Evening star., 1927-09-08
MELLON SEES GAIN
IN BUILDING PLAN
Preliminary Work Under Way
for First of New Structures
in Triangle.
Good progress is being made on the

Good progress is being made on the
great public building program for
Washington and the country at large,
Treasury Mellon, who returned yes.
terday to his desk from Europe.
The Board of Architectural Con-
sultants, which has in hand develop
ment Of details in the program for
the triangle south of Pennsylvania
avenue and west Of the Botanic Gar.
dens, will meet at the Treasury Sep.
tember 20. bringing their sketches.
Members Of the board have been as
signed to work on different parts of
the triangle program, and many de.
tailed sketches are expected to be
ready for the board, whose members
are coming from all parts Of the
country.
Bids Are Asked.
In the meantime bids for one of the
smaller projects, completion of the
two stories on top of the Liberty
Loan Building, adjacent to the Bu-
reau Of Engraving and Printing, have
been asked and will be opened in the
office of the supervising architect Sep
tember 81. The framework and floors
Of these two stories are constructed,
but there still remains to be built the
outside walls and installation of the
elevators.
Although Congress failed to appro-
pirate funds for several projects in the
public building program, sufficient
money is available, it was explained
by Assistant Secretary of the Treas.
ury Dewey. supervising tn, Washing
ton building program, to proceed with
several items already under way.
For instance, preliminary work is
going on toward the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Com
merce and the Bureau Of Internal Rev
enue buildings, with likelihood that
actual work may start in that order.
There is some question as to just when
the Department of Agriculture may be
put -nder contract; sketches for it
are being worked out by the architec-
tural firm of Rankin & Kellogg.
Buildings to BE Vacated.
The next work on the Department
of Commerce site will be razing of old
buildings in the area between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, B street
ana OnlO aV6uu6s NOtlCSS dlTcduy
have been sent to occupants Of prop.
erty there to vacate between october
l and October Is. Rough excavation
work will then follow, as the first real
excavation work in the triangle. &C.
cording to present prospects.
The Internal Revenue Building,
which some time ago had been desig-
mated at the first project to get under
way, now appears to be second.
In the case of the Bureau of Inter-
nal Revenue, however, several factors
have come in to alter the situation.
The Farmers Market is located on
the south half Of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau site and the District
Commissioners have come to no de.
cision as to what to do with 1t. Inas-
much as Center Market has been pick
ed as the site for the new Department
Of Justice, which probably will be
among the next buildings slated for
erection. the whole market question
appears likely to be precipitated into
the next Congress, to open in Decem.
ber.
It Is the intention Of the Treasury
to leave the farmers in their market
for the closing out of the Fall harvest
crops. Under a preliminary arrange
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