The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-05
LETTER
Especial correspondence.l

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be a common thing.
The contractors for the new Office
building for the house of representa-
tives, to get rid of the large amount
of earth in excavating, have U
permission to haul it away in fiat cars.
The quickest way to accomplish this
is to lay a railroad through the sacred
precincts of the capitol park.
For many years no grocers' wagons
or heavy wagons of any sort have been
allowed to drive through the grounds,
and the idea of allowing a railroad to
go through is a shock to the local In
habitants. The tracks for the railroad
will be laid on top of the asphalt pave
ment covering the court, and 1t Is not
believed that the weight of the trains
to be run over the line will damage
the pavement to any great extent.
New Cabinet Family.
When the family of Paul Morton,
the new secretary Of tlH navy, reaches
Washington its members will not be
strange to their surroundings nor to
their associates, because Mr.. n Mrs.
Morton have often been received IN
Washington society," Mrs. Morton is
a close friend of Mrs. Roosevelt and OF
several others Of the administration
women. These Chicagoans will be ac-
uuisitions socially, and Mrs. Morton,
who is a handsome matron, blond n
we'll prols,rtioned, will probably be the
cabinet beauty. OF the two young
daughters of the Mortons, the elder Is
the bride of William Chapman Potter
| of Chicago, and Miss Pauline, a charm
ing blond and the counterpart OF her
mother, is engaged to Michael Cudahy
of Omaha.
Capitol Subway.
When the magnificent new office
structure for members of the house
of representatives shall be an accom-
| plished fact, an underground road will
be installed as part of it's equipment.
On the main basement floor of the
building will be the terminal station
of an up to date little electric railroad,
with cars equipped for the comfort OF
the distinguished gentlemen who make
up the membership of the lower branch
of the national legislature. The train
will pass through a brilliantly lighted
subway under the south east lawns OF
the capitol grounds and within a very
few seconds will halt in the sub-base-
ment Of the house wing. Here the
members will disembark to find them
selves within easy access of the pri-
waite elevator leading to the floor OF
the house. The journey will require
the briefest possible space of time.
The Senate once Building.
AS a counterpart to the house office
building, congress-, at the session just
closed, made provision for the construc-
ton of an office building for the senate
The house building is to be located op'
posite the southeast corner of the CAPT
toll grounds, while the senate building
will occupy the corresponding square
to the northeast. The senate building
will be but a year behind the hou
building at the most, and when II If
completed the subway n electro
transportation facilities provided 10
the house will be duplicated. IN add
ton to these two tunnels, leading re
spectively from the house building ant
the senate building to the ant
senate wings of the capitol, the TUNE
will be carried across to he east front
SO that through trips may be mad
from the senate building to the hous
building. 1t is not believed that tn
loop will be much in service for passen
ger traffic, although it will be exten
sively used for minor freight carrylni
purposes.
The Roll Call Limited.
!, Under the new order of things, vine
a roll call is about to be had In tn
house, tiny bells or "buzzers' Will al
nounce the fact in every room of tn
new Office building. II the member
there should be required In the whit
to put on their coats and walk acros
to the capitol, from five to ten minute
would be lost in the journey. WI
. the subway in operation, however. tn
), signal for the roll call will be the signs
for extra service on the double tracI
of the house subway. 1t Is then tns
the "Roll Call Limited" will be al
nounced. Frequently rapid trips WI
? be made by the fast moving lit
trolley trains between the house DUH
:. ing and the house wing of the capt.
k until all the members who desire
vote have been transported from the
Office apartments to the house chambe
Treasury Ventilation.
: By request of Secretary Shaw, Co
gress appropriated $175,O0O at its Ia
I. session for the installation of a mode
: system of ventilation in the treasul
department. The appropriation BEGAN
o available July 1 and plans have be-
q prepared by the drafting division
= the supervising architects Office Tor =
proposed system. There Is wide DIM
ence of opinion, however, whether t
system will be put in and the mon
e. sron+ This wear. This uncertain