The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-26
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
some OF THE TOPICS OF INTEREST
IS 's u. /. . RI q Lla , x N " y u
Attracting Attention at ths S,at OF Government
The u,ual D,mand for New Public DRildlugs. (
Tho New Whisky Blll-Ths Fight on 1t
l.IbG. In the HoHse-prtsidtnt Arthur.

from Our Special Correspondent. '
WAsnlSoToN, D. g., February 25.-Th,
annual raid Of those desiring 10 secure III,
erection Of new Government buildings be
gan some time back. Already the number
OF bills and joint resolutions aaking for tn.
erection Of new public buildings is ll3, ir
the House alone, and large number have
also been introduced in the Senate, and the
total will reach nearly II not quite 100. The
total amount asked Tor in these bills will
probably reach sl5,OO0.O00, as they aver.
age something like 100000 each. In addi-
ton to tina. there Is a bill before the Houae
and Senate asking for tho erection Of post.
office buildings a. every town which isbow
or shall become Presidential otlice."tDy
Presidential Is meant when tho Office re-
ceip:s reach such sum that the salary OF
the postmaattr, which 10 gauged by the re-
ceipta Of the Office, amounts 10 81, 900 a year
or more. There are Of these Presidential
Offices nearly two thousand, SO that this
bill II passed would call for tho outlay Of
SlGO,0O0,000. OF course 1t will not paes. IL
DO not think 1t will get through the CON-
mittee," "said Mr.. S.ockslager, the Chair
man Of the House Committee on public
Buildings and Grounds, 10 your core.
spondent yesterday. @< d,
I'VE have not taken 1t up for action vet
or discussed Il d; all, but think l am en-.
tirely safe III making that assertion. There
is, ! think, q general feeling that where
buildings arc needed and money expended
for rent it is well for tho Government 10
erect those new tuildiugs 80 far as posi-
bic. The money goes back into the hands
Of tho people for circulation while the
Government gets valuable buildings for
It's nee fer tho sutlay; yet l do not think
tho committee is ready to enter upon a
wholesale matter cf this kind.n 81
"Of tho lib buildings asked Tor, Mr..
stocss!nser, how many will be granted, do
you snppoe.W
THAT would be pretty difficult to an.
swer," he said, impossible, in fact.
think, however, that we have already rc
ported iarorsbly nearly one.third OF the
number. Thir.y.three, think, is the pre
else number OF favorable reports we have
made. It takes good deal OF careful wo,k
to 90 this Satisfactorily. We often get sew.
eral pressing demands from the same State.
cases wherc itsaems the needs for public
building is very great, yet, Of course, We
must distribute our work as far as possible,
and 30 We are Obliged to refuse IN some
cases what s,em to bevery just claims for
public buildinas." S 4, iTI d.
Gan you give any idea OF what the pres
ent Congress will appropriate ior public
buildings?" ~ =
mo, that would be impossible at pres
ent. The demands continue to come in.
and il we should appropriate all that is
asked It would be very large, and OF course
we shall not. There is, however, think, a
liberal sentiment in both HOUSE and Com.
mittee in regard to this matter, and what
ever eau be dore reasonably and in entire
justice probably will be done. s6,9