Mr. Speaker. that I ain astounded that my friendfrolm Illinois [Mr..FosTEr] aind my friend from Wisconsin . who are not builders. who are not architects. although they nay be gentlemlen of very wide and diversified Information. but Who aire not speLI714 clally skilled in those directions. should stand here and place their judgment against tile investigations of the coumittee and the deliberate opinion and wellconsidered judgment of the Supervising Architects Office and the Treasury Department as to what these buildings ought to cost. As I say. every effort has been made and it is the desire of the departlent. and tile conunittee concurred in that. to erect at Baltimore I model immigrat station. one that will be a model for the ports of this country hereafter. one that will be complete in every detail. one that will be a credit to the country aid that will be looked upon as a nlodel for construction at Seattle and those other places which are to follow. The statement which the committee required of the Supervising Architects Office has been itemlized. and there is only in the neighborhood of $400.000 going into the buildings. The balance is to go into the purchase of land and into the construction of other appurtenances and into the purchase and construction of a railway for the use of the station. and all these things together aggregale this amount.
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