Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-08
Inspect Sites for New
Federal Building
| omonow.
LAWYERS TO ASK ROOM
AS UNITED STATES COURT
Plot Near Pennsy Station Fa-
vored for Convenience for
Parcel Post.

Plotted BY Washington II. Cross.
secretary to Representative Mccov.
the public buildings and grounds
committee Of the House of Repre-
sensatiyes will arrive in this city to-
night to inspect The Newark postal
facilities
After a social hour at the Board ~
Trade room the committee win be
taken to the Essex County country
Club for the night. An early Start
viii be made tomorrow on q tour -
inspection Of the local postofi5ce ard
me proposed sites for the new fed
eral building.
The committee will leave f1,a ce.a.sz
try Club at 7:30, and after = khazs
automobile ride will be taken ~ ~
postofiice. when the conreafe.1 co.ss.z
.ion OF that building will be invests
saeeu- a complete inspection Of the
=. ruiiuihg VIII be made by the visitors
lhey VIII be accompanied by Post
master Book and other postofsce an
LAS ana committee from the Board
ne dei1ciencies Of the local noefz
once VIII be set forth BY the n<s-sz
master and every effort viii be mae
70 nave the committee apprecita -.
aepiorable condition caused bv 1ar.r
of space = 49,
Want Federal Court Room.
IL Is understood that 2 eofnn4;tf..
from the Newark bar viii a1so ,,,eef
the congressman to urge npnn tEz.,,
the need Of q suitable room, = s.
USED as 2 Federal court. This win
oovlate the necessity Of the local A.
lorneys carrying all their Federal
cases 10 Trenton.
After the postoffiee has been H.
spected the party win be fakeh asena.
Bread street, from Orange street 4.
Clinton avenue. and along Market
street, from the Pennsylvania stafIa7,
to the Court House. It win BE- exz
planned that it is desirable thai ne
new postofIIce be located on either II
these two thoroughfares. between the
points mentioned.
Several sites have already been Sc
lected BY Postmaster Book and The
Board of Trade representatives work
ing in conjunction with members of
the City Planning Commission The
site that seems to be most favora bic
Is opposite the Pennsylvania station.
and is known as Murder Row.
This place. those who urge il say.
would not only be an advantageous
location for the new postof1ice. bur
would also do away with an unsirhflv
block Of buildings in the centre *
| Newark's business district that Is
seen BY practically every traveller on
the Pennsylvania railroad
Favor Railroad site.
This fact and the sites proximity to
the railroads. have made the location
favored by those Interested The es-
Establishment of the parcel post has
made it very essential for the post
Office to be located near all railroads.
Other sites that are meeting with.
favor by merchants about the city
are in Park place, near Proctors
Theatre. and in the block hack Of
the City Hall between Greene and
Franklin streets.
All these sites and many others
will be inspected by the CONGRESSES
men and their value considered. The
bill now under consideration calls for
the expenditure of only q million DOL
lars for the proposed building.
With real estate as high as it Is In
Newark the question has arisen
whether or not this amount win PR
chase suitable site. Therefore fhs
agitators see economy win nave Is
be practised in the selection Of f4e
location. The principal errand of tho
congressman. however, is to gain IN
formation about the present post
Office.
Board Of Trade Active.
Secretary Reilly and the Board OF
Trade have been very active in in
teresting the congressman in New
ark's needs for a new postoface. and
it is due largely to their efforts that
the visit today is being made.
The directors of the board held &
special meeting last night and named
the following members to act as an
entertainment committee for the con-
gresham: Former Mayor w. ii.
Fielder, Board of Works Commits
sioner Charles P. GiIlen, c. Louis
Fitzgerald. Carl l. jacobson and
David Merritt
The members Of the house commits
tee who viii be in the inspection
party are John L. Burnett. Frank j.
Clark. S. A. Rodenbery, William A.
Ashbrool. Henry A. Barnhart John
z. Andrus, Richard w austin, II. ii
Towner and Jesse /. Hartman Frank
Up. Lockhart. clerk. win also accon-
pany the party.
Several of the New Jersey congresses
men, including congressmen KIN
llxead. scully. Mccoy. futile ana
Townsend, viii also be with the com