Evening star., 1933-11-25
81 PCT Of ANNEX
SPENT OUTSIDE D. c.
House Building Unit Costs
$5,974,084, but $901,843
Staying Here.
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s5,3o2,s15. with sS53,OOO spent in the
District and s4,44s,315 elsewhere, the
relation between the two sums being
16 and "a per cent.
S72,776 Hardware Costs.
Hardware costs were S72,776, with
$7,277, or approximately 10 per cent
District, and 5,499, or 80 per cent,
outside.
Substation figures were S161, ,156, with
only $l,611, or l per cent, spent In
Washington.
Venetian blinds involved an eXpendi-
ture of S7,489, all but SIS of which went
outside the city. An electric clock
system, costing $4,000, likewise was
imported" with only $40 spent locally.
Lighting fixtures cost SIS, ,808, OF
which amount S7l,508, or 81 per cent,
went outside the District.
The total expense for furnishings was
$4,000, only So $40, or 2 per cent OF
the sum, going to meet local bills.
David Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
reported the grand total for the struc-
ture and its equipment at S5,974,084,
with but 1901 ,S43 spent in Washington
and more than i've times as much
S5,o72.241 altogether-sent outside the
District.
The general construction item in the
account, Mr.. Lynn seid, involved an
expenditure OF about $3,l8l389 for
material, with local firms supplying only
S63628 worth, or per cent. 1t was
estimated that Washington dealers
benefited to the extent of mere
$4,000.
SS43,06S For Local Wage.
Labor costs under the general con-
struction bracket were S1.590.695. with
Al per cent of the Workmen coming
from outside the District. Thus but
S843,068 went for local wages. Further
more. it was pointed out, much of the
so-called LEGAL labor represented tran
sients only temporarily residing in
Washington.
The Allied Architects of Washington
IN a statement for Senator Robert F,
Wagner. said with specific reference to
the House Office Building Annex and
with general application to all other
Federal construction enterprises:
We submit that wages spent in
Washington help to relieve unemploy-
ment throughout the country and that
expenditures for materials in the D-s-
trict of Columbia ramify throughout the
country in the form of wages" Frank
Upman, president of the architects
organization, declared. The District
Should not be excluded from the Gov
ernment's building program, but should
be placed upon the same basis with
reference to executive discretion, as the
rest of the country
Tracing the elements of the House
Annex to their sources. it was diScov-
cred that concrete work involved the
use CT cement from Pennsylvania; /;
limestone from Indiana; lumber frCm
Georgia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and Virginia. reinforced steel from
Ohio; nails from Pennsylvania and
Ohio bagging from North Carolina.
and other materials from several diff
ferent States.
Steel and Paint Used.
The structural steel used came from
fabrication plants in Pennsylvania. The
paint for its protection was of Okla
homa origin.
In the development of the gypsum
roof of the building mines in Nova
Scotia and kilns in New York were
represented, with the Insulation board
coming from Mississippi and the lun1-
ber from the Carolinas.
For the terra Gotta and brickwork,
materials we're brought from Ohio
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland, Alabama and elsewhere.
Under sheet metal and waterproofing,
the copper roof came from Colorado,
with solder from Nevada, and fiuX and
acid from Pennsylvania; flashing frcm
Massachusetts, with lead from Nevada;
roofing paper from Pennsylvania,
asphalt from California or Utah, and
linen from North Carolina.
Granite employed in the edifice was
from Maine and Vermont; marble from
Georgia; exterior limestone from Indi-
ana; sandstone from Tennessee; in
terror limestone from Alabama cement
from Ohio, and sand from Illinois.
Lumber was from Washington and
Oregon; brass from Colorado; terrazzo
materials from Maryland Illinois and
Ohl0 cast stone from New Jersey and
Maryland; ornamental iron from Penn
sylvania and Ohio: paint from Ohio
Delaware and New Jersey; gypsum plas-
ter from New York; lime from Ohio
and Maryland, KeeneS cement from
Oklahoma; rag and felt from Illinois:
metal lath from Ohio; corner beads and
picture mold from Pennsylvania; orna-
mental castings from Maryland, rubber
tile and cork from New York; linoleum
from California; linseed oil from Cali
fornia, and scaffolding from Illinois also
were used.
Carpentry and Millwork.
In the carpentry and millwork, the
States represented were Vermont, New
Hampshire, New York, Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Illinois and
Ohio, with other New England and
North Central States supplying particu-
lar materials.
Under painting and glazing, contracts
went to New York and Ohio. Materials
for planting and landscape work came
from Maryland and Virginia. The
plumbing and heating arrangements
were in the hands of a Maryland firm
and the cooling and air conditioning In
those of a Massachusetts, company. The
elevators were installed by a New York
corporation.
Electric clocks came from Massachu-
setts, electric substation equipment from
New York. lighting fixtures from New
York, Illinois and Ohio, and venetian
blinds flom Virginia
Some of the hardware was purchased
In the District Of Columbia, but there
Is a question as to whether any of II
was manufactured in Washington
Another analysis demonstrates that
81 States contributed from construction
contracts incident to the Housa OHice