The news & observer., 1905-01-25
indications in Favor Of
Its Erection.
NOT ENLARGE CAPITOL
Necessity Of a aFireproof Building to
Preserve Valuable Books and Doc
uments and to Give State Off.
GERS Necessary and Con.
venient Quarters.

vSb'S's
That the joint committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds favors the erec-
ton of a new fire-proof building by
the State was indicated at the meeting
of the committees yesterday afternoon
in the Senate chamber.
| 1t is desired by the friends of the
| bills presented that fiVe-Story Dulld-
| ing be erected on the States property,
corner of Salisbury and Morgan
streets. this to contain offices for the
Insurance Commissioner, Superintend-
! ent of Public Instruction, Labor Com
| missioner Adjutant General, State Lib
rary, Hall of Historical Records and
| Souvenirs and q meeting place for his
torical bodies. with rooms for other
| uses.
Three measures were discussed dur
| ing the meeting: that for an addition
| to the Capitol building, costing from
! 100000 to 100000, another for
| fire-proof building at Il cost of $40, 900,
| another for a building to cost $I5,00o
While no conclusion was reached 1t
appears clearly that the committee is
against eniarging the Capitol now, the
proposition for fire-proof building
costing from $4,000 TO $4,000 re-
ceiving the most favor.
There were a number of visitors at
the meeting among these number OF
members of the Daughters of the Rev
! olution who are asking for hall Tor
| historical records in a building to be
erected. Among the ladies were Mrs.
Thomas X. Bruner, regent of the So
| ciety: Mrs f, Il. Moffitt. Mrs. Garland
/ Jones, Mrs. A. G. Lehman, Mrs. Paul
Lee, Mrs. John r. Ray and Mrs j. W.
Thackston. Among the gentlemen
present were representatives of the
| I;otn
The message of Governor Glenn in
| favor of increased room for the state
| officers was commented on favorably,
and after much discussion it was
agreed that on Thursday morning at
| $3.50 the members of both Senate and
| House committees would meet in the
| Hall of House and would then proceed
to examine the various offices seeking
| new quarters, and the storage rooms
about the city in which public docu-
! mentS are stored as well as the pro-
fposed site for new building. a sub
committee of five was appointed to
| look into the matter of cost and plans
OF a new building.
MIR. Zollicoffer, of Vance, read the
bills that have been presented looking
to the erection of a building for eX-
| ira Offices. Hall Of Records, State
| Library. offices of Insurance Commits
sioner Superintendent of Public In
struction, Attorney &c. The
! committees report on one bill. that
| of Mr.. Zollicoffer, was that not more
| than 100000 of one months receipts
| in 1905 of the Insurance Department
be used, that the building be four or
! five stories, with basement, to be erect
| ed corner of Salisbury and Morgan
| streets on the lot owned by the State,
the arsenal building on the State.
! grounds to be removed
y second bill, introduced yesterday
! in the Senate by Mr. Eller. of For
syth. which appropriates $4,000 for
| the same purpose was read, also n
| joint resolution for the cnlarging of
| the Capitol in accordance with the
/ plans of Milburn, architect this to
| give ample room for all State officers,
state Library. Supreme Court Library,
State Library, with all modern con-
veniences, doubling the present floor
/ space, at a cost of less than 100000.
a bill introduced in the House by Mr..
! Coffeld, of Martin, similar to the bill
of Senator IGller, was read.
/ Mr.. Zollicoffer spoke of the needs Of
! the Insurance Department and
showed that the increasing income
! from that department and its eXpan-
I sion required more room, that other
| departments were in need of room,
| that valuable books and papers needed
protection. He urged that a $45,O00]
4
but that at this time it was not prac-
| ticable to consider the enlargement of
! the Capitol, which estimated at $780,
600 would cost probably $500 900, that
sentiment did not demand this and
| that the Capitol should not be en-
larged. 1hat bonds should not be is
sued for the purpose, that the State
must be just before it is generous,
that the demand OF the states insti-
| tutionS is far over "a million of dollars,
and that it is not known where this
| is to come from. He urged that $40
600 would be enough to spend for a
| building but that he was not welded
! TO the amount, if more was needed
then vote more. Public property
should be preserved and protected
Just as private property, and the val
/ liable State property was known to
need protection
Senator Ellington, of Wake. spoke
| In favor of the erection of building
| ana IN opposition 10 an enlargement of
! the capitol. He declared that it took a
guide to get TO the Insurance Com
missioner in the attic. The State is
paying out large sums of money for
| storage and the States documents are
oelng destroyed Ie urged that
! ! was poor economy not
TO erect building, and that the cost
| Wilhln q specified sum. and the plans
/ - iNlI ~ lttc joDdTu OI 11ubilc
Bulldings. He said that new build
lllg W4uid also get rid of the old arse
nal, an ever present eyesore
MrS McGiil. of Cumberland, spoke
| against the building, that there would
| pe ADDED expense Of maintenance,
Watchmen. heating, etc, that there
| would come demands for more build
| lliss, ana that in ten years that there
| would be a call for mn enlarged Capt.
| ~. Ultimately this must be done as
| the auditor the Secretary of State
| tne lreasurer. all wanted more room
| tne insurance Department could
! spend GOO, ii could do this for an
| dddil'on tothe Capitol, and the cost
| OF maintenance OF little outside build
| ihes would pay the interest on bond
issue to enlargS the Capitol.
Mr.. ". J. Pcele, Of Raleigh. read
resolutions from the State Literary and
Historical Society asking for a new
building TO preserve its historical ma
tsrials books and public documents
! lie spoke OF great interest being mani