Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-11

PLACE HAS LARGE NUMBER VISITORS
Guide on Street Car Explains Matters
-sightseers Crane Their Necks to
Observe Places Pointed Out and Are
Called Rubber Necks."
Washington, d. G., Sept. s.

Washington, d. c., Sept. s.
Even in summer Washington has
hundreds of visitors To the stranger
the capitol is, of course, the objective
point, but after that is seen there are
hundreds of other interesting sights
over this historical city One of the
) popular ways of seeing the town is in
the Seeing Washington" special
street car. This car makes two trips
day over the city, and as it has the
right tof all the street car tracks 1t
passes nearly every point of interest
during its two hours trip. The start is
made at the treasury building, and the
guide first tells how the original inten-
ton was to have this building in the
center of large grounds, but there was
some delay in getting 1t started and
Andrew Jackson who was president
( at the time, came around one day on
his way from the White
House and sticking his cane
In the ground where the
~ sasury department now stands said
\ Build II here. anu there 1t was built.
Down the street is the remaining part
Of he famous old Willard hotel. which
is being torn down to accommodate an
en- ire new structure which will cost
S2.000.003 This site was formerly oc-
cupied by the old Colonial Hotel of his
torical fame. Lincoln stayed here,
Jenny Lind sang there en- her first Wis
1t 70 America end Louisa NJ. Alcott
was . nurse there when it was used
for hospital during the war.
Next you come to little red build
ing having the appearance of a church.
This is Ford's Theater, formerly a
Baptist church, in which Abraham Lin
coin was assassinated. Across the
the street a flag always flies from the
third story window, marking the
house where the martyr president
died. Next you see the patent office
from which over 100000 patents have
been issued and which cost 100000
Across the street to the right is a
bridge which you are informed is
known as the bridge of signs, since
over her are carried all of the letters
which are received at the dead letter
office. This Office handles and de
stroys $4,000 letters every day. Next
you come to the pension building, thu
largest brick building in the world
d Here are held the inaugural balls
which have often been attended by a
many as $4,000 people. A little farther
on is the worshipping place of Presi
dent Grant, General Logan and Presi
dent Mckinley, the metropolitan
Methodist church. After seeing the
National hotel, another of histori,
fame, you peer down side street ant
see. the livery stable at which Bootf
hired his horse to escape after KILN,
President Lincoln. Nearby is move
institution known as the government
mail bag repair shop.
Next there is large yellow buildins
which was the home and law Office o
Daniel Webster. Then here is plail
red brick building which was the hom'
of fighting Bob Evans, who cam
manded the Iowa during the Spanish
American war; A distant view is Civ
en- of low, long red brick building
and little further on you turn COZ
ner and get fine view of the capito
Just in front of the capitol is the cor
gressional library the finest buildin
of it's kind in the world 1t cost Sc
032,124, exclusive of the ground, which
cost $5S5,000 In the building Their,
are forty-five miles of shelving, with
capacity Of 100000 volumes and wer,
all the available space used the tota
capacity would be about 4,500,000 vo
umes. There are now in the librar
100000 printed books and pamphlets
55,70O maps, 27,300 manuscripts, "a
800 engravings and 294 900 sheets {