New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-01
MORE ABOUT PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
TEE HOUSE COMMITTEE TO REPORT oIuiR
BILLS PROPOSED DISAPPOINTMENT OF TIL
wMnI.E MATTFN IOR TuE SESSION.

WASHINGTON. July 81 Dspcciau.-The House Com.
inittee on Public Buildings, Of which Mr. MIl""' '
chairman. continues 10 pursue the even tenor % h
way. undl.t:rbcd by any criticism when IL cN''"'cf
liberal recommendations may provoke. YESTERDAY tN'
committee voted to report billS which authorize
total cxucudtule Of $4,000 which, aided 10 t'c
alnount recommended IN 1913 House bills ana seventy
three senate bill, previously reported. mahe a "S-'
gstn Of s25I7I $50, With $40 bus. II VIII be OBJ
served that The number of bills is st'I c"h'l'''i'H
smaller tlau the t,.aI number Of SENATOR hnd H'p'
.eutaivc>. Which f. 372. but the senator ANA E'pie
e,tatlvc, v hose state, and deesrlcs7 have not been
provided for are not de- without hope for ti'}
know that Chairman Mllnkcn aud BIZ couinlii', arc
cv,rcuoly industrious, a. well liberal and accom-
,uodatiuc IN The extreme. Whether the k"pnhLc'il
minority Of the Iousc. which + responsible for "ss"
ton viii De equally liberal aud accommodating ~
mains 10 be seen. Already most OF the h'p'Dl'i"
,o,,.r who Do,.e,~ any ele,t share dc,I'-' Of r
fucocc have begun. seriously 10 consider whether ~
VIII be- practicable 70 separate the mcri'os'on, ana
necessary bill, reported by Chairman Mlh"n'f CON
mi,tc. from, the bills whlch are either nope
lo..ly bad and unmcniOrious on their face. OF me
merit or necessity Of Which J, strongly d"uD''' D.
and whether Oh attempt ought then To be had' Z" pa
a. many 81 the mcrii0riOr, ana airy o"'' a.
1,is ...iou - due regard for economy and other
nullIc demand, Will Justify. Tho mouliy ana II j.
= huge one j.. Iat nearly every Senator or h'i''
..,,,tivc who ha, been nursing public buildlnR ID
for month, past is firmly Of the opinion '""' ,'''
nartlcnlar measure j., the most necessary mci''i''
and important one reported by Chairman MlIiheh b
lndu.tri committee.
There are some Representatives VINO ldV'r "'i
nostUonemcut Of the whole matter until Inc '"'
c.io, ON tho ground that Congress VIII tlch Dr Ii
| no..c.,iou of much important ana uerdfii "'"'ai III
rmaton re- pectnc the pop ilatoh p)'taI anu
rctcnucs ETC. which cailOt ., had, Il, l" iihhA
| ,f In. places Al which new buildings hhl' D..
/ accommodated This would seem 10 bc pfa'l"h Hin
,rus Me view of the subject Many oil INC DIS Hly
| for towns which must have enjoyed "A Phcu"h'i''
rrowth of populatiOn and business ~ t!r Il-l Yen
Year. i'm Ordcr to Justify OUTLAY hy the ""'ciiHch
az go 900 to 800 900 for buildings Tor posi- "H''e.
The estimated population Of some "i thee place N
| Isa9 when compared With the census returns 81 us
! ,aInc places IN losO, would make hai,"o Town
! -ltn boomer" turn green With envy, ana slAtFci
/ eycn a volunteer Chicago Or MInncapols 'cu'H,
! enuIncrstor The estimates may be al rIhi, ana, !
! IN n viii do the towns no harm q "aii un'il next
! winter for their public hnildns bills ,,,
Another n-idciation is pertinent: Inc bnlHlhE
conld not be- bu.lt aIy sooner II the bIs were pth7tu
uny than II they should not become laws uiiiI hhtIi
| lru1 fCr the simple reason that the once OF inc
ei,ncryieng Architect Of tile Treasury l. already 'nS
cling under "a vast burden Of WORK, "hlch hh'' nc UNIV
| before other work can he begun