Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-25
Secretary Corte|you to Pro-
cure Post Office Site.
TO BE NEAR UNION STATION
Place for Unloading Mails Will
Figure in Selection.
RUMORS IN CIRCULATION
Report That Ground on Which Old
Baltimore and Ohio Depot Stood
May Be Bought.

The Secretary of the Treasury. pur
suant to the provisions of the act of May
30. has invited bids for furnishing the
United States 100000 square feet ot
ground within radius of 1000 feet Of the
new Union station as a site for the new
city post office building. the vendors tC
pay all Expenses for furnishing a good
title and for the necessary conveyancing
The improvements are also required to be
reserved by the vendors and to be re-
moved within thirty days OF notice to dc
SO. In the meanwhile. howevtr. the
ground may remain occupied upon pay
ment of a reasonable ground rent. Bids
must be submitted by o'clock pm. July
II.
yesterday to the superintendent OF sta
tons B, corner of 4th and East Capitol
streets: G. 14l9 G street. and G, Union
building, G street near 9Th street.
Postmaster Barnes said today that nc
preference has been expressed for any
site: that the selection will depend very
largely on the terminal company's de-
cisiOn as to which side of the new Union
station the mails will be unloaded, and
that while a decision upon the subject
had once been reached it had been recon
sidered.
OlQ d. anu ". OIdL1Ou.
Rumor has it. notwithstanding. that the
question of what disposition is to be made
Of the site Of the old station of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. New Jersey
avenue and c street. is soon to be answer
ed. The rumor about the property is that
1t is to be purchased by the government
to be used as the site for the city post
office. Nobody in official circles could be
md tod ". hn al n a
deny it. Persons who are responsible for
The rumor say they are certain the Bal
timore and Ohio site mentioned will be
bought for the purpose. 1t was also
pany is holding all its property In that
section with the hope that the govern
ment will purchase IL sooner or later. de-
clining. 1T Is said. to entertain offers made
by private individuals. Star reporter
was told today that a wealthy merchant
in this city had made the company an
offer for part of its holdings near the
Union station, but the offer was not en-
tertained for the reason stated.
Changes in Property.
Hardly a day passes without inquiries
being made as to the probable disposition
Of the property held by the Baltimore and
and c street and the Union station. In
terested persons have watched the work
Of filling the property with dirt brought
from the vicinity of Rhode Island avenue.
The filling is now about completed and
the interested ones are watching for the
next step in the matter of improvements.
1t has been generally supposed that a
boulevard would be constructed from the
new station to New Jersey avenue and c
street.
Should the city post office be built there,
it is believed. it will mean that many
changes in property in that vicinity will
follow. Many of the residences will natu.
rally be converted into business property
and business houses already in the section
will be enlarged. Should the government
purchase the square north of the site of
the old station, as is proposed in a bill
offered at the last session. it will be the
means of reducing the amount of prop
erty available for business purposes in
that vicinity.