The Washington critic., 1888-06-23

be shown the cashier. who will detail
guides to take the visitor into the great
bullion chests Of the county The old Od!S STATE
by the northeast corner of the Treasury.
The Hognes Gallery and Museum of the Sc
cret servlde Bureau are on the second door
yaults, including tho new steel vaults for
the storage of silver dollars, are the points
Of most interest. About $500 people are en-
ployed In this building
Department OF Justice.
Immediately north Of the Treasury Building
of Justice. This building was ORIGINALLY |
erected as the Freodman's Bank. The square |
In which IL is erected Is hatQrio one,l ON |
the same street, at the east CORNER, stands |
Riggs Bank, which was built for the accom- |
modation OF tho Washington branch Of the |
old United States Bank. The greater part |
81 Is SM STiasa Once ArosGd sos USEs 6o
10 the VESTS the Commssary-G Generals |
Office, formerly the. old Washington Club |
eyss Kew Sas IN sG oBs BS s Il A be Rsp Tee ds
which the dead mans body lay, Is still stand
ing, althoughits bark had been completely |
removed by relic hunters, At the northwest |
corner OF the square, above the Commis-
sary.G Generals Office, Is the house made IA
nous by the ownership Of Commodore De.
catur, and where Dolly" Madison lived and
husband s term as Presdentiex pired. sixty
people are employed IN The Department OF
Justice. t trIi-,.. q .r.-s. b
War, Navy ANA state Departments
This edihce., once, named, by a Washington
Journalist the ''friune Building" occupies
the west side of the Presidents reservation,
Immediately west of thaW White House, The
State Department occupies the south part,
the Navy Is located north OF the State,
while the War Department occupies the
entire northern half. IL Is a new and very
handsome structure. The most beautiful
be the library OF the state Department, with
south front, from whose windows the eye
can sweep uninterruptedly down the Poto-
mac TO Mt Vernon and Tar over the Vir
ginia hills, The building Is In the italian
Rtaaissance. II Is 58Tfeet long and 3d3 feet
wide. Its greatest height is 12S feet and the
flag floating over the eeniTalportion. iaunts
In the breeze higher up than any other flag
In the city, not excepting those above the
Senate and House of Representatives. The
cost of the building was hve millions OF dol
lars. about three times as much as the
White House. The old winder building,
across Seventeenth street from the west
Of the War Department, st and in Il L Is The
Ordnance Museum, containing relies OF the
late war, especially interesting to soldiers.
o nnGer the
Secretary Of War and 800 under the Secre-
tary OF the Navy.
4Coreeran Art Gallery.
The Corcoran Art Gallery is at the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth st
nRaI. ment. itis OPEN tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays free; on other days lexcept Sun
days. a small Admission fee Is charged. This
gallery, although not TO be compared with
the great Old World galleries, isnevertheless
avery creditable institution for so new
country as the United States; IL contains
among other original objects Powers great
statue Of the "Greek Slave"
The weather Bureau.
The Signal Service, or Weather Bureau, is
about one hundred yards west of the state,
Wal and Navy Departments, on 9 street. Il
is one of themost interesting places in WASH
VEST EsS Il re a%sys ss Dsssrs taEe psasae y Snss$ $
weather" Hhs
Davy, Burns' Cottage.
One OF the curiositIes OF Washington is old
Davy Burns Cottage, 'on Seventeenth street,
near the river. II may be reached by the
drive south Of the Presidents House orby
the Metropolitan or Avenue. line OF cars.
Next door to 1t Is General Van Ness, once
stately mansion, where he brought his bride,
iiarcia burns, one Of the original heiresses
OF Washington. .1.,--'i 80 ,1s
o., The Naval, observatory,
To the West OF the Washington Monument,
on the highest elevation that. borders the
north bank Of the. river, between st. Eliza-
beth,s Heights and Georgetown & C9bl,l,eege, b,,eg n,,
whichit stands Is famous for having been
the, camping gropnaof Washington, brad.
dock, ana the latter s army Whent on tner
march to the fatal field where the English
General fell victim to his sell. f.conceit and
vanity. Tradition also points out this hill as
the decisive battle ground between the
District Indians and the mysterious Susque-
hapnas. This observatory contains thelargest
| refracung telescope In the world, nextt2 the
new equatorial Just built for the Lick
1 Observatory. BY its aid that most interest
ing, If not, greatest, astronomical discovery
| Of the country was made, the moons OF
| Mars. The entrance TO the observatory IS az
4 Z and Twenty third streets northwest. The
! herdic cabs go to Twenty'sccond and q
| street.
The Agricultural Department.
4 This building Is situated east of the Monu
] ment. IL Is inclosed by the most beautiful
1 and glowing flower garden in the country
4 and the grounds contain the most complete
1 arboretnm probably, in the United states.
I Attached to this Department are the Exper-
| mental Gardens, whose offices are imme-
| dlately west of the main building. The Belt
| Line cars 90 right western wing Is the libra
| ry and the second past the grounds. On
the first floor of the floor Of the centre OF the
| building devoted TO an extensive agricultu-
: ial museum.
The Printing ana Engraving Bnrean
\ The great money mill OF the Government is
1 located at the corner OF Fourteenth and B
| streets southwest, southeast from the Monu.
| ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau It's reached by theBelt Line cars,
| Here. are engraved and printed the paper
money, bonds, postage and revenuestamps,
etc, used by The Government.
The Smithsonian. =
| Across Twelfth street. immediately east from
| the Agricultural Department, are the Smith
sonian Institution and the Smithsonian
Grounds. The former isa specimen OF the
most graceful architecture In the city, and
the latter formthe most beautiful landscape
garden IN the country, dhese 3, & gr9lnlnas M o.
to see. They. contain the memorial urn TO
the artist who designed the park, Andrew
J.Downing, and the bronze statue Of Pro.
fessor Henry, the first secretary OF the in.
stltution. The latter Is at the northwest
corner of the building; the Downing Urn
isip the centre Of the grounds, two hundred
sonian is filed with the most varied and In
terestlng objects connected with science
The building was finished 30 years ago &C a
cost Of nearly q half million of dollars. This
sum was bequeathed by James Smithson,
an English scientist, to form an establish
mentor the increase and dihuslon OF knowi.
arg sqged dsirsyesa snSSsa Sq BY the interest," @ on the oE
donation. The Museum is open from o I'LL
and is reached by the Seventh Street, the
Ninth Street and the Belt Line OF street
cars.
The National Museum.
The National Museum IS In the Smithsonian
grounds,a few yards east Of-the Smithsonian
building, 1t contains thousands of the mos
In terestlng ouriosities, samples of the life
customs and history OF ali nations. II 4
open daily to the public from a. m. to
p. m.
Medical Museum.
The Army and Navy Medical Museum Is oi
the corner Of seventh and II streets south
west, ad Joining the NatiunalMuseum. rh
building was finished this year, and Is n
part occupied by clerks of the Surgeon-G Gen
erals office and the hospital records of tn,
late war. The Museum Is on the secont
floor and Is full OF interesting surgical rel
les Of the war, and has the largest medi
cal library In the world. Among the curl
osites within is walls Is the artiGulate'
skeleton of Guiteau, the assassin of Presl
dent Garfield
The U. ~. Fish Commission.
Across Seventh street from the Medical Nh
scum In the building known as the Old Al