Expenditures in the Treasury Department.—A. D. Bolens, The Belvedere. Foreign Affairs.-B. S. Willingham, 420 Sixth street, N. W. Messenger.-William T. Fitch. Immigration and Naturalization.-Bertram U. Stump, The Buckingham. Indian Affairs.-David W. Peel, 227 Four-and-a-half street, N. W. Interstate and Foreign Commerce.-Peyton Wise, 825 Vermont avenue. First Assistant Clerk.-Adoniram J. Hill, 244 Delaware avenue, N. E. Second Assistant Clerk.-Daniel McDonald, Lupton House, 218 Third street, N. W. Special detail from Pension Bureau.-T. Fletcher Dennis, 20 Grant Place. Messenger.-H. B. Lingenfelter, Lupton House, 218 Third street, N. W. Irrigation of Arid Lands.-Robert T. Hill, 1426 Chapin street, N. W. Messenger.-John S. Cuttine, 3334 S street, N. W. Judiciary.-B. A. Read, Metropolitan Hotel. Messenger.-E. Meredith, American House. Labor.-S. K. Farr, Hillman House. Messenger.-A. H. Lewis. Library.-Charles James, 516 South Carolina avenue, S. E. Messenger.-E. S. Williams, 225 North Capitol street. Manufactures.-George B. Parker, 933 G street, N. W. Messenger.-H. C. Littlefield, 404 Rhode Island avenue. Merchant Marine and Fisheries.--Richard Hawkey, 226 First street, S. E. Mileage. Messenger.—George Janeson, Dunbarton Hotel. Military Affairs.—Nathan Gumble, 903 C street, N. E. Assistant Clerk.-Robert B. Palmer. Messenger. Hugh Lewis, 222 G street, N. W. Militia.-Thomas P. Smith, The Belvedere. Messenger.-J. H Dunham, The Belvedere. Mines and Mining.— Mississippi River Improvements and Levees.—Alfred Hebrard, 304 C street, N. W. Messenger.-Geo. M. Le Fevre. Pacific Railroads.-James Reilly. Messenger.-John Ryan, 210 Fourth street, S. E. Patents.-James H. Tillman, The Metropolitan. Pensions.-Frank P. Elliott, Congressional Hotel. Assistant Clerk.-Deurelle S. Porter, 2227 Thirteenth street, N. W. Post-Office and Post-Roads.-Archibald H. Boyden, Metropolitan Hotel. Messenger.-J. A. Stewart, 127 Third street, N. E. Private Land Claims.-G. J. Cross, 517 East Capitol street. Public Buildings and Grounds.--John H. Bankhead, jr., 335 C street, N. W. Messenger.-C. C. Wilson, 212 Fifth street, N. W. Public Lands.-Samuel T. White, 1 B street, N. W. Messenger.-E. B. Hursey, 908 S street, N. W. Railways and Canals.-T. C. Catchings, jr. Reform in the Civil Service.-Charles A. Conant, 2321 Pennsylvania avenue. Revision of the Laws. Rivers and Harbors.-James P. Hickman, Metropolitan Hotel. Rules.-John T. Waterman, 1025 Eighth street, N. W. Territories.-C. S. Pearce, 507 Sixth street, N. W. Ventilation and Acoustics. War Claims.-Edward M. Biddle, jr., 1718 I street, N. W. Ways and Means.-Ruter W. Springer, 43 B street, S. E. Edward Clark, 417 Fourth street, N. W.; Office, sub-basement of the Capitol. THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN. THE CAPITOL POLICE. Captain.-H. L. Street, 619 Massachusetts avenue, N. E. S. W. Baxter, 718 C street, N. E. J. W. Jones, 115 Carroll street, S. E. L. D. Bumpus, 131 California street, N. E. G. W. Hazer, American House. Geo. P. Butler, 107 Eighth street, N. E. O. A. Hamblett, 133 California street, N. E. A. W. Cook, 227 Seventh street, N. E. A. J. Eaton, Anacostia. H. H. Lemon, 503 Maryland avenue, S. W. James Byrne, 243 New Jersey avenue, N. W. G. H. Rahm, 321 East Capitol street. A. F. Rudolph, 314 Third street, N. E. John Gates, 214 Four-and-a-half street, N. W. T. Pierson, Tremont House. S. H. Kerr, 411 Ninth street, N. E. J. H. Dougherty, 120 D street, N. W. Watchmen.-A. H. Pruitt, 503 New Jersey avenue, N. W. R. A. McCormick, Hillman House. M. M. Robinson. W. B. Drury, 15 Grant Plaoe. THE CAPITOL. The Capitol is situated in latitude 38° 53′ 20.4 north and longitude 77° 00' 35'.7 west from Greenwich. It fronts east, and stands on a plateau eighty-eight feet above the level of the Potomac. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. The southeast corner-stone of the original building was laid on the 18th of September, 1793, by President Washington, with Masonic ceremonies. It is constructed of sandstone from quarries in Aquia Creek, Virginia. The work was done under the direction of Stephen H. Hallett, James Hoban, George Hadfield, and B. H. Latrobe, architects. The north wing was finished in 1800, and the south wing in 1811. A wooden passage way connected them. On the 24th of August, 1814, the interior of both wings was destroyed by fire, set by the British. The damage to the building was immediately repaired. In 1818 the central portion of the building was commenced under the architectural superintendence of Charles Bulfinch. The original building was finally completed in 1827. Its cost, including the grading of the grounds, alterations, and repairs, up to 1827, was $2,433,844.13. THE EXTENSIONS. The corner-stone of the extensions was laid on the 4th of July, 1851, by President Fillmore, Daniel Webster officiating as orator. This work was prosecuted under the architectural direction of Thomas U. Walter, till 1865, when he resigned. It was completed under the supervision of Edward Clark, the present Architect of the Capitol. The material used in the walls is white marble from the quarries at Lee, Massachusetts, and that in the columns from the quarries at Cockeysville, Maryland. These extensions were first occupied for legislative purposes January 4, 1859. DIMENSIONS OF THE BUILDING. The entire length of the building from north to south is seven hundred and fifty-one feet four inches, and its greatest dimension from east to west three hundred and fifty feet. The area covered by the building is one hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred and twelve square feet. THE DOME. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, covered with copper. This was replaced in 1856 by the present structure of cast-iron. It was completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds. The dome is crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom, which is nineteen feet six inches high, and weighs 14,985 pounds. It was modeled by Crawford. The height of the dome above the base-line of the east front is two hundred and eighty-seven feet five inches. The height from the top of the balustrade of the building is two hundred and seventeen feet eleven inches. The greatest diameter at the base is one hundred and thirty-five feet five inches. The rotunda is ninety-five feet six inches in diameter, and its height from the floor to the top of the canopy is one hundred and eighty feet three inches. The Senate Chamber is one hundred and thirteen feet three inches in length, by eighty feet three inches in width, and thirty-six feet in height. The galleries will accommodate one thousand persons. The Representatives' Hall is one hundred and thirty-nine feet in length, by ninety-three feet in width, and thirty-six feet in height. The room now occupied by the Supreme Court was, until 1859, occupied as the Senate Chamber. Previous to that time the court occupied the room immediately beneath, now used as a law library. 1, 3, 5. Index Room. 2. Committee on the Columbian Exposition. 9. Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands in the United 11. Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury De- 13 Committee on the Eleventh Census. 15. Committee on Manufactures. NoгE.-Rooms occupied by the House Committees on THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL. 51. Committee on Education and Labor. 52. Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. 54. Coinage, Weights, and Measures. 55. House Committee on Education and Labor. 60. Revolutionary Claims. 61. Store-Room for Library. 62. Store-Room Supreme Court. 63. Senate Bath-Room. 64. The Supreme Court-Consultation Room. 65. The Supreme Court-Consultation Room. 66. Congressional Law Library, formerly the Supreme 67. Congressional Law Library. 68. Office of Doorkeeper of the House. Superintendent of Folding-Room. 69. House Committee on Private Land Claims. 71. House Committee on Expenditures in the State 72. House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior |