The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-26
OLD POST OFFICES
REMOVAL Is URGED
Judges, Federal and City Of
ficials Adopt Resolution
at Conference.
COMMITTEE is NAMED
Will Confer With La Guardia
on Bill Authorizing New
Buildings.

Resolutions urging the removal OF the
old Post Office and Federal Court House
In City Hall Park and the erection Of
| new. Federal buildings on the court house
site in Mulberry Bend. were adopted
yesterday at a conference Of Govern
ment and city Officials and representa-
tives of civic societies. After setting
forth the necessity for the removal OF
the old building. the restoration Of the
site to the city as a part Of the park
and the availability Of the Mulberry
Bend site for new buildings, the resolu-
tion appointed committee with power
to act In all matters relating 70 the
project
This committee IL to be called the CEN
trail committee and will consist of Mar
tin T. Manton, Judge Of the United
States District Court Rosert +. Wagner,
Justice of the Supreme Court; Thomas
G. Patten, Postmaster, or Byron r. New
ton. Collector Of the Port; representa-
tive of the New York State departments,
w. T. Denison of the Association of the
Bar of New York City, Abram /. Elkus
or Henry Willard Bean of the New York
NtuIIy Lawyers AbbOSlALAoh1 NiAi -.
Marling Of the Chamber of Commerce, S.
c. Mead of the Merchants Association and
Laurence MacGuire of the Real Estate
Board. This committee Is to appoint
advisory OF other committees found nee
essary, and was instructed to ask Gov.
Smith and the Court House Committee
OF the Board of Estimate to participate
in It's sessions.
Much Of the discussion yesterday was
In regard to securing the passage OF
legislation by Congress to authorize the
removal of the old buildings and the
erection Of the new structure. 1t was
announced that Representative La Guar
dis would be in New York tomorrow,
and would confer with the central com
mittee regarding the bill which he has
introduced. He will arrange also for a
tearing before the Joint Committee on
Buildings and Grounds on July s.
Robert A. Moran, President OF the
Board OF Aldermen, told the conference
that he thought it would be advisable to
have the Federal Court, the Federal
Administration and the State Office
buildings grouped together on the Null
berry Bend site. He also stated, In be-
half OF the Board OF Estimate, that It
has been decided TO erect the new
County Court House at Mulberry Bend
as soon as practicable. Comptroller
Craig said he was in favor OF arranging
a layout of the proposed buildings
there so that the new Federal building
could be included. but that nothing
would be done to interfere with the COM
pletion OF the court house by the
autumn OF 1921. red.
Those who attended the conference
were Judge Manton and Judge Learned
Hand OF the United States Dlstric,
Cont; Francis G. Ganey, United State.
District Attorney; Collector Newton
and Hugh Janeway, Deputy Collector Of
Internal Revenue, representing the
Treasury Department; Postmas ter Pat.
ten, Justices Wagner, Edward r, Finch
r. p. Lydon and George v. Mullan OF
the Supreme Court: Comptroller CRAIG
and President Moran OF the Board OF
Aldermen, representing the Board of Es-
innate John G. Milburn. Frederick Gel
Ter. w T. Denison, Lewis l. Delafield
Francis NJ. Scott. Nelson S. Spencer
John Godfrey SAKE of the Bar Associ.
alton: Morgan J. O'Brien, Henry Will
lard Bean and N. Taylor Phillips of the
County Lawyers Association, Alfred f.
Marling of the Chamber OF Commerce
S. c. Mead of the Merchants Association
Warren Cruikshank OF the Real Estate
Board, Henry C. Opdyke OF the Broad
way Association, Joseph II. Hunt and
Carl +. PLAT of the Municipal Art So
ciety and William Bradford Roulston OF
the Parks and Fairgrounds Association