The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-11
PROVIDES SITE
AND BUILDING
Sum Suggested for Post
office Divided for Site
and Building.
RACINE IN PROTEST
Sister City Protests Against
Larger Appropriation for
Kenosha than for Racine.

Definite recommendations of the
postmaster general and the secretary
of the treasury for the building of a
new post office in this city, have
reached Kenosha and these show that
the recommendations of the two Of
ficials provide for the appropriation
of $125,000 for the purchase of site
for the proposed new building in Ke-
nosha and $275,000 for the erection Of
the building. 1t is understood by the
federal officials that the post Office
building is to be part of Kenosha' s
new civic center and the plans which
have been made in Washington provide
for cooperation between the federal
and city officials in working out the
location of the new building. It is
believed that the $125,000 suggested in
the appropriation recommendation will
be sufficient to provide the site. Ger
tainly it will be sufficient when the
amount which the city must pay for
the widening Of Market street is
added to it.
Immediate Plans for Site.
Immediate plans are to be made in
Kenosha to speed up the work of Sc
curing the site for the building and if
necessary condemnation proceedings
will be instituted to secure the land
necessary 1t is believed that the city
and county will cooperate in the mat
ter and that it will be comparatively
easy to secure the site proposed. 1t
has been proposed to secure the entire
is located as the site for the new
building. This would provide an ex-
cellent site and at the same time it
would permit the widening of Market
street in keeping with the plans of
the city planning commission. The
value of the present post Office build
ing has been placed at $4,000 and it
is understood that a customer has
been found who will pay $4,000 for
the old building and provide for its
removal to another location just as
soon as the government is through
with it. The land on which the post
Office rests has been valued at $4,000
and it is understood that this valua-
ton is acceptable to the city planning
commission. The land which would
not be needed for the widening of the
street would be turned back to the
government with the understanding
that the value of it would be determ-
ined and the city pay for such land as
is actually taken for the street i'm
provement.
z. G. Simmons Volunteers.
T.. G. Simmons has been the first
of the Kenosha Headers to volunteer
in the fight to secure the immediate
carrying out Of the plans for the new
post office. He has advised Postmas-
ter German that he is subject to call
for any service which may be desired
in connection with carrying forward
the fight for Kenosha. Mr.. Simmons
is a personal friend of Secretary Mel
Ion Of the treasury and it is expected
that he will be asked to act as an en-
misary of the city to go to Washington
and personally urge the carrying out
of the plans for Kenosha. Other
leaders of the industrial and business
life of the city are expected to fol-
low the lead of Mr.. Simmons and prof
fer their services. Organization, to
carry forward the campaign for Ke-
nosha is now being worked out and
announcement of the plan will be
made within few days.
Racine in Bitter Protest.
The people at Racine have started
in on the ground floor and on Thurs
day within few hours after the an
nouncement of the recommendations of
the federal officials a, protest had been
sent from Racine to Congressman
Cooper. Under the report sent to
Congress the sum of $150,000 is recon-
mended for an addition to the Racine
post office. Racine has complained
bitterly because the appropriation
suggested for Kenosha was larger
than the appropriation suggested for
Racine and there appears to be an eff
fort in Racine to oppose the Kenosha
appropriation. Congressman Cooper
was given first hand information in
regard to the situation in Kenosha at
a meeting held some time ago. He is
fully cognizant of the big plans for
the development of the Kenosha civic
center and he has already pledged him
self to give every possible aid to the
advancement of these plans.
The advance of Kenosha in both
population and business has been
much greater than that in Racine and
while the amount of business done in
the Kenosha Office in 1922 was slightly
below that done in Racine, the indica-
tons for the future indicate a much
greater proportional growth in Keno
sha. Government inspectors have de-
clared that they have given consid-
Grafton to the prospects of Kenosha
for the future in making the estimate
of what the government should spend
for a federal building here.
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