The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-27
WASHINGTON LETTER
LsnecIal correspondance.l

4 ed in the capitol and what is done eacl
year to make it more comfortable Il
| the peoples candidate, be he from New
York or Bingville This year the an
'nual cleaning Of the building has beer
in progress for several months -practi
cally all through the recess and ev
erything put In readiness for the gath
ering Of the political clans In Decem
Der. And cleaning, painting, repairing
and improving building the size Of
the capitol is mighty big annual job.
Capital spicI1 and span.
This year the plumbing throughout
the building was overhauled and much
modern plumbing installed Every
thing in the heating and ventilating de
partments has been put in thorough
repair. In the senate postoffice and the
house folding room new steel equip
ment has been put in. Several new
chandeliers have been installed In the
committee rooms and in the house
press room. The kitchens in the senate
and house restaurants have been over
hauled and reconstructed, several arti.
fetal stone floors have replaced wooden
affairs in committee rooms and an in
conceivable amount of repair work of
various kinds has been done about the
whole big structure from cellar to
dome.
Committee Rooms Refurbished.
Over on the senate side the public
buildings and grounds and immigration
committee rooms have been painted,
decorated and refurnished, and the
same thing has been done to the rail-
ways and canals, military affairs, riv-
ers and harbors and labor committee
rooms and the sergeant at arms Office
and postofice on the house side In
other committee rooms and corridors
the paint has been renewed, the senate
and house chambers have been painted
where needed and the supreme court
room was painted throughout, oil sup
planting most of the calcimine work.
Chrysnnthemums In Variety.
AT the annual crysanthemum show
at the propagating gardens many beau
tiful specimens Of this autumn flower
were seen The collection ON exhibit
ton this year contained 100 varieties,
all of which are practically new. The
most beautiful on exhibition was the
Beatrice May, blossom Of unusual
SIZE the petals close together and beau
tiful in whiteness.
Ar1nfhnrs
which was grown in New York. 1t is
a deep pink, very large and with loose
petals. The La Grande Precoce is a
product Of Spain and is large and of
q beautiful old gold hue. Another bios
som at the exhibition is one which,
while originally yellow. becomes a deep
bronze. There were also specimens of
buff chrysanthemums. One of the most
striking plants was one the petals of
which are of the most brilliant Grim
son on the inside and of the deepest
gold on the outside. The darkest flow
er Of the exhibit was the Black Hawk,
which Is Of so deep crimson that 1t
looks almost black. There was also a
striped variety in crimson and gold
New French Embassy.
The building site upon which the new
French embassy Is to be erected Is To-
Gated on the south side of S street, be-
tween Twenty-s and Twenty-thlrd
streets northwest, and extends to De-
catrr place. 1t was purchased several
years ago by the French government,
and later plans for the embassy build
ing were prepared by the government
architect at Paris. For time 1t was
rumored that the French government
would not build upon the site and that
it was awaiting favorable opportuni-
ty to dispose of the property, but the
announcement of the appropriation of
$4,000 by the French government to
begin building operations will serve
to allay the apprehensions of some that
the proposed embassy building would
not be erected upon the site.
Pulpit From Canterbury.
Most Rev. Randall Thomas David
son, archbishop of Canterbury, will
commemorate his visit to this city
two years ago by presenting to the pro-
posed Cathedral Of ST. Peter and St.
Paul here an ambon, or pulpit. made
from some Of the oldest stones in the
Canterbury cathedral and sculptured
by William X. Carce, architect in
charge Of the cathedral During the
recent repairs made on the cathedral
the archbishop carefully gathered the
stones. The ambon win be given in
memory of the Christian martyr, Ste
phen Langton, once archbishop OF Cam
terbury.
New PostoHice For District.
If the plans Of the officials of the
postoffice department do not miscarTy
and the cooperation of congress can
be secured, Washington will be provid-
ed with model postofflce service. 4
bill will be introduced In congress to
purchase site for a new postotfice
building adjacent to the new union sta
ton. If the bill Is approved the Of
ficials say that 1t would mean the saw.
ing OF an enormous sum Of money and
a great amount OF time now devoted
to hauling malls to and from the post
office.
New Dead letter Record.
The report OF the dead letter office
for October shows that the number Of
undelivered letters returned to senders
In that month exceeded all former
monthly records, being 28c. 661, against
1S7,7S7 the preceding month, and 1907