Evening star., 1913-02-15
HOME FOR BUREAUS
Public Buildings Bill Carries
Total of $25,OOO,OOO.
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE
Provision for New Structure for the
Geological Survey.
FOR HALL OF ARCHIVES. ALSO
Post Offices in Nearby Towns In
cluded-Memorial Amphitheater at
at Arlington Authorized.
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE
FOR HALL OF ARCHIVES, ALSO

y new geological survey building
a hall of archives and u national me
mortal amphitheater at Arlington are au
thorized in the twenty five million dollar
public buildings bill. which was reported
to the House from the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds. under Acting
Chairman Burnett of Alabama, today.
The start of a new patent office is alst
seen in the bill. which creates commits
sion and gives i. sum of money to star
| work plans and estimates for a suit
able edifice for this branch of the publ.
| service. This is the first public buildings
bill to be reported in two years. and the
| interest in the House of Representatives
i'm the post offices and other public build
ings authorized is intense. There will be
big fights over the bill before it passes.
New Positions Created.
| Three new jobs under the Treasury
Department are created 10y the bill. They
are an architectural designer at a COM
pensation of $1,000 per annum. structu-
raj engineering expert at $1,000 per an
mum and u heating. lighting and venti-
lating engineering expert at 5000 per
annum. to serve in the office of the
supervising architect of the Treasury
| Department. to assist the supervising ar
chtect in connection with the designing
and standardizing of public buildings
authorized to be erecte..=under the con-
troll of the TREASURY Department and the
mechanical equipment thereof and in
connection with architectural and en-
| gineering work of said office of unusual
magnitude or complication.
These positions are not under the civil
service and no one man in the supervising
architects office is eligible.
Quarters for Bureaus.
Five hundred thousand dollars is au-
| thorized for the first years work on a
new fireproof building of modern type
of sufficient area to accommodate the
geological survey, the reclamation
service, Indian office. bureau of mines
and any other Interior Department
offices as may be designated by the
Secretary. The total cost of this build
ing is authorized in the bill at S2,5OO.-
600. The site will be on square 49,
about two blocks west of the Y. Nj. Z.
A. building.
The frequent appearance of the pat
ent commissioner at the Capitol and
the statement which he emphasized
that the present Patent Office building
is entirely inadequate for the needs or
that service have borne fruit in the
bill.
"A commission composed of the SecSe-
tary of the Interior. the commissioner OF
patents and the supervising architect or
the Treasury Department is created by
the bill Ito cause plans and estimates 10
be made for a building to accommodate
the patent office" Five thousand dollars
naries.
Another big modern building for the
United States government, to be erected
within the District OF Columbia. is the
N archives hIlif6inV The bill
thorizeS the Secretary of the Treasury
to prepare designs and make estimates
for the building. which is 10 be at least
10000 cubic feet in dimensions. This
building is to house the records of the
various departments, the White House
and of Congress
The bill specifically provides that the
building must be placed upon site
which shall be large enough to hold
ultimately a much larger building.
Memorial at Arlington.
The G.. A. r. memorial amphitheater
for Arlington cemetery is authorized by
the bill, carrying out the promises made
by members of the committee when
Judge j. G. Kimball, representing tho
veterans. appeared before the commit
tee. The bill authorizes the expenditure
of $25O0OO for the first year. The total
cost of the memorial is to be $75O.oOO
For the purpose of beginning cOnstruc-
ton commission is created, composed
of the Secretary of War, the Secretary
of the Navy. the superintendent of the
United States Capitol building and
grounds. and Judge kimball, represent
ing the G. a. r. The plans or carrere
! & Hastings New York architects, are
| approved by the committee and men,
! toned in the bill.
| The commission may in its discretion
| spend $4,000 for the construction of a
mortuary chapel in accordance with the
| plans of the architects. This chapel may
| be a part of the memorial or may be
| erected in any other part OF the Arlington
estate as may be desired.
| The authorizing of this memorial marks
| the end of a long series OF pleadingS by
| the c. A. T. 1t will. be the nations own
tribute to the soldier dead. and will be
! used as place for memorial services. the
! gatherings of patriotic bodies and for the
annual services in the cemetery on Dec
| oration day.
Public Edifces in Nearby Towns.
Towns near Washington are also pro-
vided for. Frederick, Md, gets a $4,000
post zee: Franklin, Va, $4,000 post
office: South Boston, Va, Il $40 900 post
office: Waynesboro. Va, $500 post
office: Front Royal. Va, u $4,000 post
| office: Leesburg. Va. a $4,000 post office
I
| office.
| The bill is explained in n statement
made by Representative Burnett of Ala
! bama. acting chairman of the committee
| Nr. Burnett said
| This bill carries an authorization OF
| S2o.643SOO Our committee is not an
! appropriations committee. but makes
| authorizations. The appropriations
| committee makes the appropriations
! from time to time needed on esti-
mates submitted by the Treasury De-
partment So this bill itself does no,
take a dollar out of the Treasury anG
it may be several years before it is al
needed.
! These bills have for several years
past been passed every two years bu,
it has been three years between the
last bill and this one. If bill haG
been passed several years ago. it woulC
have been several millions dollars less
than this one.
Provision Made for District.
| The bill two years ago carried no item
| for construction of any public building il
| the District of Columbia. This bill car
\ ries large item for the geological sur
| vey and one for the construction of al
| amphiteater at Arlington. Considering
! the length of time since we had public
| buildings bill and the large items In thi.
4 hill for enlarPemontS we. think the hill