The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-12

ing's aesthetic possibilities would ! count for, with a little addition on the | front and another on the side, 1t is i difficult to see, New Haven wants and should have a federal building that s worthy of 1t and the federal government should give the city one that Is worthy In turn, of the federal government, Our good friends in Washington tells us that these wings that are proposed are to be of tenn p0rary character only, They are meant to bridge over the gap lntil q time when Congress can sec it's way clear to give the city new building such as Is needed. But the fact must not be lost sight of that by so doing these well-meaning gentlemen in Washington are not only destroying the good points of the present build ing but are materially lesscnlng the chances of ever getting the new build ing at all.
 How the latter Is the case may cas- fly be explained, Secretary Coolidge says in his letter that the general ap- propriation for repairs to federal buildings is not ample enough to en- able the department to set aside s5o,- 900 for the three needed additions to the building. Therefore, he says, he brought the matter before Senator l T3ulkcley flor such further action as he may deem necessary which sim ply means that, If the Connecticut sen- ator wants New Haven to have the ad- ditions, he must succeed in getting through Congress. It is quite possible that such a bill might be naylsated through the two federal houses. but there is little doubt that. to 10 so would mean to postpone 70 the dim future the passing of any second bill asking for an appropriation of a much large amount for an entirely new building. Those who are in a position to know the situation at Washington tell us that New Haven will have no easy task ahead in its endcavors to get new postoitlce Collector Wlnchell's appeal before tho New Haven Chamber of Commerce was significant He urged that every effort be put forth to make an im- pression at the national capitol with resolutions forwarded to our congress men, to the secretary of the treasurer and to his supervising architect He asked that public petitions he crcu-
 lated even at some expense and be signed by all classes. If, then. the task of getting a new building will be no easy one at best how much harder will it be to get large appropriation within d few years If this proposed special appropriation of S5o, poo Is on record against New Ravens congress ional account?
 The fact that the first appropriation
 was small will not materially matter when the second bill comes ID, but rather the fact that one for the same purpose had been made within g short time for the same city So tho
 second would seem less imperative Would it not be better to get alonl
 as best we can with present condit , tions for a time or at least, with onl! such minor changes and additions ai tho treasury department feels itsel
 able to make and pay for out of if
 general appropriation for repairs or
 federal buildings? year or two O
 inconvenience may seem lntolerable t'
 the men that have to endure them, hu it may he far better to do so thai
 to jeopardize every chance of havini
 the federal building facilities ds the,
 should be for all time This IS a cas-
 where the bird in the bush seems [,
 be moro valuable than one in th, 3 hand.