The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-23
Discussing Public Buildings.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Senate
ook up the calendar The first bill reached
vas the one appropriating 100000 for
uplic building at San Diego, Cal.
Sherman suggested that it was too large
Diego a short time ago. 1t was COM
,aratively small place. If there were any
special rush for such large appropriation
lie would like to know it.
Stanford, chairman OF the committee on
public buildings and grounds, stated that
San Diego had a population of 10000 and |
custom house, internal revenue office and |
land Office as well as postoffice.
ingalls, inquired as to the other appro-
priatious made for public buildings in Cali
tornia at the present session.
Stanford was not prepared to furnish
the information asked but referred ingalls,
to the proper department.
ingalls, said the answer was rather
vague. He wanted to ascertain in re-
gard to all these bills whether the
buildings were needed and that APP
preparations might be made for
them in order to vote intelligently.
There was general complaint, he said, IN
the press that the appropriations for pub
lie buildings were eXorbitant and eXtrava-
CANT. He submitted that Senators were
entitled to information before called upon
to vote large sum. He therefore repeated
his request for information.
Stanford said if the Senator wanted
detailed report he, Stanford, would furnish
it to him, but could not do so from mem
Dry.
Sherman said all he desired was to have
a general rule applied to public buildings.
Three or four public buildings were asked
for in Ohio, but he thought 100000 the
largest appropriation allowed for them in
such towns as Dayton and Springfield. He
wanted to see "a fair divide"
Spooner, member of the committee on
public buildings and grounds, said the pro-
pr1ety of appropriating for San Diego was
not affected by appropriations Tor other
places in California. The Senator from
California, Stanford, brought the attention
of the committee to the facts which he
could not now recall in detail and satisfied
the committee that the appropriation for
San Diego, place rapidly growing in i'm
portance, was not too large. The cost of
site there would absorb considerable por
ton of the appropriation. San Diego is
within fifteen miles of the Mexican border,
therefore an important place in connection
with customs revenue
Platt spoke of the recent remarkable
growth OF San Diego and otheo towns in
southern California, which eastern people
could hardly comprehend. Senators might
as well understand this was a great coun-
try and had great needs. San Diego was a
very important place and its business was
increasing rapidly. In many growing west.
ern towns public buildings had been ap-
propriated for but before completed were
found to be entirely inadequate. He in
stanced Los Angeles as a case of that kind.
He said southern California had so grown
in population since the last appropriation
that Vandever, its representative in the
| House, now represented constituency OF
about five hundred thousand. If San Diego
increased in the same ratio in the next ter
years, the building provided for in the bill
will not be large enough.
Spooner said the bill as introduced, pro
vided for an appropriation of only 100000
that he had referred the matter to the su
pervisory architect of the treasury, and 1T
had officially recommended an appropria
ton of S500,000..
Morgan said six years ago San deg
had not more than 4, 900 inhabitants, Will
now it had twenty-five thousand or fort,
thousand. 1t was remarkable instance o
the expansion CT American enterprise ant
industry. Its houses were on a magnif
cent scale and the city surrounding tn
beautiful harbor was something to excit
the pride of Americans. Its harbor no
only admitted the very largest ships an
steamers on the Pacific, but was perfect
land-locked.
Stanford withdrew his suggestion to lie
. the bill lie over till Monday He though
the Senate was now prepared to pass it,
Hearst said he was glad to know of many
Senators who had visited California las
year and had brought away such impre.
sions of it. He spoke of San Diego as hay
, ing a beautiful harbor, and said its populi
ton and industries were growing very fas
/, 1t was railroad centre and was becomin
military depot, being only fifteen mile
from the Mexican line. He would not hav
, spoken of the growing Importance of Sa
,, Diego as Senators had spoken of it TO-DAY
!, lest it might be supposed he was "bulldo
! ing" the Senate. He regarded himself q
:, 1.-The silent man of the Senate" Laugh
: ter. While he was up he wanted
! say that his colleague and he intende
:. to present to the Senate this session the
claims for public buildings all over IL
> state of California. They intended to do
honestly. They did not intend when the
;, wanted only 100000, to ask for SS00,OO
but they expected to get every dollar the
! asked for. They expected to show TIL
= they were entitled to it and they won
! prove it by every Senator that had been
California last year, and he thanked goo
q ness there had been good lot of the
y there and some of the best of theI
y Laughter. He expected to ask
= a postoffice in San Francisco to ask lar
o. sum of money for it and have the Sena
~ vote for it. They had put up with a te
If porary building there, a sort of shed th
:. has had to be propped up for the last for
=, years. They had tried to get along with
=, -, but it was down in the mud flats and da
% part of tue town where no lady would VIC
- ture at night add would hardly venture
~, ~, the day time. He would venture to S
re that no senator who had visited San FIR;
", cisco had been driven to see the postoffi
~ as one of the sights of the city.
~ Mitchell remarked that the postoffice
-, San Francisco was disgrace to the C
tr and nation.
III Hearst-Of course it is.
The five minutes allowed for debate hi
ing expired, un nimous consent was giy
s+ Hearst to continue his remarks, but he
'' not avail himself of the privilege, only S
tu ing, "Well, go ahead and pass the bill.
he will have plenty of chances to talk on
he other bills that are coming"
nd Dawes said that of all the appropriate
ir- for public buildings that had come Def
ra- the Senate, there was hardly one m
Just than that for San Diego's public bu
ings. That they have got to go mi
largely west and less in the east, those
,d us from the east are, unfortunately Ct
- PEELED to admit Nothing SO amazes
vi eastern man as 10 travel west and see
Ill immense developments there. rut
re difficulty with public building reports
rt, they go so largely on the idea of partiti
lie, 1t is nothing else. 1t is the most iffic
vo thing for the committee on appropriate
mt to lose sight of the idea of partition and
a confine itself to the absolute merits of
case