The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-12-22
Post Office
Site Now In
Controversy
Inspector Here Friday
To Definitely Settle
Matter of Site
SAYS mo ULTIMATUM'
Met With Community
Club Committee
Not Successful

w. p. Krumbiegel, from Wash
ington, d. c., who works jointly fol
the United States Post Office De
partment and for the Procurement
Division Of the United States Treas
ury, was in the city Friday inspect
ing sites for the proposed new posi-
Office.
Mr.. Krumbiegel, a post office in,
spector who works jointly on post
Office site recommendations and
proposals, said he was in the city
for the specific purpose Of defin
itely settling the matter.
Postmaster B. F. Dubois, in ar
interview with Herald represent.
ative, stated that Mr.. Krumbiege
said the local matter had been
hanging for quite a while and he
couldn't see why the local people
couldn't get together on Mair
Street property. Mr.. Krumbiegel
thought public sentiment should bs
Of sufficient force to bring a set.
tlement Of the matter. He contin
ued that new building Of such
magnitude is worthy of a good
site, and he didn't see why the
difficulty could not be ironed out
The above refers to the property
at the corner Of Main and Fourth
Streets, which is now in contro
versy over a five-year lease held
by clyde Biedleman, who conducts
the I. G. A. grocery store.
The government has offered fol
the Main Street property in ques.
ton $4,000, as follows: $1,000 fol
the school property, A foot lot
81 900 for the Dubois property, A
foot lot; 5000 for the William Otto
property. buildings and - foot lot
Mr.. Krumbiegel met with the
Community Club committee, com.
posed Of c. r. Bruce, Jos. Miller
and George Fish. Mr.. Bruce stat.
ed to the Herald that Mr.. Krum-
biegel said the place for the post
Office in Sauk Centre was Main
Street and that he would not con-
slider a side street. However, said
Mr.. Bruce, he did not deliver an
ultimatum that post office would
not be built here If it could not
be erected on Main Street.
Mr.. Bruce was chosen to repre-
sent the committee in an interview
with Clyde Biedleman, pertaining
to the lease. He said the commit
tee was not successful, as Mr.
Biedleman asked for $4,000 and
moving expense, approximately
$2500, and that he had been offered
$1,000 and six months rent paid
in advance, making a total OF
$1,360.
The post office building was al
located to Sauk Centre in August
and two inspectors came to the city
to investigate site proposals. On
October 26th, the local post office
department received word that an
other representative of the govern
ment would arrive in the city soon
to make further Investigations. He
arrived last Fr1oay.
In the matter of building sites
the government department has a
well defined policy, and apparently
rumors circulating the streets are
without fact. The Herald has Civ
en- the post Office matter all due
publicity, but has not expressed q
,,roFororro an RI aito aa yxyQ holiove
the procurement division well able
to handle the situation. But we
do want the new post office build
ing In Sauk Centre, and regardless
Of site, believe that proper coopera-
tion will settle the matter. The
post Office building has been al
located to Sauk Centre and II one
site il not available there are 9TH
ers which are. Above all things,
we want the post Office building.