The Florida star., 1905-03-31
CONGRESSIONAL PALACE
Splendid Building For Use Of
National Legislators.
II WILL OCCUPY EsTIRE BLOCK.

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The new once building Of the house
4 representatives n Washington
which Elliott Woods. superintendent os
the capitol. expects 10 have ready fof
oScupancy I'm two years Is as finally de
signed gigantic. says Washington dis
patch 10 the New York wOrid-
Its front on B street will be 476 feet
On New Jersey avenue 4TO feet. on C
street 34S feet and on First street ~.
feet IL is % occupy the entire square
lying southeast Of and diagonally op-
posite the capitol. IL viii be three
stories in height and when completed
VIII coatAIn 43G Offices. which are TO
be foreye er dedicated to the Use Of mem
bers % the house OF representatives
Mr. Woods In providing 80 large a
number Of rooms has taken into ac-
>ount the possible demands Of the fu-
ture. and his arrangements are such
that II In twenty or forty years from
how the membership OF the house.
should undergo such an Increase as 90
require additional Offices they can be
provided by adding another story 20
the building without jmpairing It's
architectural beauty
The building Is TO be classic In style
with an abundance Of ornamentation
The B street front Is To be elaborate
having thIrty-four columns In pairs
The main rotunda viii he one Of the
architectural and artistic giOries of the
building IL W." be eIaborately dec
GRATED In bronze. marble and decora-
tive plaster, and its otherwise splendid
effects viii he heightened by q monu-
mental staircase.
The Interior arrangements OF the
building have been designed solely
with a view tO constituting IL an ideal
workshop for members Of the house
There 10 10 be- 4 caucus OF assembly
hall IS by N feet. which will be dedi
Gated To the uses Of the party organIza
tiOns OF the house
Another splendid feature OF the build
ing will be It's dining hair on the sec
ond noor, In the northeast corner. fac.
ing the Congressional library. This
will be one OF the finest rooms OF Its
kinds In the country and probably will
be hailed as q deliyersnce by legisla-
tors. who have suffered from the In
adequate accommodations OF the pres
ent basement restaurant The kitchen
10 10 he located In the attic over the
dining room. an arrangement that will
preclude the possibility Of burdening
the atmosphere with the o.iOrs Of cook
ing
The building Is to have a barber shop.
bathrooms and n heating and ventIlat-
ing plant that will be as perfect as
money can purchase. There are 90 be
twelve elevators. located IN groups At
the various entrances 90 the building.
or four more than are now Installed
In the capitol There are 10 he slow
elevators for the older members Of
the house and fast elevators for those
who like to he shot up and down At
lightning speed
Members OF the house will doubt
less try 60 receive ss many Of their
CHAiefs - pSfSSlUic iA NV OtEl'r uulA1
ing and thus put sn end 20 the prac-
t!Ce Of meeting strangers and friends
In the corridors OF the house. This
practice has grown 20 the proportions
% I gigantic imposition upon tie pa
tIeuCe and gruerp~ity Of rrpre-snta
tiveS. and there IL no doubt that it
interfereS seriously with the business
OF the house IL - proposed go install
a COrps Of m'-s--nE-r~ and u-hers in
the new builliug- Whose duty 70 will
H. TO escort visitors 20 the rObns Of
the representatives.
There - 20 ~ 4 telephone switch
board which viii permit connection
with every office, q poStofiice Ia tie
basement through wh!ch m.-mt--rs viii
receive their mail fully an hour earlier
! each morning than "a c2n - delivered
10 them at the present time and enough
Other s-,uvsnIsn,,~ To csU-e I,re~.u;
AnI future Legislators 60 bless th-
name q -Tnrle Joe Cannon who con
ceIyei The isIea Of constructing th-
building
Mr. Woods Is especially proud % ths
| fact that the building a. 10 Vill appear
when completed, - merely \ refin~
rnent Of the original drawing whIch
be submitted 20 the commission- con
sissing % speaker CAnaol and R@pr-
| seatativss Hepburn " lows and Rich
| arSison 90 Tennessee