Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-14

at the postoffice by their own carriers,
as thew do at present.
Mccoy Against Present Site.
Congressman Mccoy stated en-
phatically he was not in favor of the
present building being remodeled and
additions made. He said 1t would
take from eight to ten years to COM
plete all of the improvements and the
cost would be over three million dol
lars. He stated that it is necessary
to procure at least $1,S00,000 from the
sale of the present building and site
and that bids will be asked for next
week. Mr.. McCo.'s remarks were
greeted with applause from great
majority of those present.
John Montieth gave it as his belief
that within a few years Bloomfield,
Belleville, the Oranges and Montclair
would all be annexed to Newark and,
in his opinion. the new nostoffice
should be situated in the northwest
ern section of the city.
That the Prudential should be con-
sidered, was the opinion Of James
w Berry, and he favored a site on
Park place, as being convenient, in
asmuch as the present site was not
considered practicable. He placed
RAISING position by asking his opin-
ion.
THAT is an embarrassing ques-
tion," said Mr.. Book. ct have tried
to avoid the issue in the selecting
of a private site, but I know this
much; we need new postoffice and
need 1t badly. Next month | will
have to go outside with the work or
else have my men work in the cell
lar during the Christmas rush. We
need relief as immediate as we pos
sibly can get 1t. The business in
creased about 20 per cent last month
and the average monthly increase is
about Is per cent. The new post
office must be near the trolley lines
for the convenience of the carriers
and transportation of the mails from
station to station. All of the sites
submitted are acceptable and the
government won't make any mistake
in any of them, provided enough
space is secured"
Site number one was favored by
Judge George H. Lambert, and then
A. V. Hamburg, president of the
Newark Board of Trade, said he
wished to make public expression OF
his thanks to congressman Mccoy,
Townsend and Kinkead for the assist
ance they had given in pushing the
matter of new postoffice. He said
that no matter how busy the Con-
gressmen were, when he or other
Newark men went to Washington in
the interests of new postofflce, they
always were painstaking to find time
to listen to the pleas and do all they
could to help.
Congressman Mccoy again took oc-
casion to say that Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo was personally in
terested in the project, and would
see to it that the work was pushed
in the same manner as was the work
of building the short line and the
terminal stations of the Hudson and
Manhattan tubes. Mr.. Mccoy then
paid numerous compliments to Mr.
Macgregor and lauded him for the
work he had accomplished In the
past on similar projects TO this one.
Mr.. Macgregor was called upon for
an expression as to the length of time
Ii would take to erect the new build
ing, and said that when it once was
started 1t would go up without a
doubt within a year and a half.
The sites were considered in the
order of their submission. They are:
site No. 1--2S9-313 Market street,
facing the Pennsylvania station. This
site was argued for by DR. Charles +.
Kraemer, Charles P. Gillen and Syl-
vester G. Agens, of the Market Street
Merchants Association.
Site No. 2--That property bounded
by Court, Marshall. Broad and Hal
sey street, with a 235-foot frontage on
Broad street. William G. Fielder, of
the Fielder Corporation; former
Mayor w. II. F. Fielder and Edward
T.. Ward, of Aaron Ward & Sons,
presented favorable arguments for
this site This site also contains go
900 square feet, and could be bought
for 1896, 900. Its accessibility to the
Central and Lehigh Valley Railroads
and the southern section of the city.
and its being on the same street with
in IT'S favor, as was also Its proximity
to the Four Corners.
Washington Park Site.
Site No. 3-That property on Broad
and I.ombardy streets facing Wash
ington Park. This was offered for
1900 900 bv I.athrop Anderson, who told
of the growth of the city in that direc-
tion and the excellence of the location,
owing to it's being opposite the park.
Site No. 4--That property on Park
place and SaybroolS place. This was
offered by ]. l.. Feiblenan, who de-
scribed its good qualities as a post
office site. but who when questioned
nv Civil SCI vice Commissioner Ed
ward HI. Wright as to whether he had
proper authorization to offer the en-
tire property admitted he did not
represent the owners of the whole site.
The price put on this lot by Mr..
Feibleman was s797 600.
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