The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-16
APARTMENTS Will
Be PLACED AT MOST
LOGICAL LOCATIONS
Relation of Various offices and
Contacts With Public Are
Considered
ECONOMIES ARE EXPLA AIMED
18th Floor, Controlled BY Immi-
grafton Head, Reserved
For Sightseers
ECONOMIES ARE EXPLAINED

In statement given out Tuesday
by the North Dakota capitol building
commission, which Monday selected
the design for the new state capitol,
various phases Of the structure not
touched upon at length In the earlier
announcement by the commission. are
treated.
Discussing, In its statement Tues
day, the interior arrangements Of the
building, the commission points espe-
cially to the convenience and economy
OF operation, the dispatch with which
communication between departments
may be carried on, as material factors
IN bringing about the choice Of design
that has been accepted.
Commission members declare them
selves gratified at the evidences Of
public approval that have come to
them since the pictures of the archi-
tect'S sketch and the details Of the
plan were laid before the people
through the medium Of the daily
newspapers Monday. They turn now
from the great task that has con-
fronted them since organization, that
Of selecting the design, to the much
more arduous task of dealing with the
vast variety Of details that are COM
mon to a project Of this character.
Preliminaries Are Checked
Preliminary plans allocatlng space
for the several departments. and
which the commission had before it
in the work Of the last few days. are
being checked anew this week by the
architects with the heads Of the sew
eral departments, to the end that
these plans may be more definitely
laid down.
The form Of the administra
unit. being IS feet square, and arising
10 floors, permits the grouping Of
governmental departments In an in
teresting manner and the commission
Is being guided in this work by the
relationship Of the several depart
ments to each other and to the public.
For instance, on the main floor,
from the great Memorial hall from
which open the two chambers Of the
state legislature, at the extreme west
end Of the structure In what Is be-
coming known as the capitol unit
proper, are placed three constitution
al officers-the governor, the secre-
tary of state and the attorney general
Reasons debating such location In
clude the fact that the three officials
have q close relationship with each
other in the everyday business OF the
state and, during the sessions o. the
they are the officials who
have the greatest official contact with
the legislature.
Auditor Near Treasurer
On one Of the upper floors. the
exact location only tentatively assign
ed, will be found two officials-the
state auditor and the state treasurer.
These offices again have close rela-
tionship to each other. On an Inn
adjacent floor will be
found the office of the state tax COM
as an illustration Of the
in which departments are
grouped or located In proximity to
each other. The tax commissioner
has q close contact in q business way
with the office Of the state auditor.
Commission members emphasize
the ease Of transportation within the
building, the convenience to the pub
lie and to officers and employees In
the longitudinal type Of building, re-
quiring great wide corridors Of
heighth sufficient to make them APP
pear like than tunnels, long walks
attempted to meet the requirements.
the commission in its statement Of
says:
Approaching the building from
The south and by q series Of steps
and terraces, we reach the first floor
and enter q monumental entrance
foyer looking north at monumental
stairways leading to the ground
floor. On the left we see the legisla-
tive foyer and window looking west.
On the right are located the office
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