The sun., 1908-05-15
$23,OOO,OOO PORK BARREL
OHNIBTS PUBLIC BUILDIAG
BILL REPORTED.

II VIII lie Taken Up In the House To-day
and Passed by = InAninlOus Vote, rs
Every Member Is interested Many
Thousands for buildings IN This state.
WASHINGTON, May H,-An1ious eIpec-
fancy gave way to unalloyed pleasure
to-day when the House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds reported the
omnibus public building bill, which au-
thonaes AL appropriation OF approximately
t23. .0OO OOO for the construction Of public
buildings, the purchase Of sites upon which
public buildings will be erected in the future
and the enlargement or improvement Of
public buildings already owned by the
Government. The measure will be taken
up ia the House Tomorrow and passed.
II will 60 through by a unanimous vote.
There will be no opposition TO it. as nearly
every member Of the House. he he ever 10
humble, be he Democrat or Republican,
will cast his vote for the bill with whoop.
Should the President, as has been threat
ened. veto the bill for any reason il will
undoubtedly be passed over his veto
In addition to providing funds for sites
and public buildings the omnibus bill pro-
poses the enactment of some important
legislation germane 10 the provisions OF the
measure. II provides that in the future
buildings will be constructed for post Office
purposes only. other bureaus Of the Gov
ernment to he provided with quarters In
separate structures. This policy will be
carried in the case Of the post office buildings
TO be erected at New York. ST Louis, Pitts
burg, Minneapolis, Chicago, Syracuse,
Washington and other cities.
As a result Of the scandal aired in the
Senate by Senator Carter which disclosed
that certain parcels Of land in the District
Of Columbia had been passed TO one Sidney
BebeT. the bill creates a commission TO
make an inquiry into the disposition Of
public lands in the capital The COM
mission IL directed 10 make a thorough
investigation to determine the title OF
the United States in and TO all lands in
The District with a view TO asoertaining
whether or not any individual or corpora
ton is without proper authority occupying
in whole or in part any such lands
The House committee spent three months
in framing the omnibus bill Ii considered
not less than Ri projects. INCLUDING $50
that had been passed upon in the Senate,
involving an estimated expenditure Of
more than 3ll2.OOO,OOO The committee
cut down these estimates TO about 123,-
OOO, 900, providing more than $4,000, 900
more than s. ODO,OOO TO continue work on
buildings already under way.
For constructing buildings for post
Office purposes only, making them models
for buildings 10 be put up in the future,
the bill carries S760, ,OO0 for Chicago, $500. 900
for Boston. SsSOOOO for Cleveland and
1915 600 for San Francisco. Appropriations
for The new post Office in New York are
provided in the sundry civil bill. which
passed the Senate to-day.
Tie sum Of 500 900 ia made avail
able for the purchase OF a site for a
post Office in the Borough OF The Bronx,
New York. A building at that place
will be authorized later The limit OF
cost Of buildings in New York already
authorized is increased in amounts as
follows: Olean. $1,000; Schenectady, tiO,-
600: Watertown. 5000; Yonkers, S45 GOO
Buildings for other cities in the State are
authorized as follows, Amsterdam S65 coo;
Malone, 0.OOO; Middletown, s6OOOO. Sites
and buildings are authorized as follows:
Penn Yan, $4,000; Newark, $4,000. The
purchase Of sites is authorized IN these
cities in the State: Cortland, t2O, 900, Fulton.
$40. 900; Hornel. $4,000; Mount Vernon.
t3j, 600: Oneonta, $40, 900; Salamanca. SIC, 900,
Waterloo, $4,000
The sum OF $4,000 in addition to the
ti5OOO0 heretofore authorized for a site
at Syracuse is authorized
One hundred thousand dollars is made
available for beginning work on a new
post Office in Jersey City. A site and build
ing az Asbury Park, n j., TO cost SIPS, 600,
is provided Fifty thousand dollars is
made available for like purpose at Bur
lington, n j., and Si5, 900 for the improve
ment Of the building at New Brunswick