The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-22
GROWTH Of ASSAY OFFICE.
EXTENSIONS BEING MADE FOR THE
1900 GOLD RECEIPTS.
GLASS Partition TO Separate Melting
Room From the omec-Ncw Vault
Secretary rrosch says the Last
word ON the Mint Matter.

| secretary rrosch says the Last
Word ON the Mint Matter.
seattles assay office Is undergoing num-
orouS extensions 10 handle the Increased
/ business OF this year. II is expected that
/ the handling Of more than SlS,oo0V0 in
I gold, which was the record ~ lSs9 will
| grow 10 such an extent this season that
/ nuca greater facilities win be needed 10
/ handle IL
one az the most important Developments
| viii BE- Tho changes IN she Interior arrange
| rncnts Of the once. 80 that there win he
1 more room Tor the opera ovs. - well AZ
better facilities Tor the public 20 observe
| the workings Of tho Institution, One Of
| these will be the tearing away az the
| brick partition separating tha main Office
| and the melting room, and the suhstttu-
/ ton Of a glass partition. so that people
| may stand IN the front Once ana see thu
employees at work changing the sold dust
mint The two floors have been placed oa
| the Same grade, 81 as 20 further Improve
| tots feature Tho entrance room, IN front
| ~ the weighing scales VII be doUhed in
| size
vault FOR the storage Of gold will he
| erected near the southwest corner 81 tho
| building This viii he l2Sle feet en- the
outside. and loxi2 inside giving II wallis
| q stone and cement two feet thick. Tho
| II is interesting 20 note tho enormous
capacity % thts new vault 1t is cigh, feet
| high inside. and therefore contains e6p
| goid to the cubic foot provided the vault
VAS iayrmsd run ~ solid gndd. u would
contain llh2oeo pounds Naluet az s2io q
! pound, the total value OF the vaultfal would
| be seT6 10000
where II Tacomn's utlis
/ Nothing more is heard az the proposition
| 81 Tacoma a set mint and 4 Is he-
! lieyed TO havs died in congress, whore tho
| sent another letter 70 Senator Foster ON
| the matter, from which no reply has been
received In tho senatnr'a letter stating
that Tacoma had prior claim g tecognt-
ton, appeared this clause The policy
that admits ~ tho recognition OF priar
asserted or established claims II the vari-
VOWED in this case"
In reply to this Secretary prosch saysi
Il am Instructed 60 write 10 Ycs In reply
that Seattle has an asserted and estab-
lished claim TO q mint above ana beyond
that ~ any other place n the state. Two
years aEo. after long and hard effort we
secured passage bv congress OF n hill pro-
Vlding for branch Of tho mint service IN
this city. This branch was estahliThod
as an assay Office. IL predicted hy our
people that Il wonN he a government IN
s,itution 81 considerable value. cauaiiag
The old Offices At Boise and Helena, u not
exceeding them IN value % ta business
These predictions we're mare than fulfilled
In single month Il has done more than
either Of these ofAces have dcne IN q
whole year while In a war Il has exceed
ed the two % them combined several times
over, More striking comparisons could he
made with the other Assay Offices a, Deal
wood Charlotte and e. Isouis. and FOR
that matter with the fnints NJ Carson and
''You know however. ~ these things
You also know that The establishment ~
mint az Tacoma means the destruction
| Union doca the federal government main
tain two mint service branches That an
| execution VIII he made ~ the state Of
Washington IL not at an likely We shculd
not except u. and We 10 nst ask u. Wa
40 think however that We have Nsthh.
lshed a prior claim 10 any frsnre extension
OF the service In Washington, II Il in tho
line Of what we already have. I'm the Eaina
branch ~ the pRna Aenae' rfent ~ tho Eev-
ernmsrt N located by shA law ~ custom
md trade NJ we'll ~ hy thnse ~ con-
ereS7 n mint would ceriataly came 20 Scat
state This IL q tender sro, sith our peo-
ME and they 40 not feel Ike beinz hurt
~ their own renrr.oniNiiye. fnr The bene-
time the injury % he general public Our
folks have f,een taihing n mint .er i~o
Years ard q Is probably iheir talk iAst
has caused action ~ opposing character III
nAher quAftera
illustrating III. Point.
the establishments ~ a claim 20 gov
eminent institutions merely hY tho Intro
iuciinn ia congress ~ hiis pfuvlaHE for
me sanin seems here 90 be little strain
ID rs illustrate. Seattle. che iarReat
town "a Tho state hhn no citizen in nUn-
Ereaa II Is impossible fsf ihe city to Sc
rurr Ia that wnV through such per
sonal medium. the immediate inffoauftion
~ hlta 90 thr opening ~ congress Yakima.
ono ~ fhe nnalleet towns. has "a citizen
IA she hJsise That cifiErn On the opening
dAv ~ the session introduces hiiis. pfeYf+
lnR for A federal building ai fnAinR feE
q mint far Il military gaFfi~au. for easv+
erbrleni observatory. Tor auhfre8HutT.
FER p9r3 ~ efltrw. and fn aA she other
insfituiisns needed slid poasesned iu vAh-
r3un tsarfn ~ the iNinu Yakima having
the lsaA Ia ne matter Seattle enAid have
to siapd aside. and Would SCI nothing
city zero fully satiHaed This IL really ton
ahatrs
whose 'hete = rnofs nerd Zoe tnem. ~ q
Yhhirr@ Spokane Tarsrss. Seattle. Ka~
inraa Wnafrgu1 az elsewhere This ear
hosf ~ Aci rrfntrsh ~ t0mFnirsirFlE - corn
feiont and DISTINGUISHED fFfs9ns II this
way tha naval station a. fH1rt Orchard
Vas ioeatsd ne military ppes ~ Fert
Tnwtsn ard fhe Puget sound Lake Wasa.
irsteu rauai Seattle n entiFfiv wiliinr -
leave the settlement 81 Al agea aneftiona
skis city arc nat fns4rd - ~ absolutely
rutorteF ~ frose - rtvsl uniuts = VII
y3ejA ths atru9gis % rach case N'ftagt
~, easa sem - - IN thIs way -osu.
ti0n - trnuhta@ thet ugm diEifnss Yasi
m nhsFs = eanRfrFa oNn sAsslv bc found
Ynu rfn So fhe bs~t possible Ter Yegst
oonfniasaof. ara ihen paes the rsapona.
uthef rNaeFfs AeaF4s " oafftih sslg7aE Aafs
pointed ard 8uni5sea mr. the psrpess
fr.rm4anee ~ tnle rnaFns wsssig end ieai
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seurasnt no haat fesnltt ~ i'B eaFsau~ un.
dsrfakinRs 1T me- erfgfneai ft 90 rt4
ond yoar ev3isarssf IN rersress"
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