The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
Contest for Location Of Postoffice
Building Now Being Fought
by Petitions
MANY FAVOR MARKET ST. SITE
More Than Two Hundred Leading MeI
Of the City Have Signed Petition
for the Simmons Many Sign
Other Petition

The delay of the United States gov
eminent in making any announce
ment of the selection of site for the
proposed postoffice building in this
city has resulted in a battle of petit
tions being waged by the friends of
the different sites and petitions are
now in circulation seeking to secure
the location of the government build
ing at the corner of Market and Chi
cago streets and at the corner of Wis
consin and Exchange streets. Both
petitions have been largely signed
and as is usual in petition fight,
names of some men appear on both
petitions. The petition for the Wis
consin street property was the first to
be circulated and now that the Market
street petition is being circulated it
has taken advantage of being the last
in the field and by the readinggof the
petition it is shown that the signers
Withdrew their names from any petit
ton previously signed. The petition
asking for the selection of sthe Sim
mons property as the site for the
building, is being circulated'by Joseph
A Pitts and it has been largely
signed by merchants and manufac-
t1rers of the city. Everysmanufactur
ing institution in the city withsthe ex-
ception of the Badger Brass Com
pany has signed the petition for the
the Simmons site and it has been
signed by mote than sixty!per cent of
the business men on Main street. 1t
of course has the signature of all the
business men doing business on West
Market street.
The petition asked that the govern
ment select the Simmons site on ac-
count of the fact that it is the most
centrally located site offered to the
government and the further fact that
it is on the main travelled street in
the city running east and west. 1t is
claimed that the site perfectly meets
with the demands of the government
and that it is offered at lower price
than any of the other sites.
Postmaster Maloney has received
no word from the supervising archi-
tect Notwithstanding the fact that the
government agent who visited the
Kenosha sites stated that he would
make his report to the government by
the 10th of December and that official
notice of his report would at once be
given to the people of Kenosha
through the postmaster. There will
be plenty of time for the signing and
filing of petitions as the government
will make no decision until thirty
days. after the original report of the
supervising architect is filed.
The delay of the governmental not
making a report has not been ex-
planned as the postmaster hasreceived
absolutely no word from the depart
ment in regard to the building. If
there is any considerable longer de-
lay it will be impossible for the build
ing to be completed duringl the pres
ent year. At the time of the visit of
the government agent he stated that
if the site is purchased by the first Of
March it would be possible to sget the
building completed within the year.
The petitions will obe forwarded to
Washington as soon as possible with
the plan that they will be considered
as soon as the official report is made
to the secretary of the treasury. 1t
is possible that petitions will be
started by the owners of other sites
offered to the government.