Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-20
To Use Old Plans.

Under the new system. the OHlce Oh
the supervising architect will not make
new plans for each public building. II
win simply adapt old plans. used TOT
the construction Of some other PUBIC
building. to the new one which II Is
proposed TO erect BY doing this, aitno
eighty men, mostly craftsmen, nave
been let out OF the supervising archi-
tect,s office. it is thought there VIII De
no interference with the work and no
delay in getting public buildings under
way.
Eli An Illustration.
As an illustration of the new meth
I'D the case of the public building 10
he erected at Bangor. Me, may be clted.
In the recent fire there. the old build
ing was destroyed. The question now
/. 70 construct new one without de-
Law. the treasury department has ao-
verttsed FOR sites In the meantime. the
Man. for building have been picked
out that will exactly meet the neeos
~ Bangor. BY the time the govern
rnent gets the title for the site. DIGS
fo, construction will be submitted ana
perhap. the contract for the bu1ldine
will even have been let. No delay any
where along the line is anticipated. Ihe
bu,ldfnr taken as the model Tor Ban
ror 10 the one at Danville. H.. the
nome Of speaker Cannon. An that Will
h. necessary to do on the plans - 20
rive them little revision and this Will
t,ka almost no time at all. AS COM
NJ red with the old way Of doing Things
MT only is much expense but much
time also saved
Much Time Saved.
The old method has been, after con-
-res. authorized construction OF pu'o-
liz building and appropriated for site
and h,,i,dinp. to get the site and title
and then to give the project NUMBER
in the office OF the supervising archl-
+ec4 AFTER that, 1t would be taken up
on,y in the regular order OF ts num-
her and X would be designed only IN
q. order. Under this old system, rne
average number Of buildings designed
was ten a month.
Now With the force reduced, the en-
tire number Of buildings on the list lor
construction In given time. say
wear. is taken up at once, divided INTO
pro,,ns according to the cost and size
~ the buildings designs OF buildings
already constructed are then picked out
and adjusted TO the proposed nc"
hn,,a;rrr. The supervising architects
asvice Hrs so many plans for $oV,oov
hu;Idinrs and 100000 buildings and
.soo 900 buildings and so on that niue
architectural work is needed 10 aHef
the old plans to meet the new needs.
Work Can Be fastened.
AZ compared with the old way OF
doing II IL plain that time and money
are saved. The construction OF puohc
hu;1d;nr can be FASTENED In some cases
,bont q year. IT is estimated, by the
:, e,r system. More than this, the archi-
fect,s office will have standard plans
and specifications prepared Tor WIN
dows. doors, and the like. Hitherto tney
have been prepared laboriousy ZOE
each Individual building.
! The treasury department - lons
Eua,. l,ehtnd the public building appro-
ria tions now. It is working on puild-
H.. nov which were authorized back
q 1908. This is not the fault OF the SUI
peeryisins architect but because the ao-
ministration seeks to hold down 1ne
| an,o,,nt expended each year for PUBIC
th,,t,dinSs. The amount is held down %
i!;about 412, O0o, 900.
f.. The probabilities are the architect
oW,ce will not be increased over It's
r-.sent ength for many years to
fco,ne,s and that employees VINO nav
! gone Will have a hard time IN gettns
i,acx also that those on furiouEh VIII
| probably get their time indefinitely ex-
Iiended.