The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-06
BUTTE PUBLIC BUILDING
A Competition of Architects Is
Possible.
MUST HAVE SITES FIRST
The Question Not Yet Decided by the
Secretary OF the Treasury - The
Proposals for Sites Will Be
Opened in April.
Washington Bureau of the Standard
No. 1145 G. Street N w

Washington, D. c., April=1.-The sec
rotary of the treasury has not vet made
known his decision as to. which of the
public buildings authorized at the re-
cent session of congress shall be sub
mitted to competition of architects un-
der the so-called Tarsney act. 1t is
therefore too early to predict as to
what will be done with respect to tbe
Butte building. In a recent general let
ter on the subject Supervising Architect
Iaylor says: ut is not probable that
the question of competition will be TAX
en- UP py the department until after the
stes nave been acquired by the gov
eminent, for the reason that appropria-
tlons are not available for the expenses
incident to the preparation of drawings
until after the title to the ground shall
nave become vested in the United
states. 1t would seem that no long,
time ought to be consumed in the ac-
qulsHlon Of title to the sites but thu
experience of the department is that in
these matters unexpected delays are the
rule. The period covered by the pre-
urinary steps extends from six months
10 Two or three years where local con-
troVersies arise as to selection of the
ground.
The department has advertised for
sites and the proposals are to be opened
IN April. As soon as possible thereaf-
ter the sites offered will be examined
by an agent of the department and II
no protests against the selection made
by the secretary are received further
proceedings will depend upon the dill
gence exhibited by the vendors in per-
fecting the title papers.
Answering inquiry as to how archi-
tects are to proceed to obtain entry in
ito a competition, I have to say that
the fact that the sites have been pur-
chased and that the department is
about to hold a competition in the cases
will be widely noticed in the press, and
then application will be in order from
architects who desire to enter the COM
petition, and they should be addressed
to the honorable secretary of the treas
ury, and accompanied by such recon-
mendations and references to important
buildings which the applicants have
designed and constructed as they may
see fit to submit
Collector of Customs David G. Browne
and family returned here this week
from a short trip to Nassau, Bahama
islands, The collector looks greatly
improved as, a result of his trip and
says he enjoyed himself hugely. He
regards the climate of the Bahamas as
superb. Mr. Browne left for the West
to-day. s.
Charles w. Burton of Helena has been
appointed special agent of the treas
ury to enforce the Chinese immigration
laws. He is under orders ito report for
duty to the collector at Great Falls.
The compensation of Mr.. Burton is 81
per diem.
D. J. Tallant, who wearied of the job
of postmaster, has now been appointed
an immigra ton inspector and will be
stationed at Coults, Canada. He Will
particularly watch the importation of
contract labor
Senator Carter has been working very
hard to induce the president to prom
Use to make his long-hoped-for visit to
the West and Yellowstone park this
summer. The president is still willing
to go" If public business will permit,
but the chances are strongly against
his getting away. HOSFORD.