The National tribune., 1902-04-10
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

The new Union Station for Washing
ton into which all the railroads will en-
ter will be the finest structure of its kind
in the world. Its length win be 760 feet,
which is eight feet eight inches longer
than the Capitol itself; it will be built of
white marble, with the interior of ma
soury; the classical style of architecture
will be used, and the building will be so
located and designed as to be distinctly
| subordinate to the Capitol and yet to take
rank among the great public structures
of the District. The minimum cost of the
station has been placed at S1,000,000, but
! the total cost will be nearer S5,O0O,OO0.
The station will be arranged for 90
tracks, with room for several additional
tracks, thus providing for an indefinite
future. The public convenience has been
studied with the result that persons ar
irving or departing will be accommodated
without loss of time, and Il private en-
trance is provided for use of the President
of the United States and for ceremonial
occasions. All street-car lines will re-
ceive and discharge passengers in close
proximity to the station, and ample ac-
commOdatiOns are provided for bodies of
troops and great delegations arriving or
departing at inaugural times or when
other large gatherings occur at the Capt.
tai. In word, every provision has been
made for great, dignitied, convenient,
accessible gateway to the Capital of the
Nation.
1t is stated at the War Department that
of the four general officers selected last
week only one, Maj.-Gen. Hughes, is to
be continued in active service. The three
others, Gems. Burt, De Russy and Sheri-
dan. will he retired Immediately after their
confirmation. The three vacancies in the
list of Brigadier-Generals thus created
will be filled by the promotion of three
more ColoHes who have had continuous
service during and since the war of the
rebellion, who will also be similarly re-
tired at once. How often the process is
to be repeated is not yet determined, but
it is said that not more than - veterans
of the civil war are likely to be advanced
and retired in this way. The action of
the Administration in this matter is based
upon the belief that there is but slight
prospect at this session of favorable legis-
lation on the Administration bill provid-
ing for the retirement with increased rank
of the veterans of the civil war who are
about to close their active service in the
army on account of age.
The records of visitors to the Congress
sionai Library Building indicate that
throughout the past Winter about 5000
people have gone into the handsome struc
ture every day. This number includes ev
cry visitor. but employees of the building
are not counted by the watchmen at the
three entrances. This record is kept by
the watchmen by means of a small count
ing machine about the size of Il watch,
and which they hold in one hand. A pres
sure of the thumb records a number, and
the process of counting incoming visitors
can 90 on about as rapidly as the watch
ticks.
The Treasury surplus for March was
$S,39S,9T6.
The Treasury surplus for the nine
months of the fiscal year is S5l, ,15S,9lS.
Ex-senator Jos. S. Fowler, of Tennes-
see, died at Georgetown Hospital, April
/, aged 81. He was born in Steubenville,
Ohio, and became a lawyer in Tennessee.
He had to leave the State on account of
his Union sentiments, but went back in
1862, and was State Comptroller under
Gov. Andrew Johnson. He was elected
Senator, and was one of the seven Repub-
lican Senators who voted against the inn
peachment of Andrew johnson. He thus
got out of accord with his party, and never
held Office afterward. His remains were
inferred at Lexington, Ky.
The Society of the Army Of the Cum
beIland, at its last annual meeting, de-
cided to transfer the remains of General
ROsecranS from Los Angeles, Cal, to Ar
lington, for bure. The ceremonies con-
nected with this military funeral will take
place on or about May II next at the
pavilion in the Arlington grounds. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has agreed to be present,
prominent officers of the army will at
tend. and the troops available about
Washington will form part of the funeral
cortege. Both houses Of Congress will
be represented by committees, and it is
expected that the Speaker of the House
and General GrOsyenor, both of whom
served under General Rosecrans, in be
half of the House of Representatives., and
Senator Foraker, who also served under
him. representing the Senate, will make
brief addresses. The Society of the Army
Of the Cumberland will be largely repre-
scented, and veterans of the military socie
ties of the District will be invited to take
part.