Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-10-06
STATE GOVERNMENT
HOUSED IN CAPITOL
But Two Departments Outside OF
the Building.
MUCH is SAVED IN RENT
Less Than 5000 Is Now Being Paid
for Monthly Office Space Where
Before $1,000 Was Elk
pended.

Madison.-Every part of the state
government is now housed in the capt.
toll building except the offices OF the
teachers retirement fund, and the sta
tistical division of the railroad com
mission. The statistical division OF the
railroad commission will continue IN
it's present location until the othces
of the railroad commission in the new
north wing are ready for occupancy
some time after the first of the COM
ing year.
The greatest exodus of state Off
ces was from the Gay building. The
joint engineering staff of the rail-
road and industrial commissions has
been moved into the assembly com
mittee rooms, located on the north
side of the west wing, on the third
floor The highway commission is
spread around between the office OF
the chief clerk, Immediately back of
the assembly chamber, the assembly
cloak room, and the legislative post
office in the southwest rotunda of the
same floor
The banking commissioner will
hold forth in assembly committee
rooms on the south side of the third
floor, west wing.
The commissioner of agriculture
and all his allied and subordinate
boards, which were consolidated,
but still exist, is to be found in the
senate committee rooms, on the east
side of the third floor, south wing.
State Superintendent of Schools c..
P. Cary has all the functions of his
department performed in the senate,
corporations and judiciary commit
tee rooms, located on the third floor
of the south wing.
Two departments were moved from
the Washington building. The civil
service commission is now located
in the speakers room Immediately
back of the assembly chamber in the
west wing, while the fire marshal.
consolidated with the insurance COM
missioner, is to hold forth as deputy
commissioner of insurance.
The tariff division of the railroad
commission, formerly in the Com
mercial National bank block, is now
quartered in the rooms formerly occu-
pied by the state forester on the
ground floor of the east wing.
Quarters for the G. A. R. have been
selected on the fourth floor of the
west wing.
OF the new departments created
the department of engineering is to
occupy senate rooms on the same
floor as the senate chamber on the
east side. The state board of educa-
ton is not permanently located as
yet, but is expected to occupy the
southwest rotunda on the third floor.
The printing board, which was for
merly housed in two small rooms in
the secretary of states office, has
been moved into the rooms occupied
by the chief clerk of the senate, i'm
mediately to the west of the senate
chamber, while the superintendent
of public property, also a member of
the last-named board, has his main
offiC in the rooms occupied by the
lieutenant governor.
The congestion in office quarters
will be relieved beginning April 1
next, when the superintendent of
public property is expected to move
into his permanent quarters on the
east side of the ground floor of the
new north wing. The other offices
now located in legislative committee
rooms are expected to be moved into
the new wing before the opening of
the next legislative session.
The state was paying out S1,70O
monthly for Office rent, the long ses-
sion of the legislature prolonging
this payment considerably. Less
than 5000 is now paid for the two re-
naming departments outside.
The finishing touches are being
put on the decorative work on the
south wing. Scaffolding extending
to the highest portion of the arch
has been erected to enable the work
men to reach all parts of the struc-
ture. Meanwhile the painters have
been busy on all parts of the com
pleted portion, so that the painting
and decorations will all be complete
shortly.
Work on laying the granite for the
balustrades, which will completely
encircle the capitol building, except
for the approaches, has already be-
gun, and soon will all be in place on
the south, and parts of the east and
west sides.
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