Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-01-09
WASHINGTON.
Tile Nations "Publie Buildings.
Their Number, Location and Cost.

WASHINGTON, December 26-The !
annual report of the Supervising
Architect of the Treasury gives some
facts and figures that will be interest !
ing to everyb body who thinks his city
ought to have a public building, or
is interested in what his nelghbors
have or have not. 1t shows, for iu-
stance, that there are but about 200
,ublic buildings in the country, IN
stead of about 10000, as the average
reader would suppose, or as would he
inferred from the opposition that
greets and attempt to get up a meas
ure of this sort in the present Con-
gress. The number of buildings thus
far erected for Government use omit
ting forts and other buildings undor
the War and Navy Departments and
the Interior Department, is thus but
few more than the number of bills for
buildings of this character introduced
in the present Congress. 1t is inter
esting, too, in running over this list,
to see what state have had indus
trIous" members of Congress. That
it takes pretty industrious member,
with an ability to make good trades
to get a pablic building bill through
is pretty we'll understood. It seems
little queer, for instance, that tie
State of Maine. which has but $50, 900
population aud but FIVE members to
the House, should have more than
seven times as many public buildings
as the State of Georgia, which has
over million and a half reoople and
ten members OF the House. Yet such
is the fact, for Maine has no less than
fifteen public buildings, while Georgia
has but two. The cost Of Names
buildipgs was 81. $50, 600; while those
of New Hamshire, just alongside,
cost but $175, 600 New York, of
course, has the lions share, as she
has of everything good, her buildings
number seventeen, and their cost
amounting to 81, coo, coo. Massachu
sets, Of course, comes next, with ten
buildings, which cost about $1,000
coo; Pennsylvania next, with twelve
buildings, costing $3.50, 900; Illinois
next, with nine building costing ST.,
600, 900; Ohio following close behind
with the same number Of buildings
and a cost but a few hundred thous.
and dollars less; then louisiana, with
nine buildings, costing nearly Sc,
900, 600; California, with seven,
which costs $4,000, 600; South Caro-
! lima, with four buildings, costing So,
500 600; Maryland six, costing 50,
$50. GEO; Maine, ufteen. costing ST.,
$50 600; Kentucky, costing tride
over million; Michigan. ditto;
Tennessee, FIVE, costing one and
quarter millions, and CONNECTICUT,
four, costing little over a million
Vmginia's eight buildings cost a little
less than million Ostgon, Iowa,
North Carolina, Indiana, New Jer
sey, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Aiaboma have from two TO five
each. ": til the cost running between
$500, GOO and 5000, 600, while Georgia,
Texas, Vermant, Nevada, West Nr
ginia. Delaware, Montana, Mssis
sippi, Florida, Arkansas. Vermont
and Kansas have had to content them
selves with less than half million
each, the entire dozen IN the last
mentioned list having ceived less
than any one Of the cities of CIncin
natl, Chicago, ST. Louis, Philadel-
phia or Boston, which have had Sc
COO 600 apiece or tlertahoutS, bat
which are infants beside New York
City, with building which has cost
the Government 81 coo, 600.