The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Tourists to Our National Cdpitul
Find Many New Structures Have Risen

wool, hay, seeds, beans, and other
agricultural products are tested and
classified for sale. Continuous win
dow strips four stories nigh and
special skylights, scientifically de-
signed to throw shadowless light
into laboratories used for CHASING
cotton fiber according to color and
size, are outward signs of the sci
entifc research within.
Huge Engraving Annex.
The bureau of engraving's new
seven-story annex across the street
is believed to be the largest factory
type structure in the world built of
steel and concrete. Polished veneer
lining the molds in which the con-
crete was poured gave the surface
smooth finish resembling stone.
| The same continuous window strip
straight up several stories is fea-
| ture of the construction, putting II
| glittering vertical stripes up the
Fourteenth street side of the build
ing. The annex's five massive wings
are visible from the south. Sky
lights with northern exposure are
provided for top floor studios of art
lists and engravers who design
stamps, currency, and bonds; as
far as possible, daylight will be SUBJ
stituted for the blazing blue electric
lights so long a feature of the old
Engraving building across the
street. All stamps will be manufac-
tured in the new annex, as well as de-
signs for other valuable paper; 10
vaults for storage and three non-pil-
ferable incinerators, for complete
ly destroying discarded valuables,
are built-in features of the equip
ment. A tunnel connects the annex
with government loading platform
in the railroad yards nearby, for
safer shipment of valuables and
quicker unloading of paper, dyes,
and chemicals.
The capitals third new annex of
the year is the addition to the library
of congress, east of the parent build
ing and glaringly white beside its
age-grimed elder. This annex pro-
vides storage space for ten million
|
icals, with penthouse for 167 quiet
private study rooms.
Nearby in the capitol, the year
has brought changes in the bronze
population of Statuary hall-three
newcomers. Nebraska has installed
it's first representatives in this
American Hall of Fame, William
.. Jennings Bryan and j. Sterling Nor.
ton. General William Henry Harri
son Beadle, educator, was sent tc
Statuary hall for South Dakota. Ir
the gaunt somber crypt of the capi
tol basement has been installed 6
| pearly white plaster model of the
building, made in an accurate scale
of one-fifth inch to the foot, complete
even in details of balustrades OF
Corinthian capitals of columns. A
detachable section shows how the
! East front would look if extended a:
the architect planned.
t Capitol Now Air-C Conditioned.
} Most striking development in the
: capitol, from the tourists point O.
: view, is the newly installed air
: conditioning plant which has the
! cooling capacity of seven-story
block of ice melting in "a hours, o.
: of 200, 900 average household refrig
orators. The air-conditioning op
crates from the capitol power plant
: and furnishes cool air also for the
l senate offices and the two house of
/ flee buildings through a giant sys
: tenn of copper pipes.
: Outstanding indoor development.
: in the District of Columbia hav,
) taken place in the new south build
l ing of the Department of the Inte
rior. The Office of Education Ii
/ brary has been installed, with it.
| museum collection of early Amer
: lean textbooks as well as modern
{ education material. Near the build
ings south entrance is the new mu
l scum, dramatizing the work of tn,
: nine bureaus and departments o
r the Interior with maps, charts, mod
= els, photographs, and II diorama
, showing tiny figures in well bull
and lighted scenery.