The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
CONGRESSMAN MILLER
GETS BUSY ON POS1OFF|CE
Urges Immediate Action on the
Part Of the Treasury Depart
ment Toward the Erection
of the Virginia Federal
Structure.

Congressman Miller to this city
made at the request of the city
council for the purpose Of inspect
ing the demands Of this city 70,
better postal Accommodations, he
wired the department his findings
his telegram elicting the following
reply which together with Mr..
| Miller's answer thereto was sub.
| mitted to the council Tuesday
evening":
Treasury Department,
Washington, October 4, 1911
Hon. c. B. Miller, NJ. G.
Duluth, MINI.
Sir:
Referring to your telegram of
the 25th ultimo, urging that the
drawings for the new postoffice
building at Virginia, Minn., be ex-
pedited, | have the honor to in
form you that the department is
now in position to take up the
Virginia drawings this month,
and if no unforeseen delay occurs
should be in position to advertise
for proposals in January. If &C.
reptab bids are received, actual
work at the site could begin as
soon as the building season opens
in the spring.
Respectfully,
R. 0. BAILEY,
Asst. Sec y.
The answer made by Mr.. Miller,
which follows, does not signify
his entire satisfaction at the pros
poets any more than it does the
satisfaction Of Virginians who
have waited for four years since
the passage Of the building appro-
priation for some move leading to
the belief that eventually this
:ity would be given decent ac-
romodations for it's government
service:
Duluth Minn., Oct. II, 1911.
Mr.. r. 0. Bailey,
ASST Sec'y Of the Treasury >e,
Washington, D. G. \
Dear Sir:
beg to acknowledge receipt Of
your letter Of the 4th in respect
to the Virginia, Minn., postoffice
building. Your letter is exceed
ingly unsatisfactory and dis
rouraging. Last June | under
stood suuarely from the super
vising architects office that the
plans for the Virginia building
were then complete and only need
ed the approval of the president ;
that that approval could be ex-
pected within a fewweeks at most
and work would be started on the
building not later than August
or September. There is a big
mistake somewhere. This situa-
ton is not one simply asking for
building, but one that demands
relief from an intolerable condi-
ton. Every fact set forth in my
telegram is true. If you cannot
get to work on this building be-
fore next spring you may as we'll
give up building it at all. Vir-
ginia has trebled it's population
since the money was appropriated
for that building. We have fail
I'd to make other provision for
the postoffice, because we had a
right constantly to expect the
building would be constructed.
The situation now is positively
ieplorable. The citizens there
cannot understand this extrava-
CANT delay, and / am unable to ex-
plain it to them. They are, as
they have right to be, furious.
The conditions require that this
:ase be made special and be hur-
ried through this fall. Can you not
do so? Building operations are
conducted here all winter same
as they are in other places.
most earnestly request that you
give this further and special con-
sideration, to the end that the
| matter may be put through this
fall. Your cooperation in this
urgent situation will be received
| with especial gratefulness, both
by myself and by the citizens of
the enterprising city of Virginia
With expressions Of regard am
Very sincerely yours,
c.. B. MILLER
And while the approximations
| of Mr.. Miller may avail naught,
we are pleased that his services
have been invoked; they will dc
no harm at least, although Vir.
ginians are to be forgiven if they
appear somewhat pessimistitc over
! tho nrncnoo+c of Evino tn COO The