Show INK to 01 ON BUILDING 1 work on oil the proposed federal building has haa at last commenced contractor A G young broke ground for the edifice on oil monday and men and teams have been busily at work for the base basement mut and foundation it is expected that work will be diligently pushed until tho the building Is ib completed the proposed homo home for government and departments will cost it will be built of brick trimmed with the native stone that so many local builders ignore in their building operations reinforced cement will enter larg largely ay iy into the construction and IL ii will be flie t throughout 1 one of the things that stands stand out boldly in the selection of the stone for the building is that it takes a government expert to come hero here and show u us tile the valuable able i ic sources we have at our doors in the splendid sandstone and granite lying at our doors this sandstone is of such excellent quality that the expert who came here to investigate it expects to have some of it shipped to san francisco for use in vie the building of a home tor lor himself it is many weeks sineo ainoo the contract for tile federal building was lot let to A Q G young but the delay in i starting starling the work is due to the red capoand tapo and slow methods of government |