Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-27
- pIAcEs MUCH soUGHT.

-s;.b = GOOD many eyes have been turned.
o-o il that of Supervising Archi-
,.ct Of the Treasury, the other Supervis-
W.. s,r5oon General of the Marine Hos
..,,I Saryice. They are among the very
Offices left to the gift Of the admins
linn. and as they cause the holders Of
Kan, IN take high rank in their profess
.,ons and at the same time give them
.acb q residence in Washington with
.,.osopt surroundings and attractive as
l,,,otions. the offices are much sought
~ Nor each of them there are num-
a. NJ aspirants, and the pilgrimages
~ arc made TO this political Mecca in
.eorts 10 gain them are worthy Of great
81 -riza For the Supervising Architects
= .r,r,o tbera are half dozen, perhaps a
-, onplicants, prominent among them
NJ. Iynitphouse, of Chicago, a son Of
pisb,n WnltenOuse, Mr.. Seligman, OF
S~,. York and Mr.. McGrath, OF st.
mis- For the office Of Supervising Sur
i,oon General the active competitors are
IN. Matthews, of Louisville, DR.. Wall
80 If Indianapolis, and DR.. StOrer, OF
,be Marine Hospital Service, while there
ne a large number OF other gentlemen in
the medical profession who will he glad
10 accept a position which pays half
which THIS one does. The ohces III ques-
tior nav very handsome salaries-only
,rila less than the salary OF Congress
man and. as a rule. do not work their
oceunants very hard. The Office Of Sur
ga,Y General is very combining one,
however, as there are almost always cpl
denies threatening to invade the country
gtabout the time that everybody wants to
ret AWAY from Washington. The result
IS in moss cases, that the Surgeon Gen
qral is required to remain here during the
wors. period Of the summer While all 9TH
ar government officials are dlspOrting
themselves at the seaside. About the
only recreation he gets is TO take an in
speetion tour some time during the
wear, visiting all the important stations
along the coast, and as he must make
this trip when he can best be spared
from Washington, it is usually aJ the
time Of wear when there is little fun IN it.
The surgeon Generalship question, how
ever. now appears to be disposed of-at
least for the next few mOnths-by the re-
tention of the present incumbent.
On the other hand, the office of Supervls-
lng Architect has its disagreeable fea-
lures In the fact that it's occupant is al
ways a shining mark for every croaker in
the land, and especially so where there is
public building or is to be one. From
lie creation of the office, twenty years
ago, To the present time every man VINO
has neld it has been the subject of greater
Or less personal attack. The city of
Washington Is strewn with wrecks of
supervising architects who have been
BUSTED from this office on all sorts of
charges or have voluntarily stepped down
and out rather than endure the constant
and merciless attacks upon them from ey-
cry hand.
A visit to the offices of the two officials
in question Is interesting just now. The
office Of the Supervising Surgeon Gen
era, DR.. Hamilton, is located on & street,
just opposite the Riggs house. 1t occu-
pies the whole of the large 3-story build
ing, and has II It's employ q large num-
Der Of men and women who are engaged
IN the work OF the bureau. 1t has surgeons
and hospitals at all ports of importance,
and at many OF the more important inland
cities where there are river or lake yes
sells employing men. The work of the
Marine Hospital Service was originally TO
care for the sick sailors, and to this end
hospitals were established and surgeons
appointed in every important point where
Der. few years ago when mnd was
placed in the hands of the President 20
prevent an introduction OF epidemic
diseases 1t was decided to make use of the
combined facilities which the Marine
hospital and the Custom Service offered,
ana To tuls end the Supervising Surgeon
1eneral Of the Hospital Service was au-
lilzed To- assume control, not only Of
The lund, but also of the customs officials I
30 Tar as their services are needed IN es-
tabhshng quarantines. preventing the |
entrance or spread OF diseases, and TO aid |
IN stamping them out when necessary. In /
tuis work the Marine Hospital Service has |
geen constantly aud bitterly fought by
'le National Board Of Eealth, which has !
a'hred 10 the control of this epidemic !
una, nut without success. DIR. Hamil- /
lol' lhe supervising Surgeon General, is |
! Young, o0ylsh-loOking man, small in |
stature and, apparently, not more than 80 |
:, 90 Years OF age. He mas the reputa- |
' uoh 'i being very fine physician and /
w., Eeeh' aud mas performed some very /
uncut surgical operations in the PrOvi- I
lenceH0spital where he was a surgeon and /
ai'o m private practice. lie is personally /
!opular, frank, uhassuming aud attentive |
90 me duties OF bis Office and the progress |
y, uls profession the world over. The re- |
lts OF the surgeon General show that |
, ,se are about $1,000 patients treated I'm |
le hospitals and at dispensaries each /
4 .ul al Total cO5 OF about half n million I
.DNaIs' the operations Of the service eX- /
Nuulng 70 no less han l50different places !
ID Toe United States.
Inc uPeryising Architect OF the Treas |
VT Is Mr. NJ. +. Bell. II has been assert |
~ 'Gat his resignation is IN the hands OF |
s s.. resident, buff so tho President, evil |
os w ~ IN no hurry 70 accept It. The /
.'.e 9l the Supervising Architect is To- /
1-.el ~ the Treasury building, and has I
K t1"piF hundred or more employees. IL l
h,,is Cuoise OF petty much all public /
y, ss scattered through the country /
1.c. pl nose used tor army aud navy pur-
r. "' iAe number OF these public build
b1,. suoh as pos Offices, custom
.,o marine hospitals, Tnints. etc,
~" 9ti'' "a about 2Jl, Of which some 90 /
~ 'n at unfinished condition. some near
n .Nl llrted, others only lust begun. 10
good while go erect some OF the
e.. costly public buildings. Some OF the
i- important of item, such a. those
{ .. ,u'Neted 40 Cincinnati anu st.
I. h'Fe ueen dozei years under way.
a. NisinV Archiecps Office has tho
q, l"''' -fe 0i i've or TX million dollars
l,t'I in new and old buildings and has
'l- Charge buildulsthat with the
f,.. pay cost tie go.ummeut about a
f... millions OF dollars. Mr.. Bell Is
i,a 'l'llY q quiet, unlssumiog gentle.
b''.'' Iu'l of hard wort but never TOO
I.. W l,eat his visitor kindly and well.
t.'.'I DIS eircumspetness Is due % his
b. ,i.'i goodness OF daracter-perhaps
ma .ss constant warnings he gets by al
|f A. A.. "A.
r's,hf architect. whot bodily presence re-.
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