Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-04-15
A SISIE 20 The SAEW
dr. Editor:


The ride from O d Pint Comfort 10
Washington il aUbnteYeSt5Dg rs tn
boats only run ~ light J was sur
lrsed in the DornaDg to learn we had
been running through broken ice al
night. ice from one 90 on and one
fourth inches thf.k. / wiz say tight
here to anyone intending to go 10
Washington sightsee ing, do not try il
without spending n or two weeks
time, two woulJ be better.
The first thing I noticed IN Wash
jngton was the absence of trolley
xineaa0di poles AID the electric airs
are driven from power wires under
ground; connection Is made through
a slot IN iron plate 8, between the rails.
Ibid not see a telegraph, trolley or
3~sleahone wire or pole IN the city.
Tho Capitol building rs d first place
everyone visits. This building is
grand, immense, (fn fact all the gov
eminent buiIdings-are i'm Dense.G The
vew from dhe doaae OF the Capitol
giSeSa, fine idea OF how the streets
are laiaioat. They are veyy regular,
in szlaoes and rig at angles like the
new pant Of New York city and Phil
adelpAia> I'm Different parts of the
city, ns;ng such. places as the Capitol,
White NOuse,, Lincoln Square, Mt
Vernon Place, Dupont Circle and
other places as eenteTs, they have
laid out aasn1es that rad5ate like the
spokes OF a Whesl from she above
named ce2asns and they cut through
the streets laid oa6 80 squares. This
plan makes ia very easy TO find ones
way about tic city. Bke avenues and
streets are very wide and in fine
order, as good AS . saw IA Paris In
both cities they are nearly all con-
CT ete, as good as an be made, bat the
streets in Washington are better of
The two, being mich wider
There was one thing about the Cap
itol building ] did not ike. I dislike
ham on any building and when I was
going up into the dome / was snrpris-
sd to see a lot of the architectural
effect on the main building was made
by iron plates being painted on the
20 look hike stone. 1t hooked
out of place on such q buil6ipg, a reg
MAY sham. Such a thing would not
De tolerated On a baildi0g like St.
2anl's, London, or in any other oun
t1R on a building like the Capitol.
The dome is made OF cast iron and is
a splendid piece of Work. Tt is so
massive that it does not seem ont of
place. The congressional library
building, particularly the inside, is
beyond sY ability to express my ad
OF its beauty and grandeur.
1t is the moss beautiful building I ever
IN and 10 me seemed almost be- |
Yond human conception TO build, |
beantify and acorn as 1T is. tits worth
the trip 10 Washington TO have the
privilege of looking at and examining
The. inside of this building and its con-
The Washington monument, which
is 555 scot in height, CID not impress
me very ~8avorably. Tdia not care for
it. / wena TO. look it owe twice to see
if the seooa@ visit woald give me a
impressions but no, just the
the second time. It sets on a
slight elevation ana there are no
buildings near 70 SO there is nothing
10 compare it with and I think for
Shat reason we canBot, from the out
get a correct idea Of it's height.
Tbs elevator was not ID working
ordsr, conse quently visitors were not
allowed to go up. I think it was a
in facing it with marble, good
solid granite all through would have
been better suited. I should say that
here was about ten times as much
UseG IN it as in Bunker Hill
which is only 221 feet high.
70 ne tho Banker Hill Monument is
IS impressive as the Washington
/ see I am going to spin this letter
at much too long n J give all my i'm
'ressiOns as they come to me, SO I
viii cat the rest short. I will only
mention the National Mnseum. [
Voald gladly spend a fail week look
ng over the contents Of the museum
done. I can only mention a few
that I was greatly interested
n The first to attract my attention
we're the Gen. Grant relics, presented
the United States by Mrs. Grant
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