ELIZABETHTOWN, KY., POST OFFICE, ETC. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Elizabethtown, Ky., $70,000. Mr. WETMORE. The population in 1930 was 2,579; the postal receipts, $19,672. It is a building on Government-owned land. It is a site-owned case. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 4,600 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 3,540 square feet for the post office. ELWOOD CITY, PA., POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Elwood City, Pa. The project is for a site and building, and contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 7,000 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 5,590 square feet for the post office; 500 for civil service, and 200 for internal revenue. ELY, NEV., POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING Mr. WASON. Tell us about Ely, Nev. Mr. WETMORE. This is a compulsory case. The project is for a site and building. The population in 1930 was 3,045; the postal receipts for 1930, $19,915. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 4,900 square feet, brick faced, stone or terra-cotta trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 3,850 square feet for the post office. Mr. PHILP. I might add that the postal business there is not reflected in the amount of postal receipts. It is a large supply office for other offices where mail is transferred and held and goes out over star routes. It does not affect the receipts in any way whatsoever. ENDICOTT, N. Y., POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Endicott, N. Y. Mr. WETMORE. The population in 1930 was 16,236; the postal receipts for the same year, $174,089. The project is for a site and building. It is proposed to provide a building with basement and one story, having a ground area of approximately 11,000 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The building will provide approximately 9,290 square feet for the post office. FALMOUTH, KY., POST OFFICE, ETC. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Falmouth, Ky. Mr. WETMORE. The population for 1930 was 1,876; the postal receipts for the same year, $8,841. It is a site-owned case. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 3,800 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 2,850 square feet for the post office. The CHAIRMAN. What rent do you pay for the post office there? Mr. WETMORE. $1,000 a year. The CHAIRMAN. We lose out on those places, don't we? Six per cent on $60,000 is $3,600. It is pretty lucky for those towns that have got those authorizations, and unlucky for the Government. FARMINGTON, MO., POST OFFICE, ETC. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Farmington, Mo., $90,000. The population in 1930 was 3,002; the postal receipts for the same year were $17,020. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story and attic building having a ground area of approximately 5,400 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 4,000 square feet for the post office. FINDLAY, OHIO, POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Findlay, Ohio. Mr. WETMORE. The population in 1930 was 19,363; the postal receipts for the same year, $131,855. It is proposed to provide a new site and building and sell the present Federal property or exchange the present Federal property for a new site and construct a new building. The building to be provided would be a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 11,500 square feet, stone-faced, fireproof construction. The building would provide 9,640 square feet for post office. Civil service, internal revenue, and War Department will be accommodated in the basement. The CHAIRMAN. If you get a new site there, you pay $230,000 for the site and the building; if you exchange the old site for a new site, then it is $180,000 for the construction of the building; is that so? Mr. MARTIN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. That is allowing $50,000 for the site? The CHAIRMAN. What is the site worth where the building is now? Mr. MARTIN. Approximately $50,000. Mr. PHILP. It is a rather small building on a small lot, but the city wants it for a library. They have the money to buy the lot and building, and they have offered to take it from us. The CHAIRMAN. How much are they going to give you for it? Mr. PHILP. Approximately $50,000. The CHAIRMAN. That would just about make the difference in the cost? Mr. PHILP. The building, unless it was sold to somebody like that, would not be worth anything. It is one of these little buildings set off the street, back from the property line. Mr. BUCHANAN. Which is ideal for a library? FLUSHING, N. Y., POST OFFICE,, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Flushing, N. Y., $700,000. Mr. WETMORE. The population in 1930 was 60,000; the postal receipts for the same year, $980,872. The proposition is for a site and building. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 29,000 square feet, brick-faced, stone-trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 24,860 square feet for the post office, 300 square feet for the War Department, and 400 square feet for Internal Revenue. The CHAIRMAN. What are you going to do with the old site there? The CHAIRMAN. They never did have any Federal building? FORREST CITY, ARK., POST OFFICE, ETC. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Forrest City, Ark., $85,000. Mr. WETMORE. That is a site-owned case. The population in 1930 was 4,594; the postal receipts for 1930, $21,101. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 5,100 square feet, brick-faced, stone or marble trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 3,800 square feet for the post office. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA., POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Fort Lauderdale, Fla., $175,000. Mr. WETMORE. The population for 1930 was 8,666, and the postal receipts were $40,909. The CHAIRMAN. I do not suppose the town is nearly as big, nor the receipts one-third as big, as they were several years ago. Mr. WETMORE. In 1920 the postal receipts were $11,843; in 1930 they were $40,909, an increase of 246 per cent. The project contemplates a building consisting of basement and one story, having a ground area of approximately 8,600 square feet, brick-faced, stone or terra cotta trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 7,140 square feet for the post office only. FORT MYERS, FLA., POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Fort Myers, Fla., $210,000. Mr. WETMORE. The population for 1930 was 13,000, estimated; the postal receipts for 1930, $47,800. The proposition is for a site and building. The project contemplates a basement and one-story and attic, having a ground area of approximately 11,000 square feet, brick or stucco faced, stone or terra cotta trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 9,510 square feet for the post office only. FORT WAYNE, IND., POST OFFICE, COURTHOUSE, ETC. INCREASE IN LIMIT OF COST The CHAIRMAN. We come now to Fort Wayne, Ind. I see you have increased the limit of cost there. Mr. WETMORE. The limit of cost for site and building is now fixed at $1,000,000; expended for site, $402,900; available for construction, $597,100. The revised estimate as per architect's sketch is $750,000; available for construction, $597,100; difference, $152,900; necessary increase, $150,000. The increase in space required is for the post office, 1,816 square feet; for Agriculture, 773; for Justice, 2,552; Labor, 360; Internal Revenue, 517; War, 671; Navy, 628; post-office inspectors, 220; and Prohibition, 288, making a total additional space requirement of 7,453 square feet. The CHAIRMAN. There was no site to be purchased there, was there? Mr. WETMORE. The site has been purchased at a cost of $402,900. Mr. PHILP. That office has nearly doubled in the last 10 years, both in employees and in business. It has trebled in receipts. FOSTORIA, OHIO, POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next item is Fostoria, Ohio. Mr. WETMORE. The population for 1930 was 12,790; the postal receipts for the same year, $72,611. The proposition is for a site and building. The building would be a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 8,800 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. It would provide 7,140 square feet for the post office, 500 for Civil Service, and 120 for Internal Revenue. FREEHOLD, N. J., POST OFFICE, ETC. ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. The next is Freehold, N. J. Mr. WETMORE. The population for 1930 was 6,894; the postal receipts for the same year, $48,978. The proposition is for site and building. The project contemplates a basement and 1-story building having a ground area of approximately 7,200 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The proposed building will provide approximately 5,890 square feet for the post office only. GALVESTON, TEX., IMMIGRANT STATION ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING The CHAIRMAN. Then we come to Galveston, Tex. Mr. WETMORE. This proposition is for site and building. The project contemplates a basement and 3-story building having a ground area of 14,000 square feet, brick faced, stone trim, fireproof construction. The CHAIRMAN. How does it come that you specifically located that building? Mr. MARTIN. We had an examination made of sites by the Treasury and Labor Departments. This particular block is well located. The price is supposed to be a very reasonable price, and, every department interested having satisfied itself about this particular location, we thought we could expedite the program by naming the site. We have a letter from the Assistant Secretary of Labor that comments on the urgency of this situation, and also gives information about the land. The CHAIRMAN. Let us hear it. Mr. WETMORE. In his letter the Assistant Secretary of Labor says: In this connection I would state that conditions at Galveston have been most unsatisfactory for a long time due to the fact that all aliens detained at Galveston must be placed in the county jail, which was constructed with the idea of housing criminals rather than persons of the type represented by aliens who are found to be unlawfully in the United States. Numerous protests have been received from representatives of other governments and from civic bodies against this condition of affairs, but inasmuch as Galveston has been a sort of centralization point for the deportation of aliens brought on from the West, it has not been possible thus far to do much in the way of ameliorating conditions and consequently protests of the nature indicated are continuing. With this department's letter of June 16, addressed to you, there was transmitted a copy of a report submitted by the chief supervisor of the Immigration Service, who conducted a survey of suitable sites available upon which to construct the proposed building, he having recommended the acceptance of the offer of the Galveston Cotton Co. of block 677, at a price of $50,000, and the department concurs in his recommendation As stated in the chief supervisor's report, climatic conditions in Galveston are such that provision must be made for outside recreational facilities and space must likewise be provided for housing of Government automobiles Therefore, the block mentioned appears to be highly desirable, not only because of the space which it affords, but it is equally attractive on the basis of value, and as the sale price of $50,000 is considered extremely reasonable Mr. PHILP. The population of Galveston is 49,900. |