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on of Arid Lands.-Clerk, Mary G. Tongue.

y.-Clerk, J. Johnson Ray, 702 Tenth street NW.; assistant clerk, Lena D.

5, 702 Tenth street NW.

-Clerk, John G. Shreve, 17 C street NE.

--Clerk, Leslie Taylor McCleary, Hotel Regent.

at Marine and Fisheries.-Clerk, Edward P. Seeds; assistant clerk, Allen

Affairs.-Clerk, Herman D. Reeve, 339 Florida avenue NW.; assistant William C. Mentzer, 7 C street NE.

-Clerk, Frederic L. Davis, 938 O street NW.

nd Mining.-Clerk, Mabel A. Crump, 413 A street SE.

Affairs.-Clerk, Joseph E. Hall, Capitol; assistant clerk, J. E. Hall, jr.
Railways.-Clerk, A. B. Veazey, Chevy Chase, Md.

-Clerk, C. J. Stevenson, The Dewey.

.—Clerk, Fred. J. Randolph, 611 Eighth street NE.; assistant clerk, D. S. , Chevy Chase, Md.

ce and Post-Roads.—Clerk, Harry F. Dodge, 1311 Connecticut avenue. --Clerk, Charles R. Cushman.

Land Claims.-Clerk, John D. Morgan, 1338 Yale street NW.

Puildings and Grounds.-Clerk, William H. Wheeler, Capitol.

5.

ands.-Clerk, William M. Reece, The Capitol; assistant clerk, Robt. M.

s and Canals.-Clerk, J. S. Mitchell, 434 New Jersey avenue SE.

in the Civil Service.—Clerk, George A. Warren, 620 I street NW.

of the Laws.-Clerk, John C. Eversman, 1456 V street NW.

nd Harbors.--Clerk, Luman M. Ellis, 732 Seventeenth street NW.; assistant C. W. Mansfield, 623 Pennsylvania avenue NW.

Clerk, Julian W. Richards, The Normandie.

ies.—Clerk, C. H. Ridenour, 2027 Q street NW.

ims.—Clerk, George W. Frye, 20 Third street SE.; assistant clerk, Harry er, 20 Third street SE.; clerk to continue digest of claims, J. B. Holloway, rd street SE.

d Means.-Clerk, Hull Greenfield; assistant clerk, Arthur E. Blauvelt, 140 et NE.; messenger, W. W. Evans.

HEATING AND VENTILATING.

gineer.—H. W. Taylor, 100 Fifth street NE.

t Engineers.-B. H. Morse, 2138 G street NW.; E. B. Burke, 628 Pennsylvenue NW; John S. Logan, 209 East Capitol street.

· Conductors.-Leonard B. Cook, 485 Maryland avenue SW.; George W. rs, 132 C street SE.; Michael F. O'Donnell, 412 Second street NE.; Solon S.

POST-OFFICE.

er.--Joseph C. McElroy, 214 A street SE.

t Postmaster.-L. E. Bridgeman, 18 Third street SE.

OFFICE AT CAPITOL.

Clerk.-Wilfred Jessup, 214 A street SE.

rk.—Adrian A. Bennett, 18 Third street SE.

Mail.—Chas. O. Young, 204 E street NW.

OFFICE AT CITY POST-OFFICE.

Charge.-Robert J. Duncan, 806 Tenth street NW.

s.—John W. Knowlton, 1335 N street NW.; M. Culp; G. Tyler, 3030 CamPlace NW.

MAIL DELIVERIES.

-James M. Curtis, 1035 New Jersey avenue NW.; Guy V. Howard, 200 a avenue NW.

-Edgar Ellis, 200 Indiana avenue NW.; E. Hendricks, 205 D street NW. -A. H. Davison, 1221 I street NW.; John D. Griffith, 921 T street NW. -W. P. Shepard, The Kenmore; Kennon Vail, 724 Twelfth street NW. -Luther Osborn, 1414 S Street NW.

Tail Wagon.-Daniel B. Webster, 1127 C street SE.; Fred Hedge, 1415 Cor

treet NW.

tractor.—Fred. S. Young, 204 E street NW.

OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES.

SENATE.

Theodore F. Shuey, 2809 Fourteenth street NW.

Edward V. Murphy, 2511 Pennsylvania avenue NW.

Henry J. Gensler, 1318 Thirteenth street NW.

Daniel B. Lloyd, Bowie, Md.

Milton W. Blumenberg, 1708 Q street NW.

Assistant.-Eugene C. Moxley, 1150 Seventeenth street NW.

HOUSE.

David Wolfe Brown, 2013 Kalorama avenue NW.

John H. White, 2111 Bancroft street NW.

A. C. Welch, 222 Third street NW.

Fred Irland, 1803 Nineteenth street NW.

Reuel Small, The Hamilton.

Assistant.-John J. Cameron, 513 Eleventh street NW.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

(Office in Statuary Hall.)

Clerk in charge at the Capitol.-W. A. Smith, 2004 Fourteenth street NW.

WEATHER BUREAU.

Senate.-Clerk in charge, J. H. Jones, 4333 Kansas avenue NW., Petworth.
House.-Clerk in charge, H. H. Kimball, 235 R street NE.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.

(Office in subbasement of Capitol.)

Edward Clark, 417 Fourth street NW.

Chief Clerk.-Elliott Woods.

Clerk.-George H. Williams, 210 E street NW.

THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN.

Superintendent.—William R. Smith, at the Garden, west of the Capitol Grounds. Assistant Superintendent.—C. Leslie Reynolds, 927 S street NW.

THE CAPITOL POLICE.

Captain.-J. P. Megrew, 949 Massachusetts avenue NW.

Lieutenants.-J. A. Burrows, 245 North Capitol street NW.; John Hammond, 302 Maryland avenue NE.; Fred T. Lincoln, 103 Third street SE.

Clerk.-Geo. A. Rahm, 245 North Capitol street NW.

THE DEPARTMENTAL TELEGRAPH.

(In charge of Col. Theodore A. Bingham, U. S. A.)

Senate Manager.-William Jeffers, 318 East Capitol street.
House Manager.-J. J. Constantine, 707 Fifth street NW.

THE CAPITOL.

Capitol is situated in latitude 38° 53′ 20.4′′ north and longitude 77° 00′ 35.7'' om Greenwich. It fronts east, and stands on a plateau 88 feet above the level Potomac.

cts.

THE ORIGINAL BUILDING.

A

southeast corner stone of the original building was laid on the 18th of Sep1793, by President Washington, with Masonic ceremonies. It is constructed stone from quarries on Aquia Creek, Virginia. The work was done under the on of Stephen H. Hallet, James Hoban, George Hadfield, and B. H. Latrobe, The north wing was finished in 1800 and the south wing in 1811. passageway connected them. On the 24th of August, 1814, the interior of ngs was destroyed by fire, set by the British. The damage to the building mediately repaired. In 1818 the central portion of the building was com, under the architectural superintendence of Charles Bulfinch. The original g was finally completed in 1827. Its cost, including the grading of the s, alterations, and repairs, up to 1827, was $2,433,844.13.

THE EXTENSIONS.

corner stone of the extensions was laid on the 4th of July, 1851, by President e, Daniel Webster officiating as orator. This work was prosecuted under the ctural direction of Thomas U. Walter till 1865, when he resigned. It was ted under the supervision of Edward Clark, the present Architect of the Capine material used in the walls is white marble from the quarries at Lee, Mass., at in the columns from the quarries at Cockeysville, Md. These extensions st occupied for legislative purposes January 4, 1859.

DIMENSIONS OF THE BUILDING.

entire length of the building from north to south is 751 feet 4 inches, and its dimension from east to west 350 feet. The area covered by the building is square feet.

THE DOME.

Dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, covered with This was replaced in 1856 by the present structure of cast iron. It was Eed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds.

Dome is crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom, which is 19 feet 6 inches d weighs 14,985 pounds. It was modeled by Crawford. The height of the above the base line of the east front is 287 feet 5 inches. The height from of the balustrade of the building is 217 feet 11 inches. The greatest diameter ase is 135 feet 5 inches.

Rotunda is 95 feet 6 inches in diameter, and its height from the floor to the he canopy is 180 feet 3 inches.

Senate Chamber is 113 feet 3 inches in length by 80 feet 3 inches in width and in height. The galleries will accommodate one thousand persons. Representatives' Hall is 139 feet in length by 93 feet in width and 36 feet in

room now occupied by the Supreme Court was, until 1859, occupied as the Chamber. Previous to that time the court occupied the room immediately , now used as a law library.

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52. House Committee on Labor.

53. House Committee on the Census. 54. House Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

542. Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings.
55. House Committee on Education.

56. House Committee on Revision of the Laws.
57. House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics.
58. Senate Committee on Transportation and Sale
of Meat Products.

59. Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico.

60. Senate Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress.

61. Storeroom for Library.

62. Storeroom Supreme Court.

63. Senate bathroom.

64, 65. The Supreme Court-consultation room.

66. Congressional Law Library, formerly the Supreme Court room.

67. Congressional Law Library.

68 Office of Doorkeeper of the House.

Office of superintendent of folding room.
69. House Committee on Private Land Claims.
70. Offices of the Chief Clerk of the House.
71. Committee on Printing.

72. House Committee on Expenditures in the Inte-
rior Department.

73. House Committee on Militia.

74. Committee room on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic merged in the Disbursing office.

SENATE COMMITTEES. MALTBY BUILDING. I. Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia.

3. Revolutionary Claims.

10. Subcommittee on Pensions.
19. Subcommittee on Finance.

22. Civil Service and Retrenchment.
24. Trespassers upon Indian Lands.
27. Relations with Canada.

29. Industrial Expositions.
35. Immigration.

39. Manufactures.

44. Geological Survey.

47. Fisheries.

53. Indian Depredations.

56. Coast and Insular Survey. 58. Contingent Expenses.

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SENATE COMMITTEES. TERRACE, NORTH SIDE.
I. To Establish the University of the United States.
2. On Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of
Executive Departments.

3. On Potomac River Front.

4,6. Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. 5. On Coast Defenses.

7. On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard. 9. On Railroads.

13. On Improvement of the Mississippi River and its
Tributaries.

NOTE.-Rooms occupied by Senate Committees on
Woman Suffrage, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, and
to Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service,
etc., are not shown on the diagrams. They are located
in the subbasement, west front, on the Senate side of
center building.

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