The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-08-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence.l

dent eX onicio OF the governing hoard
and John Barrett as director of tn
bureau Of American republics. Tbo
building will be located near the con
ter Of Van Ness park and will face III,
east toward the executive grounds II
will have a frontage on Seventeenth
street Of 16O feet and depth Of about
no feet on street. The style OF ar.
chitecture Is a combination OF tb.
Latin-American with the classical tbs
Latin-American style being intendal
ts represent the interests Of the Latin
American republics in the building.
The Pan-Amsriean Palace.
The design will harmonic with tho
general scheme Of improvement OF the
parks Of the national capital Tha
building will be approached by a wide
driveway. Three large arched doors
with Spanish grill gates, will open IN
to a handsome high studded corridor
which opens into a large patio OF the
Latin-American type, which I'm turn
opens into the main reading room Of
the library In the rear Of the building
The patio Is covered with a sliding
glass roof. which may be closed IN
winter and kept open in summer. per-
mlttihg the growth Of tropical flowers
and plants at all seasons.
staireases and Assembly Hall.
Two grand stalrcases, one on each
side Of the patio, lead to a Spanish
foyer, which opens at the rear to n
grand assembly hall a hundred feet
long by seventy feet wide.
This hall Is dIgnifed and elegant In
style Of treatment and Is designed for
the special use Of important interna-
tional conferences. On the north side
Of the assembly room is a large Office
for the governing board OF the bureau,
and on the other side are several COM
mittee rooms. On the left or south
side Of the patio are the Offices Of the
director OF the bureau and his imme-
date stan and the ONCE Of the secre-
tary and his immediate staf.
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 filing and decoration.
The roof will be Of Spanish thing. The
outside foundations will be finished In
marble, and the upper portions Of the
will have a stucco finish simi-
ar TO that In general use in Latin
countries. 1t Is hoped to begin work
IN the foundations In August and to
complete the entire building In a year
md a half. The building proper will
,ost 100000, and the furnishings and
decorations will cost $4,000. making
! 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-
eau.
Historic Banner on View.
The historic banner which inspired
francis Scott Key to compose The
tar Spangled Banner" and which
oated over Fort McHenry, In Chesa-
cake bay, during its bombardmeIt by
be British on the night OF Sept. Is,
S14, has been placed on exhibition at
be Smithsonian institution, in this
lily. The flag Is the property Of Eben
.ppleton Of New York, who has lent
TO the government. 1t Is about IS by
feet and will be draped on the wall
! the Hall Of History OF the lnstitu-
on
Uncle Sans Prisons.
Attorney General Bonaparte has d.
ected that hereafter monthly reports
lall be made showing the progress Of
1ilding operations on the new United
tates penitentiaries at Leavenworth,
an, and Atlanta, Ga, after the plan
led by the navy department In re-
'rting progress on battleships.
Heretofore the department has been
Die to keep In touch with the work
lly by frequent trips by some Of the
hcials OF the department
Visitor From the Orient.
Judge A. G. Carson OF Manila, mem
Il Of the supreme court OF the Philip
No AoAoAAoB NnO hGCcuLlg oNNANCA -
'ashington, Is here on a three months
cation He Is one OF seven members
the Philippine supreme court. The
dge came to this country by way Of
e Siberian railway, crossing the At
1tic to New York.
1T took just ten days to 90 from
adivostok BY rail to Moscow" said
dge Carson. The trip was exceed
yly pleasant and the sleeping car &C
nmodations were as good II not bet
than those on the Pullman cars Of
} United States"
Plan Stately Church.
hat there may be q great national
'thodist Episcopal Church South In
ashington the Mount Vernon Place
e. church has purchased a fitting
, In the triangle that lies between
Issachusetts avenue, & and Ninth
Gets, Just west Of the square occu-
d By the Public library.
b proposed that the new building
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