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' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND,-, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY I, 1908. s
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TREASURY ARCHITECT
COULD
Enough Government Work on Hand to Insure Expendi
ture of $34,000,000 About 100 Unfinished Proj-
ects Left for Other .Years.
s By FREDERIC J. HASKIX.
(Copyright 1908 6y Frederic J. Haskln.)
Washington, D. C, July l.-rThe
supervising architept of ther treasury
department Is Itho embodiment of tbe
United States in its capacity W a
toaster builder. Under tbe omnibus
public buildings bill, the "pork bar-
reir -.which, was passed by congress
V fit the close of Its recent session, the
Jl supervising architect has Just under
tf taken the construction of 400 federal
bondings.; For tEls wflrk he has
affo00,000. In addition to these,
there are about 100 UnfniBhed
projects left from other years, so
that Uncle Sam now- has 500 public
buildings to complete. -
Unlike other governments which have
their departments of public works the
United Stater has to cerform its' build
ing- and ; construction operations and
work of Internal lmprovemobrs through
several agencies. The array engineer
corps has charge, of all river and har
bor work and. .of the construction of the
Panama canal; the quartermaster's de
partment of military building opera
lions, while the supervising -architect
of the treasury department builds jost-
oinces anu otner reaerai ouuaings iur
public tiur poses. Other executive de
partments sometime have special corps
or Dtmders to supply their neeas aiong
that line, while many more public
structures have been erected under. thy
supervision of special commissions or
v One Building -for fivsry Man.
Just' how the supervising architect's
orrice nas In charge more -man one
building for every man employed there.
The office force lender the supervising
architect- numbers 300 men. 120 of
whom are draftsmen. Under ho new
law the services of about 50 more
draftsmen will be needed. The other
embloves In the architect's office are
comsuters and clerical assistants of
various kinds. In addition to these,
tttere Is a field force of 100 superin
tendents of construction employed by
the architect's office, one for each build
ing In process of erection.
Of course, these figures represent
only a small jscentage of the men em-
rtlnvAri nn nuhlln huilrilna' work Under
(Wthe treasury department. The- bulld
fTlnga are being constructed under con-
tract by contractors who employ on
means an army of 8,000 men working
on 100 buildings, and that 32,000 more
will be kept busy under the new law.
These men are paid by the contractors,
but their work Is-supervised generally
by the architect's agents.
The work now in progress is so ex
tensive that the treasury officials have
determined not to do anything under
the new p;nnlbus law un.til next sprint?,
eacept to buy sites for the proposed
new buildings. . ISv spring. It is believed,
work under the law of 19f6 will have
been practically completed. fHnce It
will then have taken three years to
complete that work at ft. cost of 2R .
000,000. It is likely that four years will
ha required to peTfofW th work- pro
vided for 1n the new law carrying 34,
000. 000. Ji Roughly Breaking, tne super
vising Architects' office puts up build
ings at an annual cost of $100,000,000.
J nl rate eouia De increased ii'umuri
ably If congress allowed the supervis
ing architect a larger force of assist
ants. Method of Work.
The supervising architect has a care
fully worked out metlio,) of doing his
work. Already aflvr nfsements have
been placed by the treasury department
In leading newspapers throughout the
country asking for proposals to sell
public building sites to the government,
t, - to be opened from time to time, begin
nlng the latter' pail of June and con
tinuing for several- weeks. As fast as
practicable after the site bids are re
ceived, special ajjenlfc of. the department
are "sent to the cities and towns where
sites are offered, to Inspect the same.
' The agents feport to the secretary of
the treasury, who either approves or
disapproves their r-t commendation. If
the secretary approves, the land In
question is accepted by the government.
If a satisfactory bid has been received
from the owners, trouble Is saved all
around. Sometimes, however, owners
want big prices for their property, or
refuse to sell at nil. and it becomes
necessary for' the government to con
demn the land under the right of
eminent domain, one or the hroaflesi
powers of federal nvornmi-nt under the
constitution. In that case, long delays
are apt to occur. In any event, the title
to all property wanted oy tne ptovern
monr miiRt b examined and pronounced
free from clouds by the department of
Justice. After mat tne lana is. pma' ior
h v treasury warrants.
Not until then, or not before next
spring" In the case of the new law, will
the Supervising architect take up the
preparation of plans. At first rough
sketches are made, which are submitted
in ih unnrovsl of the cabinet board
rrtnslstlne: of the secretaries of the
iraaaiirv nd Interior and the DOstmaS'
ter general. Next the sketches are de
veloned Into detailed' architectural
rirawlnas and spelt Ications. on which
the contracts are figured. Bids on con
structlon are received, contracts award
d and the buildings built. It is no
wonder thst it takes several years to
ram out the orovlsions of an omnibus
buildings law carrying 125.000.000 or
$30 000,000. The time Is occasionally so
long that when cbmpleted a public
building Is out of date and inadequate
In slse. However, that is probably mot
properly attributable to the rapid
growth of the country and the progress
of civilisation than to any fault of the
supervising arcniteci.
Xactatl? Systematise.
The work of the supervising architect
was not so well systematized until with
in a comparatively few years. For
many years eongreas made public bullK
lnsr appropriations tn a haphaxard way
I'd to 189 individual bills were pasred
for various places. In that year, while
the then Representative David H. ' Mer
cer of Omaha, Neb., waa chairman of
the committee on public buildings ana
grounds, the omnibus bill originated.
That was an important point In the his
tory of public building legislation, just
aa the srstematisatlon of river and;
harbor Improvement and of th"c6?V
servatlon and development of natural
resources. as planned by President
Roosevelt, will be along those particular
lines. There have been other omnibus
buildings bills In loz, l ana
before this year. ,
. Thit the suDervlslngarchltect la
. cosmopolitan builder 1s. evident from
the fact that he Is engaged upon puhllo
building rr)ects at Honolulu. Hawaii,
and San Juan. Portd Blpo-a well as in
every state of the Cnion. He .has not
ret invaded Alaska or the Philippine
(lands, but their turn may com soon.
When this government undertaken the
construction of em baser, legation and
consulate buildings abroad, as it has
no far dona only. in an taolated rasa or
two la the orient, the1 goremment archi
. tect s activities will become world-
WTo public buffiHns; preset In too small
or too large to be ftaasHed by- the super
vising architect The most expensive
structure be ever put op was the New
York; nirtnouse and postofflce, wfelch,
cost' IS.OOOaee. That waa 10 years or
more ago. More recentlr the depart
. roent has completed the Chicago federal
building and the New York custom
house, costing about fS.SOO.000 oacb.
K From thase enormous figures tha cost
"ft rublic buildings ranges downward to
jo, ". the ii-imnt spproprlated for
bulW.'r.fi at CaxreUtcn, enteral-
BUILD CITY
other points, Tbe average cost of pub-
lic buildings for postoff ices and elm
lar purposes Is JSO.OOO each. .
':.;..' Fopnlar' Sapaasa,
Perhaps no .form of government er:
pendlture Is so popular aa that on pub
He building construction . Indeed, en
thusiasts on the. subject declara that
the .government ought .not. to stop until
It has erected In every city and town In
the country a" public " building from
whicTi will float the stars and atrjpes,
an emblem of federal authority and pro
tection. It Is estimated that the total
number of federal buildings construct
ed - by j-tbe supervislngP'-arcbitec and
authorized 'is about 1,000, exclusive of
a numoer oi pudiic DUiiamgs in wasn
lngton, and structures for the army .and
navy. In completed buildings and their
sites about 1200,000.000 of the people's
money has been Invested, wnen Dinia
ings. under way and others authorized
are completed the total investment will
De about I264.ooo.ooo. .
These are good Investments, too, as
almost Invariably the value'of govern
meet building sites increases greatly.
1 bo that holdings pre increasing enor
mously In value. " A Btrikihg Illustra
tion of this fact was furnished a few
years aa;o, when the Old Philadelphia
mint was sold ror J3.ooo.oou, wnicn was
enough -to buy a new site ana put up
another building; four times as large as
the old one. Again, over half of the
coat of the new New York custom-house
and- Its site was derived from the sale
of the old building and site to the Na
tional City bank for $3,265,006.
In putting up a public building all
the Incidental expenses for preparing
plans, advertising, .clerical work, trav
eling, inspection, etc.. connected with
each building Is calculated and paid out
of the appropriation for that particular
building. This has caused some com
plaint from interested persons, who
want to get the best possible building
with the money appropriated, but the
law says tt must be dope. 1'nder the
present practice the best possible build
ings are built with the money available.
. Best Money Can Bay.
The wishes of .thecpmnunlty are con
sulted and" tha materials used are the
best that the money will pay for. Al
though art expert has said that the in
vention of a non-slippery, bathtub would
save more lives than are -lost in fires.
the department endeavors to maks pub
lic buildings as nearly fireproof as prac
ticable in view of its experience in the
Ran Francisco, Baltimore and other
large fires. The character of buildings
Is ma.de to correspond to the nature of
their surroundings. As a rule, how
ever, the classic style of architecture is
used. . In this way (the construction of
more "fantastic monstrosities, such as
grate on the nerves of artistic people
in several of our large cities, has been
avoided during recent- years.
James Knox rayior, tne present su
pervising architect, takes jjrlde in his
worn ana nas an envianie record as a
capable builder and good administra
tor, lie rose from the ranks, haying en
tered th supervising architect's office
as a draftsman in 1895. Two years later
he was promoted to the head of the
office, where he has remained ever
since, serving under four secretaries
of the treasury. With all his accom
plished worK, he . nas, never been so
Busy as he Is now, and the prospects
are that he will become even more busy
In the future, aS' the popularity of pub
lic buildings grows and the appropria
tions therefor are frequently Increased.
Advertising: Class.
A. S. Monroe, president of the .Mon
roe Advertising company, for many
years connected with the largest adver
tising school in the world, will take a
few students In advertising for the
summer months. Call or address al
once suite 43 Hamilton bldg., Portland.
Find Two Deserters.'
Walter Rouse, a deserter from Com
pany B, Third Infantry, United States
army, was found at Front and Yamhill
streets yesterday by a keen-eyed police
man. Not Ion after. Walter Severing,
a deertlns; bluejacket from the battle
ship Missouri was found at Mount Ta
bor and arrested.
Hlfhtopi at Oat Bate Price.
$4 95 for 'men's $7.60 genuine horse
hide hlghtops: $3 95 for men's $5.50 and
$8 hlghtops: $2.95 for men's $4 and $5
hlghtops. Everybody come for high
tops. Sample Shoe Store company. First
and MadlHon. Also Morrison street,
between Front and First.
HERE
V I 'm
terial inxthe whole wheat com
bined with barley-malt the
" pre -digested energy'' of the
two' great life-giving cereals.
" FORCE " is made of tba best whit wheat, teaa-cooked,
rolled Into thia flakes, combined with the pares! barieymalt
and baked. Always "avtsp" It before enriaf it by pesr
ia into a pan and warario it ia ova. Then aarra ta iarfe
dish with ereara j pilisf tba flakaa ia oaa aid of the diah aad
i Purin tbe cream iu tbe other lids', dippia tba flakes as eetra.
Ypwr grocer sells it. No ether Flak
TREATING PATIENTS, -
PREVENTS TETAiS
Marine Hospital Service Is
sues, Instructions That May
' Off&t Fourth of July.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe losratl.) '
Washington, July 1. Old Uncle 8am
has taken hand in the agitation to
have as few fatalities aa possible on
the Sourth of July. '
Believing that neglect of proper pfe-
eauttons against tetanus In dressing
wounds resulting f rbm the celebration
of July vi is responsible for many of
the deatns which follow the holiday,
Burgeon-General Wyman of the marine
hospital service Is sending- out a general
warning in the public liealth report. -
In the last fiv years there have been
7S6 cases of tetanus as the result of
Annual HVWirth - ft -Jul. ..l.K..HA.
of which 781 have died, a mortality oi
ji per cent, eix isunareq. ana eigne, or
80 per- cent of the cases, resulted from
blank cartridge wounds. The earning
which was prepared ' by Past Assist
ant Surgeon John.- F. Anderson says;
It Should be an invariable Drocedure
that all Fourth of j July wounds be laid
fully open under local, or, preferably,
general anaesthesia, and all foreign ma
terial and necrotic, or badly injured tls-
.... mMa.fa mm lUm wvmmnrmm V.1AA.
clots and necrotic tissue favor anaero-
bio conditions, which are essential lor
the development .of the tetanus organ
Ism. After the wound has been thor
oughly cleaned out, it' should be
swabbed out with, strong -arboHo acid.
at least 26 pr cent, followed by a
washing with per cent - alcohol, to
revent runner action or, tne acta,
ome surgeons use peroxide of hydro-
t-en Instead or carbolic acid. After
cauterization by whatever method used.
the wound ahoulo-be thoroughly washed
out with a 1:1.000. oi) 1:2,000 solution
of bichloride of merdury, and packed
with gauze soaked in a saturated solu
tion of salicylic or boric acid.' and a
large wet dressings of the same solu
tion applied. In not catse should the
wound be closed, but it should be al
lowed to heal by granulation. The
dressing and packing; sHould be renewed
every day. i
Hew Blaea at Cut Bats Frloaa.
11.65 for women's $2.50 and 13 blue
pumps and Oxfords, all sizes, 11.65; 79a
for children's blue Oxfords, all sizes;
98c for misses' blue Oxfords, all sizes.
Quit paying fancy prices for your shoes.
Sample Shoe more company, jrirst and
Madison. Also Morrison street, be
tween Front and First.
Sample Shoe Store company. First and
Madison, also Morrison, between Front
and First, offer you 10.000 pairs of sam
ple shoes at less than factory prices.
Shoes for everybody.
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a run m.. " . i.r,
IT ZTDWT BrtTBT A BIT.
$10.00 SET OF (tC
TEETjH for P
Written Guarantee for 10 Tears.
CROWNS Any tooth in the mouth
we crown with solid gold, !2k., guar
anteed to be the best, for a An
only ,?UW
Any Porcelain Crown mads no mat
ter what they are called or how
they are made. Our price C a f
Is only JpleUU
BBXDQES Solid Gold Top. Solid
Gold Backs; Porcelain 5jl .
Fronts, per tooth ''UU
Solid Gold Teeth, 2k., flfa
bridge, per tooth ipfslfW-
All other work same price,
proportionately.'
PAXWXESS IZTBAOTIOH TT
W.hsa riatea or Bridges Are Ordered
Absolute Guarantees.
LILY DENTAL PARL0SST
TKIHXJ AND COTXOX STBXBTS
Bonn from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Phone A-1010 Open Sttndays
I AM AGAIN
with your favorite
breakfast food
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It was always
good enough, but
it's better than
ever now. Get
the "happy hab
it" by eating the
food that's full
of sunshine and
strength. FORGE
has all the muscle-making
ma
ZFoodisV Just as food. ;
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Your Credit, Is
Good at Gevortz'
Gome in Tomorrow, Day or
Evening, and Get Your Suit
t YAMHILL, FIRST AND SECON'D ST:!"- ;
: EAST, BURNS!! ' anil UNfO.
yes you, young man, or
old man, may obtain
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by making a small cash
deposit and agreeing to
pay only ' "
, You will be charged no
interest No annoying
conditions No strings;
to our propositionJust
a plain business trans
action We Sell You Good Clothes
For Your Good Money
and allow you Six
Months in which to pay
.
We cheerfully extend
credit to every honest
man or woman in the
Clothing as well as the
Furniture department
You are welcome to
Store Open Eyenings
Till After the Fourth
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