Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12

the operation, maintenance, repairs
and cleaning and general upkeep of
the following mentioned office build.
ings, in addition to d large number of
miscellaneous buildings in the parks:
State, War and Navy Department
Building. Interstate Commerce Com
mission Building, Coast and Geodetic
Survey Building, Department of Com
nerce Building, civil Service Com
mission Building. Old General Land
Office Building. Department Of Justice
Building, Department OF Labor Build
ing. Interior Department Building.
Pension Office Building, Patent Office
Building, Navy Building Munitions
Building. Mall buildings c. ID, f and
+; Mall Cafeteria Building; Mall Me-
chanics Building, Bureau of Fisheries
Building, Mall Administrative Build
ing, Temporary Buildings Nos. |. 9.
3, 4. 5, 6 and I; Wa.ker-Johnson
Building, Bureau of Standards Build
ings, Cox Building Winder Building,
462 Louisiana avenue; Treasury An
mex. No. =. and Research Building.
Care of White House.
The maintenance and care of the
White House. the executive offices
and White House grounds, including
the disbursements OF funds for the
White House police force, also are
under his charge.
He 10 executive officer and in charge
Of construction and administration Of
the details of business for the follow
ing commissions: The Meade Memo
rial Commission. the Rock Creek and
Potomac Parkway Commission and
the Ericsson Memorial Commission.
The director is a member and
executive officer of the Public Build
ings Commission, which is charged
with the duty of assignment of all
Office space To the departments and
establishments in Washington.
He also is a member of the Zoning
Commission, which Is charged with
the administration of the laws pre-
scribing the character OF use, height
and area of occupancy of all buildings
in Washington. The work Of this
commission Is exacting and demands
great tact In dealing with questions
Of greatest Importance to residents Of
WASHINGTON.
He is a member and executive of
ficer Of the National Capital Park
Commission, which Is charged with
preparing plans for the extension of
the park system of the National Cap
ital and for procurement of land nee
essary for carrying out these extern
sionf.
The director also is executive of.
ficer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge
Commission, and charged by law with
the supervision of the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge project. under the gen.
eral direction of the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge Commission. This prof.
ect involves engineering. architecture
and landscape architecture and an ex-
penditure of $14.7oo 900 in a period of
10 years. Work of such magnitude
Importance and difficulty justifies
alone more than the compensation
suggested for the director of public
buildings and public parks, It was
said. In fact. II was pointed out, SINH
lar works executed under municipan
ties, states or civil agencies ordinarily
pay the officer in charge two or three
times as much as is contemplated for
the director of public buildings and
public parks.
The buildings under the direction
of public buildings and public parks
have a floor space of approximately
7,492,SS9 square feet and involve the
expenditure Of approximately 32,4O0.-
900 per year.
The appointment of Maj. Grant
would leave vacancy as assist
ant director In the Office to be
filled also by detail from the Engi-
neer Corps Of the Army. However, no
candidates have yet appeared for this
position, in view Of the fact that 1t
was not known that Maj. Grant was
to be promoted. 1t is understood that
the chief of engineers office is of the
opinion that the public buildings and
parks Office has too many officers now,
but, 1t was pointed out that the work
is Of such magnitude. particularly at
time when there are 50 many
gigantic projects involving the beauti-
flcation of the Capital City. that all of
them are needed. The law organizing
the Office provides for the detail of
these officers. and It Is likely that a
successor would be appointed in the
very near future.