The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-24
Owing to the Fact That Some
Of the Officers Hog the
Quarters There Is Much
Congestion There.
PREDICTION Is MADE
-. THAT SHAKEUP NEAR
Some of Judges Use Rooms for
Sleeping Quarters, Which
Causes Criticism Division
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Planned.
Indianapolis. July 34.-A shakD N
1t the state house n about to take
place. according to present indications
In tho rearrangement Of tho rooms OF
some Of the state onicerA Tho state
house is badly crowded and there II
not enough room n the matter stands
at present. to accommodate all oe tho
ofncers. When the state house wa
built twenty years ago 1t was one OF
the marvels OF tho state. and every.
body believed at that time that It was
big enough to hold all tho omces that
the state OF Indiana would ever have
II 1t lasted . million years. But the
state is not yet . million years old,
and the state house IL not large enough
to hold all the odices
Has 0een q Mystery.
1t has for two or three years been .
mystery why some Of the oalceys wera
allotted 80 much room, however. while
others are kept In czamped quarters.
And this Is one Of the situations that
Is about to be cleared mp. For instance
the Indiana railroad commission oc-
cupics fve rooms, three Of them be.
ing flne large ones and two small ones.
All are on the second floor and are
among the best rooms in the build
ing. The railroad commission b scout
TO lose two or three OF these rooms.
A few weeA1 ago the supreme court
decided that the board, composed Of
the governor, the secretary Of state and
the auditor OF state. not only has the
authority to appoint the custodian of
the state house and tho engineer. but Il
also has charge OF the entire building
and grounds. This n taken to mean
that the board has the right to assign
the rooms to the various o6ices and
departments. and tho board 10 about
to take up this matter. As soon - IL
does this the howl will 90 up.
Don't Need Five.
1t is said that the railroad commits.
sion can get along with two rooms a
well as with five. At present 1t has
court room. a secretary's once. .
large room for Chairman Wood. q
large room for the other two commits
sioners and q consultation room.
The board will probably also take
one room from State Statistician
Peetz. He has two big rooms. one OF
which Is divided into two rooms by q
low partition. thus giving him three
rooms. The members Of the board
seem to be Of the opinion that they
can take away one room and give it
to the state tax board. The room 90
cupied by the state tax board would
then be added to the once of the
In the six rooms he now occupies.
The state board Of charities also has
three rooms and It IL believed that
the board will take one away from II.
It is believed this could be done with
out causing any injury TO the charity
board business.
| Travelling Library.
The travelling library also viii be
changed into q small room and the
room 1t now occupies will b turned
over to the new accounting board
which. temporarily is using the lobby
Of the house OF representatives Con-
siderable room will be required By
the accounting board.
There has been for . long time
comment on the fact the governors
once occupies four rooms. Tho g0v-
eronr's private once = . large roDm
that was intended In tho drst place ~
the governors reception room Just
how to rearrange things to take care
Of tho oflice force IL tho only thing
that keeps the governor from giving
up one Of his rooms to maize room
for some one else.
Sleeping ouartere
Another thing the state house boar4
may consider - also the fact that some
OF the supreme and appellate court
judges have sleeping apartments in
their onceA This has always been
the practice. and It is said that cone
members OF the board question their
right to live in the stA1e house. Much
comment has been heard from time to
time for years that the judges ought
to live down town and pay room rent
like other people.
The state board Of health - 0Dsoay
in need OF more room. Il now exists
In two little rooms and I'm them Il
does more business In . week than
some other on3ces do in year.
MRS All + ILL