The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29
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At Same Time Cen. Hughes
Must 60 Down.
Encouragement of Offices at
State House.
MORE ROOM NEEDED.
loard Of Control to Get Adiu-
tant Generals Quarters.
Eabor Commissioner johnson
Also Goes Up Higher.

In order to provide quarters for the
new state board Of control and the
state accountant, there is to be grand
shake up Of the present arrangement
&c rooms at the state house
The following are the changes or
Gered by the executive council. after
g tour of inspection throughout the
euiIding, and a session lasting nearly
81 yesterday afternoon.
The Goss collection OF birds, and
Prof B. 3. Smyth. curator, viii pc
moved from the basement OF the east
wing to the fourth floor of the build
ing. and will be practically consohdatt-
ed with the state historical society col
lection, into one vast museum, occupy
Ing all the corridors and lObbies
around the dome on the fourth floor
Prof. Smyth viii have private once
ad5oining the bird collection.
Adjutant General Hughes viii get
the rooms row occupied by the birds.
These rooms are provided with ire
proof vault which is essential TO the
ad5utant generals quarters.
The present Offices OF the ad5utant
general on the main floor of the east
wing viii be given to the state board
Of control, and in addition, the room
Just east of the adjutant general s
present quarters, now used by the
newspaper correspondents.
The newspaper room will be moved
Go the front of the building. and Oc-
eupy the small room on the north
side of the hall now used by Custodian
=. c. Collins as a private office.
The custodian will be given the room
Ga the basement just below his pres
ent quarters, which is now used by
the janitOrs. The janitOrs viii have
TO find q new place to loaf provided
they have time to loaf under the new
arrangement of things and reduction
Ct the force
All the above changes are made
necessary to get Gen. Hughes offices
for use of the state board of control.
The board Of control by these changes
get one of the best suites in the build
ing
In order to get new rooms for the
state accountant, the council has or
dered the following changes:
Labor Commissioner Johnson, who
nov has two large rooms in the base
ment of the west wing, will be moved
up to the fourth floor and given the
room now occupied by T. B. Gerow,
the free employment agent. Mr..
Gerows room is a very large one, and
the plan is to give the free employ
ment agent a desk in the Office of
the labor commissioner.
This is not a consolidation of the two
offices, though it is rather a peculiar
cotncident that during the session of the
legislature last winter, just such q con-
EoiidatiOn was talked of. 1t was pro-
posed to abOnSh the o1Llce OF Tree en-
ployment agent, and give the labor COM
missioner an extra clerk to attend to
the work now done by the free en-
DloYment agent.
ssIhe two large rooms in the basement
new occupied by the labor commissioner
VIII be given to State Accountant CAT
ford, with the understanding that he
VIII If desired, provide desk room for
Carr Taylor, attorney for the state
board of railroad commissioners. At the
present time MI Taylor has no private
Office and has been trying hard to get
one. The proposed arrangement does
not seem to help things out much.
Take it altogether. however, the new
arrangement of the rooms seems to be
satisfactory. BY placing the Goss col
lection Of birds on the fourth floor, the
council has for the first time given this
magnificent collection a place where ii
can be adequately displayed Tt will
give the fourth floor all the aspects of q
great state museum.
The rooms now used by the Goss col
lection viii be suitable for the adjutan1
general because it is close to the armOry
tn the basement Of the north wing
The rooms as arranged for the state
board Of control will be desirable. They
sre provided with a good fireproof vault
and with the addition Of the room nov
used by the newspaper correspondents
give three large rooms for the board o.
control uses