Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-01-28
THE POST OFFICE SITE QUESTION.

The question of a Federal Building for this city
is at acute crisis and viewed from several angles
many think that good common business sense seems to
have been entirely eliminated, and personal aggrand
isement to have taken it's place. The ruling thought in
all enterprises of this nature must be the greatest
good to the greatest number"
It has taken years of time and vast amount of
tedious details and arrangements to bring the propo-
stion to the point where all is ready for the
ton of the building and it surely seems nopportune,
poor policy and very bad business judgment to stop
the whole deal indefinitely This certainly will be the
case if the DIRECTORS to the site win out at this time
Suppose the deal is called off, it will take years to get
to the point where we are now on new location
Then at that time what should hinder another few in
terested DIRECTORS from doing the thing again.
This very thing has occurred in other cities and kept
federal building out of the city for many years, and
given time for real estate to than treble in value
making the cost out Of all proportion.
It is more than possible that if vote were taken
that IS per cent Of people would vote for the loca
ton now agreed upon. This should be conclusive
This "dog in the manger' policy has been, and is
doing to set back this city than most people have
any idea of, and we will never get anywhere worth
while long as it is INDUCED in. Quite few of our
people who ought to have good, liberal business
sense and the welfare of the city at heart might con-
sistently adopt the motto eve object" Grouching
kicking and objecting for personal private moneygrab
bling considerations never advanced city and never
will, and should not be countenanced for minute
There are always few in nearly every city who
less they get their "hooks into DEAL will do
erything they to kill anything proposed for public
benefit. We have them right here and they are doing
business "a hours every day. All they want is every
thing in sight, and to hades with the general welfare
of the city,
If the deal goes through as now proposed, there
will be $4,000 to $4,000 spent on the building this
year, and surely wOrkingmen and merchants need
this money.
If the DIRECTORS are successful, then $15O00O to
$2OOOOO is gone for very many years to come, and
this at time when our city is in such urgent need
of the impetus that the putting up Federal building
would give.
The value of the location of Post office outside
of it being central, is mostly moonshine, the trade
bringing qualities mostly imaginary and absolute
ly without foundation, and with free delivery, the
arguments against the present site nil. The in
dividua desires of nonresident property owner
should not be taken into consideration should any
other interest be recognized where it is matter of
"private gain" only.
When the authorities advertised for pieces of
ground that is the time for these people have gotten
into the game but the old scheme Of trying to get $780,
900 for $4,000 property did not work, so at this
late date they wish to gum the cards. to have
another chance.
The people of this city should assert themselves
and put this deal through according to the program
that has been followed for more than five years, and
not have great and good proposition knocked in the
head to please few who hope to gain thereby at the
expense Of the many.
Go ahead with the deal as now understood; get
the men to work. have the money in circulation start
things going and get out of this "stick in the mud"
condition which exists; do something beside vegetate
and moon around like lot of bumps log and OBJ
ject object object Do something, and do it now, and
we will all win in the long run.