Carson City, Nev.; Helena, Mont.; and Boise, Idaho, leaving a balance of $19,200 for other buildings previously authorized. Electrical protection to vaults, public buildings. All of the above figures are based upon the establishment of service on a rental basis of $360 per annum for each circuit, the amount now paid in all buildings except at Boston and Pittsburgh, where the charge is $365 per annum for each circuit. Electrical protection is provided for vaults used by the post offices, internal-revenue offices, mints, subtreasuries, etc., in certain buildings under control of this department, upon recommendation of the head of the department or bureau requiring such protection; the buildings for which such service is provided being specified in the act making appropriation for "electrical protection to vaults, public buildings." The necessity for the service is determined by the heads of departments or bureaus interested and is presumably based on conditions at the building, the amount of cash, stamps, etc., carried in the vaults, and other special considerations. The cost of upkeep of the vault protection installations, even in those cases where the devices, linings, etc., have been installed by the Government, is assumed by the contractors furnishing the protection. Aside from the annual rental there is, therefore, no additional cost for “upkeep.” The annual rental has varied from year to year in accordance with the needs of the various buildings, and for the fiscal year 1911, as a measure of economy, it was reduced by dispensing with the service on all vaults, etc., except those for which the heads of the bureaus, etc., considered such service absolutely indispensable. Nothing extra is estimated for new equipment, but it is the intention to recommend the installation of our own systems and discontinue the outside service, if the system now in use in San Francisco proves satisfactory. In order that this may be done, continuance of service under present contracts is made for three-month periods only, instead of yearly periods, for a number of the larger buildings, and it is expected to pay for the local systems out of the amounts saved by discontinuance of the service which they will replace, and by such further reductions of service as may be found practicable in other buildings. The following buildings are either provided with protective service from appropriations under control of other bureaus or are entirely without such service: Charlotte, N. C., assay office. Denver, Colo., Mint. New York, N. Y., Subtreasury. Philadelphia, Pa., Mint. Washington, D. C., Treasury. The sundry civil act, approved March 3, 1903, provided "for the installation of necessary electrical protection to vaults in certain public buildings named in House Document No. 38, Fifty-seventh Congress, second session," the locations mentioned in the House document being as follows: Chicago, Ill., temporary post office. Cincinnati, Ohio, post office. Cincinnati, Ohio, Subtreasury (in post-office building). Indianapolis, Ind., post office. Louisville, Ky., post office. Milwaukee, Wis., post office, courthouse, etc. Minneapolis, Minn., post office, etc. New Orleans, La., Subtreasury (in customhouse and post office). New Orleans, La., Mint. New Orleans, La., post office. Omaha, Nebr., courthouse, customhouse, etc. Peoria, Ill., post office. Pittsburgh, Pa., post office. San Francisco, Cal., post office, courthouse, etc. St. Louis, Mo., Subtreasury (in customhouse and post office). St. Louis, Mo., post office. St. Paul, Minn., post office, courthouse, etc. It will be noted that the list of buildings now receiving service includes the Chicazo post office, the Boston Subtreasury, the San Francisco Mint, and the San Francisco Subtreasury, which are not specifically named in the act of 1903. The Chicago post office was specifically included in the act of 1909 and thereafter; the Boston Subtreasury was included in the act for 1910 and thereafter, while under a decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury, dated December 2, 1907, the appropriation was held to be available for the San Francisco Mint and Subtreasury Buildings. Subsequent to the passage of the act the Chicago temporary post office was abandened, and as the comptroller ruled (June 26, 1907) that the appropriation was not available for the new post office the protection was installed and service for one year was paid for as a charge against the building appropriation. Subsequently, until the inclusion of the building in the act of 1909, the service was paid for from appropriations not under the control of this office. The total cost of service in the temporary post office paid from this appropriation was $3,114.16. The San Francisco post office was also abandoned and the Indianapolis post office was sold after the passage of the act, the service in these cases being transferred to the new buildings on their completion. A comparison of the list of buildings named in the original act with the list of those now receiving protection shows that there has been no real abandonment of the service in any case, and that the number of buildings receiving protection has increased rather than duninished. Where old buildings have been abandoned the service has been merely transferred to new ones, and in the case of the San Francisco post office the rented service has given place to service provided by the Government itself. The armount of protection, i, e., the number of vaults, safes, etc., protected, has been reduced in some instances and increased in others, the principal reduction being made at the beginning of the fiscal year 1911, when a large number of vaults, etc. were cut out in the interest of economy. GENERAL EXPENSES OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. PAY OF INSPECTORS, SUPERINTENDENTS, COMPUTERS, ETC. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is for general expenses of public buildings. The appropriations for 1913 were $656,920, and the estimates for 1914 are $542,950, which is apparently a reduction. Mr. WENDEROTH. It is only apparent, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. How much do you get in the legislative bill for this service! Mr. COURTS. About $107,000. Mr. WENDEROTH. About $153,000, I think. We made up a statement of that. For instance, taking the 1913 appropriation, we have a total for salaries in general expenses amounting to $317,920. That is the allotment for salaries. We transferred bodily an item of $144,770 to the legislative bill. You will note from the first page of this bill that there is a provision showing that not to exceed $144,770 appropriated for the fiscal year 1913 was transferred; that is, transferred bodily to the legislative bill, which leaves a difference of $173,150. Then we transferred $8,300 for technical employees who have been estimated for in the legislative bill, and that left us $164,850. We are now asking for two computers at $1,800 each and one draftsman at $1,400, which brings it up to $169,850. The CHAIRMAN. You ask for two computers? Mr. WENDEROTH. Yes, sir; for two computers at $1,800 and one draftsman at $1,400. That brings us up to $169,850. Then we add the superintendent's roll for 1913 of $245,000. That is our present allotment. The CHAIRMAN. You add the superintendent's roll for what? Mr. WENDEROTH. For 1913. That is on the next page, and the amount is $245,000. We add to that $12,000 for six superintendents of construction, which brings us to $426,850. Then, in the miscellaneous item for 1913 the tabulation will show that we had $94,000. We have increased that in our estimate for 1914 by $22,100, and in that way we finally reached that figure of $542,950. It is rather complicated, but it is the result of the transfer of certain salaries to the legislative bill. General expenses, 1914, in comparison with 1913. Total salaries, "General expenses," for 1913.. $317, 920 Less amount of salary roll, sundry civil, transferred to legislative bill. 144, 770 Compensation roll, sundry civil bill.. 173, 150 Less amount transferred to statutory roll, legislative bill. 8, 300 164, 850 Increases, 1914: 2 computers, at $1,800. 1 draftsman.. $3,600 5,000 Total compensation roll... Superintendents roll, 1913.. Increase, 1914: 6 superintendents Life-Saving Service, at $2,000. 169, 850 245, 000 12,000 Office supplies, furniture, typewriters, telephone service, and equipment.. Books of reference, etc. Recording deeds, etc.. General expenses of public buildings, 1914. Includes the compensation or lump-sum roll, technical services proper, the superintendents' roll, and miscellaneous items, as estimated.] The appropriation for "General expenses of public buildings" for the year 1914, as submitted, is made up of the following items: 1. Compensation or lump-sum roll, which includes technical services proper, in the office of the Supervising Architect, embracing certain specified designations within minimum and maximum rates of compensation, amounting to... 2. Superintendents' roll, including supervising superintendents, superin- 3. Miscellaneous and contigent items, such as traveling expenses, advertis- The details of the three foregoing paragraphs are as follows: 1. Compensation or lump-sum roll, as provided for in the sundry civil act of Aug. 24, 1912 (Public, No. 302), page 12, including salary roll for certain personal services in the office of the Supervising Architect, as set forth in the legislative act of Aug. 23, 1912 (Public, No. 299), page 17, amounting to. From the total just given is to be deducted the amount of the The difference between the two foregoing items represents the Supervising Architect $317, 920 144, 770 173, 150 $169, 850 257,000 116, 100 542, 950 Architectural draftsman. $1,000 2,400 2,400 2,500 8,300 164, 850 3,600 5,000 Leaving the sum of $169,850, which represents the amount of the 2. The amount provided for the superintendents' roll in the sundry 245,000 To this must be added six superintendents of construction, at This total of $257,000 represents the amount included in the 169, 850 257,000 3. The amount included in the sundry civil act, under the caption "General expenses of public buildings," for miscellaneous and contingent items, being the difference between the full appropriation of $656,920 and the two items above of $317,920 and $245,000, is.. To this total there has been added for the service of 1914 the sum of $22,100, representing needed increases for certain of the miscellaneous items, as follows: For traveling expenses.... $94,000 $5,000 For office rent, etc., of superintendents. 1,500 For advertising.. 10,000 For office supplies, furniture, etc....... 5,000 For photographic instruments and supplies. 550 50 The aggregate of these two items makes $116,100, included in the estimates for miscellaneous and contingent items of the appropriation for "General expenses of public buildings," as submitted for 1914..... Total..... 22, 100 116, 100 542, 950 NOTE. Since the estimate for general expenses of public buildings was prepared and submitted to Congress the legislative act has passed both the House and Senate without carrying the item of $1,000 for salary of the Supervising Architect transferred to that bill from the sundry civil bill, in accordance with the requirement on page 17 of the legislative act, approved August 23, 1912. The CHAIRMAN. The next thing you ask is to drop out a principal draftsman? Mr. WENDEROTH. We estimated for him in the legislative bill under the title of head draftsman. His salary is a part of the $8,300 that is transferred to the legislative bill. The CHAIRMAN. Did they take care of that in the legislative bill? Mr. WENDEROTH. Yes, sir. They took care of the principal draftsman at $2,500. The CHAIRMAN. You ask for an increase in the maximum rate of compensation for structural engineers and draftsmen? Mr. WENDEROTH. That is to put them on the same footing with mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and architectural draftsmen. You fixed the maximum rate for the latter, which is $200 more than the maximum rate for structural engineers. The CHAIRMAN. All of that was fixed last year. We went into that very thoroughly and thought we had finally adjusted it. Mr. WENDEROTH. For that particular position, Mr. Chairman? The CHAIRMAN. This whole thing was readjusted. Mr. SHERLEY. The superintendents were fixed at a lower pay too. The CHAIRMAN. That adjustment was made for the purpose of reorganization, and to straighten it out. Mr. WENDEROTH. Still, we believe, Mr. Chairman, that the suggested maximum is not too high for structural engineers on the class of work required of us. The CHAIRMAN. How many have you? Mr. WENDEROTH. For 1914 we have estimated for nine, Mr. Chair man. The CHAIRMAN. Where are they? Mr. WENDEROTH. You will find them on page 64. You will find there the number estimated for the fiscal year 1914. The CHAIRMAN. You have one structural engineer to whom you are paying $2,750? |