Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-23
NEW GRAND ENTRANCE
FOR TREASURY BUILDING
Architectural Changes in In
tereSt of Concentration of
Clerical Forces.

tdul ClldHSeS III the interior ana
exterior architecture of the Treasury
building, of deep interest to the entire
personnel of the big department, are
to be made within the next few months.
New York bank architects are working
upon the proposed changes. The super
vising architect of the Treasury will
take charge of the architectural end
when the actual work is to be done.
The architectural changes necessary
to carry into effect the arrangements
affecting the personnel and business of
the department will be extensive. The
main feature will be the doing away
with the steps and approaches to the
east front of the building on 18th street,
and making a grand main entrance on
the first or ground floor.
This entrance will be large and cost
". Just in the rear of the doors will
be placed number of elevators,
probably four Elevators in other parts
of the building will be put out of COM
mission.
Encouragement of Offices.
1t is proposed to assemble all the count
ing employees upon the basement floor,
opening directly on 18th street, and to
place the shipping departments on the
same floor, bringing about more busi-
nesslike arrangement than at present
Counters employed in the treasurer s
office, the Office of the controller of the
currency, the national bank redemption
agency and elsewhere, numbering hun
dreds of people, are now scattered over
the building. Under the new arrange
ment they will be assembled where the
work can be supervised with more ease.
Cloakrooms are to be provided for them.
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bank clerks than government employees.
The chief thing of interest to the several
thousand clerks in the department is
that all employees will be expected to en-
ter and leave from the main doors, using
the elevators to and from their respective
floors. All other doors in the building
will be closed to the entrance and exit of
employees. Some Will be closed entirely
even to the public
The comparatively few employees who
are suspected of using doors where they
are little known, in getting to work late
in the morning and in going out through
the day if they desire, will have to face
the same vigilant watchmen each day.
The total cost of the material changes
in the building will approximate $1SO.OOO,
that amount of money having been OBJ
tanned from the last session of Congress.
Business to Be Facilitated.
1t is claimed that the work of the
Treasury has grown up in haphazard
fashion from year to year, the result
being that bureaus and divisions re-
lated to each other are scattered in
widely different portions of the build
ing. The important changes to be
made during the year will bring to-
gether the various bureaus in their re-
lation to each other, saving much time
to the government, it is claimed, and
immensely facilitating business.
The plans and methods dealing with
the personnel of the department will
be almost as sweeping as those regard
ing the bureaus and architecture.
Business methods, fashioned largely
after the modern banks of the country,
will be put into use, and old fashioned
red tape ideas will go out entirely.
The remodeling. of the Treasury
building will take some time. but will
be pushed as rapidly as possible after the
contract is let.