Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-09
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
CONFERENCE REGARDING THE
PRELIMINARIEs POSTPONED.
Estimates Of Floor Space Required by
District Officials-Suggestion by
Electrical Engineer.

Owing to the absence of Secretary Shaw
of the treasury from the city the confer
ence which was to have been held between
him and the District Commissioners con-
cerning the preliminaries of the new mu-
n.cipal building has been postponed until
next week The arrangements for the
building have been placed under the joint
control of the Commissioners and the Sec
retary Of the Treasury. The Commission
ers have decided to ask the views of Messrs.
d. H. Burnham of Chicago and c. F. Nc
Kim of New York, architect members of
the park commission, as to the style of
building.
In the meantime the Commissioners con-
tinue to receive replies from the heads of
the various District departments as to the
amount of space they will require in the
new building. The disbursing officer of the
District. Mr. c. C. Rogers, today submitted
his estimate. saying:
I'm compliance with your order of the
9TH instant l have the honor to state that
to perform the work of the disbursing office
properly it will require a space on the main
floor of the new municipal building of 1000
square feet.
This should be divided into several COM
partments and adjoin the space allotted for
the auditors office. We should be situated
as near as possible to the rear entrance of
the building, or to one of the entrances, so
tnit IL Will De convenient TO the puDDC ana
enable those in charge of the pay office to
pay the large number of employees and la
borers without the necessity of their going
through the building
Expenditure of Appropriation.
The electrical engineer. Mr. Walter C.
Allen, has suggested to the Commissioners
that in view of the fact that fire alarm
headquarters will be located in the new
municipal building it might not be wise to
eXpcnd the $1,000 appropriated by Congress
this session for improving the apparatus,
&c. at the present station in No. IA engine
house, on Sth street. The electrical depart
nAnt desires ten rooms on the top floor Of
tfIt. new building and two in the basement.
Mr. Allen incioses with his estimate a num-
Der of photographs showing in detail the
character of the Instruments, cabinet work,
&c, at fire alarm headquarters, and recon-
mends that as Washington possesses one
of the finest and best equipped fire alarm
systems in the country, and as 1t is con-
stantly visited by officials of other muni-
cipalites. ample room should be provided
for it's use and display. Mr.. Allen says the
operating room should have height OF
fifteen feet in order to accommodate the
cabinets and give ventilation at the top.
Street Cleaning Department.
Superintendent Warner Stut.er of the
street cleaning department. has submitted
his estimate for space in the new building
saying;
The floor space assigned to this depart
ment at the present time is $40 square
feet. divided into four rooms-one for the
sliperintendent. one for the assistant super
intendent and the chief clerk, one for the
clerical force and one for the file of pa
pers and records. In the new building 1t
will be necessary to have 40 additional
square feet 200 square feet of the extra
space to be in one large room for the chief
inspector and the twenty-five men of the