretary it was decided that inasmuch as
the letters received from the residents in
dicated a preference for the site selected
the department would purchase in order to
please the majority. The action on the
part of the secretary in selecting site
other than the one recommended by the
inspector seems to indicate that he intends
to stick to what he said about the depart
ment being guided in the selection of sites
by the preference of the majority of resi-
dents.
Inspector Parsons to-day sent in the re-
port on the Logansport site to the secre-
tary to await his action.
Charles B. Landis, of Delphi, represen-
tative from the Ninth congressional dis
trict arrived in Washington tonight and
is the first of the Indiana delegation to get
here. 1t is not expected many members
of the delegation will be here until after
Thanksgiving. Senator Fairbanks, who is
in New York, is expected Sunday.
Hugh III. Hanna, chairman of the mon
etary commission, arrived here tonight
from Indianapolis and is at the Willard.
Mr.. Hanna came on his usual mission rela-
tive to monetary legislation. He will leave
for Indianapolis tomorrow.
Another prominent guest at the Willard
tonight is Walter Brown. of Elkhart,
member of the Indiana Republican state
committee from the Thirteenth district. He
is still smiling over the result of the elec-
ton and over Mr. Bricks success, for
which he worked very hard. c. A c.