Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-08
WASHINGTON.
The Nations "PubIfc BuiIdings.s
Their NuRaaber, location and Cost.

| WASHINGTON.
! The Nations sSPubIfc Buildings,
| Their NuRsaber, 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 every body who thinks his city
ought to have public building, or
is interested in what his nelghbors
have or have not. 1t shows, for in-
stance, that there are but about 300
public buildings in the country, IN
stead of about 10, 900, 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
fe," 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,
trious" members Of Congress. That
it takes pretty industrious member,
with an ability to make good trades, "
to get a pubtic building bill through
is pretty welt understood. It seems
little queer, for instance, that tae
State of Maine, which has but $780,
population and but FIVE mem bers to
the House, should have more than
seven times as many public buildings
as the State Of Georgia, which has
over a million and half peoople and
ten members OF the House. Yet s2ch
is the fact, for Maine has no less than
fifteen public buildings, while Georgia
has but two. The cost of Names
buildings was 81, $50, O00; while those
of New Ramshire, 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 ST., 900, $50, Massaohu-
sets, Of course, comes next, with ten
buildings, which cost about SO, coo,
600; Pennsylvania next, with twelve
buildings, costing 7,5O8, 900; Illinois
next, with nine building. costing 81
100000 Ohio following close behind
with the same number of buildings
and 8 cost bat few hundred thous-
and dollars less; then louisiana, with
nine buildings, costing nearly &c.
009, 900; California, with seven,
which costs $4,000. coo; South Caro-
lima, with four buildings, costing So,
500. 900; Maryland, six, costing ST.
500, 900; Maine, fifteen, costing ST.
$50, 900; Kentucky, costing a trife
over a million; Michigan, ditto,
Tennesses, five. costing one and a
quarter millions, and Connecticut,
four, costing little over o million.
Virginia's eight buildings cost a little
less than a r2ilion. Oregon, Iowa,
North Carolina, Indiana, New Jer-
sey, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Aiaboma have from two to five
each, with the cost running between
$500, 600 and 5000, 600, while Georgia,
Texas, Vermant, Nevada, West Vir-
ginia. Delaware, Montana, Missis-
sippi, Florida, Arkansas, Vermont
and Kansas have had TO content them
selves with less than half million
each, the entire dozen Ia the last
mentioned list having received less
than any one OF the cities of Clncin-
natl, Chicago, st. Louis, Philadel-
phia or Boston, which have had Sc
! COO, 900 apiece or taereabouts, bat
/ which are infants beside New York
CITY, with building which has cost
the Government s14, 100000.