La Junta tribune., 1910-07-16
FederaI Postoffies Site Selected.

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| FIFTY representative business men
I eQended meeting In the Elks'
bofge room Thursday night. called by
s4f directors Of the La Junta Indus.
snI Association. for the purpose Of
cDsidering the matter OF selecting q
stce for the $4,000 postoffice building
/ ~ appropriation for which was Sc
c4ed by Congressman Martin during
~ closing hours of the last session
| - congress.
Uncle Sam asks for the donation Of
. corner lot. approximately 13Oxl35
:. - In dimensions. and proposals are
tot.be opened in Washington. ID. c..
81 August Sd. At this meeting three
siees were considered-the Moore
peopertv. at the northwest corner of
lCovDrado avenue and Fourth street,
ovned by I. 7. Woodruff. and an ad-
rtoohing twenty-five foot lot on Colo
ea4o avenue, owned by K. W. Patter.
eou. making site ls5xi&O feet In
dasAensions; the Sears property. at
the southeast corner Of Santa Fe av-
enue and Fourth street. also owned
~ n. L. Woodruff, with an adjoin.
Tag twenty-five foot lot on the south
owned ~ Mrs. Jessie Miller. making
! q Tive lot site similar to that on
,Cooprado avenue; and a site in the
mS4dle of the block on the north side
of$the courthouse park. 1t was
leaned early In the meeting that
the, latter site would not be avail
. ~ under any conditions. and an III
formal vote was taken to select eth
err the Moore or Sears corner. Out
ofp1orty-seyen votes east thirty were
In h or Of the Moore corner and sew
ente,n in favor OF the Sears corner.
Win one dissenting vote II was
declded To appoint committee to
arrauge for the purchase OF the
Moor corner. and President Phillips
apppinted James McNeen. ". T.. An.
dreps aud e. A. Beerbohm AS com
mitt.e TO interview the owners. OBJ
tAi1 the best possible terms and
Eai1r the necessary funds TO purchase
IT, site.
- Woodruff offered the Moore
corner for $4,000. with q donation
Of 5000 on the purchase price. MIR.
Patterson offered his Colorado avenue
lot for $500. with donation OF
81 1000 on the purchase price. This
would leave a total OF 5000 To b,
raised by popular subscription u
purchase the Moore corner. II would
require q similar amount to acqulr.
the Sears corner. MIR. Woodruff OF
fcred this site for $1,000. with a do
nation Of $1,000. and Mrs. Miller asks
800 for the adjoining thirty foot
lot. which would make the purchase
price the same as for the Colorado
avenue site.
The site proposals will lie opened
Ia Washington August Sd next and
an agent OF the department will he
sent soon thereafter to make per
sonal examination Of the proposed To-
cation. and upon the recommendation
of his report the selection OF the
site Will b. decided by the depart
ment. Plans for public buildings are
taken up In the order In which the
titles to the sites are vested In the
I United 0tates, and notice 10 clear
the size II not given until the con
structi0u Of the federal building Is
about 70 begin. Trinidad secured
her postoffice building within two
years after the title to the site was
vested In the United States. II IL
hoped that conditions at Washington.
as regards priority In the selection
OF building sites. are such that La
JuntA will be as fortunate. us Trini.
dad and secure . new postofficc build
Ink inside Of two years.
The conmittee will start out sole.
ting today for the necessary $500
required. Three citizens attached
their names Tor $3.50 q this amount