Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-18
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CONGRESSIONAL PALACE.
Splendid Building For Use of
 National Legislators.
IT WILL OCCUPY ENTIRE BLOCK.

Oh'ce Building of House of Repre-
 sentatives Will Be Classic In Style
 and Contain Hundreds of Omces.
 Every Modern Convenience That
 Money Can Supply to Be Provided
 For the Members.
 l The new office building of the house
 of representatives at Washington
 which Elliott Woods, superintendent of the capitol, expects to have ready for
 occupancy in two years Is as finally de- signed gigantic, says a Washington dis patch to the New York World.
 Its front on E street will be 476 feet, on New Jersey avenue 47O feet, on c street 348 feet and on First street 452 feet. It is to occupy the entire square lying southeast of and diagonally op- posite the capitol. It will be three stories in height and when completed will contain 436 offices. which are to be forever dedicated to the use of mem- bers of the house of representatives.
 Mir. Woods in providing so large a number of rooms has taken into ac- count the possible demands of the fu- ture, and his arrangements are such that if in twenty or forty years from now the membership of the house should undergo such an increase as to require additional offices they can be provided by adding another story to the building without impairing 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 will be one of the architectural and artistic glories of the building. It will be elaborately dec orated in bronze. marble and decora- tive plaster, and it's otherwise splendid effects will be heightened by a monu- mental staircase.
 The interior arrangements of the building have been designed solely with a view to constituting it an ideal workshop for members of the house. There is to be caucus or assembly hall 57 by g feet, which will be dedi- cated to the uses of the party organiza- I tions of the house.
 Another splendid feature of the build- ing will be it's dining hall on the sec ond floor, in the northeast corner, fac ing the Congressional library. This will be one of the finest rooms of it's kinds in the country and probably will be hailed as deliverance by legisla- tors, who have suffered from the in- adequate accommodations of the pres ent basement restaurant. The kitchen is to be located in the attic over the dining room, an arrangement that will preclude the possibility of burdening the atmosphere with the odors of cook ing.
 The building is to have a barber shop. bathrooms and heating and ventilat- ing plant that will be as perfect as money can purchase. There are to be twelve elevators, located In groups at 1 the various entrances to the building, or four more than are now installed | in the capitol There are to be slow | elevators for the older members of 1 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 to receive as many of their callers as possible fin the oflce build Ing, and thus put an end to the prac- tice of meeting strangers and friends in the corridors of the house. This practice has grown to the proportions of a gigantic imposition upon the pa tience and generosity of representa- lives. and there is no doubt that it lnterferes seriously with the business ,f the house. It is proposed to install a corps of messengers and ushers in the new building. whose duty it will be to escort visitors to the rooms of the representatives.
 There is to be telephone switch board which will permit connection with every office, postofice in the basement through which members will receive their mail fully an hour earlier