Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-07-24
LETTER
fspecial Correspondence.1

Especial 1OTE0SpOuO6nC0.I
For the first time since President
Arthur's administration the White
House is to have a thorough renova-
zion on artistic lines. So heavy has
grown the list of favored guests in b
Roosevelt household that it has been
found necessary to turn the great east
room into a state dining room The
present White House dining service, Q
strange conglomeration of antique and
modern glass, silver and porcelain,
with many pieces missing, will be sd
perseded by a new service of Sevres
porcelain.
The present state dining room win
be used for small dinner parties. Like
the east room, it will be redecorated,
the present yellow color scheme being
obnoxious to the family. The entrance
hall is also to be renovated in order
that In general tone and character OF
decoration it may accord with the en-
bellished east room.
In addition to these changes there Ia
need for additions for lighting facin-
ties and also for a staircase to the at
tic, a very urgent iced in case of fire.
the servants now being dependent en-
tirely upon the elevator.
Much new furniture of modern style
is required in place Of the nondescript
types now scattered through the por-
lions of the house devoted to social
uses.
Building Boom Predicted.
Mr.. William 81. Given of New York.
whose connection with several archi-
tectural publications has given him a
wide experience in building operations
throughout the country, in discussing
the outlook at one Of the uptown ho-
tells the other night predicted a stupen-
dous expenditure for building construc-
ton this season.
1.-THE building work of 1902 set in
with the strongest financial showing
that has yer been recorded IN this con-
tinent,'' said Mr.. Given. "Washington
is likely to pile up q record breaking
total this e and no surprise need be
occasioned If the local aggregate is
close to $4,000, 900. The impression
prevails among the leading architects
in New York and in various parts Of
the Union that the national capital has
q magnificent architectural future and
that the next decade will record the
erection Of splendid federal structures
here which will make Washington the
, most s~trikingly beautiful city Ia thia
part of the world, considered purely
from an architectural viewpoint.
TIE Vashburns In Congress-.
The visit 10 Washington recently OF
: former United States Senator William
q D.. Washburn brings to mind the fact
that his family is the only one that
y ever had three brothers in congress a
the same time. They were ElihE q
Washburn of Illinois, C~adwallader Col
den Washburn Of Wisconsin and Israe
l. Washburn of Maine. They were al
e brothers of the former senator from
g Minnesota. Another brother, Charles
: Ames Washburn, was, at the breaking
- out of the civil war, editor of The Ats
= Californian of San Francisco. He wa
sent as a commissioner of the United
n States to Paraguay and later as minis
g ter to that country. He was a distn
u guished inventor.
The Two P's.
r. The phrase 'as like as two peas
might1in the case Of the Pulsifer broth
t. ers be made to read 'as like q,
= two P's."
II Both brothers have been employees
:. on the senate side for many years. Pit
man has been a committee clerk 70
:. twenty years, and Woodbury. ha
, twelve years to his credit. They loo
- alike. they walk alike, n they tall
and dress alike, SO that they are yer.
frequently mixed up. Pftman PulsifeI
] who is the clerk OF the naval commit
tee, is often compelled to listen t
! dreary figures about rivers n hal
= bors, while his brother has to hear a.
m about the naval controversies. Both o
Ia the men are from Maine, and If on
should resign and go home b othe
g could play Box and Coz and fill bot
clerkships INC nobody in the cap1te
= would be any the wiser.
On the Old Testing Ground.
D Between the two cities which Eliza
i, Morse selected for the first test of te
e legraphy there is now in full operation
- a system of wireless telegraphy, tn
IN most recent and possibly the mos
e. complete development of the great In
=. ventor's method of transmitting mes
a. sages. This new system is SO far in tn
experimental stage only, and no al
: tempt has been made to convert tn
/ two stations, one at Brookland and tn
II other at one of Baltimore's suburbs
81 into a commercial enterprise. But 70
H several weeks past the two cities hay
3 been in instantaneous communicable
III without the aid of wires or any othe
sMs tangible mode of transmitting words.
III Building For Executive Offices.
SA President Roosevelt and Secretar
ga Cortelyou are both friendly, it is be
~ Heved, to a recent suggestion for tn
r erection of an Office building for tn
ID White House in the White Hous
ss, grounds. The proposition is to put q