Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-26

commerce. and as an earnest of Its
desire to cooperate with the chamber,
ne offered that no action contrary to
that OF the Chamber OF Commerce
w""id DC taken. and suggested that IL
the chamber failed OF its object it's
support be given to empowering the
treasury Department to determine upon
some other location. lie disclaimcd the
implication that the citizens commit
tee h;td been animated by n desire to
effect some real estate transaction. and
denied that IT had been promotivc OF
any real estate scheme.
I'VE offer to give the board OF dircc-
tors Of the Chamber Of Commerce a free
hand. he said, "and no more petitions
from our side will h" circulated. We
ask In return only In the event of the
failure of the Chamber OF Commerce
II Will join hands with us"
Postmaster Thornton said that the
experts sont here by tho Treasury De-
partmcnt had examined property other
than that at Eleventh and Main streets
withou: the knowledge OF the owners
ana said that he did not believe the
Treasury Department would buy the
Blair property. He was as positive in
stating that he had information that
a union depot was not contaminated as
Mr.. Easley had been IN saving tina,
one is soon to be erected. referring
again to the Eleventh Street propertv
he sail II was entirely Inadequate for
postal needs. and complained that II
would not he possible to obtain there
proper light and ventilation. He urged.
too, that the chamber give it's sunport
to some other site if IL failed in the
consummat ton of it's own purpose say
ing: Lets be good sports and accent
the verdict without complaint" He
was loudly acclaimed
FORMER POSTMASTER CABE:I.L
FOR ELEVENTH STREET SITi;
Royal +. Cabell, a former postmas
ter of Richmond. struck the hardest
blow at the defonscs Of the op,.osinp
! forces. He said that tn. Treasury De-
partment experts had not been exactly.
tair III formulating their report. that
they had compared the Eleventh Street
site with site ideal. Instead of com
pairing II with other possible locations
lie admitted that there We're disad-
Vantages. but proceeded to show that
other sites suggested had even moro
He recitcd some history II was almost
ancient. Every site from Fifth and
''road to Twentieth and Broad were ex-
amined in 1899. when the first fight for
an improved Dostoflicc building or!gI-
mated, and every one was found 10 have
the same reasons for objection "a That
nj Eleventh. and Main Streets and
others in addition. Though the neht
VAS oeSuh IN 1922 II was not finished
unui 1912, when the present building
was improved, and in that time tho su.
pervising architect OF the Treasury De-
partment refused TO draw plans FOR tho
addition, the assistant secretary decid-
ed against It, Secretary Shaw refused
approval, and II was not unit! Serre
tary Cortelyou came into Office that an
prevail was obtained
FIGHT DOESN'T ALWAYS
END WITH INSPECTORS
The fight doesn't always end with
the inspectors. he said, nor with an
assistant secretary. nor even with the
hiehest Official i'll the department. Con-
sfess sometimes takes n hand in dccid-
ing the question" He said that no
better site than that At Eleventh street