The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-07-27
WASHINGTON Letter
Especial correspondenee.l


to be erected in Van Ness park. az tba
foot Of Seventeenth street. have bn,-
approved by Secretary Root as u-,si
dent ex Oficio OF the governing I.,.-I
and John Barrett as director of a.
bureau OF American republics Tb,
building Will be located near the com
ter OF Van Ness park and will face IN.
east toward the executive grounds n
will have a frontage on Seventeen
street Of 16J feet and a depth Of ar.r,
40 feet on B street The STYLE If ,-
chitecture is a combination Of rh..
Latin-American with the classical tr..
Latin-American style being nrca1rr
10 represent the interests of the Iprf,..
American republics in the building
The Pan-Ameriean Palace.
The design will harmonic wifi .,,
general scheme of Improvement Of 20.
parks of the national capital Tn.
building will be approached by "a villa
driveway. Three large archcd doors
with Spanish grill gates. Will open FL.
TO n handsome high studded corrfE,-
which opens into a large patio of d..
Latin-American type. which in turn
opens into the main reading r,n-, or
the library in the rear Of the huf'G.r.,
The patio is covered with Il >llr-r,
glass Roof. which may De closed IN
winter and kept open in sumner. Ter
hitting the growth of tropical flowers
and plants at all seasons.
Staireases and Assembly Hall.
Two grand staircaSeS. onr on ,.,.l
side of the patio. read to a Snar-sl
foyer. which opens at the rear q. -
grand assembly hall n hundred fec.
long by seventy feet wide.
This hall Is dignified and elegant H.
style OF treatment and Is designed for
the special use Of important interna-
tiOnal conferences. On the north sid.
OF the assembly room is large Office.
for the governing board Of the bureau
and on the other side are several com
mittee rooms. On the left OF south
side OF the patio are the offices Of the
director OF the bureau and his imms-
diate stan and the Office of the Secre-
tary ana MS immaculate stall.
Fine Landscape Effects.
The building will be surrounded by
fine landscape effects. with a rear stair
way leading into handsome gardens
suitable for public functions In fair
weather. The building will probably
be built Of concrete. with an abundant
use Of Spanish thing and decoration.
The roof will be of Spanish thing. The
outside foundations will be finished In
marble, and the upper portions Of the
building will have a stucco finish SINH
lar to that In general use in Latin
countries. II Is hoped to begin work
on the foundations In August and to
complete the entire building in a year
and a half. The building proper will
cost 100000, and the furnishings and
decorations will cost $4,000. making
q total cost Of $4,000. all Of which
expense will be borne by Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie. The site Of the building cost
100000, which was paid by the bu-
reau.
Historic Banner on View.
The historic banner which inspired
Francis Scott Key to compose The
Star Spangled Banner" and which
1oated over Fort McHenry. In Chesa-
peake bay, during its bOmbardment by
the British on the night Of Sept 13,
1914, has been placed on exhibition at
he Smithsonian institution. in this
,ity. The flag is the property Of Eben
Appleton OF New York. who has lent
L to the government. 1t IS about 2S by
30 feet and will be draped on the wall
IN the Hall Of History of the insttu-
don.
Uncle Sans Prisons.
Attorney General Bonaparte has d.
-ected that hereafter monthly reports
hall be made showing the progress OF
operations on the new United
States penitentiaries at Leavenworth,
Kan, and Atlanta, Ga, after the plan
lsed by the navy department in re-
PORTING progress on battleships.
Heretofore the department has been
lble to keep In touch with the work
'nly by frequent trips by some of the
,ficials Of the department.
Visitor From the Orient.
Judge a. c. Carson Of Manila, men,
,er Of the supreme court OF the Philip
line Islands, who recently arrived In
Is here on three months
-acatiOn. He Is one of seven members
4 the Philippine supreme court. The
udge came to this country by way OF
he Siberian railway, crossing the At
antic to New York.
at took Just ten days to go from
'ladivcstok by rail to Moscow" said
Judge Carson. The trip was exceed
ngly pleasant, and the sleeping car &C
were as good IL not bet
er than those on the Pullman cars or
be United States
Plan Stately Church.
That there may be a great national
Iethodist Episcopal Church South In
the Mount Vernon Place
I. E. church has purchased a fitting
lite In the triangle that lies between
avenue, X and Ninth