Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1914 — Want Jake’s Ground for Postoffice Site. [ARTICLE]

Want Jake’s Ground for Postoffice Site.

Jacob R. Hazen of Walker tp., returned Monday from North Vernon, where he had been on business. Mr. I Hazen owns a couple of residence Ots in North Vernon that are want-' • I ed tor the location, of a postofiice building. The price offered, however, is not as much within SI,OOO or $1,500 of what he wants for the ground, and he left a verbal option: of his price with his agent there* good until March 1. The govern- ■ meat has appropriated $60,000 for a pestoffice building there, SIO,OOO for a location and $50,000 for the building proper. Mr. Hazen’s ground te about half the amount of space' Aaflired, and there is about $3,000 difference between the amount ofiered by the government agent and tdbe price ashed by all the owners of fce ground.