The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-02
REORGANIZATION RATES.
THE eosToFFIcE SITE.

piiian has remained silent on the mat
~ 81 The selection Of site for the
possotfiee building In this city, although
Il has hada preference from tho be
1lnnibs, but u seemed better to let
the government authorities settle the
question without the newspapers TAX
lng 4 hand In Il. However, our neigh
bot tbe5Tlmes, has opened the way
and We think Il Sexpedient that the
mater be given some atteption. The
naneFvers and manIpulatlons Of PEG.
BE Interested In a personal way in
sFis location Of the postehiee site from
he heslnnlns would probably not look
very @ell,lniprlnt, according to reports
II the hrst four or five men who Sc
cured al option on the Arnett-ManIey
los With II 4 view II seemed TO get a
rake OH on the purchase, These
thinas were known but nothing was
said about them. Several sites at
different times have been considered
and i vas once thought that the Ar
flest- Msnley site had been selected
but b has always had some very serl-
Gus draWbaeks. The price for the full
Iss Vas list placed at $4,000, but was
finally reduced TO $4,000 because the
owners saw they couldn't setSso much
fol il. Then It was proposed to cut
about s2feet from the best side OF It
and reduce the price to $4,000, but
tbat would neeessitate projecting the
Foundation Of the building over a
precfpttous bluff which would make
Necessary a retaining wall Of tremend-
Gus cost. When government officials
were brought face to face with these
facts they began to look at other loea-
lions. The Hall estate lot on Monroe
street soon became afaVortte and the
oiier Of the Hall heirs to widen Porter
alley to street and TO cell the lot Tor
i third less than the krnett-Manley
property made that site at once look
1ood. As soon as the business people
found out that there was chance for
lie Monroe street lot, personal letters
began 10 90 BY the score to the Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury IN ia.
Vor OF that site. Several people had
signed the petition for the Arnett.
ManIeylot under the false impression
thatiths Hall estate lot was not being
considered and many who signed the
petition have since written letters ex-
planning the matter and expressing a
ssronu preference for the Hall estate
LOT in fset II is estimated that rs
per cent. Of the people in the business
section Of the city have expressed a
ofeiersnee for the Hall site. There
6 good reason for Il, too, as the Hall
LOT is from a block to a block and a
halfnearer the leading banks and bust
ness places in the main part of the city
than e the Arnett-Manley lot and the
cost Of The retaining wall will be sew
eral thousand dollars less for the Hall
lot than for the Arrett.Manley lot ae.
ccrdins TO the figures Of the supervIs.
Ing architect who made the estimate.
TneTlmes states that a petition with
500 ssners has been sent in by the
friends Of the Arnett-ManIey lot. It
Is safe 10 say that petition with
tWlee that many names could be pro.
cured for the Hall lot. However, the
residence portions Of the city are not
soSmleh Interested In the postottice
ste since mail is delivered and branch
offices are located In the wards, hence
no effort has been put forth to get
signers In the residence sections by
the friends Of the Hall lot. The gov.
eminent authorities understand tHis
They Know that II ls the business sec.
tion n the city that is vitality cor.
cerned in the location Of the postofN
fiee-the banks, the stores, the offices,
the concerns and individuals which
Rave boxes and get mall several times
asdaY Three-fourths Of these people
ana son6erns favor the Hall lot and
have 50 expressed themselves in let.
ters sent direct TO Washington.
The Hall lot DEVELOPS very lmpor.
sant business section by It's proximity
70 jaekson street and lie nearness to
the Fairmont and Warrington Trss.
tlan Company ofiees. situated mid
way betsseen Main and jackson, It
can BE approached from both Sides
Every business house on jackson
street WOULD Be- better served by the
Han location than BY sthe Arnett;Maa.
Key site. The same thing can't be said
oNfpe-sixths 81 tie Main street busl-
ness places.
40 to the selfish personal Interests
stake, the reference II The Times
hsolutely rldleplous When Il ls
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