Arizona republican., 1899-11-24
BIGGER WHITE HOUSE,
Estimates Are Being Made
for on Addition.
The Executive Mansion is Over
crowded There Is In Contempt
fiOn Plan for Private Presi-
denfial Home.

:
Senator Cullom, is making an esti
mate of a suitable addition to the
White House, and it is now believed
by many officials that the prospects of
an enlargement OF the executive man
sion are better than ever before.
At the White House few days ago
Senator Cullom observed the necessity
of arranging hat and cloak cases in
the beautiful vestibule, and declared
that it was a shame. He then said that
he intended to introduce bill at the
coming session of congress authoriz-
| ing an enlargement of the building.
He at once asked Col. Bingham to
make an estimate and to prepare plans.
! This, as stated, is now being done,
and it is thought that Col. Bingham
will have his plans ready by the first
of the year. The bill which Senator
! Cullom will introduce will also be pre-
pared in the office of Col. Bingham,
who is greatly pleased with the pros
pect of an addition to the executive
mansion.
Before the plans are prepared and
/ the bill is introduced President Nc
Kinley will be consulted as to what he
thinks should be done. He has some
well-formed ideas on the subject him
self There is no doubt that he will
| give his consent to the steps being
taken for additions, as he, more than
any of the presidents, sees the neces-
sity for something to be done. only
a few days ago it became necessary
to remove file cases and bundles of
documents from the executive offices
/ to escape a possible sinking of the
floor. In fact, the floor had already
sunk a few inches, and it was not
/ known how much further it would go
! So little space could be found in the
building that some of the file cases
had to be placed in the Railways on
| the second floor.
There is no thought that Col. Bing-
ham will suggest the tearing down OF
! the old building. 1t is not believed
| that anyone else will think of that.
| The general idea is that the American
people would not consent to the de-
| struction of the historic old building.
| Therefore every idea will be in the
way of appropriate additions to the
structure. With $1,OOO,OOO, the same
amount to be expended on a new build
ing for the department of justice, Col
/ Bingham says he could place the eX-
ecutive mansion in keeping with the
needs of a big and rich country. 1t
is not known what shape the plans
now in embryo will take, but Col.
! Bingham has in his possessions plans
drawn at other periods when there was
a chance of an addition to the building.
One of these was in the time of Pres
ident Harrison, and the plans were
drawn at the suggestion of Mrs. Har-
rison. Her plans were for the erection
of a senli-circular wing on each end
which would, in time, join another
structure on the south, the whole to
form a magnificent building with a
court in the center.
In many circles there is still in con-
temptation the idea of making no ad-
dition to the mansion, but building a
home for the president in another part
of the city. Those favoring this plan
say that the location of the White
House for home for the president and
family is not good. 1t is all right as
an office, they say, and should be kept
for that purpose.
Col. Bingham says concerning the
suggestion of unhealthfulness that
any malarial conditions would, he
thought, be made way with by con-
gress in the course of a short time.
One element of this will be the recla-
nation of the Potomac flats in the ter
ritory between the Fifteenth and
Twentieth streets. Another nuisance
which must be sooner or later removed,
he pointed out, Is the sewer which
empties into a canal at the foot of
! Seventeenth street. This sewer is a
pest hole of the worst sort, and the
odors from it are carried almost to the
White House at times before they are
disseminated by the air. Col Bingham
believes that this will soon be re-
moved, as it will be menace to the
public when the flats are reclaimed
and park belonging to the nation be-
/ gins to take shape.
Col. Bingham explains that the nui-
sances named cause no harm at the
White House, throughout which the
most modern sanitary system has been
placed.
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