The Washington times., 1923-01-01
WILL HELP
ORDERLY
WORK
Sites Are Being Considered for
Five Structures to Cost
$50, 900, 1000.

~SOSOSSsOOOs
With a $4,000, 900 Govern
ment building program recon-
mended by the Public Buildings
Commission before it for action,
Congress, it is declared, through
favorable action on the report,
may save the Government $780,
600 yearly in rentals.
This is q consideration aside
from the benefits resulting from
an orderly and economic distribu-
ton of departments and divisions
Of departments, which in turn, it is
pointed out, will result in addi-
fional savings.
Sites Are Considered.
According to the building pro-
gram Endorsed by the Commission
xive departmental buildings will be
erected on sites tentatively being
considered. Among the proposed
@diffces is an archives building. The
necessity for a Government build
Ing Of this character has been felt
ana acknowledged for years Wash
1n9ton. 1t is declared, is the only
national capital in the world I'M
provided with special building de-
voted to the preservation of ma
6onal and governmental records. A
ate at Twelfth and Ohio avenue
has been suggested for the archives
building. 1t has not~been definite
" accepted, however, and other
locations will still be considered.
New quarters for the Bureau Of
internal Revenue as well as for
ShM ENVaa T1fvnlIoVS 1P h.
designated in the report which sug-
gests the erection of a seven-story
orflce building on a site between
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets
and B and G streets northwest, TO
house these factors. The ground is
owned by the Government. The To-
cation, II is pointed out, is admir-
ably situated, as the permanent
home for these branches Of the Gov
ernment.
4 Sites on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Plans have already been prepared
Cor three office buildings to occupy
ettes south of Pennsylvania avenue
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. The erection of these
buildings would necessitate wrecking
those now occupied by the Oxford
Hotel and Polls Theater. The tuild-
tngs 1T is proposed to tear down to
make room for the trio Of office
buildings have become little less
than Landmarks" which every pro-
gressive Government official, Sena-
tor and Congressman recognizes are
doomed to go in time. Their pass
Ing would not be without 4 certain
sentimental reaction, but the neces-
atty for consolidating and unifying
the various departments and divi-
sions of the Government, it is de-
eiared, is too urgent to permit the
play of such considerations in re-
tarding the proposed building pro-
gram.
AS announced by the Public Build
ings Commission the architectural
designs followed out for the pro-
posed new buildings will conform to
the classic character of Government
buildings already erected. When
completed they will materially en-
hance the beauty of the Capital.
Five Years to Build.
According to the commission, the
program, if carried out, will re-
quire a period of five years to COM
xplete it. Work on all of the build
&ings, however, may be started as
soon as Congress indorses the COM
mfttee report and the appropria-
tions needed are made available.
The erection of the proposed
five buildings will save the Gov
eminent not less than $1,000 a
year in rents" said Edward Clark.
secretary OF the Commission, today.
Elm addition 1t will greatly SIM
plify the work in the departments
and bureaus provided with new
} quarters. 1t is an economic pro-
gram in the broadcast sense"
Information that instructions had
been issued not to renew leases for
certain properties now occupied by
the Government leaked Cut today
Just what properties are affected
by the order could not be learned.
but IL is understood they are used
in part, at least, by Government
offices which will find permanent
quarters in one or more of the
proposed new buildings. In certain
other instances. il was stated, con.
tinued occupancy Of buildings by
the Government will be on month
Iy renewable terms. This is con-
strued to mean that favorable &C.
ton by Congress on the Commits
v sion's report is little less than as
sured, although persons in close
touch with the Commission de-
clined to discuss the possibility of
any such assurance having been
given.
Illustrating the need for additional
Government buildings, although
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