New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-06
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WASHINGTON.
PROGRESS OF THE cENsus-rHE sASTo DOMINGO
REP0RT-REPAIRs AT THE CAPITOL.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THg TRiBUSEI
WASHINGTON. Friday May 5, Ss71

WASHINGTON. Friday May ,Ss71.
Gen A. Walker Census Superintendent, returned from
the West to-day, aud at bis Office this afternoon.
One object of his visit to Chicago arrange for
complete returns Of the manufacturing industries Of
that and other cities than those given by the As
sistantMarshals In their enumeration. The superin
tehdents attention first called TO the incomplete
ness OF these returns In OF the large cities by om
ons discovered In this city, He also informed that
III $780, several millions were added TO the amount OF
manufactured products In Philadelphia and arrange.
ments were made by which complete examination
has been made, and the new report shows much more
favoraDy than the first Good judges believe the
port for 1890 showed the value OF manufactures I'm that
city at not much more than half their actual amount.
The manufacturing statistics Of Cincinnati ST. Louis aud
Indianapolis will also be carefully rec Examined.
The santo Domingo Report, with the accompanying
papers, will be published about the last of the present
month. Some portions OF the work are very tedious
that for instance (which Judge Burton the Secretary
will begin tomorrow morning., OF transating the
pages Of statistics reports &C. from the spanish
The repairs In the House wing OF the Capitol
well under way mechanics having already been put
to work there. The bad odors about the Han
Of the House, which have been experienced
for years past have not been caused by imperfect yent
laon so much by the uncean condition OF the seatsD
the galleries. tobacco-quids and cigarstumps In tho
heat registers on the floor, soled walls from creased
hair and tobacco Juice spit the floors OF the CALLER
les this will be remeded and attention also given
to perfect ventilation OF the building there
will probably be further cause OF complaint on that
account. The passages leading from the rounda into
the old Hall OF Representatives and thence into the
House, will be enlarged and the depressed floor between
the old House and the rotunda will be raised to level
with the floor OF the latter The old blue bulkhead sur
mounting the main door OF the old hall, and which was
used to convey cold air to the galleries when
they were occupied, has been torn away.
Nearly 2o,OOo documents, which have been stored
in the passages leading to the old gallery, Will be
arranged in in the gallery and properly classified,
though visible the eye from below the being
no higher than tho railing OF the gallery The passages
leading to the old gallery containing these books,
will be sheyed and used for the documentary library
thousands of the books therein have not been classified
for want OF room. In the Hall OF the House all the
desks carpets and furniture. have been removed pre-
paraory tearing up the floor which to be replaced
with one Of black walnut The old registers in the floor.
under members desks win be dispensed with, they
were found 10 be receptacle for tobacco juice and cigar
stumps which emitted terrible odor, and instead OF
perorating the new floor with these registers they will
be placed in the rise step part OF each Section 80 that
it will be impossible to them for spittoons The plan
perforaing the rises also serves to duse the heat
more equally. The fans for expellng yitated air
from the Hall will be placed in the cellar and workmen
are already engaged in preparations To put them up.
They will be eight feet In diameter and capable Of ex-
pelng 5000 cable feet OF vitiated air per minute To
give perfect ventilation the l6foots square shats
extending from the cellar roof will be enlarged TO
Sc feet through which the Initiated air viii be expelled
Two other shaf feet square extend from the cellar
to the space between the ceiling and the roof OF the
House. and through these the impure air will be drawn
down to the fam by which it will be expelled through
the Gues above mentioned. The red sandstone pave.
ments around the new wings will all be completed be-
fore December. workten are engaged in laying
that portion around the Senate wing.