Show Lei TO BE PA TCHED UP 1 TREASURY BUILDING TO UNDERGO UNDER-GO ALTERATIONS Sandstone Pillars and WallsAll That Remain of the Structure Built by Andrew JacksonTo De Torn Out Uncle Sams strong box at Washington Washing-ton Is to undergo another restoration The last congress appropriated 3G2 000 to bo expended In replacing the sandstone plllnrn which mako the bust front of the treasury building with solid ginnlte columns and III veneer lug the toppling sandstone walls with outer walls of granite Thus passes away tho last of tho treasury building which was erected after much nctl monlo is controversy In 1840 The Imposing Im-posing looking rdlllco which obstructs I tho avenue and prevents un unlnlor I I niplcd view of tho giand boulevard Gone the White House to the capitol Is now entirely mndct of additions The ttensury building proper In its renovated state represents n total ox pcndttuve of almost 10000000 and If tho future Is to bo Judged by tho past the end Is not jet nor soon The treasury Is ono of tho stormy petrels In tho list of government buildings build-ings and with tho exception of the capital It has passed through more vicissitudes than any other So far as boasting of multiplied changes in tho building timid the site the treasury ranks before the capitol The department depart-ment founded so securely with Alexander Alex-ander Hamilton aa Its first executive was after the transition of tho seal of government from Philadelphia to Washington In 1800 established In a frame building nt the northeast corner cor-ner of the present site with main entrance en-trance on Fifteenth street The troas ury department proper dates from the net of congress of September 2 1789 An Englishman George Ilntfiold designed de-signed the modest Washington homo and when some criticism was expressed ex-pressed about tho size and meager accommodations ac-commodations he remarked that it would bo largo enough and strong enough to answer all purposes so long I as the United States need a separate sep-arate treasury The English piisslng through Washington In 1814 after the battle of Hladorsbnrg seemed to wish to place their countryman In tho I light for they fired and almost annihilated anni-hilated tho building Mr Hatnelds treasury was restored re-stored but again was destroyed by fire in 1833 this time being wiped out of existence Then came a long po riod of waiting I Congress seemed discouraged about I ever getting a fireproof treasury and It delayed and delayed until tho Irascible Iras-cible executive Andrew Jackson got In a great heat Mr Mills made very ambitious plans but congress looked with ter 4 ror on spending so much money nnd when ho had used nil of 1600000 just five times more than la now ro inlrod to replace the pillars n halt was called Woodbury became rest t less for ho was a far seetug man and t realized the futility of building in a niggardly way Finally In 1840 the first stone treasury was ready for Use In the year of our Lord 1007 all of this work has practically disintegrated disintegrat-ed and tho last of tho third treasury vanishes In 1855 It wan found necessary i neces-sary to extend tho premises I ftnd for the first time Maine g Ill II Itl of which tho entire structtuo IH nuv composed appeared In the estimates All of the magnificent porticos southwest and J north were added nt this lime under + i supervision of Thomas U Walter architect I ar-chitect of tho capitol In IS81 tho sub Cellars and basements and much rimo I pTTTic 4 T < t Pr yt 1 i I I I I a lilll r I l I1l1lr I l s a + I Main Entrance of Treasury Building vntlng raised the cost of the tieasnry to ncaily 7000000 At that time the present proportions were leached 408 t feet fVom north to south UG4 from caRt to west and Including tho steps and porticos on all four sides It teaches tho Imposing proportions of G82 by 100 ono of tho largest and most ornate or-nate treasury buildings In tho world Flue 30 Ionic pillars which wero tho pride of Slllls heart and which wore In imitation of tho temple of Pallas Athene will ho reproduced In detail in granite by n Philadelphia Unit of contractors Uncle Snip never condescends conde-scends to attend to such trivialities Contracts nro naked all over tho country t coun-try and In this case the successful bidder put In an offer for nearly 100 000 less than the nppioprlntlon All tho work must bo of granite which composes the remainder of tho buildIng build-Ing and the pillars must bo hand wrought This Is necessary front the fact that hand work has been used on tho treasury always and that tho pillars pil-lars which nnmt be a faithful ro production pro-duction of the stone bulgo a 1 little In tho center and no machine could produce pro-duce tho sumo proportions |