Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27
BOOSTED BUILDING
|. FUND FOR DISTRICT
SITS, 900, 900 More for U. S.
to Be Asked of Seventy
First Congress.
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ly every important parcel is either pur-
| chased or under condemnation. Inc
addition to the Liberty Loan Building
has been completed. The beautiful new
central or pavilion building Of the De-
partment of Agriculture is nearing
| completion. The erection work Is pro-
crossing rapidly on the $l7,500,OOO De-
| partment of Commerce structure. Inc
! new $40 .OOO, 900 Internal Revenue Bulio-
| ing will be completed and ready 1or
occupancy by July l, next, II TO IA
months ahead of schedule. There are
LOO men working on this building
drawing a total of $4,000 a day. IN
terror walls and ceilings are now being
put In place. For the Commerce and
internal Revenue Buildings it Is taking
$500 carloads of Indiana limestone. II
would require a train % miles long TO
| haul this building material to the Cap
ital from the Bloomington and BEDFORD
uuarries OF Indiana. An addition to the
Government Printing ONCE Is under
| completion.
Total Estimated Cost.
| Representative Richard N Elliott OF
| Indiana, chairman of the House COM
mttee on public buildings and GROUNDS,
members of the Public Buildings Com
mission. who is recognized as the IA
Their of the public buildings program,
has estimated that eventually 1t will
cost about $500, 100000 to put the pub.
lie buildings of the country in good
shape to handle Uncle Sans business,
Under a program covering 10 years.
After conferences with other members
of the commission, he said he feels that
| the authorization should be increased
each year, as rapidly as the work can
| be carried forward efficiently.
There is now an authorization OF
| $35, 000, 600 year to be expended-$25,-
100000 for the country at large and
| S10,0OO,000 for Washington" Repre-
| ought to be increased at once to $50
100000 a year, of which $4,000, GOO
would be spent in the States and SIS
0O0, 900 in Washington"
There ought to be enough money
authorized" Elliott continued, Ito I'm
| ish just as soon as possible all OF the
| f,4ildings which are to be placed in the
Mall triangle and to do whatever is
necessary to complete that job There
work of the Government may be car
ried along with economic efficiency.
Fast Dismantling Urged.
"All the buildings on that area should
be torn down just as fast as they are
acquired by the Government, except the
old Post ONCE Building and the South
ern Railway Building. which are now
being used very advantageousfy. 1t
will take up to $4,000, 900 more for this
work on the Mall triangle development,
and am ready to push the legislation
to authorize expeditions action.
There ought also to be another
S1OO,000,000 authorized for Federal
buildings throughout the States. to COM
plete the work tabulated in the inter-
| departmental committees report. I
believe that Congress will vote favor
ably upon such legislation, the merits
of which are so well understood, espe-
cially since the members have already
committed thmSelves to this program"
! The need for more appropriations
! for the National Capital is explained
| as vital because of the fact that the
| first buildings have taken up more than
S48. 100000 of the $50,0000OO already
authorized by Congress to be spent here
| OF these buildings underway, the De-
| partment of Agriculture administration
building is farthest advanced. the In
! ternal Revenue Building Is next and
| Department Of Commerce third in
| progress of construction.
Archives Building Ahead.
Also included in the original alloca-
| ton of funds is the Archives Build
| ing. for which Congress has already
| authorized $6,900,000 and appropriated
| 81 900 900, but for which plans are not
! as yet completed. Louis A. Simon. head
| OF the architectural division of the
supervising architects ONCE OF the
! Treasury, is now en- route home from
Europe, where he made lengthy sur
vey of the old archives buildings OF
Europe, for the purpose Of laying
fundamental plans for the American
Archives structure.
Among buildings which are planned
| for the Mall triangle which are Sorely
needed now by the Federal Government.
and for which 1t is proposed the new
| appropriations be made, in addition to
the original $50000,000 are the De-
partment of Labor. to go on the site
| of the Potomac Electric Power Co.
| plant at Fourteenth and B streets;
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
to be located along B street. just east
of the Department OF Labor: indie
pendent Offices Building. and Depart
ment of Justice. These structures could
not be built under the present limita-
! ton Of $50.000,000, as more than
! $48, 100000 will be used up in buildings
! previously allocated to this sum.
| Preliminary sketches for these addi-
| tional buildings. however, are being
drawn by architects under contract with
the Government, by special authority
| of Congress. and it Is expected that
| definite estimate of their individual
| costs of construction will be compiled
| from these plans.
I The buildings are being constructed
! to conform generally to the plans as
| revealed in the interesting model show
+. ing the entire group of buildings in
! the Mall triangle. This model is now
on view in the first floor, west lobby. of
the Treasury Building, near the en-
trance facing the White House.
Another big building in the Govern
ment building program, for which Con-
| greSs already has authorized and ap-
propriated, Is the so-called "extensible"
structure for the Department of Agri-
, culture, which is to go on B street
| southwest. opposite the present build
! ings of the department.
! Congress has authorized total of
! $5,750,00O for this huge building, and
| the first two squares of land for this
are now well along in condemnation
/ proceedings.
| AS soon as title. passes to the Govern
/ ment contracts will be let for construc-
! ton of the first unit, to occupy about
lone square40f thaaAhEGe squares which
the hllildinas kHentaal li W cover