Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-22
NEWARK'S NEW
P. 0. STRUCTURE
BILL IS PASSED
Mccoy Measure to Hire Archi-
tects Outside Civil Service
Cuts Off Years.
6. o. p. LEADER MANN
MAKES BITTER ATTACK
Is Declared Out of Order and
Bill Passes Without Neg
ative Vote.
Star Bureau,
Metropolitan National Bank Bldg.
WASHINGTON, July 22.

Authority to hire special architects
outside the Civil Service, to plan and
build Newarks new postoffice, was
given to the treasury department by
the Mccoy bill, which passed the
House this afternoon,
BY unanimous consent, the rules
were suspended to permit the con
sideration of the Newark bill, The
bill which had the approval OF the
Democratic caucus, also proposes that
the money derived from the sale OF
the old postoffice shall at once become
available for the construction OF the
new building.
Employment of special architects
will save from two to three years
time in the building of the new post
office.
Repub lean Leader Opposes.
Mann, the Republican leader, op-
posed the bill. He repeated his preVi-
Gus charge that the public building
appropriation bill of last year, to
which the Mccoy bill is an amend
ment. had never passed the House,
and had never legally become a law
The plan for selling the old post
office subject to a condition that 1t
is to be used until the new building
is completed, was attacked by Mann
as improper and unworkable. Its Ell
feet, he declared, would be to make 1t
impossible for the government to get
as large a price as it should for the
property. Mann also attacked the
plan for hiring special architects.
This plan had been abolished by
general law, he said. because it was
considered in the interest of economy
and reform to have all architectural
and supervising work on public build
ings done under civil service. The
pending bill, he declared, was sus-
pending the general law by special
legislation.
An effort was made by the Repub-
licans to inject a discussion of the
Caminetti-Diggs case into the discus
sion of the Newark bill, and Kahn,
of California, attempted to make
speech on the subject Burns, of
Tennessee, who has taken the lead in
shutting off debate of the Caminetti
case objected, and Kahn was ruled
out of order.
Austin Backs Mccoy.
"The Newark postoffice, declared
Representative Austin, of Tennessee,
sis the most congested in the United
States. 1t would be cruel, harsh and
inhuman to compel the Newark build
ing to wait its turn on the list and
require Newark to wait five or six
years, as it would ordinarily, for the
completion OF new postoffice."
The Mccoy bill provides that the
old postoffice building is not to be
scld for less than $1.S0O,00O. Mr.. Nc
Coy told the House that he knew of
no opposition to the bill. but that it
had been a victim of the rules of
tho House and parliamentary acci-
dents.
81 believe myself" said Mr.. Nc
Coy, that the language of last years
bill was sufficient to make the funds
from the sale of the old building i'm
mediately available for the construc-
ton of the new building. The attor-
ney- general. however, thought differ
emily. By employing special archi-
tests" said Mr.. Mccoy, "the new
postoffice can be ready for occupancy
in from two to two and half years
and the supervising architect of the
| treasury believes there will be no diff
fculty in making a sale of the old
building under the conditions pro-
posed.
"One of the proposals of this bill"
declared Mr.. Mann, lis to sell the
4 federal court house at Newark. Why
not? What use is a court house un-
der the present administration? The
attorney-general has given 1orice 10
the world that he does not propose to
enforce the law against waite slave
cases.
Ruled out of order, Mann denied
that he had not the right to discuss
the courts and the department of
justice in debating the sale of
court house.
Here is a bill to sell a court
house." said he. why? There is
no further need for court houses"
Representative Clark of Florida,
chairman of the committee on pub
lie buildings, said that In an uncon-
hiLiOidi obhtl5ht SdiC iiC Nio AiOh bAiiatrN
the old Newark building would sell
for more than $2,0o0,0O0 and that the
100000 less fixed as the upset price
was a very fair allowance for rent.
1t was urged by Representative
Cooper, of Wisconsin, that there
should be some provision that in the
contract for the sale of the old build
| ing the purchaser should be given
assurance of delivery on a certain
date. with 'liquidated damages for
any delay further than the time
set.
The bill passed the House with
out roll call and with no votes in
the negative.
H. 3. w.