The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-02-10
WOULD Be AVAILABLE SOON
Demands of City for Increase seal
Facilities are Fully Set Before Con-
gress in Bill Introduced by Rep
resentative in the Lower House.

Congressman Cooper is determined to
secure an appropriation adequate for
the building of suitable addition to
the Kenosha postofice and to this end
he has introduced a new bill into the
lower house asking that the sum of
$4,000 be appropriated for this pur-
pose In connection with the bill he
has furnished to the members of Con-
gress complete statement of the con-
ditions in Kenosha and this fully sets
forth the need of further postal facili-
ties. The bill is now in the hands of
the committee on public buildings and
Mr.. Cooper mas been given assurance
that an early report will be made by
the committee. The bill makes the
appropriation of $4,000 available just
as soon as the plans for the addition
to the Kenosha postofiee have been
approved by the supervising architect
of the department. The provisions of
the bill are as follows:
A Bill.
F'To provide for the erection OIL an
addition to the Federal building in the
City of Kenosha, County of Kenosha
and State of Wisconsin.
Whereas the rapidly increasing bust
ness of the postofice in the City of
Kenosha, State of Wisconsin, has out
grown the federal building in that city,
so that the needs of the public service
demand relief from the present con-
gested conditions by the providing
of means for the prompt and efficient
handling of mails; and
Whereas the receipts of said posi-
office have grown from $40, 327.S1 in
the year nineteen hundred to So, 855.-
SO in the year nineteen hundred and
ten and to $95,61995 in the year nine
teen hundred and fifteen, ending
December thirty-frst, nineteen humid
red and fifteen; and
Whereas for the year nineteen humid
red and fifteen said Office turned over
to the United States government the
sum of $48,082.94 as excess revenue
over all expenditures for said office; and
Whereas the postmaster of said city,
in an official communication setting
forth the great needs of his Office for
additional accommodation, declares
that unless provision for more room
is made within the next year the gov
eminent will be compelled to rent
quarters to accommodate the business
of the office; and
Whereas the present federal building
in said city is located on a site owned
by the United States government and
afforded ample opportunity for the
construction of suitable addition to
said building. Therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United
States of America in Congress as
sembled, that the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authoriz-
ed and directed to cause to DO erected
upon the site of the existing Federal
building in the City of Kenosha, in the
State Of Wisconsin, a suitable addi-
tion to said building for the use and
accommodation of the United States
postofice and other government offices
in said city, to include such vaults,
heating and ventilating apparatus, and
approaches as may be necessary, the
cost Of said addition, including vaults,
heating and ventilating apparatus, and
approaches, complete, not to exceed
$4,000, which said sum is hereby APP
propriated for said purpose out Of any
moneys in the United States Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Section 2. That after the sketch
plans and detailed estimates for such
addition to said building shall have
been prepared by the supervising ar
chitect and approved by the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary of the
Interior, and the Postmaster General,
said appropriation shall be available
for the erection and completion of said
addition to said building, including
vaults, heating and ventilating APP
paratus and approaches. s."