The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
WORK WILL BEGIN
EARLY In SPRING
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENTS
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT
SATS PLANS WILL BE
READY JANUARY.
Contract for Construction OF Build
ing VIII Then Be Awarded.
and the Construction VIII
Begin Next Spring

| Congressman Gambler is always
| alert, and If there is any unnecessary
delay in beginning work on the fed
eral building which is to be con-
structed here it viii be through no
fault of his. Mr.. c. F. Sherrod, fs-
cal agent Of the Bradford estate,
from which the site for the building
Gambler a letter requesting him to
do all in his power to hasten the
work. and Mr.. Gambler, exercising the
promptness and zeal that have. char
acterized his work since his election
to congress. Immediately called upon
Mr.. Taylor. the supervising architect
Of the treasury department and urged
that work on the building begin as
speedily as possible. Mr.. Taylor as
sured the congressmap that he would
and few days subsequent to his visit
wrote him a letter, in which he ex-
plains the cause OF delay and gives
assurance that he VII make every
effort to expedite the work, promis-
ing that it will begin early next
spring. This letter was forwarded
by Mr.. Gambler to Mr.. Sherrod, and
is published below.
Mr.. c. l. Wood, who was employed
by the government to make a plat of
the site, has completed the work.
and the plat, together with photo
graphs of the site and its surround
ings, have been forwarded to Wash
ingon. The plat and photographs are
for the guidance of the architect who
is to prepare plans for the building,
and the work of preparing these plans
will doubtless begin at once,
The letter of Supervising Architect
Taylor to Mr.. Gambler follows:
Treasury Department.
Washington, Dec. f6.- 1903.
Hon. E. S. Gambler. Jr.. NJ. c., Wash
ington, D. c.:
'sir-Referring to your personal
call at this office relative. to the-status
OF the plans for the new federal
building which is it proposed TO erect
at Columbus, Miss, I regret tozadvise
you that nothing has yet been done
toward the preparation of the plans
for this building. 1As
4sttIn this connection. 1T may be of
interest to you to know that in TAX
ing up the drawings for the buildings
provided for under the act OF May 80,
1906, extensions to buildings already
constructed received first attention,
the exigencies OF the case demanding
that they be expedited as much as
possible. After this had been accom-
new buildings provided for under the
above mentioned act were taken up
in the order in which the sites were
vested under the control of the gov
ernment. In the case of the Colum-
bus building, control over the site
was not acquired by the department
until October 2, 1908. prior to which |
III sites authorized for other build
ings had been secured.
Had the method outlined above |
been adhered to- the drawings for
the Columbus building would have
been reached. ere this. but the act of
May &c. 1905. contained additional
appropriations for number of build |
ings for which drawings had previ- |
ously been prepared, and the money |
-, - ~, - II s-,4& c,--
made. it necessary to prepare revised
drawings for these buildings. which |
work has until reeently taken up al
mast the entire time of the draught- |
ing fsfeexs .; zstss~sss'.--.;'
1.-The ppeeedafe ofstaking up draw
ingss In the order in which the sites
were formally vested under the con |
trof'slof the government has again /
been resumed, and it is expected that |
this office will be in a position to be-
gin work on the sketches early in the
coming year. Upon their completion /
the sketches, with the preliminary i
estimates. will be forwarded to the /
cabinet board for formal approval, /
as required by law, and after being
approved the working draw
ings will be begun and pushed to 4
II wish to assure you that your
interest and that of the citizens OF 4
Columbus in this matter is appre-
ciated, and that It viii be the aim
of the office to-expedite the work so
that the building can be completed 4
at the earliest date possible.
RESP speetfully, H Taylor
Supervising Architect"
Fine Investment.