St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-02
W ASHINGTON NEWS.
Supervising Architects Report
Full of Interest.
New England and Its Public Buildings.
Eugene Hale's SOn-NO General Legis-
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From Our Correspondent.
The annual report Of Hon. w. M.
Aiken, the supervising architect Of the
treasury department. under whom all the
public buildings throughout the country
are erected, has just been given out this
week, and II Is very interesting as show
Ing the situation on the public buildings
now being erected throughout the coun-
try, containing, as it does, brief state
ment concerning the statement of appIo-
priation for each one.
New England has her share of atten-
ton in the report, as usual.
Brockton Mass, Is the first public
building mentioned in Mr. Aillen's sum-
mary. The act of Feb. 20, 1895, limits the
cost of site and building, including fire.
proof vaults, TO $4,000. The act of March
2, 1895, appropriates $4,000 of this
amount. it has practically all been eX-
pended, and on Sept. &c. 1896, there was
actually available $i,792.W. There Is still
$50.00O due on the amount authorized by
the act Of Feb. 20, 1895, which will be ap-
proprlated some time. An attempt was
made in the last congress to tack an
amendment on to the sundry CIVIL ap-
preparation bill, but like many others OF
q similar nature, it met its fate, and was
defeated.
PASSPORT Me-, comes next. She had
only $97.O1 at her credit on Sept. 80, 1896,
and perhaps by this time that amount
cd
/, 1887, authorizes the sale of the old
custom house property, and limits cost
of site and building to, and appropriates,
100000. The act of Oct. 2, 1888, appro-
priated $4,000, and the act of March 2,
1892, appropriated, for completion
sS971.70 making a total appropriation
of $l17, 971.7O, all of which has been ex-
pended, or ha been, up to Sept. 80, 1896,
as stated above, but $97.01.
Haverhill Mass is next on the list. The
total appropriation for building was $685.
900, appropriated by the acts of Jan. Il,
1891, March g. 1891, and March q 1895. All
but $1596.1S had been expended up to
Sept. 80, 1886, when the supervising arch
itect complies his figures.
Houlton, Me-, had an expended balance
on Sept. 80, 1896, of $1O6.20, which was
Immediately eaten UP by the amount of
contracted liabilities. The amount ap-
propriated for this building was $4,000,
by the acts of March 81 and Aug. 30,
$780, March 3, 1891. and March 3, 1898.
Another Pine Tree city comes next,
Lewiston, the home of Senator Frye and
Nelson Dingley, Jr., two of the brightest
men Maine ever sent to Washington.
The amount actually available on
Sept. 80, 1896, for this building was $3.50.
The amount appropriated was $S4,500, by
the acts of Jan. Il, 1884, March 3, 1891,
and AUG. "a, 1894.
Lowell, Mass, originally had an APP
preparation of s200OOO by the acts OF
April 9, 1888, Oct. 2, 1888. and March @
1889. 1t has all been expended, or had
been up to Sept. 80. 1896, but $S0SS, which
remains available for odds and ends.
Lynn, Mass, has $50, S2096, for build.
Ing in the process of erection. BY the
acts of Aug 30, 1890, and March 3, 1891
appropriations aggregating s125.0 900 were
made. of which only s4O,737.44 had beer
expended up to Sept. 30, 1896. The worl
is going right along on this building.
New Haven had an appropriation o.
SeS, 900 by the acts of Aug. &c. 1890, Marcel
8, 1884, and March 2, 1896, of which sun
Just 1929 remained unexpended on Sept
&c. 1896.
New London, Conn.,, had $4,000, o
which sum SAC, 7S9S.61 was still availabl,
On Sept. 80, 1896
Pawtucket, r. l., by the acts of Jan
IL, 1891, and March g. 1891. got $3.50 al
of which had been expended, up to Sept
80, 1896 but S6l4S4O.
st. Adams, VT. got an aggregate ap
preparation of 1000 by the acts o
March g. 1891. March g. 1898 and Jun
II, 1896. On Sept. 30, 1896 there was al
available balance of S74,465.42. st. AL
bans was very fortupnate in getting
sum of $4,000 in the sundry civil bill o
the first session of the Fifty-fourth con
gress. a fight was made on tackin
public building amendments on this bill
and most of them were defeated, but tn
one of $40, 900 for st. Adams was accepte,
because it was for rebuilding the build
ing which had been destroyed by fire
and which was not for the constructor
of new building.
Taunton, Mass, comes next. having
on Sept. 80, 1896, an uneXpended balanc
Of her total appropriation of $4,000, o
ss42l.75.
Another Bay state city follows. tina
of the Heart of the Commonwealth or
cester. She got total appropriation G
s40O, O00 all of which had been paid on
up to Sept &c. 1885, but SSl2S66.