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brings the total cost to approximately
$40, 200 900. The Government owns
the land.
The entire period of construction
will consume at least three years and
possibly four.
1t is estimated that only the pile
foundations, and possibly the concrete
foOS:ings on top of the piles, can be
constructed during the first year, at
an estimated cost of 100000.
Site at Fifteenth Street.
He explained that the site at Fiji
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., running back to b street which
was originally intended as the site for
the new Justice and Commerce build
ings. will be used for the Justice
Building, and the Fifteenth street
frontage for a proposed Labor Depart
ment building on a part of the five
blocks belonging to the Government.
one or TWO new office buildings of
thoroughly modern construction are
proposed for the Department of Agrl-
culture. on an eXtensible plan. 1t was
thought for a long time that the first
of the offie buildings would be placed
where the Department of Commerce
Building is to be located. The Public
Buildings Commission appreciated
that many persons looking for the adj
ministration headquarters of the De-
partment of Agriculture would be con-
fused and so to this new office build
ing causing traffic congestion.
A connecting pavilion of monu-
mental type as a central structure
between the two marble wings of the
Department of Agriculture is to be
built on redrafted plans to provide at
least 80 900 square feet Of office space.
This connecting pavilion will extend
back in T shape. That building
with a necessary extension of the
powerhouse is to cost So 900. 600. The
plans call for this building to be car
l.ed up during the first year to the
ground level at an estimated cost oi
| 100000. The entire period of con
str,Iction will be about two and one.
half years.
Tho biggest project for the Depart
ment of Agriculture is to erect mod
e1-n office buildings. This calls for
ACQUISITION of squares 263. 264 and
296. Mr.. Wetmore explained that this
other building is needed to provide
approximately 10000 square feet
ground area. The estimated cost for
the purchase Of square 264 is $780,
00O for the purchase of square 2b3,
81 500 900; Of square 296. S1.OO0.Ooo,
and the estimated cost of the building
on square 264 is S2.500,000. making a
total of $3.50 900.
The building now to be erected will
give approximately 100000 square
feet of office space. The cost per cubic
foot is estimated at Al cents; the
purchase of square 264 Is estimated
to require S650,000, and S550.000 is
estimated for the construction during
the first wear. This will bring the
building up to the first-foor level. and
the entire period of construction is to
, he two wears. The estimated cost OF
that building is S2,500,0O0.
Space for Scattered Work.
This is to provide for a part of the
space they must have to take care OF
their scattered activities throughout
the city. This scheme is to get them
as nearly centrally located as possible
This will be very we'll located for that
nurnose. 1t is intended to arrange
this building so that it will fit into the
scheme of eventually extending the
Agricultural Department Building to
& street southwest. 1t will have more
stories than the Agricultural Depart
ment Building. as it will be in the cen
ter of the block and completely scren
ed. This building that is proposed
will be of the commercial type, faced
with brick. In order to provide for
future expansion, squares 263 and 29t
are to be purchased in addition tc
square 264.
As soon as the new S2,000.000 cen
trail Headquarters building is com
pleted the present old red brick head
quarters building in the Mall facing
thirteenth street will be removed
This will give the department a monu
mental marble administration building
with the Office buildings in the back
ground.
Sums for This Summer.
The specific appropriations for the
public building program to be started
this Summer, as carried in the bill
now before the House, are:
! Agricultural Department Building
To enable the Secretary of the Treas
ury to acquire by purchase, condem
nation or otherwise the Economics
/ Building and site, at the corner o.
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