The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-17

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The honorable senator will change his amendment in
the maaner have proposed, will not oppose ii
/ Bir DAVIS will suggest that If these clerks once
get 10 theTe me senator VII moi get them out during has
/ Mr. JAMES. II the Commissioner has right to t.ks
all the room be wants they will not gel an there, for he
wants all me I0oms and more too.
i MIR CLARKE | feel thst II il necessary for me TO
slate my Tecolecions in regard 10 the discus
sons maj have laken place here. and the actcn OF
The Senate IA relation 10 this Patent Office building.
lnink was three years ago when a proposition was
made 10 build the wings Of the Patent Office gentle
man who Is well remembered b5 soa, -r, BY me, and
4 by every gentleman IN the chamber, who has been
as long here As yon and took deal OF pains 10
ascertain whether extension Of the Patent Office
really necessary tic to the conclusion that ad-
diuon was necessary-that th-re sufficient room IN
The Patent OHiee building tsu. for all the mod
els and all the earoses OF natural th had been
collected there But 4 was thought proper to make an
appropriation Tor building the wing, and al that time
il urged that Whatever might not be necessary
iof the Patent Office would be advantageous TO other
branches OF the government, particularly ts the office Of
the Secretary Of the Interior There then said 10 be
about S25 900 that had been collected and gathered from
patent rights Il was appropriated towards The building
OF the eastern wing II has gone on. The Congress o
ihe United States has from time to time made aPpropra
ions amounting 70 at least 100000 over aud above The
Sz25 e0e.
certain extent for the of the essai Office AT the
last session appropriation OF $lJ0,000 was cds Tor
continuing the erection OF the west wing and that was
lore with The distinct understanding that that wing was
wanted for tie Department OF the Interior II the west
ern wing is 10 BE- erected = sn expense OF probably
$4,000 perhaps 81 900 900. in addition tc the eastern
wing, and all is 10 be appropriated TO the Of The
Patent Office when three four years ago the Patent
Ohce wanted no addition, what doing II aP-
pears 10 me absolutely png ap marble upon mar
bic, upon rooms, for department OF the govern
ment that requi:es no extension whatever. The propo-
siion Is ! understand 70 permit certain por
ton Of this already extended wing OF the Patent Office
10 be used for other purposes OF the government Then,
again. yrr gong 10 provide for the western wing
aud what you 10 &c with i I Something IS SAID
about the large collection Of models, We Know that
there large collection OF models every Whe.
human ingenuity begins lis attempts 10 Imbody its
suggestions il viii produce large number OF models,
but much the larger proportion OF them are OF no use,
and are as well put away the basement OF the building
as anywhere else For myself, believe that the old
building sufficient .or eli 'hst = vu4e the present
Patent Office
The new building may be used for other perhaps sim
liar purposes il i necessary should BE- Il has been
built. The western wing Is now 10 be built What are
you 10 do with il The present exhibition il two
hundred and seventy feet long and seventy wide That
will hold all that has been collected there for the last ten
years which il desirable have exhibited 10 the ps5e
To sddon ha in order 10 carry out the original plan
OF the Patent Office, you have 10 build The northern
side precisely such building there Is the southern
That Is the original plan as the Senais vii recolect.
The four sides 10 be constructed Is all ihat % be
used by the Patent Othcei Win any gentleman say that
in your day mine, that Of The youngest child there
is here, the Patent Office will require all the tour sides OF
thai square No, sir; /, = 10 be thought Of
You are paying twenty ihotsaud dollars year
for the rent of building IA tins city for certsn officers
Of the government, when they might all be accommoda
ted in tina; western wing when Is built and at THIS
ment half OF those who occupy hired building
\ this city might be accommodated IN The eastern wing.
have felt bound 10 state these circumstances. because
they are within my knowledge, and they mat
ter Of discussion particularly between former senator
from New York MIR Dickinsonl and myself. feel il
necessary 10 state them 10 show that the amendment
should be agreed 10.
4 Mr WALKER The senator will see by looking al
the entire proposition that his remarks are nappcable
He asks what objection there j. 10 some other department
nOFth rn
the Patent Office when shall be completed. That is
not the proposition before a. The whole provision is
this
Coutingen expenses q wing q ths Patent Once
building, vz For labor, incl, ights, and Incidental
penses s2.2Oo'
II N that prsvision regard the east wing that
this inhibition which comes from the House Of Repre-
seniatiEes = contained:
Provided That neither the ofse of the Secretary Of
the llerior bureau thereof oher than lhs Paen
oHs- shall BE- locaied 10 the Patent oihce building until
directed BY law"
4 Mr. UNDERWOOD. That exclusion extends 10 every
part OF the bulding-io The west wing as well as the
M WALKER We know that no part Of the ives,
wing has been built 90 that II be occupied There
will be plenty OF 10 egsiae with regard the
wing when that i completed One Other remark. AT
the ume the appropriation made al the last session
or the west wing, was argued that was necessary 10
put ap a certain height, 40 that i would be out Of
danger and remember rightly. clause IN the civil and
diplomatic appropriation ball OF the last session contains
provision IN those terms thai il shall be built 10 a Ger
tain height 10 be out OF danger
Il Mr. HUNTER That year before last The
work last year went regularly.
Mr.. WALKER Then we have adopted the plan Of
completing the west wing repeat hat SAID before,
that the present front building together with the east
wing. than Sufficient for Patent Office pur-
poses and when The west shall be constructed and
much when the north front shall be constructed IL
will be time enough take into consideration whether
there will be any than necessary. Bot for
the present, bore Congress wall refuse 10 let any other
department bureau OF the government locate itself in
the building They only do 90 BY adopting the meas
urs j cones from The House OF Representatives
Mr. CLARKE. The honorable senator from Wiscon-
sin has mistaken me. an not 80 much in fault he
thinks. | was not speaking OF the application OF this
provision The western wing. because the wing
- not erected. And Il - my opinion that onehalf the
wing viii be necessary for any purpose re-
CURED by the Patent Office understand that the prop
osion 10 allow the Secretary Of the Interior any
portion OF the Patent Office which wanted for the
purposes OF the Patent Ooe for other departments of
The government under BIS auhoriiy The Department Of
the Inferior propose to remove there. The wing
"a helag bai and not being desired for the Of the
Paiebt Orce, It be built for the location OF the De-
partneni Of the lnieror II Il necessary The northern
front 70 be added 10 H. Now il there any vacant
rooms which left which in the discretion Of the Sec
reiary are not wanted for the Patent Oce why not al
low bin 70 appropriate them 10 the Of the Department
Of the Interior DO not the necessity for all the
room N The building for the of the Patent Office
That all The difference that there Is between the
tor and nyselL ] am for allowing the present rooms
which are not wanted for The Patent Office, be used by
the Department OF the Interior and II here when
the western wing should be completed, would be IN
favor Of using entirely for tina, purpose Tor many years
10
Mr HUNTER Since this debate has commenced, I
have been informed BY one who knows the facts in the