, 1877-09-25
them having hecn reproduced by the system Of
plotellttlography. Their, Is

thcTn having hccn rc2rohtcra ny the hfatem 6f
pllnt'-llttograpt,y. Their, Is
ONE BEHErtT ......
likely 10 result, l,nweveE, namely: Tint II will
lie likely ~ 1naugnratc m elaborate hyftcn pf
drawings ~ which inventions may lc fully T.
moiea, In addition |" the inrreaacu security
TINT would be created f'y having tic drawings
elaborate md complete. there would lm eeon-
o9y + s% .H and and. ss c ;s nsIs ss'st s
the damage to tho building and furniture. tpc
loss Il catInnatesl ut $1,hd0 0o0. Every nrIgtnal
drawing and al the original rrvurIs of the office
are complete, and will within twenty -four hours
bc In possession II tho bureau.
THE MOST VALUABLE PoArl0N
Of thc. .patcnt rccor1s wcrc The original drawings
ot cacli patent. There were 1D7, ,0N OF Them III
cwa On The nsa 91s ,h On te '"t a
room IN The whole huitdtng On tito main floor
ercn threatened by FIRE. There WA II, the solid
arch Of its ceiling yentastor which run III to
stream q live Goals poured Tor 4 long tins n
among the tasee where tho originals lay. "
har! work, however, and careful watching, tho
whole were savcd, though half pcrl,ape were
was out oil had bcen found and restored to their
place except about go, and It Is not believed
these atc stolen.
The eighty tons IT
arc mt specially important to the business Of
ehc Ufijcc. II fs very convenient 10 have them,
but not necessary. All thing. considered. II
woult be al1noat Impossible u hare large fire
should burn such n,ast OF material aud sio 10
little comparative damage. No othor records
than those Of Tic ratcntOticc wcro destroyed
By fire. The mntsrif OF tic Pcnston.)1i.e wus
matter ot no small consequence, n view 9t
and those OF the. Indian Office were on
The main aoor and n the basement.
10 '''s fsmeys @ many y q s',ca. aD'ts a'
considerable portion Of tflcn were more or less
saturated with water. So lar Us k1,uwn there
has been no material lost ol any 9I tue tceords
.nent was we'll filled with bucks, documents, and
boxes Of records. md the food uf water hers
WET DOWN 0HEAr MABs
Of this kind Of matter, but nonc u tho records
portant- The various libraries were ballY
lrcnchcd, and much Of tho furniture and car
pcttnG was badly damaged. No asN's rights 10
l. patent already obtancti will bc pu! u peril by
patcntccs we're destroyed. Every ono Il aston
!khc at the litt!e damage done the extcrior Ut The
building, Though tht fire burned along two
fronts tlrrccly, ono frunt being blosk It, tx
yer,x. fow places where the marble Is lislgurcd
by ei,oke or cracked. Along tho ct,uc Of few
Windows thcre was slight scaling oil but
IT - SCARCELY rhncErr1pLB,
G4CEpt I'LL = fCEJ !EW tlAtGft 4*OHV I'll Ltl4 Hbl1itI
walls gavc wnyiian none will navs to be taken
uown for rebuilding the root. The water soaked
through tho ceilings to tho cellar, and the
p1astcrIng In large number of tic halls and
.sSs x o os 81 1sG s % moss s
vi the wcst and north fronts is baf1y dls1Eurrtl.
Still tho aggregate damage to the whole stFt1ct.
urc Is small, and scarcely worth mentioning, 70
Land O!IEees arc saycd.
Thcre will be ycry few persons thrown out OF
employment, and possibly none. as ttoso en-
Engcd In The model rooms and among tho rec
pTas msnt es1 a apa1 T eeys s Fssn
Uiltcc l,as surplus of SS00, 900 In tho Trcasury,
anu this viii be anply sufficient to rcstorc all
the rcrurds 1t Is thought best to reproduce, mud
. surrLr ALL THE PRINCIPAL LOSSES.
will not be seriously tnturiered with. a large
force worked till dark getting the watcr out of
tho building, aud considerable progress was
!,iovc,i l. to tic rooms from ROM which thuy lad
been taken. Tho long recess has ena-
blcl tho Department To. get its .routino
work we'll In hand, and the absence OF Congress
recover from most Of the arrangement of the
frn bufore the rush attending te assembling Of
Congress begins.
osn THEORY or TUE rtnH
Is that It wua caused BY tho action OF tho sun's
raye upon tho conbustIblo compounds in tho
roof.
In addition to tho models mentioned ns de-
stroycd, the following clasees Of models arc
lust: All agricultural implements, rnetal.work-
Ing and woodworking; all mulrls IN every de-
partmcnt Of MECHANICS; all engines and mills !;
all carriages and Wagons; all hydraulic and
pneumatic, and many othrr minor classes.
Among them was
TlIE ORIGINAL CoTroN.DlN INVENTION,
which has mado tho eottonnproduct 9t the South
yaluablg as MI industry. 1'no sioLels Of sewing
inactllnra and Tampa wcro much damaged by
wutcr, and thu yerY valuable model Of the origt-
nai 1fuwe sewing. wus aaycd JUST as 1t
was being carried oil Uy Rotnu parties Who had
entered 10 steal It as O relic.