Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING.
GOYerment's Representative Gives
Detailed Description on Build /
ing Now Going Up.

Superins ehdent G. E. Parker, who
has been in Hendersonville since ear.
ly last spring looking after the con-
struction of the federal building fol-
the government, has, upon request OF
the Democrat, furnished the following
! data, which gives comprehensive
description and outline of what has
been done and what the building will
be when completed:
Now that our 80 foot flag pole is
placed, it might safely be said that
the construction work on the new
federal building in Hendersonville is
well under way, and the interested
public can get an idea at this time
about what the finished project will
present at completion period. The
terra Gotta GROWING member of brick
parapet at topmost point of building
is still to be placed and within two TO
four days we will have installed the
composition roof in it's entirety, thus
"paning the walls" and doing away
with all chances for delays on the
work of the interior due to the ele-
ments, and at this stage, will have
arrived at the first of the two import
ant periods of the construction con-
tract
The progress attained on the project
SO far mas been exceptionally good
considering unforeseen and unavoida-
BILE delays, and it is my desire to be
able to secure completion and the
transfer of the present postoffice quar-
tiers by January 18th, 1915 We are
now about 45 per cent completed and
Notwithstanding certain delays, are a
small percentage above normal. The
contract period is March 10th, 1915,
and l trust that at tnis date the post
5fIice force will have occupied their
new structure long enough to be
thoroughly familiar with it.
Just word about our delay in start
ing this building. Possibly a good
many citizens still have varying opin-
ions regarding the hold up and as the
reason was probably never furnished
the pubic through the press, Cor in
any event l have never heard of iC
having been done) the following in
formation is submitted: When the
drawings were originally prepared
and given out for bids, a certain por-
ton of the basement was indicated
andplanned to be left suneXcavated,
with the purpose of saving meney for
use in other parts OF the building g.
The lowest bid received, however, was
in sucn an amount that after accept
.ng same and awarding the contract,
If was seen that the appropriation was !
not entirely exhausted and that we
had money enough to consider better
ments as additions to the contract
price. Therefore it was decided to
axcavate and finish the entire base
nent, fthus giving about f,500 square
feet additional storage spaced but to |
10 this, it was necessary to prepare
.evised details of the basement, which |
changes in the structural, |
heating, plumbing and lighting draw
ngs,. then to submit them to the con-
FACTORS, the W. H. Fissel Co. OF New
York City, with request for pros /
,osa1 for doing the extra~work involv-
d. An idea of the magnitude of the |
work in progress throughout the I
states as handled in the supervising
Office in the treasury de-
,artment in washington may be CLEAN /
ID from the fact that with all possible