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Show NEED OF NEW BU'CdNQ8. Many Government Departments Improperly Im-properly Moused. Senator Hopburn has introduced a bill for tho purchaso of a considerable tract of land In tho city of Washington, Washing-ton, to be used foe public purposes. Tho plan is old and similar bills havo been snbmtttcd from tlmo to tlmo. Prom twu Important points of visif such n proposal should command favorable fa-vorable consideration. Tho country Is rich enough to make Its national capital a gem among the cities of tho world, and tho peoplo olj tho country should tako prldo In mnk-J lng it such. That Is tho aesthetic sldq of the question. Tho other sldo Is prosaic and strictly economical. The) need of now buildings becomes more, evident from year to year. Tho do- partmont of. state is now crowded In' with tho navy department nnd tho wnri dopartmont, to tho grent lnconvenl' enco of nil three. The department pi justice and tho department of labor! and coniracrco now carry on their work In rented buildings widely scat" terod, Inconvonlcnt and unsuitable., Some day each of these muBt havo Ub! own proper building. It Is estimated1 that the Bums now paid for rentals, amount to inpro than liberal Interest on tho cost of sultnblo structures. " Tho Hoyburn bill provides for tho1 purchase of land with a view to tho ultiriinto orectl6n of thoso, buildings tt(,fs estimated that 110,000,000 will secuiro for, tho government, through purchase nnd condemnation, about 3,000 acres of land adjoining tho mall that extends wostwnrd from tho capital cap-ital to and beyond tho monument It would include all tho area lying between be-tween the mail nnd Pennsylvania avo-nue. avo-nue. It is nltogother tho proper placo for bur "department buildings. The valuo of tho land" Increases rapidly. A few yonrs from now will probably find It worth $1G,000,000. This Is .the prosaic side of, tho 'question strictly a matter 'or- nati'pnal ecpnorpy, j, 1 Wo' have the dollars un'd wo need tho buildings., ,,Wo should havo' tho pride to make our national capital a ,clty benutlful, und wo should havo tho wisdom to housofor ddpartmentsjn' a 'wayjthut will enable tfjom to carry on their work with every .possible ajl-vuntagu ajl-vuntagu of locution, space nnd stir-rouudliigs. stir-rouudliigs. New York Sun. |