Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-20
THE INITIAL CHANGE.
Superintendent Patterson Notified by
Window and Windrln
TO GET OUT FOR MR.. NJ. L. MALONE
The Old Superintendent of the U, 5. Bnild-
ing Takes Hold Monday.
RETIRING AND INCOMING MEN TALK

When a reporter of this paper walked
into the office of Supervising Architect j.
w. Patterson, in the new Government
building yesterday, Mr.. Patterson, in an-
E,yer to the inquiry, 'Is there anything
new?" said:
eyes. there is. Read this letter"
The note in question was from the Treas
ury Department in Washington, and read
as follows:
SIR: Your services as Superintendent of con-
struction of the Court House and Postofice at
Pittsburg, Pa, will not be required after the
22d inst, and your compensation of IS per day,
including Sunday, will cease on said date, and
1 have to direct you to issue vouchers therefor
to and including the 22d day of April, as re-
quired by YOU according to instructions to Su-
perintendents.
When Mr.. Patterson was asked what he
had to say about his removal he stated:
Nothing whatever. 1 never sought the
appointment: the appointment sought me,
and am ready to leave it at any moment.
/ have nothing to complain of. While 1
have been here L tried to do my duty to-
ward everybody, and am satisfied that 1
have done the best I could. 1 knew this
was coming, sooner or later; so L am not
surprised.
Regarding Mr.. Malone's appointment 1
have nothing to say, either. should think
he is good man for the position, and well
able to fill it,
RAPID PROGRESS LATTERLY.
Mr.. Patterson has held the position for
about II months When he took hold of
Il g
story was not quite completed. 1t took
Colonel Nevins over year to get from the
foundation to the first floor, while six years
were lost in getting the foundation to the
street level.
Mr. Patterson has brought the building
from the first floor to the fourth, and he
gave evidence on which to found hopes
that the new Government Building was not
to remain a mythical structure, by any
means.
The above is all explained by the faOt
that Mr. NJ. 1. Malone, the well-known archi-
tect OF this city, has been reappointed super
intendent of the work of construction at the
new Government building. Mr.. Malone
had not received official notice of his ap-
pointment yesterday afternoon, but the let
tiers TO Mr.. Patterson were confirmed by
superintendent received this notice yester-
day morning. There were two letters from
the Treasury Department. One of them
was from Secretary Window, notifying Mr..
Patterson that he was dismissed. The other
was from Supervising Architect Windrim,
notifying him to turn over the property of
the Government to Mr.. NJ. L. Malone.
On Friday Mr.. Patterson made remark
to one of the employees on the building that
he would bet a glass of beer that his dis
missal would be asked for in the morning
Upon going to his office yesterday, sure
enough, the papers were there.
WHAT MR.. MALONE SAYS.
Mr.. Malone was seen about o'clock. He
said: 81 have not yet received any official
notice of my appointment, and l would not
like to say anything until do. l suppose,
though, that it's all right, and am glad to
get back to my old place. 1 was there for
four years before, and 1 think that long be-
fore the present administration is over the
postofice will be built.
''I do not know how far the work has pro-
gressed, and therefore cannot furnish any
idea about when it will be completed. /
think that they are now going on the third
story. Of the superficial work there is one
complete story and an attic story in the
center, and one attic story on the ends, to be
built. In the center there is also to be con-
structed a tower, $50 feet high. had the
original appropriation for the erection of
the building increased to 81, 500, 600.
Whether this will cover it now or not, do
not know"
The appointment of Mr.. Malone is the
first to be made here under the new Federal
administration. In speaking of who would
follow Mr. Patterson in going out of Office,
Mr. Patrick Foley said yesterday:
81 will bet a good bit that Postmaster
Larkin will be removed before Nav 15."
There are about 80 men employed on the
new Government building who will have to
walk the plank" with Mr.. Patterson.
Mr.. Malone was the second superintend-
ent of the building, when he was removed
by President Cleveland and Colonel R. T.