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Show WILL INCREASE COST OF FEDERAL BUILDING Advices from "Washington to The Tribune, received last night, staled that the house of representatives yesterday : passed the Sutherland bill, increasing the cost of tho federal building annex in this city to S225.J00. Tho original appropriation ap-propriation for the construction of the annex was $170,000. This amount was later raised to $1100,000 to meet certain expenses in the work, and tho last raise of 525,000 in tho appropriation was asked for to build a fourth storj' on the west sldo of the annex" thus making the entire building of uniform height. |