REPORT 
of THE 
Keeper of Public Buildings 
JULY 20. 191 4 
P. B. LATIMER 
Ke eper of Public Bu ildi ngs 1914 
 
A'l'LAN'l'A, GA . 
 
P . e UAS. 
 
BYRD, STATE P RI N'l'ICH. 
 
1914 
 
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UDGO~CUL\MBAEANRT1SES 
 
  REPORT 
. OF THE. 
Keeper of Public Buildings 
JULY 20 . 1914 
P.B. LATIMER 
Keeper o f Public Build ings 1914 
 
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ATLANTA , GA 
 
elIAS . P. BYRD, S TATE PRI NTER . 
 
1914 
 
  REPOR1' 
 
ATLANTA, GA., Jul y 20th, 1914. 
 
Gov. JOlI N M. SLATON, Atlanta, Ga . 
 
Dear Sir: I su bm it a r eport of th e expend itures of the Department of Public Building s from Jul y Lst, 1913, to July 15, 1914. 
 
Gas a nd El ectric Bill s, C. & M.-r- 
 
$ 4,349.09 
 
Cus t odian Eng. Supt., Florist, F'iremen, 
 
Guards, etc. 
 
_ 7,38G.GO 
 
Porters and Laborers 0 
 
_ 6,671.57 
 
El ectric Work and Material, C. & 1\1. 
 
_ 1,805.:25 
 
Coa l, C. & }VI. 
 
_ 1,662.50 
 
Servants, Executive Mansion Plast ering, Ca pit ol 
 
..: _ 1,200.00 _ 1,934.62 
 
Plumbing, Capitol 
 
Plumbing, Mansion 
 
. 
 
R epairs to El evator 
 
 120.75 
 
_ 347.88 
 
_ 
 
39.11  
 
Awnings, Capitol 
 
., 
 
.; _ 109.07 
 
Hardware, C. & M. 
 
_ 853.75 
 
F'urniture, C. & M. __1 
 
., 
 
_ 508.75 
 
Steam Heat, M. 
 
_ 
 
1~)3 .80 
 
Foundry vVork --------- ----- -- ---4 ---- 
 
F lorist 
 
~ 
 
_ 
 
171.00 259.44 
 
Incidentals __~ - - - - - - - ~ -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 
Water Bills, C. & M. 
 
_ 
 
Repairs to Hoof, C. 
 
_ 
 
665.83 667.65 218.71 
 
 Soa p, Di sf'., P earline, Compound, 'I' oilct 
 
Paper, etc . ----1-- --- - - - -- -- --- - - -- - 
 
U phols te r ing 
 
_ 
 
La und ry -at Man sion - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- 
 
Pl a stering a nd Material , M. - -- -,-- - - - -- - 
 
Ca r penter Work, M . 
 
_ 
 
Car pen te r W ork, C. 
 
_ 
 
Bri ck and Sand - ---1-- - --- --- - - - - - - --- - - 
 
Tce B ill 
 
_ 
 
Merchan di se, C. &:1\1. Painti ng and i\fateri al, :1\1.- 
 
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_ 
 
_ 
 
P laster ing and Ma teria l, C. - ---- - -- -- -;-- S ec reta ry of S t a t e - -- ---~ - -- ---- -- --~- .I une Ch ecks , 1913 - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - -- - 
 
1,17+.12 :288.53 55.77 :2G3.41 322.89 104.55 :26.00 5+.00 247.71 :205 .0 1 119.59 155.06 517.99 
 
'l ' d t a l 
 
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$:31 ;7 00.00 
 
'I'h e item of incidcn t nls -a mo unti ng to $6G5.8:3 is compr ised of f orty-sev en d iff erent it em s t hat 1 do not t hink it n ecessa ry to enume r a te in th is r ep ort. 'I'h ey are op en f or insp ection. 
W hen I to ok un der consider a tion Jan., 1912, th e r ep ai ri ng an d r epainting of th e S tate Ca pitol and Ma nsi on, I wa s convince d f rom est imates ma de and bid s submitted, that it would cost a pp rox im a tely $:30,000.00 t o do th e wo rk. I under to ok th e work at t he suggest ion of qu it e a number of my fri ends with whom 1 had ser ve d du ring 1898 and 1899, wh o were 'a t th e ti m e member s of the S ena te and H ou se of R epresentatives, th ey assuring me and I beli eving wi thout such assu r ance, that the L egi slature would a pprove and provid e f or th e payment of th e wo r k Owi ng to th e financial condi tions existing with which y ou arc m uch more fam ilia r than my self, I pla nne d 
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 to car ry th e indebt edn ess and in stead of asking for 
 
one appropriation for th e whol e amount, to ask for 
 
th ree appropriations f or such amount as might be 
 
necessa r y to do th e work. My estimate of th e cost 
 
fo r the entire work done is shown to have been 
 
fairly correct, as th e following indebtedness is still 
 
unpaid. 
 
S tocks Coal Co. 
 
$ 2,000.00 
 
F'ield er & A llen (Furniture) - ---i- - - --- - - 
 
Br yan El ectric Co. 
 
_ 
 
Dozier & Gay Paint Co. 
 
._ 
 
Se cr eta ry of State 
 
~ 
 
_ 
 
1,846.00 923.00 750.00 
1,344.84 
 
Amount necessary to meet pay ro lls, 1914 1,000.00 
 
$ 7,863.84 
 
In explanation.of th e la st two items' enumera ted, 
 
the appropriation to this department provides for 
 
th e payment of $1,500.00 to the Secretary of State. 
 
Col. Cook, knowing my emba rras sed ,condition, ha s 
 
calle d on me for a very small amount of this appro- 
 
priation . I am in r eceipt of a letter from him asking 
 
what he may exp ect from me, as he is very mu ch in 
 
need of additional furnitur e. The la st item of $1,- 
 
000.00 is what will be actually necessary to meet my 
 
monthly pay roll s to .I anuary 1st, 1915. 
 
I would call attention to a fa ct not generally known 
 
th at since my appointment the cr eation of new departments, and th e neces sa~'Y enlargement of depart- 
 
ments alread y created, ha s made it n ecessary to 
 
equip sixteen new offices or rooms and most in- 
 
stances,with complete furni shings. 
 
. 
 
Th e expenditure necessary for this wa s of course 
 
never conte mpla ted when th e appropriation was 
 
made to my department. 
 
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 If my administ ra tion ha s been a success it is largely du e to th e faithfu lness of th e men who have . been associ ated with me. 
I f eel espe cially gr a teful to ever y man connecte d with the State D epartment for th eir kindness, cour tesy and helpfulness, a nd to th e memb ers of th e L egi slature who hav e so nobly stood by me. 
R espect full y submitted, P. B. LAT I M El~ , 
K eep er of Publi c Building's. 
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