The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
Sl8O,OOO Appropriation Asked for by Librarian of Congress
GREEN DOES OUTSIDE WORK
Says He Is Busy All the Time. But Questions Disclose That He Has Many Irons In the
 Fire.

Washington, February 1s.--In the prepa- ration of the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill the House com mittee on appropriations is making a elose canvass of the necessity for prac- tieally every item asked for by the various departments of the government.
 In this connection an estimate made by the librarian of Congress for S1SOOOO to erect separate building In the court of the library for a newspaper stack, or the storage of newspapers. has caused some interest. The librarian explained that tho rapid advancement in the making of books and newspapers is filling the man. moth building much more rapidly than it's designers anticipated. so that the time when it will be filled to its capacity is not far distant
 The committee under the lead of Chair man Tawney endeavored to ascertain from It's custodian, the necessity for what was characterized as large expenditure for the care of the library. To ascertain just how much time Mr. Green gives to the work at the library MT. Tawney asked the direct question;
 q cannot answer that except to say am employed all the time answered MT. Green MT. Taylor admitted that he was the architect employed fin the construction of the National Museum building, for which he received 5000 a year extra eom- pensation. Asked if he did work for out- side parties in addition 10 that, Green re- piled that sometimes he did when his friends wanted him to help them'
 Just now, he said, he was engaged in that capacity with regard to construction of an addition to the Raleigh hotel in this city
 .Did you not also superintend the con- struetion of the New Willard hotel2 asked MT. Tawney.
 af did look after it for the owners. They are friends of mine. l have no time to do business of that sort regularly to make business of it, but
 Are you employed as superintendent of construction of the state capitol at Harrisburg Pa ?" interjected MT. Taw- ney.
 No. sir. I simply acted as general ad- wiser to the commission. l simply went to the meetings once a month.'
 For this Mir Green said he received s4OOo year. and his travelling expenses.
 People come to me once in while 10 answer questions professionally and I sometimes do it," he added.
 That there Is a constant tendency on the part of the government departments to divert appropriations made by con gress for one purpose to some other end. had just been testified to before the committee by Comptroller Tracewen or the treasury department
 The comptroller explained that when er- TOTS of this kind reached him. he en- deavored to make transfers so that tho proper funds should be applied but when this was impossible he dsallowed the payment and then Congress had to be applied to for an allowance to meet the defieiency. When asked by MT. Tawney if all these cases reached him, MT. Trace well replied:
 "I know that a great many of them do not Even with my six experts, can only examine one out of 800 accounts set tied by the audtors-I am guessing but I think that is a fair guess