The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
All of Larger Contractors
Submit Tenders on FEEDERS,
Building Extension. h
WORK MUST BE DONE
BY OCTOBER 1, 1sl
Extension Will Help COnditioI
by Permitting Grouping
of Offices.

All the larger building contractoru
Salt Lake City Will submit, BIDS on 4
iO-foot extension to the west end Of M
federal building.
Copies of the blue prints. at the oa,(
OF Postmaster y. l.. Thomas. were a
spected Tuesday by all the leading %.
tractors and copies OF the building susa
fications were given out,
The bids must bc in the hands OF a
government architects in Washington II
later than February Z. The specjSc.
tions cali for the completion of the bui1I
ing by October l. 1912. A $50 day "a
felt Is provided IL the work Is not co1I
! pleted on time.
The extension will make a remarkau
change In the appearance OF the Ok
| ent building and will make Il possifX
| for the first time. for all government a
fees In the city to be grouped in the 81
building. Offices are 10 be rearranr&
and corridors extended. furnishing !
third more room in the building.
The entire lower floor Is to be occu
pied by the postoffice. The north Cor
| dor will be extended back twenty r.
as will the south corridor. The registr
department, the money order departmer'
| the mailing room and the work room NJ
| all be enlarged. Private Offices will
arranged for the assistant postmaster. a
superintendent of delivery and oth|
postal officials, The present ooleo{I|
over the work room Will be extended q
| the entire new addition on the low
| floor. The changes will more th.
| double the present size OF the work roo1
| the registry division and the money a
| der department. The interior constr7l(
| tion Will he hreproof and 10 conform ex
actly with the present construction a
| decoration.
Second Floor Changes. II
A number OF important changes viii
| made on the second floor. The Office
the geological survey will DC situated 4
q large department at the south end 4
| with vaults and filc rooms, drafting roou
and toilets.
At the north end Of the corridor &
| be the Office of the United states distII
attorney, The toilets In the ends Of q
| corridors will be moved TO the ends
| the corridors running north and south \
| right angles TO the present cast and ~
corridors. Where the present light coI
is provided will be II light well, q
extension 10 lnclosc the court on e
the light well and the corridor will
| the office OF the forest service. Wh8
| the office OF the district attorney "a
is the custom service Will have an d
fice.
| There will be no change in the offlo
| OF the United States bailiffs Tho OF.
Of the United States postofSicc inspecu
will be between the private office
Judge Marshall and the office of the q
| trict attorney.
On the third floor the south half Of q
extension will be occupied by the Sc
eral land Office and the tenth field {
vision. This department Will be provid|
with file rooms and other convenfenceH.
In the north end OF the extension "
of the present office Of the United Sta
! immigration inspector will be the oh/
OF the mineral resources department
the geological survey. corridor 8
| ices. the same as on the second DO
| Between this corridor Vld the iiT
well will be the office OF the bur
OF animal industry.
Register and Receiver.
In the front OF the building. where d
general land office and field division %
are, will be the offices OF the regisu
and the receiver OF the land office. alQI
with file rooms, contest room al
vaults. On the fourth floor Will be.
the rear. the headquarters for railNI
mail clerks. The surveyor generals &
! tlce Will occupy the north end OF q
extension along with the present quartz
The Ale rooms Will he along the entH
north wall as nj the present. Spec
rooms will bc provided for draft
rooms transcribing rooms and the ch|
clerk
The roof will be OF tile. the same as
present,
The extension will be Of the same arc
itecture as the present building, gW
sandstone. with carvings in the stoU
| There will be an abundance OF yentf
tlon and light. In the skylight at
top of the ground floor and at the 20
tom OF the Eight wcll'' Will he 40-in|
ventilators which will furnish ample vW
tIlation for the work room In the &c
office.
AS far as the postoffice is concern
Postmaster Thomas says. the addiu
Will bring great relief. There Is ~
enough room for the work at the prW
ent. III
Assembling Big Help, ~
The assembling OF all government u
fees in the building will he big
provement. Al present the goyernn
Is paying out several hundred dollar
month for rent for federal offices n
buildings outside the federal building
cause there is no room in the preS2
building. IT.
The bureau OF animal industry nov
In the Mcintyre building. the geolo&
survey In the Brooks Arcade. the TOT
service In the Bell Telephone bpildt =
and other departments In other pui
ings about the city. ~
West OF tho extension will be the urI<|,
way. which is used by mall wagons
transferring mail 10 and from the sUI
tiors. The building al present Us Ml
feet long. The extension VIII MAKE
total length on Postofflcc place lV
The appropriation for the work Ia N
600. lis