OLYMPIA, Wash. - The governor's mansion is getting a makeover
and the governor isn't the only one who will benefit.  According
the state's Department of Enterprise Services, installing a new
boiler at the mansion will end up saving taxpayers in the long
run.  Demolition crews started removing 70 year old pipes from
the mansion's basement Tuesday morning to makeroom for aboiler.
By installing a boiler in the mansion for the first time, the
state expects to come up with enoughsavings to pay for the
$785,000 project within ten years.  It's a common sense
approach, said Ron Major, the department's Resource Conservation
Manager.  Since the 1920's the steam used to heat the mansion,
has come from the same boiler that provides radiator steam to 13
other buildings on the campus.  As the only residence on campus,
the mansion's the only place that needs steam 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.  Major said getting the mansion it's own
boiler will prevent the state from paying to routinely make more
steam than needed.