The Morning herald., 1877-10-13
WAHfa.

1t being three yesrs before fNs'oeo''s'
election, In the ordinary. oourss Of human
events, will come Of there il no reason
Why oil necessary and proper appropria-
.ions should not be made. First IN order
viii be the repairs Of the Patent Ofics'
Tho expenditure for this purpose will coat
tho nxpayers nothing. The money il
already in the Treaury, paid by the pat
eptess, and Congress has nothing to do but
70 authorize its application to the repairs.
There are numerous public buildings in
various p.r,~ Of the country in an un6n-
ished state, and other necessary, public
works in progress. al Of which were poas-
poned by the first session of the last Con-
Eeress, for the sake Of economy, on the
eve Of Presidential election aud du'ns
it, Lost session, oil parties were 90 much
.sisated over the Presidential imbroglio
that there was some excuse f1r ovs looking
appropriations Of tie kind. But there Is
no reason Why they should be Get aside any
longer. The Treasury is full Of money,
and 70 pay it out for necessary purposes
vill do more good than to hoard it or ,c
anticipate the payment Of the National
debt. Moreover, the buildings In process
Of erection and the other public works BE-
! gun, will suffer material injury from leav-
ling them in IN pn6shed, state.
But other appropriations are necessary
The Governmeat is nov under the neces
sily Of ef renting inferior buildings At n
| enormous expense to acco.nmodass the Dc.
psrtmsntA. Some, Of these buildings ar
not frs-proof, snd valuable records, are il
danger Q, destruction., Thsre ought 10 b
an Interior DspaFtaeat tuilt Il oscs. tn
Patent Ofkes building n,not too large io
| the, accommodation Of ths. Burssu. Th
| dss,spcisp Of 4 hundred tbou'snd model
BY Ars has made way for as many more
| b tue; but net many yesn will elspss b
- the vacaat space will p reflled. A
interior Department building should I
erected large enough 70 accommodate II
Sscrstary and his immediate forcs, Il
i Land O6ce, the Pension otic., the Bu
rsau Of Statistics, the Education, Burea
f.nd permanent Census Bureau.
!, Another public building should b b
Il gun. and pushed 70 completion At one
This Is for The Cengrse Library. IT
p departments assigned 70 The library IN Il
I Capitol are fs too small. The large q
A sumulssipn Of books makes it necessary
+ tpils one on another in great masses, whe
D. they eaa be Of 10 service, snd where th
J. tsrs liable to take FIRE. The Librsri
u" Mr.. Spodom, il . man Of great e,er,
y indussry, and aptitude for his duties. n
b and ~ fssls and sees more than any osh
u can the importance Of immediate sttenti
n 70 the subject BY Congress. The Judici,
q square has been mentioned q an appl
,e prists location for the library. The q
" .ishtly old, hslf-6nished City Hall, viii
b j. not FIRE proof, should b torn away, a
70 other accommodations should be prepa,
u for the courts. whore their records will
y sals from fire. The square ID large snor
- for the new Interior Departn spt ~ we'll
n. the Library. The former should be situa,
" on Tho sorthern border Of the square, q
p the Latter On the southern, where it wo
- b. nearer to The Capitol, and more accs
" be 70 the public.