| Show r OfFICIALS WANT GREATER SPACE Federal Departments Make Known Needs for More Ad Adequate Adequate Adequate equate Accommodations ONLY THREE ARE SATISFIED 9 INQUIRY SHOWS EQUIVALENT OF TWO FLOORS IS NEEDED v Only three departments of the United I States to tea government with offices in this city have all the room they hey need accord accordIng according according Ing to returns sent to Postmaster A L I 1 Thomas who has been gathering Catherine tion with reference to the needs of the various officials In th the federal service In Inthe Inthe inthe the matter of ot office room Last week Postmaster Thomas sent to the various branches Inquiry as to the original or ad needs Which their departments re require reQuire require quire The object of ot gaining this formation is to present it to the ties at Washington who are expected to tress press the enlargement of oC the federal build building building ing JOg In this city with all speed The returns received by b the custodian show that at least add moms looms are needed Every Eve branch branc h of or the service save three the surveyor hr r general genera the collector of Internal revenue e and the United States courts declare that tha t more room is needed for the proper con duct of the business of ot their offices The file Th e amount of floor space required in adds addi lion Hon to that already available would be bt the equivalent of ot two floors What They Need The list received by the postmaster chows allows additional requirements measured in square feet as follows United States marshal m feet ical leal survey 23 water resources SOu f OO weather bureau 2500 land office field fiel d Service 76 United L States St tes district attar ey 60 surveyor of ot the port 60 bu eau au of or animal industry Indu tr 47 47 forest fOI st sere Ice ce 1600 1000 immigration 1 service 74 4 clerk of o the tho courts OJ railway man mall service sence 75 postoffice The weather bureau asks for fo seven sever n rooms roomy and the forest service for six Both of ot these are not now in the federal build Ing Other offices make requests for one or two rooms The postoffice requires the largest arest amount of or floor space of or course It is sorely in need of ot more loom room for addi add carriers mail racks and general work room service The solution for the need of the postoffice will be the addi tion on the west of a new building ap dl proximately fifty by b fifty feet If It the present building is enlarged by b the addi tion of ot two stories the tho weather bureau would by b reason of ot the character of its service want a large section of the up per floor With Ith the erection of or a tower towee it would be possible so to do 10 business with the elements that the Newhouse the Judge and other buildings to be erected would not seriously Interfere with accurate rite rate recording of data The forest foest service has grown to such ouch an extent that the th present hired quarters are entirely Inadequate both in size and arrangement Eight Years Growth The federal building was erected eight years ago on a site that cost the gov government ItO government only a nominal sum the deed being given in consideration of oC a dollar At that time It was urged that the money mone available for the purchase of a site be used usell in the acquirement of additional ground on the south This suggestion was not taken up and the consequence is that with the passing years the property ad a jacent to the building has ha tremendously increased in value until it has mounted Into almost prohibitive figures The data gathered by b Governor Thomas will be forwarded to Washington at once The hope of all the government officials and is that the enlargement of If the building will soon become a fac face Those who have han offices on the outside are not satisfied and aad it is reasonable to assume that the government is fast becoming tired of ot paying an enormous monthly rent |
