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TJ1H SUNDAY OKliGOMAN. I'OKTLAM). MAY 3, 11)12.
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Government Spends Enormous
Sum Each Year for Pub
lic Buildings.
Dispatch From Washington
Means for the Railroad
Terminus and Deep Water
hah
FATRIOTISM IS TAUGHT
Seaport on Tillamook Bay
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AIIZE
rtrk-k antl siriM-tnrc.4 In J-nrjce
- amt Small lt.c Alike Ilrrrd
National I'rld l'rofr
rlonaM Get Contract.
BT JAMES M. MOBKOW.
WASHINGTON". r. C. May . Tb
um of It:. 000. 000 a year la belns upcnt
th National Gorrrnmfnt, outside
ef the City of W.hlnton. for the con
Iru. tlon ot public butldtnc. Sandy.
frugal person la rrd whltkers, comtnfc
down from the lak. complained that
he had not be. n In Sla"w four hours
when bin? ent a mxpenre. llnir iro
110.009 Tery m-orkln day In the year
for new potofTlces and courthoue
an.l I'nrle. Sam actually smiles as he
foots the bill and ains his good came
to freh contract.
Prudent men In Conirres. having
dotted their districts with free edifices.
say th.it It Is time the orsy were hall
ed. Muny a tirrc watch dog of the
Treasury iroes suddenly blind and mis
lay his voi when his constituents
evince a henlthy desire for an appro
priation. Hut the "orry as a mat
ter of fact has Just beicun. There are
thousands of towns In the country with
grass-fcrown streets that are demand-
Inir postoff'.ces of thetr own. on the
steps of which, at once an exchanxe
and a forum, the male cltisens may
congregation In pleasant weather.
Nor can the members of Congress
ratlins from large cities consistently
deny public buildings to what may be
called tlie rural regions. far. since
the organisation of the Government.
the National capital excluded. 11(0,
JTJ.OOO has been spent on courthouses.
custom-houses and postofTices and $44
i)t).000 for land on which to put them.
Most of the money has been expended
In the great centers of population. The
custom-house In New York, for exam
ple, cost li.uo.ooo i:.: 10.000 for the
land and Jl.00.u00 for the building.
Ill ritle C C'eaaelala.
Of the .00 and odd millions of money
I--it aitnzethrr. .-i.3 J3.000. or about
l-'a Per cent, has been distributed In
tae r.rrilre tate alone. Nor can llos
t'n. . Chicago. M. La u is. Indianapolis,
Cincinnati. lenver or Saa Kriuicisco
srumM' ami put a good face on It
when 1 ! 1 Is Oven, out In the Iron and
steel country, asks 110.000 for a post
ed. ce. Neither can Cleveland, where
tt.0o0.090 was spent on a slnKle build
Itic. IIK.0' 0 going to a private archi
tect fi r plans and supervision. 114.000
to John W. Alexander for nviral palnt
Int. JJO.OvO to Frank 1. Millet, who
a drowned In the wreck of the Tl
lantr. f r decorative palntlns. and 113.
" to K. 11. Illashtlcld for putting pic
tures on the walls and ceilings of the
Circuit Court room.
bmat! towns will keep on askln for 1
appropriations and thw money will be
voted. The rivers and harbors bill Is
not the only pork barrel In Congress.
Moreover, the enemies of a greater
Navy rather shrewdly say that the sum
spent for a battlw ship, about $10,000,
. would iniy for TOO buildings cost
ing "0.000 each. The naval establish
ment, th'y declare, requires about
1 to.ooo.Ooi) annually. which Is w ithin
J20.000.0v0 of the total cost of all the
public buildings In the country, those
In Washington not Included. There
are ITi bml.iir.gs under construction at
this time and 2T.0 more, the cost of
which will i-i 131.000.000, have been
authorized b Congress and will be
Marted as soon as the tl3.0O0.00e a
ifir set aside for the purpose becomes
available.
In the opinion of Secretary Mar
Veach. of the Treasury, no more thar
$1,000,000 a month should be expended
fr building purposes In the presort
state of the Nation's finances. It will
reiiulre three and a half years, conse
quently, to complete the buildings al
ready authorised. Meanwhile, Congress
will have legalised the construction of
many others. Since 130 three bills
providing for bmldln.-s lo cost $102.
000. 000 have been enacted Into law.
Therefore, while Congress authorises
an eienditure of -u,000.0t0 a year,
rrretary MacVeagh Is only spending
$12,000,000. The construction of the
putdlc buildtnu's Is under the manage
ment of the Secretary of the Treasury.
He pays out tSe mone) . Also, in fact,
he approves the plans, which are drawn
tmo fLgiits of stairs up from and Imme
diately over his own office. James
Knox Tax lor is the supervising archi
tect. Helping him are 73 skilled men
and a lare force of stenographers and
clerks.
(From Oregonian, May 3.) ' - .
WASHINGTON", May 2. Carrying: $8,064,.
010 In addition to the appropriation provided
for by the House, the riven and harbors ap
propriation bill, aggregating- $32,126,630, has
been agreed to by the Senate Committee on
Commerce and will be reported In a few days.
. . . The bill carries a total of $1489,000
for the RIVERS AND HARBORS OF ORE
GON AND WASHINGTON. . . . Total
INCREASE for Oregon and Washington over
the House bill, $295,000.
It was taken for granted
That the Senate Committee would agTee on the
appropriations provided for by the House, in
asmuch as it was passed without a dissenting
vote.
BAT CITY is now assured of the DEEP
WATER CHANNEL from the entrance of Til
lamook Bay.
ANTICrPATING THE PANAMA CANAL
AND THE CERTAINTY OF THE DEEP
CHANNEL, many wise investors have already
secured holdings at BAY CITY.
Xt Is not extravagant to expect immense
SAW AND LUMBER MILLS, FURNITURE,
BOX and other factories in the near future.
On the completion of the PANAMA CANAL
and the DEEP CHANNEL TO BAY CITY
(about the same time) there will be a busy city
on Tillamook Bay that will surprise the most
optimistic Vessels carrying over TWO MIL
LION feet of lumber will clear at EAY CITY.
The 33 BILLION FEET of timber tributary to
Tillamook Bay will be cat or handled at BAY
CITY.
One of Oregon's Foremost Opportunities Is Now Open to Investors. Wrl You Seize It and
Make Big Profits or Will You Let It Pass? Invest NOW It May Be Your Turning Point
From Financial Embarrassment to Independence
Bay City Has
Real Advantages
Daily Trains to
and From Portland
SMALL PAYMENT LOWN, BALANCE MONTHLY TO SUIT
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Information
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AY CITY LAN
0 CO.
701-3 Spacing Bldg., Portland, Or.
rkn;s: Main 1116, A 7023 -Brrnch Offices al Sal.m and Bay C:ly
Idea r'roaa t.reeee aad Home.
The tirit creative architects of the
overoment m to Ureeie anrt Hume
for their 1-teas of beauty, tihi.;:y and
utility. Kvery little pontorTii-e that Is
built toOay has a turh rome-here of
the ctua!i- architecture of the early
masters. William Thorntnn. a Phila
delphia r ! "Ici'in. f"llo e.l the !ov
ernment fem that city to Washlnaton
ur. l dn W the plana ot t'.e fir I apitol
buttilin. He i a learned man and
a scientist and beeatn- euierlnten!ent
of the Patent Office at Its estubliKh
metit In vl. Charles Uulfnuli. of lios
turv. a graduate of Harvard and the ar
chitect of l-'aneti.l Hall. Korkeil on trie
National t'.ipit.d from IS! 7 until It was
nmsiird. In 1S3J. Thomas V. Walter,
who studied In Kurojie and deslsned
Oirard fVlleire. In Philadel)hla. which
we said to be tae linent etecimen of
clisstc architecture In the I nltd
Staled, drew the fdans for the exten
sion of tue Capitol and directed the
work t it! cMirni'l-tton ear: an.
A Krm.hn':ii;. llctijatnln II. Ijitrote,
born In hlnizl.ind nnl educated In ller
many. and ti.ivittjr a rumantlc hlntnry.
wa appointed siwperlntrndent of public
bund. tiK In 1JI by Thomas Jefferson.
He as mai'iiy enra.ed on the Inte
rior of the Capita!, plannlntr the col
umns of marb.e cornstalks and Intro
djcir.tr t-b.icco piarts anionic the carv
lt.K. Such were the men who Rave to
.American architecture its rlas.tic style
and whe Influence continues today In
trie construction of the liorernment
edifice.
The Supervising- Architect of the
United States, Mr. Taylor, designs all
of the ttovernment building- except
th"se constructed In Washington. He
was born in Knox County. III., ii years
aj. was eourated In L I'aul and the
Ma.achiiset: Institute of Technoioay.
anit practiced In New Tork and Phila
delphia. At the time of til apiMilnt
ment as chief arrhitect of the tlovern
ment. he was senir draftsman In -the
office. IfL' Katne! hi. promotion by
tho record ho made at a civil service
examination, standing second among
4i appllcvint. .-kllied In Ms profes
sion, he l sIm a very competent ex
ecutive and an nb'e business man.
"Axo any fine buildings now be In if
put up by the Government?" J asked
him.
"Oh. yes. One at Denver, to cost
$100.000: a courthouse and postofflce
at New Orleans, to cost J1.76J.OOO; a
postofflce In New York, to cost 14.000.-
tiuu. and an extension to the Boston
Customhouse to cost 11,600.000. The
Uoston building, let me add. Is to be
something- of a curiosity. Originally,
It was In the form of a Ureek temple.
No land could be obtained for Its en
largement, and so we are constructing
a huge tower that la to be almost 500
feet high, and Is to contain IS stories.
Hulldlngs In Koston are limited In
height to I2i feet. The National Gov
ernment, however. Is superior to the
laws of cities and states In the mat
ter of Its own land, and we are going
ahead regardless of the local building
regulations. The tower will really
transform the old Oreek temple Into a
skyscraper. W'e also have a skyscrsper
In Chirsgo. All of our other buildings
throughout the country are of conven
tional height, though they are not
alike architecturally."
'loesn't the expense of maintaining a
building, together with the Interest on
Its cost, madei I'nclo Sam's rem bill
pretty larger"
"I'nuieistionably. As a business
proposition simply, no publlo building
pars. Ry way of Illustration.' let me
give you a little arithmetic concerning
a suppositional town that has a post
office costing 150.000. The Interest on
that sum of money at 1 per cent, the
Government rate, would amount to
$1000 annually. Light, heat, water,
repair and Janitor service would be
from 11000 to 12000. At the lowest
reasonable estimate. the building
would cost the Government IZG00 a
year. Ordinarily a storeroom large
enough and good enough In every way
for the postofflce could be rented for
I a 00.
"But you must recollect that a pub
llo building Is not a business enter
prise, no matter it It la located In a
small city or In Washington and Is
used as a meeting place for Congress
o a residence for the President. Pub
llo buildings are speaking witnesses of
the power, dignity and greatness of
the country. There are 90.000.000
Americans. Not more than one In
every hundred of our people ever gets
to see the city of Washington. The 99
who stay at home, X venture to aay,
have only a haxy notion of the author
ity, solidarity and wealth of their own
Government.
WaaMaarte-s loea Its Mystery.
'To them, the Government In Wash
ington Is far away. 'Intangible and even
mysterious. It Is brought to their
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very doors, however, when a public
building la located In their vicinity.
They see Its substantlalness and like
wise they see the American flag wav
ing dally from Its staff In the breezes.
The building, well-kept, solidly built,
and Impressive, becomes to them a cen
ter of the National Government. They
pay taxes, they will never get to Wash
ington, as I have said, and the building
Is the only visible return they will
ever receive for the money taken from
them for National purposes.
"Then we should remember that there
are millions of foreigners In the United
States. They have come from countries
where government Is constantly observ
able and where It make. Itself ielt to
the humblest cltlxen. They were ac
customed" to public buildings at home
and to officials In uniforms, with gold I
braid on thetr csps. Coming here and i
settling In or near a Western town,
they find the United States Attorney In
a shabby room over a butcher shop; the
goods store, and the postmaster be- j
tween a saloon and an undertaking es
tablishment. "This is a h of a coun- ;
try.' they say to themselves In thetr i
own tongue. The Government' Is scat- I
tered and meanly housed, and the Im
migrant concludes that the National '
Capital must be cheap, unclean, weak
and poor.
"Well, the Immigrant, let us Imagine,
stays here and prupers. His sons go to
school. They ara bright boys, having
been taught that M per cent of genius
consists of hard work, only the case
hasn't been put to them In exactly that
language. John Urown, a native Ameri
can, Is their neighbor, lie Is a dull boy
at his books, but he drags through the
law and the chances of politics makes
him the local attorney of the United
States. 'Ole Oleson,' the Immigrant de
clares, referring to his favorite son. 'Is
a smarter man than John Brown.' Thus
the Government goes down another peg
or two In the opinion of the former
Swede or Norwegian. Ole Oleson can
be changed Into Jacob Schmidt, where
upon our Immigrant would be a Ger
man. Stones and Bricks Teach Patriotism.
"But If the same Immigrant sees a
public building in the town he has
chosen for his home und the Stars and
Stripes fluttering In the Western wind.
he has respect, and not contempt, for ,
his new allegiance: and that Is what Is '
neded In this Kepubllc respect for law
and for lawmakers, respect for courts
and for Judges, and respect for all
rli;htful authority. Including the par
ents of our own children. Hence we
must not regard public buildings as
business Investments. On the contrary,
they are moral Influences, teaching pat
riotism, which Is pride as wll as love
of one's country, and exemplifying the J
strength and you notice that I put a
suaue oi eiiijiiiasis uu mat worn ana
the dignity ot our National Govern
ment." "Who takes care nf the buildings
after they are up and occupied?"
"House Is kept for them from my of
fice. Usually some official, the Mar
shal, postmaster, or collector of cus
toms. Is made custodian and Is held ac
countable for the care of the building.
The bills, down to the payrolls of the
scrub woman, must be sent to Wash
ington for scrutiny and payment."
"Could money be saved were the Gov
ernment to construct lta own build
ings T
"I have been studying that subject
for several months, and have concluded
that on a yearly expenditure of $12,
000.000 at least 1500,000 can be saved
were we to change our methods of en
tering Into contracts. A number of our
so-called contractors are no more than
brokers. They bid on buildings, and
when successful give the work out
piecemeal to others, to men and com
panies who actually do the construct
ing. They make a profit, of course,
perhaps 10 per cent of the amount of
the contract. Then the subcontractors
demand larger prices of them because
of the risk they take with respect to
payments than they would were they
dealing at first hand with the Govern- i
ment. It would be better, possibly, 'or
the Government to do business dhect
ly with the contractors who perform
the work, and thus save the money that
now goes to the brokers.
Professionals Get the Contracts.
"Local contractors seldom bid for
Government buildings. They cannot
compete with tho professionals, who do
large things In a large way and get the
lowest prices on materials. Experienced
Government contractors know where
public buildings are to be erected. One
of them may decido to offer bids on aO
buildings, understanding by experience
that be will be successful possibly In
five Instances. In the meanwhile he
obtains the best prices on board cars,
of so many hundred tons of steel and
to many thousand barrels of cement.
By adding the freight to the prices he
cun figure to a cent Just what his ma
terial will cost delivered where he
wants It. The local oontractor, do
ing a limited business, necessarily buys
at retail and cannot compete with the
man who buys at wholesale and Is
posted In all the fine points of the
construction business."
"Architecturally, are all of your
buildings of the aa.ne style?"
"No. but there are features on evry
building which connect It with the
publlo buildings In Washington, which
show that It belongs to the great fam
ily of edifices at the National Capital.
I want a stranger riding past a post
office In Indiana, Iowa or Pennsylvania
to know at a glance without looking
up on the roof for the flag that the
building belongs to the Government.
Yet the style of architecture varies. In
the West and South we follow the
Spanish renaissance style. In New Eng
land the colonial or Georgian style, and
elsewhere the Italian renaissance or
classic style. But every building, as I
have said. Is given a touch that brings
It into relationship with the architec
ture that distinguishes the City of
Washington."
"Are the buildings mostly made of
stone?"
"Bricks are used separately or In con
nection with stone in many cases. The
material to be decided on frequently
leads to exciting controversies. In
Cleveland there was a spirited contest
between the champions of stone and
granite. I got Into the dispute by say
ing that when the Almighty madj
granite he piled it up out of doors, and
that when he made stone he put It un
der ground and oovered It over with
dirt. Stone Boon looks old and dingy
in Booty cities like Cincinnati, Pitts
burg and Chicago whereas granite, be
cause of Its hardness, can be cleaned
with a sand blast."
Good Work and Material Pay.
"Do you require the best material
and workmanship obtainable?"
"Yes. It would be unbecoming In the
National Government to do cheap and
slipshod work. Furthermore, our build
ings are put up to stay. Private build
ings, as a rule, so the owners figure,
can be profitably torn down and re
placed at the end of 40 years the
sinking fund and the Increased value
of the land equaling in that time the
cost of the building In the first place.
We never figure on that basis. Some
of our buildings are 80 years old and
are structurally as good as ever and
are still rendering good service. The
cost of repairs on a business building
runs from 1 to lhi per cent of Its cost
annually. Repairs on Government build
ings average but 67-100 of 1 per cent.
The construction work is not always
done by local mechanics. " Contractors
have their own men and send them to
different parts of the country."
"How is the land bought on which
to put a building?"
"W'e advertise for bids. They are
mailed to Washington. After they are
opened, an expert is sent to examine
the sites which have been offered. Con
tracts stipulate that mail must be de
livered by the railways If the postof
flce is within 80 yards of the station.
That provision in all Government con
tracts for the transportation of the
mails sometimes influences the selec
tion of a site. The rule is to get a cen
tral location so that business letters
may be distributed expeditiously. It
often happens that land leaps up in
value when it Is learned that the Gov
ernment Is looking for a site on which
to erect a building. Commonly, how
ever, there is competition, one group
of landowners pulling toward the part
cf the town in which they are Inter
ested and another group pujling in tiie
opposite direction."
Out of a total of 54.000 passenger cars,
SAOO. or over r per cent, are nf steel.
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PANAMA CANAL - NEHALEM JETTY
RIGHTQN
(PLATTED AS BRIGHTON BEACH)
WILL YOU BENEFIT BY LATEST ASSURANCES FROM WASHINGTON?
Pre33 dispatches from Washington, dated May 2, give out the news that the Sen
ate increases the appropriation provided by the House for Rivers and Harbors Im
provements. . The bill carries $22,126,530, and will be reported in a few days.
ONE INCREASE OVER THE HOUSE BILL
ADOPTED BY THE SENATE COMMERCE COM
MITTEE IS $632,000 ADDITIONAL FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF NEHALEM BAR
This means the extension of the present jetty, which will
greatly increase the depth of the channel, which lately showed
iVs feet directly over the bar at half tide.
LARGEST SAWMILL IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY
Now building at BRIGHTON. Others will follow, as will many more manufacturing
plants. If you want to make big profits in lots, buy without delay. As a Summer
Resort, BRIGHTON has few equals. The BEST BEACHES in Oregon are one-half mile
across the bay, and one mile to the south. Boating, Fishing and Hunting pleasures are
right at hand. .
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On Easy Monthly Payments
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during the day... Call for folders and other information. Watch Brighton, the new deep
water seaport on Nehalem Bay. The Government and the Coast cities are making pro
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