Show government building A representative of the NEWS this ath met governor thomas and the latter latte r stated the reasons why he felt sanguine that congress would make an appropriation for a auvern ment building in this city the matter was laid before the committee of each house as soon as con grew was organized and before the members of those chose committees had bad been wearied with similar applications the supervising architect of the treasury department and the secretary of the interior have recommended om orn mended that a government building be erected in this city and senator stanford chairman of the senate committee on public buildings and mr millican chairman of the same committee of the house loth both favor it and the members of both committees will it is believed unanimously recommend it with such support as this the bill making the appropriation can hardly fall fail to pass especially when the needs of the building are properly presented as they will be when the bill comes up for consideration governor thomas expressed the opinion that no offer of a building site which salt lake city corporation could make would in the least affect the action of congress in the matter if the government concludes that it wants a build ng here it will appropriate a sum sufficient for its erection and the purchase of a site the latter to be chosen by appropriate prop officers |