The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-17

! building at Pensacola, which was put
! up in 1887 or 1883, is far inferior 70
| several other buildings IN that city In
| deed, right across the street is a 10
story bank building which cost very
much more than the federal building
Mr.. Adair. Does nUc tne gentleman
think that the government, where it
builds a public building, ought TO be
| able to spend enough to put a sidewalk
around it?
Mr.. Wilson of Florida Yes.
Mr.. Falconer. VIII the gentleman
yield?
Mr. Wilson of Florida. 7 do.
Mr.. Falconer. I want TO ask the gen
tleman where the estimate was made
for the additional cost or this build
ing?
Mr. Wilson of Florida In the Su-
pervising Architects office in Wash
ingtOn.
Mr. Falconer. The original esti-
mate; but how about the estimate for
the extra work? How does the gem
tIeman get another estimate to in
crease the cost so as to provide for
this building in the Supervising Arch
iteCts Office when there are 40 or so
buildings where money has been APP
propriated for from three to five years,
and where it is impossible to get an
estimate of the cost Of the buildings,
resulting in holding them up all over
the country?
Mr.. Wilson Of Florida. Did the gen
tleman ever build a house and find be-
fore he finished that he had not mon
ey enough; that there were more
things needed than he thought for
when he starteI out?
Mr.. Foster. Nf 7 understand, this
is to pay for the original enlargement,
Mr.. Wilson Of F'Iorica. It is an
emergency case.
Mr.. Foster. After they got along
this far they found that there were
lot of improvements that they could
not put in. I will say to the gentle
man from WASHINGTON that I have
looked into this matter and that l
think some Of these things ought to be
put in. 1t is an original enlargement
from an appropriation come time ago,
but when they got to this point they
found that they had not enough money
to put in these needed i'm prOvements.
Mr.. Falconer. I am not joining the
gentleman from Illinois in his appar-
ent enjoyment of deviIing new mem
Der while getting his bill through.
Mr.. Foster. No; I would not do
that; but | saw some Things in it that
l thought ought not TO be done.
Mr.. FaIconer. What I wish to en-
phasize is that in many Cities-Cities
In my own state, for misunderstanding
had an approximation Io-- some years
to build a public building the buildings
have been held up on the statement
of the Supervising Architect that he
could not get money enough to eNpeRd
in the architects office for clerical
services so as to advance the building
of these buildings. It occurred to me
in the discussion of this question to
ask how the gentleman found that he
needed exactly 100000 N order to do
this work. Was the estimate made in
the Supervising Architects Office:
and if so, where did the Supervising
Architect get the money to do the
work?
Mr.. Wilson Of Florida. We have not
the money yet; we ara stter the mon
ey now.
Mr. Falconer. DO YOU spend money
without getting an estimate?
Mr.. Wilson Of Florida. No; the es-
innate was made by the architects
office.
Mr.. Falconer. Was there enough
money provided originally by the arch
iteCt to make this estimate?
Mr. Foster They thousn- there was;
but in repairing an Ol9 building they
found some things thar We're required
that they are not able 10 do with the
original allowance.
Mr. F'aIconer. I am not talking about
the appropriation for the building II
am talking about necessary money to
provide service in the Supervising
Architects Office.
Mr. Madden. The gentleman from
Wisconsin wants to knD-S now the Su-
pervising Architect got enough mon
ev to make an estimate for those ad
ditional repairs.
Mr. FaIconer. Yes. It is the archi-
tect's expenses that I am after
Mr.. Wilson Of Florida. | can ans
wer that: because. in the course or
the improvements WhiGB were author
lied in 1910, the architect had his man
on the ground, and he is now there
and has been there several months.
Mr.. F,aIconer. Then u has cost no
extra money or expense in the super
wishing Office?
Mr.. Wilson of Florida. None at all.
Mr.. FaIconer. Very well; that ques-
ton could have been answered five
minutes ago.
Mr. Wilson Of Florida. I did not un-
derstand what the gentleman from
WASHINGTON wanted to know.
The Speaker Is there objection 10
the consideration Of the bill?
There was no objection.
MIR. Wilson of Florida. Mr.. Speaker,
ask unanimous consent that the bill
be considered in the T,."se as in the
COMMITTEES of the Whole,
The Speaker. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Florida?
There was no objection.
Mr.. Adair Mr.. Speaker, I move to