The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-15
AN EXPANSIVE ARCRlvE
The Governments Plan For a
Hall Of Records.
FUTURE NEED PROVIDED FOR.

Large aIain Buiiding with Extern
sions Proposea-UEited states win
ne the Third Nation to Have
Structure Devoted 10 Preservation
of National Documents.
The Hall Of Records at Washington.
which win be used as a repository for
departmental records, win be built on
a plan entirely different from that fol
lowed in the construction 81 other gov
ernment buildings in the national capt.
tai. arrangements being made SO as TO
permit extensions from time to time as
more space Is required, says the New
4 York Times
/ There is not a public building in
/ Washington large enough to contain
| the bureaus Of the department for
which it was provided, and some Of the
/ departments outgrew their buildings
years ago. This condition has made
necessary the renting Of large Office
buildings ana other structures. The
aggregate paid IS the government in
rents would appail the economical tax
payer. An Instance is found In the case
/ Of a costly new office building taken for
/ government purposes. It is said that
the lease provides a rental which in
FIVE years will aggregate an amount
equal to the entire cost Of the building
Other rentals paid by the government
are said to be upon similar basis.
There is no public Improvement
more needed for the welfare Of the ma
ton than a Han of Records, said Mr.
Taylor, the supervising architect Of the
treasury the other day "The growth
Of government business is SO rapid and
the accumulation Of the files so great
that in consequence all the files are
cramned for room in which to store
papers which by law must be pre-
| served. The destruction by fire Of any
eff the department buildings would
cause irreparable injury, confusion and
delay in the transaction Of the public
business. Especially is this true with
reference to the treasury, which is the
| great clearing house of the govern
ment. where an its debts are paid and
evidence Of such payments preserved.
Departmental records, overhlling the
originally provided repositories in sew
eral cases have been stored in other
buildings which the government rents
"The plans for the Han Of Records
now under consideration provide for
large main building with extensions
Tie main building is to be devoted L
the business Of the superintendent Of
the records. and there viii be an exten
sion for each Of the departments. Thu
extensions are to be so constructed tina
they can be enlarged as increased space
is demanded The site was selected
with view Of obtaining additional
ground when it shall be required.
sThe government has arranged 70
tho purchase of the entire space bound
"a by Eighteenth, Nineteenth i and
streets. 20 there win be ample groun
for the Kind of building proposed. Cor
!. gress has appropriated 5000 to be e2
! pended in the drawing Of the plans
{ and lit the next session an appropria
I ton for the building probably viii b
: authorized
/ The plan of the government IN con
structing buildings Of one and tw
stories viii not be followed, as the Hal
: OF Records will be a building Of sey
4 eral stories. 1t has been proposed tina
The departments be connected with TIA
5 Hall Of Records BY a pneumatic tub
, system similar to that In use betwee
: the capitol and the Congressional libra
z rs. which has proved successful.
: There are only two buildings deyo'
3 ed to the preservation of goyernaenta
q records in the world One is in Londo
4 ana the other in Paris An agent Of th
4 supervising architects bureau will b
: directed to 20 to Europe and inspcC
q those buildings and report on the metl
z DDS employed there with view
q adopting the most effective method
> for our Hall Of Records
4 The site Of the Hall Of Records is
= block 10 the west Of the war, state an
q navy buildings and not far from til
White House ana treasury John Ha!
Z secretary Of state. and senator Wi
q liam VI. Stewart Of Nevada are th
Z largest holders Of property ID II
I square taken by the government. I'll
I property holders at first demanded e.
orbitant prices for their holdings, BY
Z under the threat Of condemnation pr
3 ceedings they agreed to sell for tvs
= and oneeighth times the assessed va
s uation Of the property