Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-18
ny j. A. TAN EsER

HldHSlOH3 duu LIE uouSS W. pulIs Wy I
George Washing ton. |,
More time was given to the CAPT |
toll and to Washington s monument.
The former has a commanding stu
alton, and for it's majestic proper
tions and beauty of design cannot
be excelled. 1t occupies an elevated
| site on Capitol Hill, about one hun
dred feet above the level Of the 40
| tomac river. The building faces the
east and on this side are three grand
| porticoe,s with corinthian columns.
! The central building is surmounted
/ by the iron dome which is supported
/ by two series of corinthian columns.
lit will be seen that this dome is no
pigmy affair when it is borne in
mind that it weighs nearly nine mil
4 lion pounds. 1t would be an irn-5
4 possible task to describe the acres
of painting and forests Of statuary
which are housed in the various
4 rooms of the capitol, or even the
i rooms themselves, had we been able
to give them careful study. They
4 must be seen to be appreciated, and
. I hope that many Of the readers Of
. the Tribune will be permitted to
q study them at first hand. II
4. We cannot leave Washington with
out "a few words concerning the mon
ument, the last point Of interest thta
was visited This, as you are per-
perhaps aware, is the highest work
. of masonry in the world, being a
!. little more than $50 feet high. The
Z only structure which exceeds it in
height is the iron Effel Tower, ISL
fleet. The monument is 81 feet high.
!, Ter than Cologne cathedral, 35 feet
2 higher than the great Pyramid OF
, Cheaps, and towers above St. Peters
81 feet. This huge structure is 81
:. feet square at the base and 34 feet
at the top. The pyramid shaped
z section at the top is 55 feet in height
!. and is surmounted by an aluminium
tip. The top is reached by means
OF an elevator (which is we'll patti
{ ronized). 1t is only after you lool
4 down from the windows near ths
Z top that you realize how far above
4 mother earth you really are From
! here also you get a good idea of tht
Z plan of the city. Believing that i
s is only by actually tfayersing dis
: lance that you get an accurate ide;
4 Of it's extent, we decided to decent
E by means Of the stairway. This tool
4 us exactly fifteen minutes. On tn,
4 way down we read the inscription
!, on the memorial stones. There ar.
Il 1T9 of these, contributed from var
8 ious sources as tributes to Washing
ton, and many of them are yer!
Z beautiful. In these memorials fort.
) states and sixteen cites are repres
,ented. The remainder represen
! lodges (fifteen Free Masons) ant
: various other organizations.
8 Our next objective point afte
9 Washington was New York city. A
one o'clock we boarded a fast TRAN
S on the Pennsylvania railroad ant
q, were hurled through sthe garden
states of Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey and also a corner of Penn
& sylyania, reaching our destination ii
: six hours. In this tine we had beer
!. in five states and also the District q
6 Columbia 1t would certainly requir,
! q fast train to carry US through thi
], number of states In the west in tn,
4 brief time, and there was time
q when New FORK was not SO near tn,
4 Capital City.
The following day was spent IL
III getting acquainted with the metrop
oils In doing this we were assisted
d by the services of an efficient ant
courteous guide, Mr.. Hughes of tn,
n Oriental bank. New Workers are al
u. enthusiastic about their city and it,
8 public buildings and parks. Tn,
I first of the former pointed out wa
g the city hall which became famou,
I, through making Boss Tweed motor
= ious. It is a magnificent building
but it has cost New York too mucl
& to be to her citizens a Joy forever i
= 1T is a thing Of beauty.
Y From the city hall our way lait
g past Madison Square Garden 9TH
scene Of the ThaW tragedy. Among
6 the houses pointed out to us were
a those Of the Astors and the Van
g bilts, whom we all know by rep
3 utation. Many of these houses
are closed now. and It IS said tina
g 4 some of them are never open. w
J. also passed the old Grace church ,or
2 Broadway st. Patrick's Cathedral
4 and st. Thomas church, the oldes
/. one m the city. We also had pointed
z Iout to us the Waldorf Astoria, ths
J. finest hotel III the United States, and