The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-04-02
POSTOFFICE DIS.LOCATED.
Carter Site Finally Accepted by Uncle Sam
for the New Building.


for the New Building,
At 1871 this afternoon the following
telegram was received by Mr.. j. Fred
johnson from z. F. Young:
Congratulations to Mr.. Carter. We
have secured his site.
This means that the public building
to be erected here by Uncle Sam at a
cost of $65, 900 will be located upon the
site offered by Mr.. George l.. Carter,
bounded by Walnet, Ash, Earnest and
Union streets, instead of the lot on the
corner OF Main and Roam streets, upon
what is known as the King lot. The
matter has been hanging fire for nearly
two years and both sides have seeming
ly won more than one heat. Last week
Mr.. James A. Martin, representing the
King lot, was notified that that site
would be acceptable if enlarged twenty
feet and other provision complied with.
This set the town wild again and re-
suited in public meeting being held
at the Hippodrome Monday night that
was q revelation to even the old timers
in this city. Everybody was there and
the large building was crowded to it's
utmost capacity. The meeting was
called to order by President @. B. AL
len, of the Commercial Club, in few
we'll chosen words, and L. A. Cox was
elected chairman and W. B. Miller sec
rotary. Enthusiastic speeches were
made by s. r Sells, A. r. johnson,
DIR. W. J. Miller, d. A. Vines, Geo. 4.
Wofford, George Burbage and CyaH.
Lyle. The following resolutions were
offered by j. E. Brading and adopted
without a dissenting vote:
We, the citizens of johnson City,
Tenn, in mass convention assembled,
rejoicing in our constitutional rights
to meet and express our opinion on all
public questions, and believing that
the appropriation of sixty five thousand
($65, O0O) dollars by the congress Of the
United States for the purpose of erect
ing q postoffice building at johnson
City, Tenn, was intended to benefit
the people at large, and believing that
the site donated by George L. Carter,
surrounded by four (4) streets, namely
Walnut, Ash, Union aud Earnest, is
the proper place for said building.
Resolved first, That we favor said
site because we believe its proximity
to the passenger depot renders it more
suitable for the expeditions handling of
mails than any other site offered.
Second, That the acceptance of the
proposition made by Geo. L, Carter
would enable the department to erect a
better building than could be secured
through the acceptance of any other
site.
Third, In anticipating the future
growth of our town and the prospective
convenience of both business and de-
pots, we believe that time will demon
strate the wisdom of the selection OF
the Garter site.
Fourth, We recommend the appoint
ment by the chairman of committee
of fifteen TO present these resolutions,
with copy OF the call for this meeting,
to the proper authorities in Washing.
ton, and that we request our congress.
man and senators to aid this committee
in every way possible in their efforts to
secure the acceptance of the Garter site
The chair appointed the following
gentlemen on the committee to present
the resolutions to the authorities al
Washington: DIR. W. j. Miller, G. L.
MAJ shall, Geo. T. Wofford, J. W. Hun
ter, @. B. Allen, J. A. Summers, E. F
Young, G. L. Smith, E. @. Baldwin
d. A. Vines, E M. Slack, Amzi Smith
j. M. Gaunt, s. r. Sells and Oy Fl
Lyle. AS the crowd departed they
, were counted by tellers and 976 wer,
enrolled as voting for the resolutions
and not one against.
Several member of the committee
> left Tuesday afternoon for Washington
. and had Conference with the authorities
Wednesday. The matter was settled
y this morning as the above telegram de
: clares. Let us have peace.