Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-29
CONGRESS APPROVES $6OO,OOO HOME FOR
 BUREAU OF MINES
COMMISSION ACCEPTS PLANS FOR EXPERIMENT STA.
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"iNStiiNbi ONs MhTCn ZS.-flanS for the proposed s500.0OO experiment station of the United States Bureau of Mines to be located in Pittsburg have been approved by the commission ap pointed by Congress for that purpose. The Federal Government now owns the property upon which will be erected a group of buildings. especial lv designed and adapted for the car rying on fthe mine safety work and other investigations in which the Bu reau of Mines is interested
 Congress a year ago. in the Public Buildings bill authorized new home for the Bureau of Mines to cost s500,- 900. It is now expected that Con. gress. in it's present session will mako a specific appropriation SO that con struction work may begin. It Is hoped that contracts may be let by July 1 The Director is hopeful that the build ings may be completed in the fall of 1918. when they will be dedicated with suitable ceremony. including Q second National Mine Safety Demon stration. similar to that held at Pitts. burg, 1911.
 The commission which has ap proved the plans consists of J. A Holmes n C. Kingman. Chiof of Eng. ineers of the United States Army and O. Wenderoth. Supervising Arcli'ec' of the Treasury. The State of Penn. sylvania has appropriated s25000 for cooperation in establishing this eS- pertinent station and has appointed siate commission consisting of James k. Roderick, Chief Mine Inspector Dean w. R. Crane, of the Mining De. narlmcrt. pehnsylvan'a State Cnllrs snf W. IT. Caverly. This latter com mission has tentatively approved thr plans.
 The buildings which will constitufr the experiment station Of the bureau vii form a part of 2 most remarkabl and unusual group of monumental ed fees devoted to educational purposes On one side of the bureaus buildingf will face the great group of structure of the Carnegie School of Technology On another side is the Carnegie lnsti- ute, in which are the art gallery museum and library. Nearby is the i'm posing pile of buildings of the Univer sity of Pittsburgh Athletic and Unl versity Clubs and the Hotel schenle' The site consists of nearly twelvf acres of land. part Of it on the highe- level of the city streets end mart ot F on the level cf the B. & O. Railroad, which railroad will furnish adequate facilities for passengers and freight traffic
 The group consists of three main buildings facing Forbes Street anf the several stree'-car lines from tho uptown district. The central building of tho group. the Mining Building will be three stories in height, flanNo' by two main buildings, one the Me ohanlcal and the other the Chemics' huildinr. In the rear of these and in. closing Q court will be the Servicc building. Beyond the Service building and spanning what is known as Pan ther Hollow and thus connecting th- Bureau of Mines buildings with the Carnegie Schools. will be two build inps over the roofs of which will pas the roadway from Forbes Street tc the Carnegie School buildings an Schenley Park.
 Between the main group and the power and fuel group will be the en- trance to a series of mine shafts. One of these will be used as an eleyat0 to carry heavy material and passen gers from the lower level to the up per; another will be for tests of hoist ing ropes and similar mining appll ances; another will be an entrance to tunnels extending under the build ings and in which mining experiments such as fighting fires. will be con ducted
 The portion of Panther Hollow above the Power buildings will be ar ranged as a Miners Field. the slope of the ravine being utilized as ar amphitheatre which will accommodate 20 GOO spectators who may assemble here to witness demonstrations and tests in mine rescue and first aid
 The main or Mining building will contain the administrative offices. and those of the mining force. In i' will be assembly and lecture hall library and smoke and other rooms Tor demonstrations and training in mine rescue and first aid. The Mechanica building will be for experiments and tests of mining machinery and appli' ances and the Chemical building for investigation and analyses of fuels explosives and various mineral sub. stances.
 The buildings now used by the Bu reau of Mines as an experiment sta tion at Pittsburg were loaned to the Bureau by the War Department as an emergency measure when the Bureau was created. The War Department haf suggested that 1t now needs these buildings and it is felt the Bureau cannot retain possession much longer The buildings are very old and are i entirely unsuited to the needs of the