Milford chronicle., 1907-05-24
WANT NEW POST OFFICE
BUILT SOON AS POSSIBLE.

. In response to the call published in
> last weeks issue Of the CHRONICLE. the
business people Of Milford packed both
the Town Council Chamber and Fire
mems Hall last Friday evening, and
Il discussed the methods that could be
best employed to impress on the gov.
ernment authorities at Washington.
that the building Of q new post office
In Milford is badly needed, and that
the people will assist in getting an ac-
ceptable site for the new building.
All offers OF location for the new
building in Milford, which have here
tofoIe been made, have been rejected
as being too costly, and it is therefore
necessary that site to meet the re-
quirements be settled upon.
One OF the conditions Of the appro-
priaticn-as stated by DR.. George w.
Marshall at the meeting on Friday
nights that the new office shall be
forty feet from any other building, and
that at once eliminates any of the costly
land between North Front street and
South Front street on Walnut street.
There was much interest manifested
by all present and applause followed
the advocates Of sites pro ana con and,
as a matter Of course, many impracti-
cal suggestions were made. Out Of the
there developed the fact that
the present post office is not large
enough to accommodate the business.
The rural free delivery business being
hampered, and two routes
which would have been placed here,
were sent to Lincoln for this cause.
Out Of the many locations suggested,
and Of those available, the property
now occupied by Esquire Fisher and !
to the residence Of Samuel
:. Evans, Jr., came nearest Of meeting !
With general approval. or course the G
National Hotel site was acceptable to
vi; but its cOst is prohlbitive. A few
'ersons are advocating delay-for some :
Unknown reasOn-but those who use :,
he post office most, are impatient OF
lrther pOstpOnement, and believe the
ppropriatiOn of $4,000 plenty to build
new post office for Milford.
The meeting organized by making
'aniel Hirsch its chairman and Colonel =
heo. Townsend the secretary. From +
s deliberations a mOtioH was adopted ~
hich provided that a committee Of Id
ven be named from the business men ca
Milford and those who most largely II
Ie the post office, who shall cOmmu- &c
cate with the Washington authorities
I'd assist in procuring a suitable site
I'd, when site has been found accep- w w
BILE to the government, the chairman VI
the committee shall call another VI
Getting Of the citizens, and submit %
cir acts to them for approval. \"
The matter is now in a more tangible ne
ape, and it should result in a new no ~
st office, conveniently located for the Oe
Ople Of Milford and vicinity. The
rRONICLE started the ball rolling, and -.
that the people want -
" post office and that soon as DOS NJ
le. -1'
he committee appointed by the town
citing, with George H. Hall for chair ~,
n, met in Firemen's Hall OIL Tues ~ ~
? evening and organized. The ques 90
] Of proper location" was discussed, 80 ~
a subcommittee Of three named d.
solicit proposals and offers Of prop go
2, together with the minimum cost 49,
each property offered. Owners Of
peIty who have location they will \,
'ose Of, are requested to make an -.
r in writing to Charles Barker, NJ,
irman Of the subcommittee, so that 80
reports can be laid before the gen 49,, AZ,
committee on Friday evening, May c.
at o'clock. ,I.,.