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

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not the public press al command, OF the ability 10 EN-
poy agents 10 wait upon Congress 10 enghien them N
regard to their duties That fund created oul Of the
fees and emolumens arising The Patent Once, ia The
granting OF patents, &c. Now IL has been appropriated
10 the extension OF the Patent Once huldIag and after
has been thus used and the Patent Office has been eK-
tended IL proposed to locate therein another depart
ment OF the government think il is wrong.
The old Patent Ohce has never been used Tor The pu-
pose Tor which i was constructed. great number o.
models particularly rejected ones, lying thrown To-
geiher IN heaps broken the basement story, and can
not be seen, while museum or national cabinet oi Gu
rlosltes occupies The only exhibition room IN the Old
Patent 0,ce Thai is the room in which II was design
ed that the models should be exhibited il has never
been used for that purpose, but has been Isec more
for the purpose OF amusement 10 the public made an
effort 10 get his cabinet OF curoses removed 10 me
Smithsonian Institution, where II they properly
belong according lag bat the proposition was de-
ieated, and they 10 be continued IN the old Patent
Office, while patent fund has been expended 10 efsae
more for the purposes of the PAleDt once. IL rs
now even proposed thai shall not have that room, bot
that the Department Of the Interior shall occupy u iis
useless 10 go in this way You are not diminishing
your rents particle You paying, year after year,
rent upoa twice much capital as II would lake TO erect
proper building for the Department OF the Interior but
you will not erect and you are going on now 70 To-
cate the Department OF the Inferior IA the Patent Oce
and leave all the difficulties heretofore existing IN regard
to the Patent Office still 10 exist
When will you have an exhibition room in the Patent
Office for models 60 and Try 10 get model there
now and you will find the hall OF theEl-and nearly ell
of the rejected ones-broken. They are thrown to-
geher in promiscuous heap and piled in the basement
and 80 IL mus continue, unless you adopt the provision
incorporated in The bill by the House That provision is
OF this character
Thar neither The office Of tte Secretary Of the Interior
nor any bureau thereof other the Patent Cice sha
be located s Patent Office building unll directed by
law"
That in my opinion is what ought 10 be done No
other bureau Than The Patent Office should be located
there The fand has gone TO construct Z for that pur
pose The country is interested in r the inyenlots,
mechanics, and all persons who wish 10 examine the
mparls arp Interested they them they
cannot do il hope the provision will be retained,
and that the Senate will vote down the proposition OF
The COMMITTEES Finance
Mr. HUNTER II the Senate votes down the propo-
silion OF the Committee Finance the result viii be
that The will be forced 10 rent rooms Tor puc
lie Offices when they have rooms OF their own vacant
These wings have been erected by contributions from the
treasury OF TIE United States They have cost Tar more
than anything which was contributed from the Patent
Once and one OF The arguments used--and upon which
ny self and others voted extend that buldlng-was
that polite 10 put Buildings OF our own, rather
taa to hire imperfect unsuitable buildings IRON private
individuals Ii TO me, therefore, emIneniy proper
that should strike out this clause, for unless we 60
shall have buy buildings or rent them iron private
individuals
Mr. WALKER Ii is claimed BY the chairman OF the
Committee on Finance, that unless we strike out this
provision, and gge hs government The room Tor the pur
pose which is named, shall have vacant room, not
used for any purpose Now, lei me ask that senator II
he has entered into computation OF the extent OF
room which would be required 10 exhibit each individual
model ought 10 be exhibited. and as It's design de-
nands that il should be exhibited II be has not, l
have wish had The tables here, which have IN my
possession, which were made out BY a gentleman who
was mos competent 10 investigate the matter and make
the computation. Those tables show that IN he whole
eastern wing OF the Patent Office building there viii not
be room enough to exhibit the models which there are
IN the building and thai even when iae wesi wing
Is completed there will be scarcely enough for the
whole II the models, together with the roomspov used
for exhibition. THIS Is facL II Is demonstTabe TACT
The whole number OF models with their average size
wss taken into the estimate, and the amouRt OF room
which each would require 10 be appropriately exhibited,
and The result OF the calculation showed that me cas-
wing, together with the eXhlb0a room 10 lne Old part
OF The Patent Oce which the cabinet Of curosltle- -
now placed. would be insufficient Bat we are not 10
have the cabinet That u excluded IRON the esi-
maie because il is devoted 10 he curoses and the con-
puaiion shows that the cabinet of curiosines remain
where they are, shall require all the room IN the eas
wing, and IN the wee. wing also m order to exhibit ihe
models which have been already approved and rejected
There danger thai there will be any excess OF
room. II ls all wanted now. wish some gentleman
here would 20 the Patent 0ce and Try 10 nod par
tieular model undertook once 10 hnd one, al the re
quest OF oil my constituents, and learned that 4
would take at least four days work OF man dgenuy
employed, handle the models IN the room where
be looked for, and that vey likely then, il
wosld not be abandoned the search and bad 70
give up The idea OF getting the information winch
wanted 10 send 10 my constituent, who had written 70
me for H. There are hundreds OF men who think they
have made good and useful inventions, and they fall
ing back into despair when they eannot hnd the models
already repeat that the east wing will not only not
furnish too much room, but when the west wing j.
peled, there wl he too mech II the cabinet oi
rosiies to remain m the exhibition room OF the old
baiiding.
Mr.. HUNTER ayprehend there viii be no difhcul.
" exhibiting the models They may take up as much
room they please But there Is ample space IN the
hibition room, appfehend.
Mir WALKER There - not
Mr. HUNTER. Is there ball 10 The Patent
Ofice the whule length OF The building, for exhbi-
ton, and there not corresponding one 10 The wIsg
And there great many rooms M The building be-
SIDES the exhibition room. | hope the question will be
taken.
Mr. DAVIS. I would ask The chairman Of The com.
nitter whether il proposed 10 make any other oi
this badng than IS Appropriate tor The purposes OF the
Patent 0fbce,
Mr.. HUNTER. Il !. proposed that until the Patent
Oce requires rooms there more room than !
needed nov, il may be used for other government pur-
poses The Secretary OF the Interior desires Tor por.
on Of his clerks and II there room there Tor the pur
pose II will save the money OF the government 10 do Il,
and il seems to me IL would be emInenuy proper
II Mr.. DAVIS. / am opposed TO any such arrangement
as that tor reasons which will express in very few
words This building erected for the purpose of
Patent 0ice iis model and construction Is adapted 10
THE particular of that office Ia the rsi place, you
will have to the baiding IN order 10 introduce a
parcel Of clerks from another delarmeni These rooms
are gned 70 be open halls They lifted and adapt
ed the purpose tor which the building was made and
would regret than can express 10 see building
40 beautiful that narred and cut to pieces in order %
be divided INTO rooms for the accommodation Of clerks
am opposed 70 Il altogether. quiie agree with the
senator IRON Wisconsin.
Il Nj HUNTER Does ID. gentleman suppose this prop
oson would interfere with the plan oi the Patent Ot
srY, The original plan u continued They have large
rxhbiton room each Of the wings IL IS not proposed
~ cuf thar m But there other rooms
Mr. DAVIS There may be other rooms am not
All the facts with regard 10 that but az TINS
Establishment one OF itself, dsconneeted - great