The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-24
MORE ROOM
NEEDED IN
CAPITAL
Shakeup in State House Is
Imminent Because of the
Lack of Office Space
Supreme Court Gives the
Board Authority to Act.
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, July PA shake
up at the state house is about to take
place, according to present indications,
in the encouragement of the rooms of
some of the state officers. The state
house Is badly crowded and there is not
enough room as the matter stands at
present, to accommodate all of the Of
fees. When the state house was built
twenty years ago it was one of the
marvels of the state, and everybody
believed at that time that it was big
enough to hold all of the Offices that
the state of Indiana would ever have
if it lasted a million years. But the
state is not yet million years old,
but the state house is not large enough
to hold all of the offices.
Rooms Unequany Divided.
1t has for two or three years been a
mystery why some of the officers were
allotted SO much room, however, while
others are kept in cramped quarters.
And this is one Of the situations that
is about to be cleared up. For in
stance, the Indiana railroad commits
sion occupies FIVE rooms, three of them
| being fine large ones and two small
/
are among the very best rooms in the
building. The railroad commission is
about to lose two or three of these
rooms.
A few weeks 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 au-
| thority to appoint the custodian of the
state house and the engineer but it
also has charge of the entire building
and grounds. This is taken to mean
| that the board has right to assign the
rooms to the various offices and de-
partments, and the board is about to
take up this matter. AS soon as it does
this the howl will go UP.
Peetz VIII BE Cramped.
1t is said that the railroad commits.
sion can get along with two rooms as
well as with five. At present it has
a court room, a secretary's office. &
large room for Chairman Wood, a large
room for the other two commission
ers and consultation room
The board will probably also take one
from State Statistician ]. l.. Peetz. He
has two big rooms, one of which is di-
vided into two rooms by low parti
tion thus giving him three rooms. Th'
members of the board seem to be of tn,
opinion that they can take away on,
room and give 1t to the state tai
board The room occupied by the stat,
tax board would then be added to thu
office of the auditor of state, who i
badly crowded in the six rooms that h
now occupies
The state board of charities also ha
three rooms, and it is believed that tn
board will take one away from it.
IS believed this could be done withou
causing any injury to the charity boar
: business.
There has been for long time com
D ment on the fact that the governor
office occupies four rooms. The gov
errors private office is a large roor
that was intended in the first place a
the governors reception room. Jus
how to re-arrange things to take car
Of the office force is the only thin
that keeps the governor from giving u
one of his rooms TO make room 70
! some one else.
No Lodging Room for Judges.
Another things the state house boar
may consider also is the fact that som
of the supreme and appellate cou1
judges have sleeping apartments i
their offices. This has always been th
practice, and it is said that some mem
bers of the board question their rigE
. to live in the state house. Much con-
ment has been heard from time t
time for years that the judges ougE
to live downtown and pay room rer
like other people
The state hoard of health is sorelv
need Of more room. 1t now exists
two little rooms, and in it the boar
does more business in a week tina
some of the other offices do in a yea