The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-30
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL.
America Will Have Most Perfect Public
Ruildino in tina World.

Baltimore American: Every patriotic
American citizen will hope that no OBJ
stacle will intrude in the path Of an ex-
tension of the east front of the capitol
at Washington in accord with the plans
which have been reported f~avorably by
a joint commission of the senate. and
house. For several generations this has
been a project lear to the heart of all
most every congress, and. always dear
to the heart of every lover OF art in
architecture, and who could not loo at
the grand building on the hill" with
out a feeling of profound regret that
so imposing a pile should be conspicu-
GUS in one great defect, that the mag
niicent dome should seem from the
eastern point of view to be topping
over for lack Of a proper and harmoni-
GUS PEDESTAL.
Is a splendor of pfecemeal construction.
No other architectural pile in the whole
world, erected in such v~icissitudes, has
been permitted to retain such thorough
integrity. 1t stands singular in archi-
sectural form and situation, the most
Imposing of all houses of parliament.
Not one in any foreign land approaches
1t In tremendous dignity. Only in the
ruins of structures Of ancient days can
be found a semblance Of the chaste de-
sign of his meeting place of the law
makers for more than $4,000. 900 of pop
ulation-those ruins from which were
drawn to a large extent the noble fea-
lures Of the capitol, the treasury and
the building of the department Of the
interior.
1t is not complimentary to the con-
gress nor to the people that the defects
OF the capitol have gone so long unrem-
edied. When the terrace" was added
to the western front to give mass to
the apparent foundation, an absurd
mistake was made in placing stairways
of black slate amid the white marble
which everywhere else prevailed. To
the most uneducated taste this was Of
fensive, and architectural artists OF
every land stood astonished that such
a crime could be committed in the name
OF architecture In connection with the
remedial movement at the east facade
this mistake upon the west is to be cor
rected. and when that is accomplished
and the central section of the east front
is extended this so-called crude coun-
try of America will nave the most per-
feet building of public use in all the
world.
The British house of parliament is
not only extensively ornate, but it is
placed unon the banks of the Thames.
anu can be properly seen only from the
Surrey side. The chamber of IDENTITIES
in Paris, although of classic design and
having a curious sentimental outlook
In facing the great church Of the Mad
eletne. precisely similar in architecture.
but far across the Seine, and the bee
hive of the Place de la. Concorde. is
dwarfed and obscured upon the hank NJ
the river.
So the changes might be rung upon
$ of parliament of all the great
states of the world. No other stands
forth with such prodigious weight and
ignit OF proportion and such COM
mandtng situation as this white pile at
~ 0t nrO g. ~ n
expressed that congress will leave moth
ing undone to finally correct the mis-
k In art which have been always
recognized and which are solely due to
the patchwork manner in which the
wonderful structure has been produced.
Belt Of Calm at Pacific End of Canal
NatfcNal Geographic Magazine: At
the eastern extremity OF the canal the
which a sailing vessel NAV
expect to encounter will arise from n
superanbundance Of wind rather than a
lack OF It. At the western extremity,
on the other hand, these conditions viii
be completely reversed.
upon emerging from the canal into
the Pacific ocean a vessel will enter an
extensive belt Of Gains and light airs.
which render navigation by sail more
tedious than in any other f%reuuented
portion of the sea. h width OF this
~ ooi!le polntS Wlde, at
others narrow. In hat portion of the
north Pacific included between the
American coast and the meridian OF 100
degrees west 1t reaches a nahum. ex-
tending in latitude from a point one or
two degrees north of the equator to
Cape a Lucas. the southern extrem-
ity of lower California. In both an
preaching and leaving Panama, IRE
spective OF the port from which or to-
ward which bound, a sailing vessel
must of necessity navigate a greater or
less width Of the belt of Gains. and
in estimating for a given voyage the
saving Of the time effected by the use
Of the canal the delay arising from the
cause must not be neglected.
Politics Piekin' Up.
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