Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-21

at the peak Of operations. There are
81, 900 cubic feet of granite and more
than $50, 900 cubic feet of limestone re-
CURED for the facing of the building.
For the backing of this stonework H.
600, 900 brick are necessary.
1.-THE item of structural steel in enor-
NOUS, $500 tons being required.
mo less than 5000 metal windows
will furnish light and air to the build
ing, and to glaze these windows, 237, 900
square feet of glass are necessary.
THE main interior partitions are
built of hollow clay tile, and the indi-
vidual blocks required for the more than
1000 900 square feet of partitions, if
laid end to end, would reach a distance
of 400 miles. In addition to the hollow
tile partitions, nearly 100000 square
feet of steel and glass partitions will be
necessary. The concrete in the fireproof
floor and roof construction would build
"a miles of road 6 inches thick and 20
feet wide. The plaster on the walls and
ceilings would cover an area of 48 city
blocks. The item of roofing is of in
terest, for in addition to the hundreds
of thousands Of square feet of roofing
felt and title required, rs tons of sheet
copper and $50 tons of galvanized sheet
iron will be necessary to protect the
interior of the building from storm,
of flooring will be employed, including
stone, marble, clay tile, hardwood. mas
tic, cork tile, heavy-duty woodblock.
etc. There will be no less than seven
260-horSepower boilers installed, about
"a, 900 square feet of radiation will be
necessary to heat the building, and So
elevators will be needed for the convey
ance of passengers and freight.
Task Held TnnnossihIe
ut is not possible to trace the history
of all of the products delivere to the
buildings to their source, viz: to the
mines where the iron, copper, lead.
nickel and other meta, are found, to
the quarries from which the stone is
procured, to the forests which furnished
the wood for flooring, etc, and to the
banks of the river bottoms where the
sand and gravel lies; but it will readily
be seen what an enormous number of
/, trades are involved and what thousands
| of men are employed for long periods.
1t must be remembered that in the
expenditure of $17000,0 900 for build
| ing in Washington at least 100000
of this amount is distributed in differ
ent sections of the country for lab-r
and materials. not to mention the out
side labor brought into Washington to
work on the job. This is only one of
many buildings proposed for the District
of Columbia, and somewhat comparable
buildings will be built in New York
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit
Pittsburgh, Chicago, st. Louis, Denver,
san Francisco and innumerable cities
of the country.
1.-THE development of the so-called
Triangle in Washington includes IL
buildings, ranging in price from $780,
900 to $17,000.000.
THE Secretary of the Treasury is
charged with the responsibility of the
construction, and has to aid him the
services of a special board of architec-
tural consultants, comprising in its
membership some of the most eminent
American architects.
The extended program includes g
number of important buildings in other
portions of the city, among them new
buildings for the War and Navy depart
mentS, involving an expenditure of ap-
proximateiy $26,000,000, and tits vii
then permit the removal of the present
temporary buildings from The Mall.
I'm addition to the construction worl
under the direction of the Secretary o.
tho Treasury, there are other building
projects contemplated or in course o.
construction in the District of Columbia
including a new building for the SUI
prcme Court. the Arlington Memoria
Bridge, ofice buildings and additions
for the Senate and House of Represen
tatives. and the so-called Municipa
Center, which will be developed nortl