The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-24

Accommodations for the Depart
u ments of State and to Preserve the
Valuable Records of the State.
u The bill Of Hon. Ashley Horne. to
erect an administration building for
the State, is printed in our columns to-
day in full. This bill has met with
such universal approval, coming as il
does from two business men. Senator
Boyden and Ashley Horne, that our
reporter interviewed Mr.. Horne about
the matter, and we give the result
Z. Mr.. Horne said that if the State ad-
mlnlstra ton building was erected,
every department of government
would be cared for About e-fourtI1
Of the building would be devoted to the
great cause OF agriculture. Here would
be located the office of the Commits
Asioner Of Agriculture, and the Board
of Agriculture, the various laboratories
would also be provided for, and in a
w ord, everything connected with agri-
aculture, horticulture and animal in
dustry in North Carolina. On the root
would be provided space for the test
ing Of SEED, etc, and also ample room
Tor our great museum. This feature
of the bill alone ought to interest every
FARMER in the State of North Carolina.
tinuing, Mr.. Horne said that the
SUI { Court Library and State Lii
bra1s would be provided for, and also
1.-THE corporation Commission, the In
Ssurance DEPARTMENT., the Bureau OF
labor and Printing, the Department
for Confederate Veterans, the
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the State and at least twenty COM
xmlttee rooms for the use Of the men,
ssbers Of the General Assembly. and all
g#Other departments of government The
zsstaptol building would not be touched,
but it would remain for the sessions of
the Legislature, and perhaps two Of
the State officers, to-wit: the Gov
2sernor and the Secretary Of State,
athough this matter would be left to
8 the decision Of the Commission
sss.5 VIII there be any saving to the
s(5Ate, Mr.. Horne?'
EsBslss Y es and no." he replied. COT course
"a Will save about $4,000 or $4,000
the way Of insurance, rents, hauling
r. ~ lessened domestic service: that is
Asay, the State now pays several
n kOusand dollars for buildings rented
Eoughou the city of Raleigh and
10y nearly q 81, 600 a year for hauling
8s4 - large sum for separate fires and
parate engineers and janitors, etc,
49, sides the great risk from fire.
Did you know" said Mr. Horne
hat the Supreme Court building had
zen condemned by the Insurance De-
rtment as fire trap. and that the
1871 Agricultural building, which was
8s1.Ace MOTEL, has sunk several inch es
n Is IN almost a dangerous condi
a& n? OF course, it will be necessary
borrow the money TO put up this
4d1ng, but this will be necessary
ill., 4eneNer the building is erected Some
Mbers OF the General --ssem bly, de
to erect small buildings and spend
ZIP money, but the way the State 5
growing, II this We're done with
ne next ten or fifteen years these
4lngs would have to be torn away
new ones erected Such policy {
would be penny wise and pound
n"
8&zzl| DIV many years do yOu~think your
Rulidlng would accommodate tn
&s&z9. 4iy nifty years. We have gotten
LIN each department of State the
aass44a 80 OF square feet necessary to
mem for the next fifty years
kksEE mounts to nearly 3O00 600 Suuara
ad the square to be condemned
g. a4Lz.1444 OF two acres of ground A
n ILL., .. q five or six stories high vii
C. ample space to serve for fifty
U ~ years TO come. The squar
49, rs convenient to the railroads
IN cracks can be run imm ediately
easement of the new building
z8s - save hauling and one furnace
+ - the entire building and all
6rtments.
~6 will be the shape of your
1e can't go into details. That
Ii Com mission, but We suppose
vii cot hoc off no on%
1t distance to give a piece Of
" plotted with green effect
zee for the people to erect a