Ann Arbor Gets $12,000 For A Postoffice Site

ANN ARBOR GETS $12,000 FOR A POSTOFFICE SITE
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The Conference Committee Put the Ann Arbor Appropriation Back
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And the Conference Report Passed the House at a Late Hour Saturday Night – Congressman Smith’s Good Work
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"Bill just passed giving site for post office building. Tell President Angell and the newspapers. - Henry C. SMITH."

Such was the telegram received in this city Sunday conveying the welcome news that Ann Arbor is to have a new post office building.

When the House omnibus Public Building bill, which among other provisions contained one for $12,000 for a post office site in Ann Arbor, passed the Senate with the Ann Arbor appropriation stricken out, most people gave up hope of anything being done at this session of Congress. The Argus, however, knowing that Congressman H. C. Smith was a resourceful fighter and that he had said this appropriation should be made, suggested that it was possible that Mr. Smith might get the appropriation put back by the conference committee of the two houses. This was exactly what happened and the bill as reported out by the conference committee passed the House of Representatives at a late hour Saturday night. We have failed to notice any statement as to its fate in the Senate, but the Senate must either pass the conference report including the Ann Arbor post office site, or reject all appropriations for public buildings.

President Angell wrote a strong letter to the chairman of the house committee favoring a public building for Ann Arbor, and this letter was of great assistance in securing the passage of the bill.

Now that Ann Arbor is to have a public building there will probably be a lively contest on for location. But let us hope that it will keep good natured and that no bad blood will be allowed to be stirred up over it. Ann Arbor wants a public building more than it wants any particular site.