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Show SITE FOR ASSAY OFFICE ALREADY SETTLED UPON The assay office, which j. S. Kcrfoot. chief clerk of the a3sny office In Seattle, expects to open hero on the first of the yoar. will probably be located on tho ground floor of tho Salisbury building In Postofflce place. It Is understood that a year's lease of thw premises lias already been taken, with tho proviso of renewal at tho expiration of tho year for as many j : years as the government sees fit to oc- IH i cupy the building. It Is understood that B J. J. Eidredge, Jr., assayer In cliareo, will onpolnt Deputy County Recorder Jack Alay as his cashier. The office force will consist of nine, seven of whom will be under civil service. and Ills force will draw annually $13,000 In salaries, while the expenses of the? of-flee of-flee will total up between $7000 and SS000 a year. As stated yestorday, tho new of-lice of-lice will be equipped with tho very latest machinery, and this is expected to cost In the neighborhood of $15,000. |