National Republican., 1883-04-18


5. Assign rooms and (tbree or four win |
dows), vacated by the warrant division, to the |
force ofthe registers office, removed from room
"a, basement.
o. The assistant superintendent's draughts- !
men, occupying room 20, to be accommodated
in other space assigned to his Office on this
floor. Temporary partitions in the form OF
cases or otherwise should be erected, subdivid-
ing the space embraced in rooms to 16 to
conform to the foregoing recommendations
The changes proposed in the rooms occu-
pied by the solicitor have met with vigorous
opposition from that officer, but the commit
tee have failed to find any other place, they
say, where they could save SO much space
with so little inconvenience to all concerned.
SECOND FLOOR.
The commissioner of customs and the chief
of the revenue marine division Of the secre-
tary's office ask that additional space may be
assigned to them, and the committee is salts
| fed that their demands are reasonable. The
director of the mint asks that the government
actuary, now domiciled in one of the rooms of
| his office, may be provided for elsewhere to
secure much needed relief to his overcrowded
force, and Mr.. Elliott himself requests that
quarters better suited to his needs may be as
| signed to him.
Provision must also be make on this floor
for the clerks of the first comptroller's office
to be removed from room 60, first floor. IL is
|
| for these clerks to be conviently accommo-
| dated in space allotted to and occupied by the
| comptroller on this floor, and the following
| changes to accomplish this object are recon-
| mended: Remove the messengers from
| room 70 toroom 40, the two clerks now occupy
ing to be provided for elsewhere in the office.
| Transfer the clerks in room 30 to room 13,
| and those in room 81 to room S5. Occupy
room 81 with the clerks to be removed from
! 65, on the first floor.
To afford the relief desired by the commits
soner of customs, the chief of the revenue
marine division, and the director Of the mint,
the following changes are recommended;
| /. The commissioner of internal revenue to
vacate room 103, and provide for the force
now employed therein elsewhere in his Of
| fee (which the committee is assured can
| be conveniently done), and assign the same to
the commissioner of customs.
2. Vacate room 81, now occupied by the
| telegraphic operator and assign the same to
tho revenue marine division, the operator to
be assigned space in the west end Of the south
corridor, near the appointment office.
| 3. The government actuary to vacate room.
| The situation of the division of loans and
currency of the secretary's office was brought
to the notice of the committee by the chief of
that. division, who requested that the two
parts of the division-now widely separated,
one being located on the first AND the other
| on the second foor-might, If possible, be
brought together in contiguous rooms on the
second floor. The main reason urged in sup
| port of this request was the difficulty of uni-
| flying and supervising the work of the division
| as now situated The committee have reached
the unanimous conclusion that its realiza-
tion, desirable as it is admitted to be, is inn
| practicable at the present time, owing to the
| number and character of the changes in
volved.
THIRD FLOOR.
Additional space on this floor is asked for
by the third auditor, fifth auditor, supervis-
| ing special agent, and the light house board (;
| the third auditor to in part accommodate the
| additional clerks appropriated for at the last
session of congress, and the other offices for
the better accommodation of their present
| force.
The space allotted to the several offices
| located on this floor is now SO completely oc-
cupied that not single room can be taken
from either of them without serious incon-
| venience and embarrassment. The commit
tee is therefore unable to make such recon-
mendations as will satisfy the demands of
any one of the officers asking for additional
| room. The necessities of the third auditor
| seem to be the most urgent, and to him is as
signed tho only room which it is found prac-
tcable to vacate. This room, No. %, is now
occupied by three persons engaged upon mat
ters connected with the accounts of the Pa
cifc railways. -
1t is recommended that this room be vacated
and assigned to the third auditor, the present
occupants to find equally desirable quarters
on the fourth floor.
Relief may be afforded to the floor space in
rooms 12 and Ia of the fifth auditors Office by
deepening the case in the east end of the
room and filling therein the stubs of the
stamp books and other unsettled accounts
now deposited on the floor. This disposition
will so improve the accommodations of the
room as to render it ample for the force en-
ployed.
The currency division of the registers Office
now located on this floor is out of its proper
relations, and should be restored to rooms in
the basement contiguous to the rest of that
Office at the earliest opportunity. At present
the committee sees no way of accomplishment II.
THE ATTIC FLOOR,
The space on this floor is mainly occupied
for files, for which purpose it is most suitable.
1t is desirable however, to recover a portion
of the central wing, which is well lighted and
ventilated, for clerical use and, in the judg
ment of the committee, this may be done
without detriment to the present occupancy.
1t is recommended that the following
chonges and assignments be made on this floor
/. Remove the library of public documents
from room 66 to the library of the Treasury
department, room AZ, the same to become a
part of said library, and to be under the
supervision of the clerk in charge Of the Ii
brary.
@ Vacate room 80, the present contents to
be provided for elsewhere by the chief of the
division of records, files, and mails of tho
secretary's office.
3. Assign room 66 to the examining board
to be removed from room 81, first floor.
A. Assign room 80 to the present occupants
of room 2S, on the third floor.
g. Vacate the space of five windows at the
east end of the central wing of its present
contents, except such of the file cases as may
be needed in the proposed occupancy of said
} space.
J g. Divide the south half of the space thus
! vacated into two rooms byerecting suitable par.
! titions, the eastiroom to embrace and the west
room windows, and assign the same TO the
J government actuary.
z. Assign to the treasurer United States
the north half of said vacated space for file
purposes
g. Erect case suitable for storing finance
reports and other documents along the south
side of the south hall, the whole length of the
! hall, and assign the same to the chief of the
division of records, files, and mails, for the
accommodation of such portion of the books
: to be removed from the central wing as re
qure to be kept in place convenient of &C
cess.
1t is the opinion of the committee that the
bulk of the books and documents stored in file
cases in the central wing, aud occupying val
} uable space, should be boxed and stored In
less valuable space, the boxes being suitably
numbered and labeled, and proper register
made of the contents of each. When thus