The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-10
UNCLE SANS HOTELS.
They Are Meant Only for Senators and Rep
resenta,ves.

The Philadelphia Reford says
Uncle Sam is building two apart
ment houses in Washington. They
will be the most magnificent struct-
ures of that kind in this country,
and will cost s.. 500 900 apiece.
Exclusively for use by Congress
men, they will be to all inten,s and
purposes detached wings of the
Capitol, though separated from the
latter by several hundred feet. One
of them will be occupied by Sena-
tors and the other by Representa-
tives.
These official Congressional
Flats" as they III ght be called,
will be devoted wholly to the per-
sonal convenience and comfort of
their legislative occupants, who vii!
be surrounded bv every imH glnable
luxury. In effect, they will be
huge hotels, each OF them occupy
ing more ground than the Walorf-
Asst ria in New York, though not
so high; and the dining rooms will
lie on great scale and very hand
SOME though guests will be at
Liberty to have their meals served
in their rooms by messengers OIL
the Government cayroll and i'll uni
form, if they so desire. Also there
will be magnificent barber Shops;
a nd indeed. the only regular hotel
feature lacking will be bedrooms,
all of the apartments being intend
ed for daytime nse merely-a fact
which, nevertheless, will not bar
occupants from utilizing their
quarters for sleeping purposes if
they wish.
The two buildings, which are to
be of white marble, will be exactly
alike in respect t. their exterior,
and will not differ much SO far as
their interior is concerned. Flank
ing the Capitol at either end, they
will form with the latter harmon
ious architectural whole, the great
dome dominating the group as the
central feature. 1t would suffice,
then, to give a description of one,
IN order to convey a satisfactory
idea Of both--save fer one or two
differences, relating particularly to
the number of rooms. In the
southern fats, allotted to the Low
er Hous:, there will be fcur hun
dred and ten rooms-one for each
Representative. On the other hand
in the northern flats the same a.
mount of space Comprising the
whole of three floors } will be oc-
cupied by ninety-nine apartments.
There will be in each building
four features specially elaborated
in an architectural sense namely,
the rotTnda, the main staircase,
great room for caucus meetings and
the dining room. The rotunda will
extend from the ground floor
through. the entire height of the
structure (tour StorleS), terminating
with a do-e under the root. 1t
will be IS feet in diameter. On
the second floor will be the caucus
room aforesaid, superb apartment
Sc feet long aud 50 feet wide. 1t
is designed 10 he used for public
hearings before committees Of the
House whenever such hearings are
largely attended. Private entranc.
es communicate with private stairs
and elevators, as we'll as with cloak
rooms and smoking rooms, all Of
these arrangements being in dupll-
cate, so that members of the major
ity and the minority may utilize
thea comfortably without interfer.
ing with each other.
On the first floor of each building
will be large and fully-equipped
post Office, as we'll as accommoda- =
tions for telegraph and telephone
service. Beneath will be the barb
er shop. On the second floor will
be the dining room. 65 feet long by
80 feet wide and two stories in
height, with an elliptical ceiling. 1t
is the intention to finish this roo m