New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-08

FACTORIES DEPRECATED.
Washington, Feb. THE growth of Washing
.,r is greatly accelerated by the rapid growth
- The wants of the National Government In
,bs last ten years there have been many enormous
hui1dipes added to the Governments properties
Tic National Museum, the Museum of the Surgeon
cereraIs Office and the State, War and Navy
Building have been constructed, at cost of
inward of Sl5,000,000. The new Library
Building is soon to be followed by a similar
ono for the use of the Supreme Court The
snprene Court is much crowded in its present
Quarters in the Capitol. The wants of
congress are continually increasing. 1t needs all
NJ the room of the present building. The new
sunreme Court Building has not yet been pro-
yded for by Congress. Its general plan. how
ever. has been prepared and approved. 1T VIII
involve an expenditure of at least S5,000,00o.
II is proposed TO employ this building also as a
hall of records, for the preservation Of all the
valuable archives of the Government. It's uses
will be similar TO the offices of the Master OF
the Rolls in London. where every important docu-
uent relating 10 the history of the British Gov
eminent. going back even to the Domesday Book,
ran be found. In the various departments oil
the Government there are many valuable
documents They are not however, in safe quar-
tors None of the places where they are depoSl'eu
have been built specially for protection against
fire and water. 1t was only within the last ten
years that some most valuable documents IN
the Interior Department were destroyed in IRE
On the upper floor. This upper floor, when
WAS devoted to the uses of the Patent once, mas
long been choked and overcrowded
The Patent Commissioner would Ike new
buildng. The needs of the service are great
n, in foof ca OVprcrOWQ-
cd today that some division of its departments
will have to be made. Every now and then some
ono branch of its service is forced to rent OUTSIDE
quarters The moment this is made necessary
,be Government can better afford to build quar-
,srs of its own than to pay the large rents re-
ouired from private property. One of the hrSt
separatons from the Interior Department was
that of the Geological Survey This started II
ono of the smaller rooms of the Interior Depart
ment As the service grew, ii was lmposslole 10
find quarters for ii in the Department. linen
large building rented outside ms is al
ways the preliminary step to getting new ouliu-
ing. The necessities of the GEOLOGICAL Survey Ieu
10 the construction of the National Museum. us
independent quarters are now most credltaoIe 10
Tho Government. and the collection fostered by
Major Powell in this great building is one that
fully justifes all the expenditures made for lis
establishment and support.
The Indian Bureau is beginning TO leave lhe
Interior Department Building. us headquarters
are now in a rented building. The service mas
become so large and the work connected tleie-
with is go great that more room became necessary.
A new building will be in order for tins service
Another one of the great buildings which Will be
erected within the next ten years IS the Depart
ment of Justice The present place is In an Ola
oil ruf II for The Free Ia
When the banks financial career ended dsaStrously
tho Government took charge of the bidding. 1t
fortunately ACQUIRED with il the land reaching
clear to the corner Of Madison Place. This land,
when it was acquired, could not have been wo;th
more at an outside figure than SD or $50
SQUARE foot 1t would readily to-day command
s75 SQUARE foot. The Government has 'front.'
tane here of about $50 feet. This gives fuil OPP
uortunity for most magnificent building directly
opposite the Treasury. Some OF the engineers Oh
the Capital have been discussing plans Tor the
raising Of the Treasury. An Old World critic To-
dav in speakinr of this plan objects seriously
TO the proposed change. He says that the chiel
beautv of the Treasury now is in its odd situation
II is a triie below the street at one end, but the
effect of the building is lost in no way through
any of its approaches.
At meeting of the committee of the Board
~ Trade CHARGED with the subject of universe
+ies a new plan for a Government University
has inst been approved. This is To give local
support TO the project Of Senator Edmunds Tor
tho establishment al Washington of great Ma
tionel university Senator Edmunds expects TO
nress his bill for action i'll the next Congress.
He hopes that the tariff and financial questions
will then be of the way, so that there Will
lie a good opportunity for proper consdcTa-
ton of this subject. The Methodists are Just
beginning to build university to rival the great
Catholic University. There were long before
this two universities at the Capital, the old Uni
yersity of GEORGETOWN and the Columbia college
of Washington. Then Howard University W%s
established for the education of colored men. THIS
has prospered ever since it began, and to-day Is
adding an industrial school which promises to be
one of It's most valuable features There are
therefore five universities at present in Washing
ton. The National University, which will make
the sixth. will be "a postgraduate school, where
special instruction will be given to students who
are now Obliged to 90 to Europe for further study
after leaving the universities of this country.
II is also proposed to have a special scientific
school at Washington, with an industrial depart
ment which shall be free TO the poor boys and
girls of all parts of the country. These are some
Of the features now projected IN the way OIL
education Tie National Art Gallery project OF
Mr. Franklin w. Smith has also been taken up
here by the Board of Trade, and has already re-
ceivel such Endorsement that it is now believed
that the cornerstone for that will be laid within
the next year. The new National Observatory is
another great Government work. which has added
great value to property in the northwestern part
Of the city The work on the National parks and
the driveways leading to them is another chapter
In the history of TIT wonderful improvements now
being made at the National Capital.
The public work going on along The Potomac
River will soon lift up and bring into view
part of the city which has been almost deserted
The malaria of this region has been created by
the marshes, which are now nearly drained
Il is believed that tie Boulevard oil
the National Park, construction OF which VIII