PUBLIC BUILDING, SANTA BARBARA, CAL.

MAY 13, 1912.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. SUTHERLAND, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 6330.]

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was referred the bill (S. 6330) increasing the limit of cost of erecting a public building at Santa Barbara, Cal., having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that the bill pass without amendment.

The Secretary of the Treasury reports on the proposed legislation as follows:

Proposals have been received for the construction of this building, but they were in excess of the amount available, and the drawings have been revised to provide a building of a cheaper character. In order to carry out the work in accordance with the original design an increase in the limit of cost of $20,000 will be necessary.

Mr. SUTHERLAND, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 5354.]

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was referred the bill (S. 5354) to acquire site and for the erection thereon of a public building at Oconto, Wis., having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that the bill pass with the following amendment:

In line 11 strike out the word "seventy-five" and insert the word "seventy."

The Secretary of the Treasury reports on the bill as follows:

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9, 1912. The above-mentioned bill provides for a site and the erection of a building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices at Oconto, Wis., at a cost not exceeding $75,000.

The branches of the Federal service requiring accommodations and the annual rental now paid for their respective quarters are: Post office, $500.

The Auditor for the Post Office Department reports that the postal receipts for the last fiscal year were $10,897.94, and for the corresponding period ten years previous $7,514.84, and that the annual cost of the present post office quarters is $500.

The last census reports state the population as 5,629, and the postmaster reports that the population (including suburbs) now served from the post office is 7,500.

It is estimated that a one-story and basement building of 4,500 square feet ground area will be sufficient; that such a building of fireproof construction will cost $65,000, exclusive of site; nonfireproof construction, $55,000; and that a suitable site, allowing for the usual 40-foot fire límit and sufficient land for a possible 30-foot extension of such building hereafter, can be secured for $5,000 additional. Total (fireproof construction), $70,000.

PUBLIC BUILDING, WAYNESVILLE, N. C.

MAY 13, 1912.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. SUTHERLAND, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 6459.]

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was referred the bill (S. 6459), for the erection of a public building at Waynesville, N. C., having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that the bill pass with the following amendment: In line 8 strike out the word "seventy-five" and insert the word "sixty."

The Secretary of the Treasury reports on the proposed bill as follows:

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26, 1912. The above-mentioned bill provides for the erection of a building for the accommodation of the United States post office at Waynesville, N. C., at a cost not exceeding $75,000.

The branches of the Federal service requiring accommodations, and the annual rental now paid for their respective quarters, are: Post office, $375.

The Auditor for the Post Office Department reports that the postal receipts for the last fiscal year were $8,892.09, and for the corresponding period 10 years previous $3,320.47, and that the annual cost of the present post-office quarters is $375.

The last census reports state the population as 2,008, and the postmaster reports that the population (including suburbs) now served from the post office is 8,338.

It is estimated that a one-story and basement building of 4,000 square feet ground area will be sufficient; that such a building of fireproof construction will cost $60,000, exclusive of site; nonfireproof construction, $55,000. Site is acquired.

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PUBLIC BUILDING, SALISBURY, MD.

MAY 13, 1912.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. SUTHERLAND, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 6413.]

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was referred the bill (S. 6413) for the purchase of a site and the erection of a Federal building at Salisbury, Md., having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that the bill pass, amended as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevator, and approaches for the use and accommodation of the United States post office and other Government offices in the city of Salisbury, county of Wicomico, State of Maryland, the cost of said site and building, including the above-mentioned apparatus, not to exceed the sum of ninety thousand dollars.

The report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the proposed bill is as follows:

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9, 1912. The above-mentioned bill provides for the acquisition of a site and the construction of a Federal building in the city of Salisbury, Md., at a cost not exceeding $50,000. The branches of the Federal service requiring accommodations, and the annual rental now paid for their respective quarters, are: Post office, $1,680; Department of Justice, no rent paid at present; Civil Service Commission, rent paid from commission's appropriation for traveling expenses as the necessity for such expenditure arises.

The Auditor for the Post Office Department reports that the postal receipts for the last fiscal year were $24,177.53, and for the corresponding period 10 years previous, $9,756.35, and that the annual cost of the present post-office quarters is $1,680.

The last census reports state the population as 6,690, and the postmaster reports that the population (including suburbs) now served from the post office is 6,700.

It is estimated that a 1-story mezzanine and basement building of 5,000 square feet ground area will be sufficient; that such a building of fireproof construction will cost $80,000, exclusive of site; non fireproof construction, $68,000, and that a suitable site, allowing for the usual 40-foot fire limit and sufficient land for a possible 30-foot extension of such building hereafter, can be secured for $10,000 additional. Total (fireproof construction), $90,000.