Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-01-31
NEW BUILDINGS
FOR UNCLE sam
Three Handsome Structures Are
to Be Erected in Washing
ton for Departments.
TARIFF PLAN is IN DANGER
republicans of One Faction in House
May Defeat Commission BiII-Arl-
zona's Radical Constitution
lmperIs Territory's Ad-
mission tc the Union.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON
Washington.-The government board
of architectural award has passed
judgment ca the plans of the archi-
tects who entered into competition
for selection as the designers of the
three great new government buildings
which soon are to De erected.
1t is the governments intention to
erect new buildings for the depart
ments of commerce and labor. of jus
tice, and Of state, between Ohio ave-
nue. and The Mall, which stretches its
green way from the capitol to the
monument
The money for the structures al
ready has been appropriated. 1t
| amounts to about $4,000, 000 Author
ity has been given for the employment
Of architects and for the prosecution
/ of the building work
AT the time that the government Of
| hcials considered the project of de-
Gliding upon plans for the three great
new buildings it was determined the
only the best talent the country pro-
duced should be brought to bear in
making the selections for plans Three
committees of aWard consisting of
i've person for each building. were
| named to .dy the preliminary plans
| from which a final selection should be
made. None of the men appointed as
judges had been in the field of compe-
tition, and all of them were distin-
| ptIiCh In
Entering into the competition were
81 architects, 10 to each building. The
Intention was not to secure fully de-
veloped plans, but evidences of skill,
| In directing such elements of prelim.
mary planning as would show that
The ultimate work was certain to hold
| both beauty and strength.
Uncle Sans Extensive Plan.
When the jurors were ready to be-
gin the work of passing judgment on
the plans submitted, Secretary of the
| Treasury MacVeagh took them into his
office and told them that the present
/ project was the beginning of the work
| Of taking over the whole south side
| of Pennsylvania avenue for govern
| ment purposes, and he impressed upon
them the necessity of seeing to 1t
that the plans which they oproved
were not only of high excellence, but
were in artistic sympathy with the
great scheme of a government park
which was to be added to the grounds
of The Mall and to occupy all the sec
ton south of Pennsylvania avenue
now given over to business interests.
The building for the department of
commerce and labor will be the largest
of the three new structures. 1t will
be five stories high while the others
are to be only three. 1t will be sos
feet long with a depth of 800 feet
The elevation shows a plain facade,
the chief feature of which is a row
of 2S attached columns The building
probably will be of marble
An interior feature of the department
of commerce and labor building will be
a huge aquarium in the center. in which
will be shown an exhibit of the bureau
| of fisheries. Today this is one of the
most Interesting sights in the city. but
| the aquarium of the present time is
in a far off section of the town and
comparatively few people know of its
existence
Beauty of the Designs.
It is virtually impossible with a lay
mans pen to give an adequate idea :
the beauty of the desigus witch are
now on exhibition il the treasury
building. A fne detail If the facade
of the structure intended to house the
state department is eight Corinthian
columns fanked on either side by six
Doric columns The four sides will
! present to the view 56 Doric columns,
some attached and others standing alb.
/ solutely free.
In the state department building
there will be a great dining room with
a reception room on one side and a
smoking room on the other The head
of the state department has occasion
at times to pay honor to foreign
guests of distinction, and the innova-
ton of the banquet hall with all the
necessary adjuncts of kitchens and
pantries will enable the department.
by entertaining in its own building. to
give an entirely official significance to
the receptions which the necessities
Of diplomacy entail upon the repre-
sentatives of the great government
when representatives Of other great
gov ernments are on visiting bent
May Beat Commission Bill.
Tarin commission legislation is in
danger. 1t has been pointed out that
before this some of the Republicans
O. one of the factions in the house
were opposed to the bill in the form
in which President Taft has. given it
endorsement 1t may be now that
these Republicans viii succeed In
making such changes IN the measure
that it viii not receive anal endorse
ment
President Taft Is emulating the
Roosevelt strenuosity in his endeavor
10 set the factions together on the
Longworth bill. which more nearly
meets his views of the form which the
/ legislation should take The Demo-
Gratis will not feel AZ all had If the
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