, 1870-04-02

mous sum Of S3, ,ss3, ,00o, is denoun ID br NJ.
Mn1let In harEher terms than the p.eenf Ant
Gle has employed, AZ follows:
"Tne unfinished monstroslty known the New
Orleans Custom House Is disgrace to H. govern
rnert, as well az its designers and huilf.1 The
temporary roof PLACED over It nt the I've Of tne
war y almost worthless, and must he r,.ewei or
tue building vacated cannot 7ecom lent1 the
completion o! the building aceosdng tn original
design, which would cost upEnEd Of 8, go IN
saden t. tae a~euns a5esdz s1ps9ded
Suitable, convenient and durable structure feel
on the other hand. reluctant TO rrcommt,d thai
the Immense ruass of material now piled IN liza
fo4ndailons te used as : quarTy, and swuper
building erected on the slte, though I be &c it
would tt the bcst plan"
Yet, doubtless, when this etupendous fraud
was undertaken, elaborate pictures wers ci1cu-
lated. the architect Was praised 10 tha 5lies.
and tie nation, from frontier to centre, alt its
little vanity exercised to tho quick b7.,nsc
America cou1d possess such noble C7stom
House capable Of swallowing up such II un-
told quantity Of treasure.
Yet Mr.. Mul1et-uho ia very eenpitive md
very able aschitect,-is now IN favor Of buspe
hieh-priccd ground on the Battery, at Nm
York, to put up as huge block for Cnstfu
Ho'1se. Assay Office. etc. while his rep #
nhows that We have already apent in That ci:y
tom House. of which more than million nul
quarter was expended no later than 1865,
1t would be Unjust to charge to this enthusi-
Aetic architect the follies Of Congrc5smen, the
avasice Of neighborhoods, and tie irresularitv
Of the appropriations, which, "a hs alleges. Is
innate and outlAy; it is not the man p2rticu-
larry, but the abuse which am illustrating.
But even fr. Aullat does not Alwavs take the
most dispassionate view OF his professional
friends, aA for example:
awhile Marine 1InRpita1s,n y he sayR, shave been
linRtnn, Iowa: Galsna, Illinois; Ocracoke Inlet
S"r1h cnrolina, etc, no provision has been made
for buildings at the great ports Of New York, Phil
has tetn the selection Of locations that 1t Ia dill
cult to imagine anJ other motive for the erection
nj the buildings IN many cases than desire TO ex-
were located
Indeed, the moro read Of Mr. Mu1at upon
hlt lredeceFeors in office, the more fully ia the
fact established in N! mind that he ia man Of
ssgacity and acumcn. He agrees With NE that
the huainess Of his ofdco haa uu1uly increased,
! that he il an over-workad official, and that too
much building ia The vice Of the period. These
are his words:
The business Of this ONCE has greatly tncrcas-
cd during the past year, not only In the number
and importance Of the hni!dinGs in course OF cou-
struction, which a.e largely IN excess Of any pre-
Of new d1ttes. and from other causcs that viii &c
The valuable reports OF Nj. Muller show
| that in the ruHh OF putting up new houses gov
e1nment actually forgot to ask for titles for the
| land which it purchased for them to stand
upon.
found that no record existed Of the real estate
| owned hy thr department; that the title papers
were IN various hands, aud that lu many cases no
otllcla record existed 10 show that the property
| hcloNgrd to the government. The Investigation
has resulted In the reclamation Of MANY valuable
pieces Of property Of which the department ha',
| lost possession
YOUNG HOPEFUL
MaEnanimity forbids me to dismiss this sub-
| ject without reference to the buoyant spirits.
| the pride Of art, and the willing disposition Of
| this admirable architect. Louis XIV. would
| have found him invaluable. Queen Anne
would Lave instantly dismissed Wren hAd hc
legitimate successor Of l'Enfant, who planned
this magnificent city. and who erected for the
millionaire Robert Morris 30 noble mansion
at no corresponding cest that it woulI have
made him 1nauEoleum equal to Hadnan's had
not the purse OF friend Robert been tribe
too short. and compelled him to seek more
ing@oHous tomb in the debtors jail at phila-
| delnliia.
| In almost every case where ANYTHING is
recommended to be put up. Mr., Mulles rises to
| the occasion. On the subject OF hospitals he
recommends that government experiment 10
| them, hy way Of amusement, and see how
| many different kinds can bo made.
"By tins, he says, making each new building
sht type of different sss!em 9! hospital cosIEuc
tnn tn rrCayl IN the merits 0f which there Is still
tan might be obtained. Thus the hospital to Le
Of the experience gane' In the late war in rrgari
to what Is known az tho paytllon p.an' wlillc the
hospital at Baltimore might, in llsc manner en-
| the list FIcprh hospitals"
On the suhicct Of the mint in Carson civ,
Nevada. which tonc Of the elFe"lesf mena5ers
Of Congress hare pronounced superiluous at,ti
! e1travagant. Mr.. Mllfet seeB no ground for
| disnlay: on the coutrarv, lie wante more:
"a great deal of critiriam has been elcited In
r3caFt 10 the Size III the building, which has seen
rronoNnre! unnecessarily large; hut do not hesi,
tate to assert that II mint u needed at Carson
City, the building Is too small, AMI that 1t viii n.
Gure additions it no distant day, fuel she'd aad
hacksmtt,s shop e much needed, and should be
| \ skcItic might urge aer1o of Mr. 3fuIlct's
| buildings arc altogether too spacious for theiI
| purposes al well It's for tueir localities: thus
lis Custom House at Portland. Oregon, il IL
| l'y G4 feet, and tEree 1toots high: lis Custom
lion-c at NJ. THnl IL 1ao by 10 feet: his Sar
| Francisco mint il 121 hy 164 feet.
| CIVIC I1EERAI1TF.
Altogether, however, Mr.. SIullet ia hopeful.
The people Of tue great emro.nlus OF Doist
| City, Idaho, Dallas City. Oregon; anil Omaha
1 Nebraska. having presented corner lots fo- til.
| eskc OF retaining souvenirs OF Mr. Mullct's
genius. that architect replies in terms worttly ol
CaIrosa when he presents all LIS moIels to lii
| native village:
u calli,ot Speak TOO highly nf the lfherall,v AMI
public spirit manifested ty the ahahitunts If TIT
| latter cItCs-
That III the trouble with this country: it La,
too many villages Of i;5eralsy ahl publ,
spirit. 1houelnds Of our country,nen con-.
annually to Washington, mourning large CT
laton
"Du. government. all ne have is yours
nll Cir vacant lois. tue grccnest Of our duck
ronda, or uost presipn. reservations. Com
amongst liz and VIC will do you good
These mobile eririts toE,e from paducal
Kentucky, ard from Little Rock, ARK frop
latneEat, New Jerscy, and from SkowheGaI
Name some ekcptical member Of Congress
1armG introduced 4 Resolution last week to a.
the ptckcut condition Of the building business
NJ. Boutwell, 1e2l;ed in these tables, to wl.ie
have taken the liberty Of adding som
figures, IS the Secretary forgot to do 30.
last or EClLp1Ss;s Sow HElSd coNsIEtcTED.l
Custom House, Post Ol1lce, &C.. Portland, NJ
Site alone cost s1l9,VtA. Nearly sAbS,too alzrad
flsut
&C., Cairu, Ill 3.o,ooo alrra'iy spent
Custom House, 1tst pt1ec, United States Cou!
cust.Sn ,iease '':, i;os. omcc, United States Ian
Once. DC. St l'aul, Mimi sieu,tau alreshy spcn
NJ l.ntte.l states Court and r~st once, Madison
NM Nearly seo0,0t1 spcnt.
Tnit.,l states Court and Post Ot,ice, Dcs Motac.
1nWa. fi:1,hs, srent
CITY, New fo1S, 70 cnsr 81 l,oon.Nu
tnite't States Court nati Post Ullce Tortiau,
Me. $9tk, ,fpH spent
Posi- Office asl! SUBTLE asury, Boston, Mass 7
csrl fr1n <s,'*r, ,GoA 10 81, a,ea,.1N. =
Maru4c Hospital, Chicago, Ill YEARLY ss0c q
Branch Mint. san Francisco, Cal s:na,aea srcn
| Branch Mint, Dallas CIr. Oregon. s;O,lcH si,en
Arr1alsers h:oscs, Philadelphia, Penn. kaSo"
Sea-wall q Large ottcc, New Tcss city, y. !
cus,em House, Post ottce, sc. Wlscaszs,, Nj
Cusioi1 House, Tinted States Court. Post one.
Ac.. osfensburE: y. i. sap,Ot9 spent.
Extension to rntte'! States Court, Post One,
rmftA States Court anl Post 0nlce, Spsinsnolt
III sao,t<1 sr~nt
ErlLulN.ss FOR WHICH APPROPRIATIONS HAVE DEE
Custom Ilonse. 1'ni:c,l sta.c. cour,, Pos, olfc.
Sr., Knoxville. Tenn. probably to cost teoa Go.
Cns,cm Iiousc, Tinted states Court. Post one,
Custom lIouFe, Tilted staiea Court, Post oG1ct
Ac., Nashville. Tenn, probabl! to cost ss1,0o.
: rnitet Ssales court AM! Post Once, coluubis
South Carolina. Probably to cosc 200 ,oni.
! United States Court anti Post Once, Ou2ahs
. Sehras3a. probably u cost t2nn, ,O0N.
Assay oulce, Boise City. Idahe, probably TO CO:
APPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN NlDE FOR rEElI
, EEIIrISGs.
coSm MoSss Tnlt.s nis s,ss Court Post one'
Cus1tm lIense, United States Court, Post O1lca
. | Ac., Ere, rccns 5!y 1htn.
Custom House. United States Court, Post Ot3s.
&C., fadCtah. Kentucky.
Custom House, Tni,ed States cour. Post onc,
| tr-, raTkersburc. West Virginia.
Custom House, United States Cour1, Post On1et
. a., Quincy, Illinois
, Cu:;um fsou+c, United States Court, Post ono
, &C.. Wilmington, Sort! CaFuilna-
Cuitc.i Staits Ccurt House, Post Of1ce, DC
: | GsaEh Rapids, Michigan.
; Erited sta.es Court House, Post oace, &c
Hartford, Connecticut.
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