Additions-Continued CAPITOL POWER PLANT-continued 5 additional positions-Continued 1 electrician and 2 operating engineers are requested for 1968 to keep the refrigeration plant at the Capitol Power Plant on a 24-hour-a-day operating basis during the period each year, commencing in early April and ending in late November. For many years, it has been the practice to operate the refrigeration plant only during the 16-hour period, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., daily. As the period 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. each day is required to extract from the system the residual heat which the system absorbs daily during the shutdown period, the Capitol, Senate, and House Office Buildings, supplied by the Plant with chilled water for cooling, can be provided with comfortable working conditions only from 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., daily. During the period, 11 p.m. to 8:30 a.m., working conditions in the buildings are most uncomfortable. Complaints of discomfort are being received from Members of Congress and their staffs who commence work in their offices earlier than 8:30 a.m. In addition, working conditions in these buildings are most uncomfortable during the shutdown period for the 300 charwomen and the night laborers and mechanics who have to perform their duties during this period. In the case of the House Office Buildings, prior to occupancy of the Rayburn Building in 1965, the House charwomen worked only 3 hours a day, from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. Since occupancy of the Rayburn Building, their workday has been extended to 6 hours, from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. In the Senate Office Buildings, the charwomen also work 6 hours daily. During the shutdown period, there is virtually no circulation of air in the buildings after the air-supply fans are shut down, since the windows in the air-conditioned bulldings are permanently closed. At present, a force of 6 mechanics is required and provided for operation of the refrigeration plant on a 16-hour-a-day basis. In order to keep the plant in operation on a 24-houra-day basis, it will be necessary to add 3 additional mechanics to the maintenance force, and funds, in the amount of $20,696, for such purpose are requested for the fiscal year 1968. 2 maintenance mechanics are requested for 1968 to augment the existing force of 7 mechanics who are required to handle all mechanical maintenance work in the steamplant, the refrigeration plant, the coal-handling installation, the ash-handling plant, the air-compressor facility, and the plumbing and heating systems. The present force consists of 1 foreman (WB-15), 1 assistant foreman (WB-13), 3 mechanics (WB-11), and 2 welders (WB-10 and WB-11). This force is responsible for maintaining in good physical condition steam generating and refrigerating equipment having an estimated replacement value of over $12,000,000. About % of this equipment is over 10 years old, resulting in the need for continually increasing preventive maintenance in order to insure uninterrupted service and decelerated depreciation, if the normal useful life of 30 years or more is to be realized for this substantial capital investment. In the latter part of 1965, new installations, authorized by Public Law 85-895, were completed and placed in operation. which increased the refrigeration capacity of the plant by 75 percent and the steam generating capacity by 65 percent. In addition, new fuel-handling and storage facilities have been installed for recently completed oil-fired boilers, which installation includes a 250,000-gallon storage tank, transfer pumps, oil heaters, piping systems and auxiliary items, representing an investment of $450,000. Additions Continued Capitol Power Plant-Continued 5 additional positions Continued These substantial increases in the production and sup- Additional funds, in the amount of $14.020, are therefore This increase results from increase in basic pay costs and Payment to employees' life insurance fund increased from $1,230 This increase is necessary to request in order to cover the Stoker rehabilitation___. This item represents a request for funds for a 2d year allotment under a 3-year stoker rehabilitation program. Funds were allowed for 1967 to replace the spreader stoker in 1 of the 3 steam generators at the Capitol Power Plant. Each of these steam generators has a steam-generating capacity of 110,000 pounds per hour, is coal-fired, and was placed in operation in August 1954. During the past 12 years, each Stoker has burned about 140,000 tons of coal during a period of 70,000 hours of operation. The average useful life of stoker grates varies from 10 to 15 years, depending upon the annual rate of combustion. Prolonged operation of aging grates invites danger of complete breakdown, results in lower operating efficiency, and creates a greater tendency for air pollution. Regular repairs have been made annually to the existing stokers during their 12 years of continuous operation. Despite this constant attention, the point has now been reached where the dependability of plant operation demands the replacement of the spreader stokers in all three of the steam generators. The work has to be done over a 3-year period in order not to jeopardize continuous operation of the steam generating plant which might readily result through attempting to replace all 3 stokers during a single nonheating season. Accordingly, an appropriation of $50,000 is requested for the fiscal year 1968 to permit the replacement of the stoker in the 2d steam generator before June 30, 1968, leaving a final appropriation to be requested for the fiscal year 1969 for replacement of the stoker in the 3d steam generator. Total estimate for 1968_. LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE $3,300 900 50,000 2,841, 600 Senator BARTLETT. Turning now to Library Buildings and Grounds, structural, and mechanical care, I will place in the record pages 149 to 159 from the justifications. (The justification follows:) 1967 appropriation in annual act-- Pay supplemental (Public Law 89–504, $3,400; wage-board, $16,400) – Total appropriations—1967-. Deductions: "Pay above the stated annual rate" allotment eliminated for 1968 $1,392, 000 19, 800 1, 411, 800 1,400 500 30,000 Clean and refinish bronze doors, west entrance, first floor, main building: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1967, not required for 1968-- Clean and restore ceiling and wall decorations, main building: 9,500 10,000 50,000 Replacement of garage doors, east side, main building: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1967, not required for 1968_ Fireproofing pipe and duct openings, annex: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1967, not required for 1968_. Air conditioning, deck 1, south, annex: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1967, not required for 1968... 2,500 10,000 3, 500 Roof repairs, main building: 1st year allotment of roof repair program.. Pointing exterior stonework, main building: Nonrecurring item Repairs and replacements, sidewalks surrounding main building: Total Base for 1968_-_. 3, 500 5,000 10,000 200, 000 136, 000 115, 000 30,000 10,000 35,000 -661,900 749,900 Additions: An increase of $8,203 is requested for 1968 to meet on a An increase of $4,204 is requested for 1968 to meet the cost Of this increase, $4,380 results from increase in basic pay This increase is requested for the following reasons: (1) Maintenance and repair, air conditioning and refrigeration sys- Of the total amount requested ($31,100), $15,600 is for the 79-512-67-14 $12, 407 213 5,780 5,000 15, 500 Additions-Continued Maintenance and repair-Continued cluding ducts, grills, fans, filter frames and heat transfer Snow removal____ This is a new item for the Library and is required on an annual basis. After a heavy snowstorm, it is generally necessary to employ the Architect of the Capitol's Capitol Grounds snow removal contractor to remove snow from some sections of the grounds (for example, the driveway at the west front of the main building) because the Library's equipment cannot handle the job. Charges for this work are made against the appropriation established under the Architect of the Capitol for care of the Library buildings and grounds. During fiscal 1966, this charge amounted to $2,000, and so far in 1967 the cost has been nearly $900. However, since no funds were appropriated for this purpose, the costs had to be taken out of funds made available for other purposes. An allowance of $2,000 is requested, therefore, starting in fiscal 1968, to take care of this contingency; should there be no occasion to use the funds, they would be returned to the Treasury. Equipment for bookstacks, main building_--- The following items of equipment are requested: (1) 400 free-standing bookshelving sections are needed to provide additional shelf capacity in the bookstacks to compensate for losses of shelf space caused by the installation of air-conditioning equipment and fire-retardation facilities ($10,000); (2) 36 5-drawer plan file cases are requested to house the valuable collection of American and foreign posters now piled on tables and exposed to dust and deterioration ($4,000). 200 special metal shelving units to fit on existing stack shelving are needed for the storage of phonodisc sound recordings to insure proper support and guard against warping and distortion of the playing surface ($3,500). Clean and restore ceiling decorations, main building--- This item is requested to permit continuation of work completed in the last few years in decorated areas located primarily in the west side of the main building. Funds provided for 1967 are being used to start the restoration of decorations on the walls and ceilings of the ground floor, but there is still much to be done in this area. Improved lighting, office areas, both buildings....... The amount requested is the same as allowed for 1967 and is needed to assure continuance of an office lighting improvement program started in fiscal 1964. Since that time, the inadequate lighting in the perimeter office areas on the entire 1st floor of the annex has been replaced, improvements have been made in several smaller, but nonetheless critical, sections in both buildings, and the unsatisfactory lighting in $2,000 17,500 10,000 50,000 |