Show federal building things are dragging along very sl as regards the lie wind winding ing up of red tape pertaining to the erection of the federal building in park city the worst feature of the delay is the tact fact that the supervising architect at washington blames our acal 1 cal postmaster jim don tor for neglect in furnishing certain data required which must be obtained before bids can be advertised tor for the construction of 0 the bul balding ding mr don in ea the other hand claims that lie he has sent the information desired and las paid money out of his own pocket for telegrams and other expense necessary to forward the desired information latoi toi matlon the regrettable reg retable feature is that mr eon don did not keep a copy of the data furnished the officials at washington and the whole thing will have to be done over again causing further and annoying delays it Is very evident that such information has not been received at washington hington as will be seen by the follow ing letter received this week from the supervising architect and it t is up to the federal building com sittee or others interested to get busy and get in touch with the washington authorities secure the necessary blanks and forward the desired information because of lack of interest on the part ot of our citizens it begins to look as it 1915 will pass into history before work is commenced on tile the building tor for which an ion on vas as allowed several years ago it is a shame in reply to tile letter from the supervising architect published in these columns on december lest last the writer endeavored to answer the questions therein propounded thinking it might help matters along a little while fully realizing that information of this character must be furnished in a specific way designated by the treasury department yet it was an effort to accomplish com something even though it brought no results postmaster jim don to a record reporter tills this week stated that he was now preparing a detailed report in line with mith the questions submitted to him by the supervising architect months ago as tar far as he remembers them which will be ready in a day or two and forwarded to washington it seems to the record that per hops better results could be obtained if the federal building committee who should be anxious to do something in this regard would write rite to the supervising architect or others in charge ot of the construction of federal buildings and secure a detailed list of information desired by the authorities in regard to our local building obtain such information as the earliest possible moment ard forward same to washington whatever expense incurred would be gladly met by interested citizens aho are anxious to see work commenced on oil the government building will this suggestion be acted upon that the present status of the witch nuch talked of and long delayed post postoffice office building for or park city might be fully understood by our readers the record publishes the following letter received this week from the supervising architect tile letter treasury department washington january 9 1915 mr S L park city utah sir in reply to your letter of 0 the ultimo regarding the contemplated U S post office park city utah the office desires to thank you for the data contained in your communication although the information Is not in such shape that it can be used in the preparation of the mechanical equipment plans and specifications you postmaster was advised by wire yesterday that the office Is still awaiting the data requested in its letter of december 17 last the department however has arranged to take up the matter in another way and it Is hoped that all necessary information will be forthcoming in the near future with reference to yo your ur an inquiry regarding the time when allen work can be commenced on building you are advised that it will require two or three in months to place the work on the tha market arket after all necessary data in conn connection action with the mechanical equipment have been received respectfully JAS A WORTH acting supervising architect |