Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-25
new YORK POSTOFF|CE
Committee Recommends Build
ings Be Erected Over I'm
foreground Railways.
WOULD SAVE TIME AND EXPENSE
Mails Could Be Delivered to Railroads
Through Pneumatic ITubes-very
Few Sites Offered commission--Ne-
gotiations With Railroads.

washington, Feb 25.-The cabinet
among other topics yesterday con-
sidered the report of the committee
created ny congress to acquire a site
for a postoffice building in New York
city. The commission was composed
of three members of the cabinet, and
after the president and his advisors
had heard the report read it was trans
mitted to the house of representatives.
by Secretary Shaw. The salient feat
ure of the report is recommendation
that postoffice buildings be erected
over the underground railway tracks
of the Pennsylvania and New York
Central railways in New York city.
The commission says that very few
sites were offered to it and that OF the
many suggested condemnation pro-
ceedings would be necessary in all
cases in order to secure title. The
commission says it has to suggest
wholly new project, namely, the loca-
ton of the postoffice buildings over
the tracks of the Pennsylvania and
New York Central railway system. 1t
says by this means the half hour now
lost in transporting the mails from the
railroads to the postoffice would be
saved and also the expense of the
wagons now engaged In this transpor-
tation, as pneumatic tubes would be
used.
The commission reports that nego-
tiations already have been entered
into with the two railroad companies.
The commission recommends that con-
gress extends its powers so as. to en-
able it to purchase site offered by
the Pennsylvania Railway company,
on Eighth avenue, extending from
31st to 33rd street, where the term
inal is to be located, the price named
to the government being $2,000,000;
also to secure a site and to erect q
postoffice building over the tracks Of
the New York Central railroad or ad-
jacent to the new station to be built
by that company. 1t Is estimated that
a building can be erected for about
$3,000000 An appropriation OF ST.
100000 for the purchase of the Penn
oltC 10 4 hS to
quest says that owing to the rise in
values since the location of the rail-
roads, site opposite the present one
will cost $6,000,000. The Pennsyl-
vania road in it's proposal reserves
the right to use for station purposes
only all the space under plane Of 20
feet below the curb line Of the adj
joining streets. The New York Cen
trail road yesterday sent communica-
ton to the commission making prop
osition for the sale of site over its
tracks approximately located where
the present station now stands The
proposition in its present form is not
altogether satisfactory to the commits
sion. The Pennsylvania road is ex-
pected to begin the excavation Of the
Eighth avenue site at once and II that
site is turned over to the government
on July 1, 1904. as proposed by the
Pennsylvania road, the postoffice there
may be in operation about July l, 1905.
Senator Plat, of New York, yester-
day offered an amendment to the sun
dry civil bill appropriating 100000
toward the erection Of new post
office building in New York, his pur-
pose being to carry out the commits
sion's recommendations.