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LOUTwS, INDIANAPOLIS,\\nCINCINNATI aud PIITSBURGH.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "iviy Ot\\nIIvIvUSTRATlONS\\nA Night Session,\\nThe Capitol,\\nThe New Congressional Library,\\nSmithsonian Institute,\\nNational Museum,\\nA Group of Monuments,\\nThe White House,\\nCorcoran Art Gallery,\\nState, War and Navy Departments, 22\\nThe Treasury, 24\\nPension Bureau, 2S\\nThe Fatent Office, 28\\nThe Post-Office, 30\\nDepartment of Agriculture, 32\\nThe Soldiers Home, 34\\nMt. Vernon Tomb and Mansion, 38\\nCONTENTvS\\nPAGE\\nAlexandria, 37\\nArmy Medical Museum, 27\\nArlington, 37\\nBenevolent Inslitutior.s, 48\\nBladensburg, 37\\nBotanical Garden, 15\\nBureau of Engraving and Printing, 25\\nCapitol and GrcHinds, 11\\nCemeteries, 48\\nChurches, 4^\\nCity Post-Office, 43\\nCoast Survey, 25\\nColumbia Inst, for Deafand Dumb, 36\\nCorcoran Art Gallery, 21\\nDepartment of Agriculture, 33\\nDome of the Capitol, 15\\nDepartment of the Interior, 29\\nDepartment of Justice, 33\\nGeorgetown, 35\\nGeorgetown College, 35\\nGeorgetown Heights, 35\\nGovernment Printing Offici 33\\nHack Stands, 43\\nHarper s Ferry, 49\\nHints to Visitors, 47\\nHotels, 41\\nHorse Car Routes, 39\\nLibrary of Congres*;, 11\\nLocation of Washington, S\\nLocation of I ^ints of Interest, 47\\nMt. Vernon,\\nPAGE\\n39\\nMoney Order Office,\\nMarine Barracks,\\n44\\n9\\nNavy Department,\\nNaval Hospital,\\nNavy Yard,\\nNational Military Cemetery,\\nNational Museum,\\n27\\n29\\n29\\n36\\nJ7\\nNational Observatory,\\n29\\nPatent Office,\\n31\\nPeabody Library,\\nPension Office,\\n35\\n31\\nPlan of the City,\\n7\\nPlaces of Amusement,\\n41\\nPost-Office Department,\\nPresident s House,\\n31\\n19\\nRates of Fare for Hacks, etc..\\n42\\nRogers Bronze Door,\\nRotunda of the Capitol,\\nII\\n13\\nSmithsonian Institute,\\n7\\nSoldiers Home,\\n36\\nState Department,\\nTelegraph Offices,\\nTheatres,\\n23\\n44\\n41\\nTreasury Department,\\n25\\nU. S. Barracks,\\n29\\nU. S. Fish Ponds,\\n35\\nU. S. Fish Commission,\\n3S\\nWar Department,\\n^7\\nWashington Monument,\\n19", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "lY/u/ m kP\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j 2 oni^\\nm\\njj^iLROAO", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "THE\\nBaltimore Ohio R.R.\\nIS THE ONLY LINE RUNNING\\nl/ESSIBdl^ED Sl^/^lflS\\nBETWEEN\\n(]]^HicAGo, (Cincinnati and ^^^ashingtox.\\nEvery car in these trains is vestibulcd, including Baggage Cars,\\nDay Coaches and Pullman Sleepers. All cars are heated by steam\\ndrawn from the Locomotive.\\nThe vestibule appliance efiectually prevents the swaying motion\\nimparted to ordinary trains when -rounding curves at high speed.\\nTHE ONLY LINE running Through Trains between the East\\nand West, via Washington, is the BALTIMORE OHIO R.R.\\nPRINCIPAL OFFICES:\\n211 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.\\n833 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.\\n1351 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C.\\n169 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, O.\\nloi North Fourth Street, St. Louis, Mo.\\n415 Broadway, New York.\\nComer Baltimore and Calvert Sts., Baltimore, Md.\\nComer Wood St. and Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.\\n193 Clark Street, Chicago, 111.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "w\\nWASHINGTON.\\nASHINGTON is in many respects the most interesting city\\nin America. It is the favorite place of pilgrimage for many\\nthousands of intelligent tourists, who are attracted from all parts of\\nthe world by the beauty of its streets and parks, the architectural\\nproportions of its massive and many public buildings, the numerous\\nstatues and hundreds of other objects that interest the traveler.\\nThe subject of having a territory under the exclusive jurisdiction\\nof Congress was one of the first to receive the attention of the legis-\\nlators of the new Republic, and the establishment of a permanent\\nseat of government two years after the form of government was\\nadopted by the nation, was one of the most important acts of Con-\\ngress in the early stages of the country s existence.\\nThe Continental Congress opened its first session in Phila-\\ndelphia, Sept. 5th, 1774, but on account of the advance made by the\\nBritish Army and other causes later on, it was compelled to keep up\\na peripatetic existence, moving from Philadelphia to Baltimore,\\nthence back to Philadelphia, to Princeton, N. J., Annapolis, Md.,\\nTrenton, N. J. and New York, where it continued its place of meet-\\ning until the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 178S.\\nThe struggle for the location of the National Capital began in\\nthe Continental Congress, and was only abandoned here to give place\\nto graver matters which required the attention of that body, and to\\navoid the local irritation raised by the subject, then thought to be a\\nserious question to the life of the New Republic.\\nIn the first Federal Congress the matter was again made the\\nsubject of serious debate. New York was determined to hold on to\\nwhat was then in her possession. Pennsylvania was extremely\\ndesirous of having the seat of power within her territory New Jersey,\\nMaryland and irginia cacli were eager for the much desired prize.\\nNo less than twenty-four diflercnt sites were proposed, and a\\nnumber of cities ofTered inducements by agreeing to transfer their", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "public liuildiiigs, while the citizens of Baltimore subscribed thirty\\nthousand pounds for the erection of necessary buildings there.\\nFinally a bill passed the House Sept. 22d, 1789, selecting Penn-\\nsylvania as the place for the location of a permanent Capital.\\nThis led to bitter opposition on the part of the Southern mem-\\nbers, led by Mr. Madison, who was supposed to express the views of\\nPresident Washington.\\nThe bill, however, suffered defeat on coming into the Senate, by\\nhaving its consideration postponed.\\nAt the next session of Congress the fight became hotter than\\never, and many thought the existence of the Union depended upon\\nthe subject.\\nFinally, on the 8th of June, 1790, this vexed question was unex-\\npectedly and amicably settled, and Congress recommended the\\nselection of a .site on the eastern or north-eastern bank of the\\nPotomac.\\nHow this settlement came about will be seen from the following\\nThe Government was engaged in the effort to fund its debts and\\namong the troublesome propositions introduced was one providing\\nthat the General Government should assume the debts incurred by\\nthe several States in carrying on the Revolutionary War, amounting\\nto $20,000,000. This measure was urged by the North which had\\nfurnished the greater portion of the men and means, on the ground\\nthat the expenditure had been for the benefit of the country as a\\nwhole, while it was unpopular at the South because it would increase\\ntheir proportion. Hamilton found that to carry the measure would\\nrequire some southern votes and in connection with Jefferson, who\\nwas greatly interested in having the Capital located in Virginia, or\\nas near as possible, it was arranged that the latter should induce the\\nVirginia delegation to vote for the assumption, while Hamilton was\\nto induce the New York delegation to give uj) their preference for\\nthe location of the Capital at the North.\\nThe result was that the bill locating the Capital on the Potomac,\\npassed on the i6th of July, and that for the assumption of the debts\\non the 4th of August, 1790.\\nI LAN OK THE CITY.\\nIn 1777 there came to this country, to serve in the war for inde-\\npendence, a Frenchman by the name of Pierre C. L Enfant. He was\\nan engineer by profession, and served under Count D Estaing, being", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "severely wounded in th i assault on Savannah. He was afterward em-\\nployed by Congress, and was made a major of engineers in 1783.\\nL Enfant became acquainted with President Washington, and was\\nselected by him to make a plan of the new Federal City, which was\\nafterward approved, and he was employed to superintend its execu-\\ntion, assisted by Andrew Ellicott, a bright Pennsylvanian who, with\\nhis brother, had established the town of Ellicott s Mills, now a pros-\\nperous town on the main stem of the B. O., 15 miles from\\nBaltimore.\\nL Enfant s plan met the full approval of Washington and also\\nof Jefferson, then Secretary of State, of whom it was said that he\\nalmost monopolized the artistic taste and knowledge of the first\\nadminstration.\\nWashington desired that the Capitol should be located in the\\ncentre of the city, and the public buildings, more than a mile distant,\\nin the western section.\\nWhat first attracts the attention of strangers is the unusual width\\nof the streets and avenues, the former averaging from 90 to 130 feet\\nand the latter 160 feet, while the side-walks are from 10 to 20 feet\\nwide.\\nA better idea of this may be obtained by comparing the amount\\nof ground occupied by streets in other cities. For instance, the\\nstreet area in Boston is 26 per cent., Philadelphia 29, New York 35,\\nBerlin 26, Vienna 35, Paris 25, while the area covered by streets in\\nWashington is 54 per cent.\\nThe City is divided into rectangular squares by streets running\\neast and west and north and south. In addition to these a series of\\nbroad avenues are arranged to intersect each other at the Capitol,\\nlike spokes at the hub of a wheel, while others meet at the White\\nHouse.\\nStrangers find it very confusing, as these avenues cross the streets\\ndiagonally, and for squares the street is lost. A duplication of the\\nnames of the streets is another difficult}-. It is well to understand\\nthe method of numbering. Commencing at the Capitol the streets\\nrunning north and south are designated by numbers and those run-\\nning east and west by letters. Therefore we have A, B and C, etc.,\\nnorth, and A, B and C, etc., south ist, 2d, 3d. etc., east, and ist,\\n2d, 3d, etc., west. To simplify matters, however, a system of be-\\nginning each square with an additional 100 has been adopted, so", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "that one is enabled to tell exactly how many squares one is from the\\nCapitol. A large number of parks in different shapes are formed\\nthroughout the city by the intersection of avenues. These are being\\nornamented with flowers, shrubbery, statuary and fountains, r\\nSouth of Pennsylvania Avenue, extending from the Capitol to\\nthe White House, is a large reservation called the Mall. The\\nNational Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Agricultural Depart-\\nment, Washington s Monument, the ponds for fish culture, and the\\nBotanical Garden arc located on this reservation.\\nA recent writer, in describing the condition of Washington in\\nearly times, says\\nPennsylvania Avenue, the Appian Way of our Republic, was\\ngraded while Jeflferson was President, at a cost of $14,000. He per-\\nsonally superintended the planting of four rows of Lombardy poplars\\nalong that portion of it between the Capitol and the White House,\\na row along each curbstone, and two equi-distant rows in the\\nroadway, which was thus divided into three parts, like Unter der\\nLinden at Berlin. In the Winter and Spring the driveway would\\noften be full of mudholes, some of them ankle-deep, and some of the\\ncross streets would be an almost impassable bed of red clay, worked\\nby passing horses and wheels into a thick mortar. On one occasion,\\nwhen Mr. Webster and a friend undertook to go to Georgetown in a\\nhackney coach to attend a dinner party, the vehicle got stuck in a\\nmudhole and the driver had to carr} his passengers one at a time to\\nthe side-walk, where they stood until the empty carriage could be\\npulled out. Mr. Webster, narrating this incident years afterward,\\nused to laugh over his fears that his bearer would fall beneath his\\nweight and ruin his dress suit.\\nSome idea of the growth of Washington may be gained from the\\nfollowing extract taken from the last annual report made to Congress\\nby the District Commissioners\\nThe total expenditure of money from the National Treasury\\nfor the District of Columbia down to the year 1876 \\\\yas $92,112,395.\\nOf this sum $17,184,191 was expended upon the Capitol; Patent\\nOffice, $13,197,149; Department of -State, $4,989,248; Treasury\\nDepartment, $7,062,942 Nav)- Department, $3,899,136 Post-office.\\n$2,124,504 War Department, $2,040,065 Executive Mansion,\\n$1,640,449; Department t)f Agriculture, $3,174,192; public grounds\\nand streets, $7,842,831 Library of Congress, $1,575,847, and works", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "ff nrt, $602,56 T!ic property of the District of Columbia for the\\nyear ending the 30th of June, 1886, amounted in value to $234,639,436,\\nof which $120,236,346 was returned as taxable, while the non-taxa-\\nble property, belonging to the District Government and the United\\nStates, v/ith the private property exempted by law, amounted to\\n$113,803,090, or the total already mentioned.\\nTHE CAPITOL.\\nThe Capitol of the United States, like that of ancient Rome,\\nstands upon a hill. The view from the dome is pronounced by all\\ntravelers to be one of the grandest in the world. The structure con-\\nsists of a main building and two wings connected by corridors, upon\\nwhich has been expended over $15,000,000. The Capitol is 751 feet\\n4 inches long, with a depth of 324 feet, including the steps of the\\nextensions. The main or central building is built of freestone\\npainted to conform to the general appearance of the wings, which\\nare of white marble.\\nTHE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nThe present Library of Congress occupies the entire western\\nprojection of the central Capitol building. When the British set fire\\nto the Capitol in 1814 the original library was destroyed. The\\ncrowded condition of the present librar} has induced Congress to\\nprovide more commodious quarters. The magnificent structure that\\nwill soon be erected for the accommodation of this branch of the\\n(iovcrnmcnt will equal in elegance and architectural design any in\\nthe capital.\\nThe number of volumes in the librar)- in 1874 was 274,157 vol-\\numes and 50,000 pamphlets; in Januar) 1878, 331.118 volumes; in\\nJanuary, iSS3, the count showed 596,957 volumes and 200,000 pam-\\nphlets. According to the present rate of increase, in thirty years, or in\\n1918, the number of the collection would he 1,400,000 volumes. The\\nCongressional Library is intended principally for the use of Con-\\ngress, although any visitor over sixteen years of age can obtain\\nbooks to read, only in the library, by filling up the required blank and\\npresenting it at the librarian s desk.\\nTHE ROCIERS I5RONZE DOOR.\\nThis celebrated work of art is located in the main entrance to\\nthe Capitol. The designs picture erents in the life of Columbus and", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "the discovery of America. It stands nineteen feel high, is nine\\nfeet wide, and is folding or double. It is made of solid bronze and\\nweighs 20,000 pounds. There are nine panels depicting events in\\nregular order, starting with the examination of Columbus before the\\nCouncil of Salamanca, then Columbus Departure from the Con-\\nvent of La Rabida The Audience at the Court of Ferdinand and\\nIsabella Starting of Columbus from Palos on his first Voyage\\nFirst Landing of the Spaniards at San Salvador; First En-\\ncounter of the Discoverers with the Natives; Triumphal Entry\\nof Columbus into Barcelona; Columbus in Chains, and the\\nnext the Death Scene, representing the death-bed of Columbus.\\nThe door was modeled by Randolph Rogers in Rome in 1858, and\\ncast in Munich in i860 by F. von Miiller. The cost of the door\\nwas $30,000.\\nROTUNDA-\\nThe Rotunda, which occupies the centre of the Capitol, is a\\nmagnificent circular hall 97 feet in diameter by 300 in circumference,\\nwith a central height of 180 feet and 3 inches. Eight oil paintings,\\n18 by 12 feet each, are set in panels around the walls of the Rotunda;\\nthey are the Landing of Columbus at San Salvador, by John Van-\\nderlyn De Soto s Discover} of the Mississippi, by William H.\\nPowell; The Baptism of Pocahontas, by John G. Chapman;\\nThe Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delft-Haven, by Robert\\nWaller Weir, and four paintings by Col. John Trumbull, an aid-de-\\ncamp to General Washington during the Revolutionary War, who\\nafterwards studied in Europe and devoted thirty jears to collecting\\nmaterial and executing these pictures. The subjects are Signing\\nthe Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776; Surrender of\\nGeneral Burgoyne, Saratoga, Oct. 17th, 1777; the Surrender of\\nLord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Oct. 19th, 1781, and the Resigna-\\ntion of General Washington, at Annapolis, Dec. 23d, 1783. These\\npictures ha\\\\e historical accuracy and coircct portraiture of charac-\\nters as well as exquisite coloring, finished details and strong efl ect.\\nOver each of the four entrances to the Rotunda arc alto-relievos in\\nstone, representing William Penn s Treaty with the Indians in\\n16S6, by N. Gevelot The Preservation of Captain Smith by\\nPocahontas in i6of), by Capellano The Conflict between Daniel\\nBoone and the Indians, 1775, by Causici, and The Landing of", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "^^~mmi\\n/,i;\\nM^:\\n4i.\\n14", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "the Pilgrims on Plymoutli Rock in 1620, also by Causici. The belt\\nof the Rotunda\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a sunken space about 9 feet high is covered with\\na fresco in chiaro-oscura in imitation of alto-relievo, begun by\\nBrumidi and after his death continued by Castigini. Above this\\nfresco are the thirty-six long windows of the peristyle and then the\\nhuge iron ribs of the dome gradually curving to a space 50 feet in\\ndiameter, forming what is called the eye of the dome. Around\\nthis open eye is pain cd Constantinc Brumidi s magnificent\\nallegory of The Apotheosis of Washington.\\nThe principal story of the building contains the Rotunda, Su-\\npreme Court, Statuary Hall, Library, Senate Chamber and Hall of\\nof Representatives, Reception Rooms, Marble Room, President s\\nand Vice-President s Rooms, Committee Rooms, etc.\\nDOME.\\nThe Dome of the Capital was designed by Walter, and replaced\\nthe smaller one removed in 1856. Total height from base-line to the\\ncrest of the Statue of Freedom, 307^ feet total height above low\\ntide on the Potomac, 397 feet. Diameter, 135^ feet. The dome rests\\non an octagonal base cr stylobate, 93 feet above the basement floor,\\nand at the top line of the building consists of a peristyle, 124 feet in\\ndiameter, of 36 iron fluted columns 27 feet high and weighing 6\\ntons each. Above this is the balustrade. Above the balustrade is\\nthe domical covering. The apex is surmounted by a lantern 15 feet\\nin diameter and 50 feet high, surrounded by a peristyle, and crown-\\ned by the bronze Statue of Freedom. In the lantern is a reflecting\\nlamp lighted by electricity it is used only when either or both Houses\\nof Congress are sitting at night, and is visible from all parts of the\\ncity. The Statue of Freedom was designed by Crawford and cast\\nby Mills; cost $25,000. The Dome is reached by a staircase of 290\\nsteps, and the view of the city and surrounding country is worth the\\nefTort to ascend such a height.\\nTHE BOTANICAL GARDEN.\\nThe National Botanical Garden adjoins the Capitol grounds,\\nextending from First to Third Street W., and between Pennsylvania\\nand Maryland Avenues. It occupies ground that was originally an\\nalder swamp through which Tibet Creek flowed. For a long while\\nafter it was determined to establish a Garden on the site, it lemained", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "H\\nMy,\\nA GROUP OF MONUAIKNTS.\\n.16", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "in its original swampy condition, and not until 1830, when the first\\nbuilding was erected, did it begin to receive attention.\\nDuring the last thirty jears the rarest and most beautiful plants\\nhave been gathered from all parts of the world, until now it compares\\nwith any of the famous gardens in Europe.\\nWithin the enclosure of ten acres are small houses for the grow-\\ning of plants, and a grand conservatory three hundred feet in length\\nwith a huge dome filled with choice floral productions.\\nThe famous Bartholdi fountain which was on exhibition at the\\nCentennial Exhibition, was purchased by the Government, and is\\nplaced north of the large conservatory.\\nTHE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.\\nThe Smithsonian Institution is a gift to the United Stat^ of an\\nEnglish gentleman named James Smithson, who was a son of the\\nDuke of Northumberland. Having never married he devoted his\\nlife to science. He left a large fortune to his nephew for life, after\\nwhich it was to go to the United States, to found at Washington,\\nunder the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for\\nthe increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. The build\\ning is located in the Smithsonian grounds, which are laid out as a\\npublic park, with broad drives and footways, handsome lawns and\\ngroves of luxuriant trees. The building is of red sandstone, and is\\nof the Norman style of architecture. There are nine towers of dif-\\nferent forms and types. The front extends four hundred and twentv-\\nsix feet, the centre building being fifty by two hundred feet, and there\\nare two wings, the east one having a vestibule and porch attached and\\nthe west one a semi-circular projection.\\nThe institution expends about $70,000 a year in various scientific\\ninvestigations conducted by its large force of scientists.\\nTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM.\\nIn 1879 ^n annex to the Smithsonian Institution was erected by\\nthe Government and termed the National Museum. The building is\\ndirectly east of the Smithsonian, and is constructed after plans sug-\\ngested by Prof. Baird, the result of a careful examination of the\\nmost approved structures of the kind, in the Old and New World.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "There are seventeen spacious exhibition halls within the building,\\nand one hundred and thirty-four rooms for other purposes.\\nIt is now the general dispository of all geological and industrial\\ncollections of the Government, and is rapidly becoming one of the\\ngreatest and most attractive museums in the world. Already the\\ncollections are interesting and instructive, and their fame is spread-\\ning over the countr}-.\\nTHE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.\\nThis monument, which has been called the world s greatest\\ncenotaph is on the reservation south of the Treasury, and is an obe-\\nlisk 555 feet high. The foundation of the shaft is eighty feet square,\\nand it is set in solid rock thirty-six feet below the surface of the earth.\\nThe lower portion is constructed of blue granite faced with large\\ncrystal marble, and the upper portion is entirely of white marble.\\nIts inner surface is ornamented at intervals with memorial stones\\npresented by the States and Cities of the United States, by Foreign\\nCountries and by associations of different kinds, throughout the world.\\nThe various inscriptions and highly embellished designs on these\\nstones, which are arranged so as to be plainly seen in ascending the\\nmonument, add much to the beauty and interest of this part of the\\nstr.cture. In addition to the stairway in the centre of the shaft is an\\nelevator.\\nThe corner stone was laid July 4th, 1S48. The funds were\\nI xhausted and work suspended before the civil war culminated,\\nhut Congress having made an appropriation for the purpose, work\\nwas rec jmmenced, and the shaft completed at a height of 555 feet,\\non Dec. 6th, 1S84. The capstone is a cuneiform keystone, five feet,\\ntwo and a half inches from base to top, and weighs 3,300 pounds.\\nTHE PRESIDENT S HOUSE.\\nThe President s House is located on the government reservation,\\ncalled President s Grounds, with a frontage on Pennsylvania Ave-\\nnue. It is in the centre of a twenty-acre plat, which is tastefully laid\\nout with flower-beds, trees, shrubbery and well kept lawns. At the\\nrear of the house is a park sloping gradually to the river bank. In\\nthe summer the mansion is almost hid by the expansive foliage from\\nthe stately oaks, sycamores and poplars which adorn the grounds.\\nIhc building was designed by an Irishman, James Hoban, and", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "is said to In- in general style similar to the residence of the Duke of\\nLeinster, Dublin.\\nThe President s House is also called the Executive Mansion and\\nthe White House, the latter being the most used. The building is\\ntwo stories high, one hundred and seventy feet long, and eighty-six\\nfeet wide. A large portico supported by eight pillars extends out\\non the north, under which carriages drive.\\nThe State Parlors are on the first floor, and are reached from the\\ngreat vestibule into which tlie main entrance door opens.\\nThe East Room, originally intended for a ball room, is the largest\\napartment in the house, and is of the Grecian style of architecture,\\nrichly ornamented. The ceilings arc lofty and arc divided into three\\npanels highly decorated, and in the centre of each hangs a massive\\ncrystal chandelier. Numerous expensive mirrors supported by carved\\nmantels are located at difFerent parts of the room, and the furniture\\nand hangings are most elaborate. A full length portrait of Wash-\\nington, by Gilbert Stewart, and one of Martha Washington, by E. F.\\nAndrews, are hung in this room.\\nAdjoining the East Room is the Green Room, so called from the\\ncolor of its furniture. Following this is the Blue Room, which is\\nfurnished in blue and gold. The next room is the Red Room, fur-\\nnished and used as a family parlor, and occupied generally by the\\nPresident to sit in at night.\\nThe State Parlors and the State Dining Room arc located on\\nthis floor.\\nOn the second floor are located the Executive Offices, Presi-\\ndent s Reception Room, Library, etc. In 1814 the British destroyed\\nthe White House, but in 1S13 Congress authorized its restoration,\\nthe work being done under James Hoban, the original architect.\\nCORCORAN ART GALLERY.\\nAn institution of Washington, which attracts a great deal of\\nattention, is the Corcoran Art Gallery, presented to the people of the\\nUnited States by Mr. William W. Corcoran. It was deeded to\\ntrustees. May loth, 1S69, and a year later was incorporated by an act\\nof Congress, the t)uilding and grounds being forever exempted froni\\ntaxation.\\nThe gallery is situated on the northeast corner of Pennsylvania\\nAvenue and Seventeeth Street. It has a frontage of one hundred", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": ";uid six ket, aiul a depth of one luindri-d and twt nly-fivr feet, is of\\nfine pressed brick with brown-stone facings and ornaments, and is of\\ntlic Renaissance style of architecture. Ten feet above the ordinary\\nroof rises a mansard roof with a central pavilion and two smaller\\nones. The building is two stories in height, and the front is divided\\ninto recesses by pilasters with capitals representing Indian corn, and\\nhas four niches in which are statues of Phidias, Raphael, Michael\\nAngelo and Albert Durer, portraying sculpture, painting, architec-\\nture and engraving. On the front are fine carvings, the Corcoran\\nmonogram and the inscription Dedicated to Art. On the Seven-\\nteenth Street side are niches containing the statues of Titian, DaVinci,\\nRubens and Rembrandt, and it is intended to add those of Murillo,\\nCanova and Crawford. These statues are of Carrara marble, seven\\nfeet high, and were executed by Mr. Ezekicl, an American sculptor\\nresiding in Rome. The building was designed by James Renwick,\\nof New York, and executed at a cost of $250,000. The gallery was\\nopened to the public in December, 1874.\\nMr. Corcoran gave to it his private collection of paintings and\\nstatuary, valued at $100,000, and an endowment fund of $900,000.\\nThe gallery has an income of nearly $So,ooo annually, the larger\\nportion of which is expended in the purchase of pictures and statues,\\nit is open to the public daily, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays\\nfree, at a charge of twenty-five cents on other days.\\nSTATE DEPARTMENT.\\nThe Department of State was created by an Act of Congress in\\n1789. Formerly the issuing of patents and copyrights, taking the\\ncensus and a general supervision of the afTairs of the Territories came\\nunder the direction of this department. The department is divided\\ninto several bureaus, namely Diplomatic Bureau, Consular\\nBureau, Bureau of Indexes and Archives, Bureau of Accounts,\\nBureau of Statistics, Bureau of Rolls, and several minor divisions.\\nThe State, War and Navy Department Building is located on\\npart of the reservation called President s Grounds. This mag-\\nnificent structure combines the passive proportions of ancient\\nwith the elegance of modern architecture. The building is en-\\ntirely fire-proof, and in its construction the greatest care has been\\ntaken to harmonize all the parts, which has resulted in an almost\\nperfect specimen of architecture The length of the building, north", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "1\\niX Vji i\\nII\\n11", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "to south, is 567 feet east to west, 342 feet greatest height, 12S feet.\\nThe rooms of the Secretary of State, the Diplomatic Corps ante-\\nroom and the Reception Room, which are elegantly furnished, are on\\nthe second floor. Many valuable documents, including the first\\ndraft of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Wash-\\nington s commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and a\\nhost of others pertaining to the Revolution are kept in this Depart-\\nment. An elegant library is located on the third floor.\\nTREASURY DEPARTMENT.\\nAfter the Treasury Building was destroyed by fire in March,\\n1833, it was proposed to locate the new building further down the\\ntract on which the other buildings had been erected, to enable the\\nCapitol to be seen from the White House. The stoiy goes, that the\\narchitect delayed in selecting a site, which aroused the ire of General\\nJackson, who, on walking over the ground one morning, planted\\nhis cane in the north-eastern corner, and said Here, right here, I\\nwant the corner-stone laid.\\nThe building is situated east of the President s House, on the\\nline of Fifteenth Street. It is of the Grecian style of architecture,\\nthree stories high, over a rustic basement. There are over 200 rooms\\nin the building, and yet so fast has this department of the Govern-\\nment grown that the building is crowded with employes. The money\\nvaults, made of massive iron and steel, are located in the basement\\nof the building.\\nBUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.\\nThe Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a branch of the\\nTreasur) Department, and occupies a building on the Mall, corner of\\nFourteenth and B Streets, S. W., near the Washington Monument.\\nThe building is constructed of press d brick, and made fire-proof\\nthroughout. If was finished in iSSo and cost $300,000.\\nTHE COAST SURVEY.\\nThe Coast Survey is also under the supervision of the Secretarv\\nof the Treasury. This department was established in 1S07, and has\\ncharge of the survey of the coast of the I nited States on the tide-\\nwater. The standard weights and measures are furnished the difTer-\\ncnt States from this department.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THl-: WAR DHPARTiMHNT.\\nThe War Department occupies the northern part of the State,\\nWar and Nav} Building, beside other divisions in different parts of\\nWashington. In 17S9 the office was made an executive department,\\nand the Secretary was then required to execute the orders of the\\nPresident of the United States.\\nThe divisions of the department are the office of Secretary of\\nWar; the Headquarters of the Army the departments of the Adju-\\ntant-General, Inspector-General and Paymaster-General the Corps\\nof Engineers the Ordnance Department the Bureau of Militarj-\\nJustice the Signal Office the Bureau of War Records, etc.\\nThe Signal Office is located on G Street, west of the War\\nDepartment, entrance 1719 the Flag Room at 616 Seventeenth\\nStreet, opposite the department. The Quartermaster-General s De-\\npartment is at the corner of Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania\\nAvenue, diagonally opposite the Treasury. The Surgeon-General s\\noffice is on Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite the north front of the\\nTreasurj\\nARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM.\\nThe Army Medical Museum is on Tenth Street, N. W., between\\nE and F Streets, N. W. Originally the building was a church it\\nwas changed into Ford s Theatre, and it was here that Lincoln was\\nassassinated. The Government purchased the building aftcrvvard\\nand applied it to its present purposes. Many objects of interest\\nwill be found in the Museum.\\nNAVY DEPARTMENT.\\nThis department was originally under the War Department,\\nbut in 1798 a separate organization was made and the chief officer\\nbecame a member of the Cabinet. Bureaus of the department\\nwere organized in 1862 to perform the details of the Administration\\nunder the Secretary of the Navy. The Navy Department occupies\\nthe eastern portion of the State, War and Navy Building. The fol-\\nlowing are the Bureaus of the department Yards and Docks, Nav-\\nigation, Ordnance, Provision and Clothing, Medicine anil Surgcrv,\\nConstruction and Repairs, Equipment and Recruiting, ami Steam\\nEngineering.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "NATIONAL OBSERVATORY.\\nUnder the Bureau of Navigation is the National Observator)\\nestablished in 1842. The location is on Peter s, or Camp Hill, an\\nelevated point ninety-six feet high on the Potomac River. A power-\\nfill telescope was mounted at the observatory in 1873.\\nTHE NAVAL HOSPITAL,\\nAttached to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy\\nDepartment, is located on Pennsylvania Avenue, East, between\\nNinth and Tenth Streets.\\nNAVY YARD.\\nThe Navy Yard is located on the Anacostia River, at the south-\\nern end of Eighth Street. The grounds cover about twenty-seven\\nacres, and contain many trophies captured at difl erent times by the\\nAmerican navy. A museum containing many objects of interest\\nconnected with the history of the countrj- is located within the\\ngrounds. The Wasp, the Argus, the Viper, the Shark rnd Grampus,\\nthe sloop St. Louis, and frigates Columbia, Essex, Potomac and\\nBrandywine were built here.\\nTHE UNITED STATES BARRACKS.\\nThe United States Barracks, formerly Arsenal, occupy about\\nsixty-nine acres at the extreme northern portion of Washington.\\nMany objects of interest will be found here, including cannon cap-\\ntured from the British and French. The grounds are tastefully laid\\nout and entered through gates hung on heavy guns.\\nTHE MARINE BARRACKS.\\nThe Marine Barracks are a short distance north of ilie Navy\\nYard entrance between G and I Streets, N. E. The Marine Corps\\nwas organized in 1798 as an adjunct to the Navy. The barracks were\\nburned l y the British in 1S14, but were rebuilt at once.\\nDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.\\nThis department was created in 1849. It comprises the Patent\\nOffice, the General Land Office, the Census Office, the Uureau of", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Education, the OtTic i of the Commis-\\nsioner of Railroads, and the Office of the Geological Survey. Thr\\nicpartnient is under control of the Secretary of the Interior, who is\\nA member of the Cabinet. A general supervision of the Capitol\\nvthrough the otlice of the Architect), the Government Printing Office,\\nihc Government Hospital for the Insane, and the Columbia Institu-\\ntif)n for the Deaf and Dumb is had by this department.\\nPENSION OFFICE.\\nThe Pension OfRce is located in the magnificent structure occu-\\npying the northern portion of Judiciary Square fronting on F and (i\\nStreets and Fourth and Fifth Streets. The ground plan covers\\nnearly two acres, and the cost of the building completed wa\\n$700,000. K frieze extending around the building at the level of the\\nsecond story is three feet high and 1200 feet long. It was executed\\nin terra cotta by a Boston firm, and represents a marching column\\nabout a quarter of a mile in length, showing the line and staff of\\nthe army in campaign. From 1861 to 1S83, 510,938 claims were\\nallowed, and the enormous sum of ?62i,073,297 was disbursed by\\ntiiis department.\\nTHE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.\\nThe Patent Office covers two squares, extending from Seventh to\\nNinth and F to G Streets, N. W. The building, which contains 191\\nrooms, cost $3,000,000. There are several entrances to tiiis building\\nin the different fronts, that facing Eighth Street being the principal\\nentrance. The Patent Office Library is located west of the main\\nentrance, and contains 20,000 volumes relating to mechanical and use-\\nful arts. The Museum of Models contains about 200.000 models of\\nAmerican and Foreign inventions.\\nPOST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.\\nThe Post-office Department covers the square between Seventh\\nand Eighth and E and F Streets. It is built of marble from New\\nYork and Maryland quarries, and the style of architecture is of the\\nCorinthian order. The building cost $1,700,000. The General Post-\\nolfice formerly occupied a building located on the site of the soutli\\nside wf the Post-office De])artment. It was projected by Samuel", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "-.f", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "Blodgctt, who intended the building for a large hotel. The pro-\\nceeds of a lottery were expected to pay for it. The prize ticket\\nhaving been drawn by orphan children, who were- without means\\nto complete the building, it remained in an unfinished state. The\\n(Jovcrnment purchased the building in 1810, and after the burning\\nof the Capitol by the British it was occupied by Congress during\\none session.\\nDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.\\nWhile the office of Attorney-General is as old as the Govern-\\nment, the Department of Justice was not created until 1870. All\\nlaw offices are combined and all the law business of the Government\\nis done through this department. The department occupies a build-\\ning originally erected for the Freedman s Bank, opposite the United\\nStates Treasury.\\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.\\nThe Department of Agriculture is under the direction of an\\notficial called the Commissioner of Agriculture. The building is\\nlocated between the Smithsonian Institution and the Washington\\nMonument. The grounds are beautifully laid out in the vicinity of\\nthe building. This department was formerly a division of the Patent\\nOffice, and in 1862 Congress established the Department of Agri-\\nculture to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United\\nStates useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in\\nthe most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to pro-\\ncure, propagate and distribute among the people new and valuable\\nseeds and plants. There are i,2ot),ooo packages of seeds and 25,000\\nbulbs, vines and cuttings distributed annually. There are extensive\\nbuildings for experimental gardening called Plant Houses and also\\nan Agricultural Museum located within the grounds.\\nTHE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.\\nThe Government Printing Office occupies a large building at the\\ncorner of North Capitol and 11 Streets. This is said to be the most\\ncomplete and largest establishment of its kind in the world. The\\nofficial in charge of this department is appointed by the President,\\nand has the title of Public Printer. A vast amount of monev is", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "appropriated for the maintenance of this office, the sum reachinp\\nnearly $3,000,000 annually. A visit to the Government Printing\\nOffice is full of interest. A hundred printing presses in motion,\\ntypc-settin folding and binding, all excite wonder and admiration.\\nThe department requires the best service, and a ti.xed standard of\\nwork is maintained to which all employes must conform. About\\n2500 persons are employed in the various departments.\\nUNITED STATES FISH PONDS\\nAre located near the Washington Monument, about one-half milr\\nsouth of the White House. The propagation of carp was begun in\\n1879 under Prof. S. F. Baird. Different varieties of food and orna-\\nmental fish are propagated in large numbers over 500,000 young\\nfish are distributed yearly. A large collection of aquatic plants,\\nincluding many varities of A^ymphacas or Water Lily, will be found\\nhorr.\\nINITKD STATES FISH COMMISSION.\\nIn 1871 Congress created the United States Fish Commission, to\\ninvestigate the causes of the decrease in our marine food fishes.\\nSuch rapid progress has been made in this department of the Gov-\\nirnment that the United States leads the world in fish culture. The\\nbuilding occupied by the commission is on the corner of Sixth and\\nB Streets, and is well worth a visit.\\nGEORGETOWN.\\nGeorgetown, or West Washington, as it has been called since\\n1880, is separated from Washington by Rock Creek. It is pictur-\\nesquely located, and many fine views may be had from the Heights.\\nAmong the principal features of interest are Georgetown Heights,\\nwhere many beautiful residences may be found. Oak Hill Cemeter)-,\\nthe Convent of the Visitation, the Linthicum Institute, the Peabodv\\nLibrar the Home for Aged Women, and the Georgetown College,\\nor College of the Jesuits. This college is located in the western\\npart of Georgetown on an eminence. It is one of the most prominent\\nJesuit institutions in this country Georgetown may be reached by\\nthe Metropolitan line of street cars, F Street, and by the Washington\\nand Georgetown, Pennsylvania .Vvenue cars.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "SOI.DIKRS HOME.\\nThe founding of the Soldiers Home was hirgely due to Gen.\\nWinfield Scott. During the war with Mexico General Scott levied on\\nthe City of Mexico for $300,000 pillage money. Of this amount there\\nremained in the Treasury $118,791, which Congress afterward appro-\\npriated to aid in the establishment of the Home. This sum was\\naugmented by fines, forfeitures and stoppages against soldiers, and\\na tax of twenty-five cents (now twelve cents) a month on each private\\nsoldier of the regular army. At present the fund has reached the\\nsum of $800,000, and the Government holds over $1,000,000 derived\\nfrom forfeitures of pay of deserters from the army, and from money\\ndue deceased soldiers which has remained unclaimed.\\nThe main building, a white marble one, has a frontage of 200\\nfeet. The building is of the Norman style, and is two stories high.\\nA bronze statue of General Scott, by Launt Thompson, erected in\\n1874 at a cost of $18,000, is located on the brow of a hill about a\\nquarter of a mile from the main building. The grounds contain\\nover 500 acres of beautifully diversified hill and dale, and are cov-\\nered with about seven miles of well kept roads. A large cottage,\\nlocated near the main building, is used during the heated term by\\nthe President as a summer residence.\\nNATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERY.\\nThe National Military Cemetery is located north and adjoins the\\nSoldiers Home. It was established at the beginning of the late war,\\nand contains 5153 Union and 271 Confederate dead.\\nColumbia Institution for the Deai^ and Dumb\\nIs situated on Kendall Green, at the end of Seventh Street, E.\\nThis institution, now supported by Congress, received its first start\\nby a gift of a few acres of ground and a small building from Amos\\nKendall, Postmaster-General in General Jackson s Cabinet. The\\ninstitution was incorporated in 1857, at which time Congress assumed\\nits support. In 1870 the Board secured eighty-two acres of Kendall\\nGreen property for the institution, which now has real estate valued\\nat $350,000. A collegiate department, called the National Deaf-Mute\\nCollege, open to both sexes, is part of the institution.\\n36", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "ALEXANDRIA.\\nAlexandria, originally called Bcllhavcn, is about six miles south\\nof Washington on the Potomac. The tcjwn is one of the oldest\\nsettlements in the country, and has considerable historical interest\\nconnected with it. Braddocks expedition started from here, and in\\ncolonial days it rivaled Baltimore in commerce. During the war of\\n1812 it fell into the hands of the British, and was held by them for\\nsome time. A National Cemeter)* containing the remains of 3635\\nsoldiers is located near Alexandria. Boats ply between Washing-\\nton and Alexandria every hour. The population is about 14,000.\\nBLADENSBURG.\\nBladensburg is located on the Baltimore Ohio Railroad, six\\nmiles from Washington. It received its name fiom Martin Bladen,\\na Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantation. The town is an old\\none (1750) and previous to the Revolutionary War was of consider-\\nable importance. The Anacostia River, upon which it is situated,\\nwas once navigable to the town. Bladensburg has a place in history\\nas the field of the disastrous battle that took place there Aug. 24,\\n1814, from which victor) the British marched into Washington. The\\ncelebrated duelling ground is about one mile southeast of the town.\\nIt was the site of many bloody contests among the most deplorable\\nwas that between Commodores Decatur and Barron in 1S20, in\\nwhich Decatur was mortally wounded.\\nARLINGTON.\\nArlington, the location of the National Militarv- Cemetery, is\\nsituated on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, about four miles from\\nWashington. It was orignally the property of Martha Custis Wash-\\nington, the wife of Gen l Washington, and was eventually inherited\\nby the wife of Gen l Robt. E. Lee, who resided at Arlington until\\nthe beginning of the late war.\\nOn account of a failure to pay the direct tax levied by the gov-\\nernment in 1862, the United States took possession of the property,\\nand on the suggestion of Mr. Lincoln part of the estate was made a\\nmilitar cemetery. A suit was brought by a member of the Lee\\nfamily after the war, for the recovery of the property, in which the", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Government was defeated. It was finally purchased by the Govern-\\nment from George Washington Park Custis, for $150,000. Arlington\\nnow contains tiic graves of 11,915 Union soldiers.\\nMT. VERNON.\\nMt. Vernon, the home of Washington, is situated on the western\\nbank of the Potomac, about sixteen miles from Washington.\\nIn 1856 The Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union\\nwas incorporated for the purpose of securing the mansion and con-\\ntiguous grounds of Mt. Vernon.\\nTheir object is to restore the mansion and grounds as far as pos-\\nsible to their original condition. Numerous relics and other remem-\\nbrances of Washington will be found within the building, which\\nstands near the brow of a sloping hill about one hundred and twenty-\\nfive feet above the river. The adjacent grounds are beautifully\\nwooded with choice shade trees, planted by Washington when a\\nyoung man.\\nThe estate originally contained 8coo acres, but after the death of\\nWashington numerous tracts were sf)Id by his heirs from time to time,\\nuntil now all that remains is the present farm containing two hundred\\nacres.\\nThe tomb (if Washington is located on the road leading from the\\nriver landing, and consists of a large vault extending into a bank in\\na thickly wooded dell. It is built of brick with iron gratings,\\nthrough which can be seen within a massive marble sarcophagus,\\ncontaining the remains of Washington.\\nHORSE CAR ROUTES.\\nMETRoroi.n AN Rah, WAY. Cars every four minutes during the\\nday. From 17th Street south of Pennsylvania Ave., passing the\\nState, War and Navy Department building and Corcoran Art Gallery\\nto H St., thence to 14th St., to F St., to 5th St., to Louisiana Ave.,\\nto Indiana .Ave., passing Judiciary Square, to C St., passing the\\nHaltimorc Ohio depot, to Delaware Ave., thence to B St. N.\\nwhere the E. Capitol branch leaves, thence to the Senate extension.\\nThe Georgetown and East Capitol St. Branch cars run everj six\\nminutes during the day, over same route as main line going west,\\nwhich it leaves at II and 17th Sts. N. W., thence to Connecticut Ave.,\\nthence along P St., crossing Rock Creek over a fine bridge, entering", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "Georgetown at West St., thence to High, thence to Fayette, passing\\nthe Convent of the Visitation, thence to 2d, thence to High, thence\\nto Dunbarton, to Montgomery, to West, from where the return to\\nWashington is made over the same route.\\nThe East Capitol extension extends from B. St. N. to ist St. E.,\\nthence to East Capitol St. and thence to Lincoln Square.\\nNinth Street Branch cars run every eight minutes during the day.\\nStart at Boundary, passing Mt. Vernon Place, the Patent Office, and\\nMasonic and Lincoln Halls, to B St., passing the Centre Market, to\\n6th St., to Missouri Ave., thence to 41.2 St., to Arsenal Gate.\\nSilver Spring Branch starts at northern terminus of 7th St. line\\nand follows the 7th St. road a distance of one and one-half miles,\\npassing the Schuetzen Park and Howard University, to the road\\nleading to the Soldiers Home and Rock Creek Church.\\nColumbia Railway. From the Treasury, 15th St. and New\\nYork Ave., thence to Massachusetts Ave., to H St., thence passing\\nthe Government Printing Office, to the terminus at H and Boundary.\\nCars every ten minutes.\\nCapitol, North O Street and South Washington Railroad,\\nor The Belt Line, so called from the circuitous route it traverses.\\nIt starts on Maryland Ave., at the foot of Capitol Hill and extends\\nalong to Virginia Ave., passing near the National Museum and the\\nSmithsonian Institute, along 12th St., passing the Agricultural\\nDepartment, to Ohio Ave., to 14th St., to Pennsylvania Ave., to E\\nSt., to nth St., to O St. Returning, cars take P St., to 4th St., to G\\nSt., to 1st St. west, passing near the Capitol Grounds, to Maryland\\nAve. its startfng point. It intersects all the principal railway lines.\\nWashington and Georgetown Railway, Main Branch. Starts\\non Bridge St. at High St., Georgetown, Bridge St, to 20th St.,\\ncrossing Rock Creek from 20th St. to Pennsylvania Ave., passing\\nMill s Statue of Washington, Corcoran Art Gallery, La Fayette\\nSquare, War Department, President s House and Treasur)^ along\\n15th St. to Pennsylvania Ave., thence to west gate of the Capitol\\nat 1st St. W., skirting the Capitol grounds on the B St, side, where it\\nagain strikes Pennsylvania Ave., along which it extends lo 8th St.,\\nthence to Navy Yard at M St.\\nFourteenth St. Branch, from the Treasury, 15th St. and New York\\nAve., thence to 14th St., thence to the Boundary where it terminates.\\nCars run every ten minutes.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "Scvt-nlh Si. Rianch starts at tlie Boundary and ytli St., follows\\nthe latter street to the Potomac River, passing Nortli Market, Mt.\\nVernon Place, Patent and Post Offices, and Odd Fellows Hall. These\\ncars pass the Centre Market, cross the Mall near the Smithsonian\\nGrounds and run to and upon the wharves, from which point the\\nsteamers leave for Mt. Vernon and Alexandria and other points.\\nCars every five minutes.\\nHOTELS.\\nArij.nc.ton. On Vermont Avenue, near the President s House,\\ncapacity, 325 guests.\\nEkbitt. Corner F and 14th Streets N. W., capacity, 350 guests.\\nH.\\\\RRis H HSE. E Street (facing Pcnna. Avenue) between 13th\\nand 14th Streets N. W. Rooms without board. Capacity, 200 guests.\\nSt. J.AMES. Corner of Penna. Avenue and ^th Street N. W.\\nEuropean plan.\\nSt. Marc. Corner of Penna. Avenue and 7th Street N. W.\\nEuropean plan.\\nMetropolita.n. On Penna. Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets\\nN. W, Capacity, 300 guests.\\nNational. On Penna. Avenue, corner of 6th Street N. W.\\nCapacity, 500 guests.\\nRiGGS House. Corner of 15th and G Streets N. W.\\nTremont. Corner of 2d Street and Indiana Ave., near B. O.\\nDepot.\\nWiilard s. On Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street N. W.\\nCapacity, 500 guests.\\nWormley s. On 15th and H Streets N. W. Capacity, 150\\nguests.\\nThese arc the principal hotels. There arc other hotels at lower\\nrates.\\nPLACICS OK AMl SHMKNT.\\nAi.baigm s Grand Oteka Hoisk. oruer F. and isth Streets\\nN. W.\\nNational Theatre. On K Street, between 13th and 14th Streets\\nN. W., with front on Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nFdkd s Oi ERA Hoi se. On ytli Street N. W., souili of I enn-\\nsylvania Avenue.\\nTiiEAiRE (^iMigUE. At the corner of C and nth Streets N. \\\\V.\\nOdd Fei.iows Hail. Navy Yard, 8th Streets. E.\\nMasonic Hai i. Corner uf 1 and ()ih Streets N. W.\\nLincoln Hai i.. Corner of I) and )\\\\h Streets N. VV.\\nWii.lard s Hall. F Street, beiwcon 14th and 15th Streets N W.\\nFranklin Hall. N. W. corner cf C and 6th Streets N. W.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "RATES OF FARE FOR HACKS, CABS, ETC.\\n(Extract from Police Regulations.)\\nBY THE HOUR. Pet. 5 a.m. and Bet 12 30a.m.\\nia.30 a.m. and 5 am.\\nFor one passenger or two passengers, for the\\nfirst hour $0.75 $1 00\\nFor each additional quarter of an hour or\\npart thereof .20 .25\\nProvided, That for multiples of one hour the\\ncharge shall be at the rate per hour of .75 i. 00\\nFor three or four passengers, for the first hour i.oo 1.25\\nFor each additional quarter of an hour or part\\nthereof .25 .35\\nProvided, That for multiples of one hour the\\ncharge shall be at the rate per hour of i.oo 1.25\\nBY THE TRIP.\\nBy the trip of fifteen squares or less, for each\\npassenger .25 .40\\nFor each additional five squares or part\\nthereof .10 .15\\nProvided, That for multiples of fifteen squares\\nthe charge shall be at the rate, for each fif-\\nteen squares, of .25 .40\\nProvided, That in the case of a two-horse hack engaged at a\\nlivery stable, the proprietor or driver thereof may, by special agree-\\nment made in advance with the passenger, charge according to such\\nspecial agreement. And Provided Further, That hacks engaged\\nupon the street, drawn by two horses, and with seats for four pas-\\nsengers, may charge by the hour at rates not to exceed $1.50 for the\\nfirst hour and 25 cents for each additional one-quarter hour. In all\\ncases when a hack is not engaged by the hour it shall be considered\\nas being engaged by the trip. Provided Further, That a two-horse\\nhack, as above, shall not be required to take less than two passengers.\\nThe fare to any point outside of the cities of Washington and\\nGeorgetown shall, in all cases, be charged by the hour or part of an\\nhour, and if the hack is dismissed outside the said cities a charge of\\n25 cents additional may be made.\\nEach passenger shall be entitled to have conveyed, without ex-\\ntra charge, one trunk or other traveling-box or bag Provided, That\\nthere be no more than two trunks or other traveling-boxes or bags to\\nbe conveyed at any one time for the person or persons hiring the\\nhack. If there be more than two trunks, traveling-boxes or bags,\\nthe driver shall be entitled to 25 cents for each one additional to the\\ntwo. Each passenger shall be entitled also to have conve3 ed, with-\\nout charge, such other small packages as can be conveniently car-\\nried within the hack, and the driver shall load and unload all baggage\\nwithout charge.\\n43", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "In case of any disagreement between the driver of a hack and\\nthe passenger, the same may be referred l y the passenger tu the\\nnearest police station, whither the driver shall convey him without\\ndiscussion or delay, and the decision of the Lieutenant of Police or\\nother otFicer in charge of such station shall be conclusive and in\\ncase the passenger is about to leave by railroad, stage, or steamboat,\\nsuch disagreement shall be summarily decided by the police officer\\nor principal police ofticer on duty at the station or other place of\\ndeparture.\\nHACK STANDS.\\nThe following locations arc designated as stands for vehicles\\nWest side of 15th Street, N. \\\\V., south of the entrance to the\\nExecutive grounds.\\nWest side of 15 2 Street, north of Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nSpace at the intersection of C and 7th Streets and Louisiana\\nAvenue, N. W.\\nEast side of New Jersey Avenue, near B. O. R. R. Depot.\\nNorth side of New York Avenue, from east side of 7th Street, W.\\nSouth side of D Street, from nth to 12th Streets, N. W.\\nSixth Street, near Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nEast side of 1st Street, W., near Pease Monument.\\nSoutheast corner of 3d Street and Pennsjlvania Avenue.\\nSoutheast corner of 4)2 Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nSouth side of Pennsylvania Avenue, between 13th and 13)^\\nStreets. N. W.\\nNorth side of Louisiana Avenue east of 9th Street, N. W.\\nNorth side of Louisiana Avenue, between 5th and Cth Sts., N. W.\\nSouth side of B Street, N. W., near 7th Street, N. W.\\nI Street, N. W., southwest corner McPherson Square.\\nEast side of 17th Street, N. W., north of Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nThomas Circle, intersection of Massachusetts and Vermont\\nAvenues and M and 14th Streets, N. W.\\nIowa Circle, intersection of V^ermont and Rhode Island Avenues\\nand P and 13th Streets, N. W.\\nNorth side of M Street, N. W., between Connecticut Avenue\\nand 1 8th Street, N. W.\\nNortheast side of Dupont Circle, intersection of New Hampshire,\\nConnecticut and Massachusetts Avenues and i()th Street, N. W.\\nSoutheast part of Washington Circle, intersection of Pennsyl-\\nvania and New Hampshire Avenues and 23d Street, N. W.\\nScott Circle, intersection of Massachusetts and Rliode Island\\nAvenues and l6th Street, N. W.\\nCITY POST OFFICE.\\nLouisiana Avenue S. side, near 7th Street and Pennsylvania\\nAvenue, N. W.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "MONEY ORDER OFEICE.\\nThe Money Order Office is on the second fioor of the same build-\\ning. Open from g a. m. until 4 p. m.\\nTELEGRAPH OFFICES.\\nMain Office, corner 15th and F Streets.\\nBRANCHES.\\nB. O. Depot,\\nNo. 133 B Street, S. E.\\nNavy Yard.\\n613 Penna. Av. under Met. H l.\\n9th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.\\nGen l P. O. Dep t Building.\\nI2th Street wharf.\\nWillard s Hotel.\\nArlington Hotel.\\nEbbitt House.\\nRiggs House.\\n14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.\\n14th Street and Mass. Ave.\\n1 1 14 Connecticut Avenue.\\n32d and Bridge Sts. (Geo town.\\nU. S. Capitol.\\nGovernment Printing Office.\\nInterior Department.\\nPension Office.\\nTreasury Department.\\nDepartment of Justice.\\nExecutive Mansion.\\nState, War and Navy Dep ts.\\nAgricultural Department.\\nNational Museum.\\nSignal Office.\\nCHURCHES.\\nBAPTIS1-.\\nFirst Baptist, 13 n Street between G and H Streets, N. W.\\nSecond Church, comer of Virginia Avenue and 4th Street, S. E.\\nE Street Church, south side, between 6th and 7th Streets, N. W.\\nCalvary Church, corner of H and 8th Streets, N. W.\\nFifth Baptist Church, D Street near 4 Street, S. W.\\nNorth Baptist Church, 14th Street near R Street, N. W.\\nKendall Mission Chapel, corner 13^ and D Streets, S. W.\\nCalvary Mission Chapel, corner of 5th and P Streets, N. W.\\nMetropolitan Baptist Chapel, corner of A and 6th Streets, N. E.\\nGay Street Baptist, corner of Congress and Gay Streets, Georgetown.\\nBAPTIST\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colored.\\nSecond Baptist, 3d Street near I Street, N. W.\\nThird Baptist, Franklin between P and Q Streets, N. W.\\nFourth Baptist, R Street between 12th and 13th Streets, N. W.\\nFifth Baptist, Vermont Avenue between Q and R Streets, N. W.\\nSixth Baptist, near corner of 6th and G Streets, S. W.\\nNineteenth Street, corner of 19th and I Streets, N. W.\\nShiloh, L Street between j6th and lyih Streets, N. W.\\nRehoboth, 1st Street near O Street. S. W.\\nMt. Zion, F Street between 3d and 4% Streets, S. W.\\nLiberty Church, E Street corner of i8th Street, N. W.\\nAbyssinian, Vermont Avenue corner of R Street, N. \\\\V.\\nL Street Baptist, corner of 4th and L Streets, N. W.\\nEnon, comer of 6th Street and South Carolina Avenue, S. E.\\nMt. Olivet Baptist Church, 6th Street between L and M Streets, N. E.\\nFirst Baptist Church, Dunbarton and Monroe Streets, Georgetown.\\nCHRISTADELPHIAN SYNAGOGUE.\\nChristadelphian Synagogue, Circuit Court Room, City Hall.\\nCHRISTIAN.\\nChristian Church, Vermont Avenue between N and O Streets, N. W.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "CONGREGATIONAL.\\nFirst Congregational Church, cornei of loth and G Streets, N. W.\\nEI ISCOPAL.\\nSt. John s Church, corner of i6th and H Streets, N. W.\\nEpiphany Church, G Street between 13th and r4th Streets, N. \\\\V.\\nTrinity Church, comer of 3d and C Streets, N. W.\\nChurch of the Ascension, corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 12th St., N. W.\\nChrist Church, G Street between 6th and 7lh Streets, S. E.\\nGrace Church, D Street between 8th and 9th Streets, S. W.\\nChurch of the Incarnation, corner of 12th and N Streets, N. W.\\nSt. Mark s Church, 3d Street between A and B Streets, S. E.\\nSt. Paul s Church, 23d Street, N. \\\\V., south of Pennsylvania Avenue Circle.\\nChurch of the Holy Communion, 22d Street near E Street, N. W.\\nChurch of the Holy Cross, corner of 19th and P Streets, N. W.\\nSt. Andrew s Church, 14th and Corcoran Streets, N. W.\\nSt. J.imes Parish, services 810 H Street, N. E.\\nSt. Paul s Church, Rock Creek, near Soldiers Home.\\nEm.Tnuel Church, Washington Street, Uniontown.\\nChrist Church, corner of Congress and Beall Streets, Georgetown.\\nSt. John s Church, 2d and Potomac Streets, Georgetown.\\nGrace Church, between Bridge and Water Streets, Georgetown.\\nSt. Albans, High Street, extended Georgetown.\\nEPISCOPAL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colored.\\nSt. Mary s Chapel, 33d Street between H and I Streets.\\nFRIENDS MEETING-HOUSE.\\nMeeting-House (Orthodox), 13th Street between R and S Streets, N. W.\\nMeeting-Hcuse (Hicksite), I Street between i8th and 19th Streets, N. W.\\nGERMAN REFORMED CHURCH.\\nFirst Reformed Church, comer of 6th and N Streets, N. W.\\nHEBRKW SYNAGOGUES.\\nCongreg.ition Adas Israel, corner ot 6th and G Streets, N. W.\\nWash.iiigton Hebrew Congregation, 8th Street between H and I Streets. N. W.\\nLUTHER A f.\\nSt. Paul s Church, comer of nth and H Streets, N. W.\\nMemorial Church, corner of N and i4ih Streets, N. W.\\nGerman Evangelical Cong, of Trinity, corner of 4th and E Streets, N. W.\\nGerman Evangelical Church, corner of 20th and G Streets, N. W.\\nGerman Evangelical St. John s Church, 4 i Street, S. W.\\nCapitol Hill .Mission, ist Street near C Street, S. E.\\nGerman Evangelical Association, 6th Street between L and M Streets, N. W.\\nLutheran Church, corner of High and 4th Streets, Georgetown.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL.\\nMetropolit;in, corner 4 and C Streets, N. W.\\nFoundry Church, comer of i4ih and G Streets, N. W.\\nWesley Chapel, corner of 5th and F Streets, N. W.\\nMcKendree Church, Massachusetts Ave. between pth and loth Streets, N. W.\\nRyland Chapel, corner of 10th and D Streets, S. W.\\nUnion Chapel. 20th Street near Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.\\nWaugh Chapel, comer of 3d and A Streets, N. E.\\nHamline Church, corner of 9th and P Streets, N. W.\\nGrace Chapel, comer of oth and S Streets, N. W.\\nFourth Street Church. 4th St. between South Carolina Ave. and G St., S. E.\\nTwelfth Street Church, corner of 12th and E Streets, S. E.\\nFletcher Chapel, comer of New York Avenue ami 4th Street, N. W.\\n(Jorsuch Chanel, comer of 1, and 4 i Streets, S. W.\\nProvidence Chapel, comer of 2d and Ilbtreets, N. E.\\n.Mt. Zion Chapel, corner of 15th and R Streets, N. W.\\nMcKendree Mission, H Street between 8th and oth Streets, N. E.\\nMemorial M. K. Chapel, H and nth Streets, N. K.\\nL niontown, op| osite the Navy Y.ird.\\nDunbarton Street, between Congress and Hi^h Streets, Geiirgctown.\\nWest Georgetown Church, comer of Fayette and 7th Streets, Georgetown.\\n45", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "METHODIST EPISCOPAI-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 South.\\nMt. Vernon Church, corner of gth and K Streets, N. W.\\nMETHODIST PROTESTANT.\\nMethodist Protestant Church, gth Street between E and F Streets, N. W.\\nFirst M. P. Church, Virginia Avenue near Navy Yard.\\nM. P. Mission, corner of 8th Street and North Carohna Avenue, S. E.\\nCongress Street Church, between Bridge and Gay Streets, Georgetown.\\nMount Pleasant Church, corner of Fayette and High Streets, Georgetown.\\nMETHODIST\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colored.\\nWesley Zion, D Street between 2d and 3d Streets, S. W.\\nUnion Wesley, 23d Street near L Street, N. W.\\nJohn Wesley, Connecticut Avenue near L Street, N. W.\\nGalbraith Chapel, L Street between 4th and 5th Streets, N. W.\\nIsrael Bethel, corner of B and ist Streets, S. W.\\nUnion Bethel, M Street between isth and i6th Streets, N. W.\\nSt. Paul s Chapel, 8th Street between D and E Streets, S. W\\nMt. Pisgah Chapel, loth Street between Q and R Streets, N. W.\\nAsbury, corner of nth and K Streets, N. W.\\nEbenezer, corner of D and 4th Streets, S. E.\\nAsbury Mission, comer Boundary and 9th Streets, N. W.\\nEbenezer A. M. E. Church, Eeall Street between Montgomery and Monroe\\nStreets, Georgetown.\\nMt. Zion M. E. Church, West Street, Georgetown.\\nA, M. E. Church, Hillsdale, D. C.\\nA. M. E. Church, Good Hope, D. C.\\nNEW JERUSALEM.\\nTemple of the New Jerusalem, North Capitol Street between B and C Streets, N.E.\\nPRESBYTERIAN.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church, 45^ St. between Louisiana Ave. and C St N. W.\\nNew York Avenue Church, New York Ave. between i3lh and 14th Sts., N. W.\\nFourth Church, gth Street between G and H Streets, N. W.\\nAssembly s Church, corner of sth and I Streets, N. W.\\nSixth Church, 6th Street near Maryland Avenue, S. W.\\nWestern Presbyterian Church, H Street between 19th and 20th Streets, N. W.\\nMetropolitan Presbyterian Church, corner of 4th and B Streets, S. E.\\nNorth Presbyterian, N Street between gth and loth Streets, N. W.\\nWestminster Presbyterian Church, 7th Street between D and E Streets, S. W.\\nReformed Presbyterian, ist Street between N and O Streets, S. W.\\nCentral Presbyterian, corner of 3d and I Streets, N. W.\\nEastern Presbyterian, Sth Street between F and G Streets, N. E.\\nGurley Mission, Boundary near 7th Street, N. W.\\nWest Street Presbyterian, between Congress and High Streets, Georgetown.\\nPRESBYTERIAN-CoLORED.\\nFifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, 15th Street between I and K Streets, N.W.\\nROMAN CATHOLIC.\\nSt. Patrick s Church, G Street between gth and loth Streets, N. W.\\nSi. Peter s Church, corner of 2d and C Streets, S. E.\\nSt. Matthew s Church, corner of 15th and H Streets, N. W.\\nSt. Mary s Church, 5th Street near H Street, N. W.\\nSt. Dominic s Church, corner of 6th and E Streets, S. W.\\nSt. Aloysius Church, corn: r of N. CapitoJ and I Streets, N. W.\\nChurch of the Immaculate Conception, corner of Sth and N Streets, N. W.\\nSt. Stephen s Church, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 25th Street, N. W.\\nSt. Joseph s Church (Germani, comer of 2d and C Streets, N. E.\\nTrinity Church, comer of ist and Lingan Streets, Georgetown.\\nSt. Teresa s Church, Uniontown.\\nROMAN CATHOLIC\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colored.\\nSt. Augustine s Church, 15th Street near L Street, N. W.\\nUNITARIAN.\\nAll Soul s Church, corner of 14th and L Streets, N. W.\\nUNIVERSALIST.\\nChurch of Our Father, corner oi 3th and L Streets, N. W.\\n46", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "HINTS TO VISITORS.\\nThe first and best advice to give is don t hurry. The attrition\\nof haste spoils many an otherwise pleasant journey. To do justice\\nto the many distinctive and enjoyable features of the National Cap-\\nital an extended visit is necessary. But as many tourists are pressed\\nfor time and yet desire to see as much as possible of the city, how\\nto do this is a matter of moment. Take a carriage or hansom with\\nan intelligent driver and drive through the centre of the city, em-\\nbracing the central portions of Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th, gth\\nand F Streets; afterwards through the fashionable ^Vest End.\\nA drive through Connecticut Avenue from La Fayette Park to Du-\\npont Circle returning via Massachusetts Avenue, includes much of\\nthe palatial section. Then by driving on 7th Street, below Penn-\\nsylvania Avenue, the grounds of the Mall may be inspected,\\nupon which are located the Smithsonian Institute, the National\\nMuseum, the Department of Agriculture Building, the Bureau of\\nPrinting and Engraving, and the Washington Monument. This ride\\nwill include the White House, Treasury Building, all the Depart-\\nment Buildings, and many fine churches and other objects of interest.\\nThis ride may be continued by including tlie grounds of the Capitol\\nand then down East Capitol Street as far as Lincoln Square, return-\\ning by way of North Carolina and Pennsylvania Avenues.\\nDo not slight the Capitol as a hasty inspection will fail to reveal\\nits many wonders. The White House is open to visitors everj week\\nday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The department buildings are open to\\nvisitors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays\\nare the davs on which there is no charge for admission to the\\nCorcoran Art Gallery on other days the admission is 25 cts.\\nGallcrj open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.\\nSteamer for Mt. Vernon leaves wharf foot of 7th Street every\\nmorning at 10 a.m., returning at 3.30 p.m. Fare \u00c2\u00a71.00, including\\nadmission to Grounds and Mansion.\\nLOCATION OF POINTS OF INTEREST.\\nU. S. Capitol, Capitol Hill.\\nCongressional Library, Capitol Hill.\\nExecutive Mansion, Pennsylvania Vvc., bet. 15th and 17th Sts.\\nState, War and Navy Departments, Pennsylvania Ave. and 17th St.\\nTreasury Building, Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street.\\nF osl Office Department, between E and F and 7th and 8th Sts.\\nPatent Olfice, between F and G and 7th and yth Streets.\\nliuneral Land Office, in Patent Office.\\nInterior Department, in Patent Office.\\n.Agricultural Dej)artment, between 12th and 14th Streets. S. W.\\nSmithsonian Institution, between 7th and 12th Streets. S, \\\\V.\\nNational Museum, between 7th and 12th Streets, S W.\\nU. S. Coast SuiA ey, New Jersey Ave., south of Pennsylvania .\\\\ve.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and B Streets, S. W\\nDepartment of Justice, Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite Treasur)\\\\\\nArmy Medical Museum, loth Street between E and F Streets.\\nGovernment Printing Office, H and North Capitol Streets.\\nCourt of Claims, 1509 Pennsylvania Avenue.\\nMilitary Barracks, foot of 4 4 Street, S. W.\\nCorcoran Art Gallery, Penns3 lvania Avenue and ryth Street.\\nNational Board of Health, 1410 G Street.\\nGovernment Hospital for Insane, opposite Navy Yard.\\nNavy Yard, foot of 8th Street, S. E.\\nU. S. Naval Hospital, Pennsylvania Avenue and gth Street, S. E.\\nSoldiers Home, 7th Street, north of Boundary Street.\\nWashington Monument, Mall, south of Executive Mansion.\\nHoward University, 7th, north of Boundary Street.\\nPension Office, 4th and F Streets, N. W.\\nNational Observatory, foot of 2^.th Street.\\nCongressional Cemetery, 19th and E Streets, S. E.\\nBotanical Garden, Pennsylvania Avenue, between ist and 2d Streets.\\nDistrict Government Offices, ist Street, near Indiana Avenue.\\nCity Post Office, Louisiana Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.\\nColumbia Institute for Deaf and Dumb, M and Boundary Sts., N. E.\\nDistrict Courts, City Hall.\\nOdd Fellows Hall, 7th, between D and E Streets.\\nMasonic Temple, 9th and F Streets.\\nNational Rifles Armory, G, between 9th and loth Streets.\\nProvidence Hospital, 2d and D Streets, S. E.\\nChildren s Hospital, W, between 12th and 13th Streets.\\nColumbia Hospital for Women, Pennsylvania Ave. and 25th St.\\nFreedmen s Hospital, 5th and Boundary Streets.\\nLouise Home, 15th Street and Massachusetts Avenue.\\nBureau of Statistics, 407 15th Street.\\nQuartermaster s Department, Penns) lvania Avenue, cor. 15th Street.\\nSignal Corps, 1725 G Street.\\nNavy Pay Office, 15th Street, corner New York Avenue.\\nUnited States Pension Agency, 4th and F Streets, N. W.\\nConvent of Visitation, 1500 35th Street.\\nMarine Barracks, 8th Street, S. E.\\nThe Y. M. C. A., 1409-1411 New York Avenue. Educational\\nClasses, Reading and Social Rooms, Library, Gymnasium,\\nReception Rooms. Visitors always welcome at the Association\\nBuilding.\\nHumane Society, 1224 F Street, N. W.\\nGlenwood Cemetery, Lincoln Avenue, N. W. of Boundary.\\nGraceland Cemetery, 15th and H Streets, N. E.\\nMt. Olive Cemetery, Bladensburg road.\\nOak Hill Cemetery, head of 30th Street, Georgetown.\\nThe House where Lincoln died, 516 10th Street, N. W\\n48", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "HARPER S FKRRY.\\nOn the main line of the Haltimore Ohio Railroad, fifty five\\nmiles west from Washington, the village of Harper s Ferry lies at\\nthe confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. One has\\nbut to repeat the names Potomac. Shenandoah, Harper s Ferry, to\\nhave come trooping upon the memory a legion of events and\\nincidents that crowd the pages of the later historj of the Republic.\\nAt Harper s Ferry the old brick fort from which John Brown\\nbadf defiance to Virginia s pride and power, still stands, in full\\nview from the windows of the train.\\nThomas JefTerson in his Notes on Virginia declares that the\\nview from Bolivar Heights at Harper s Ferry is worthy a trip across\\nthe Atlantic. Standing, he says, on a very high point of land,\\non the right comes tiie Shenandoah, having ranged the foot of the\\nmountain a hundred miles to seek a vent on the left approaches\\nthe Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their\\njunction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder\\nand pass off to the sea.\\nAt Harper s Ferry the Valley Branch of the B. O. road\\ndiverges from the main line and traverses the famous Shenandoah\\nValley, passing through the towns of Charlestown, Winchester,\\nWoodstock, Harrisonburg, Staunton and Lexington.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "Pleasant Homes, Business Locations,\\nCHEAP LANOS,\\nJifcLTLLLfcLctixrtTxg Sttes Etc.\\nAs this Guide will undoubtedly reach the hands of many people\\nwho contemplate changing their location, we desire to call especial\\nattention to a section of country penetrated by the B. O. R. R.\\nwhich offers unequaled advantages for every branch of industry.\\nThe States of West Virginia and Maryland and the Shenandoah\\nValley in Virginia are attracting the attention of people in all sections\\nof the United States, Canada and Europe. During the year 1888\\nthere was a large influx of northern and western people into this\\ndistrict some engaging in agricultural pursuits, others in manufac-\\nturing and other enterprises.\\nConsidering the vast undeveloped resources, church privileges,\\neducational advantages, fertility of soil, values of land, the healthful\\nclimate, convenience to the National Capital and the best markets\\nin the country, no section of the United States oflfers greater induce-\\nments to persons seeking prosperous and pleasant homes than that\\ntributary to the B. O., east of the Ohio River.\\nThe B. O. R. R. reaches the richest sections of Pennsylvania,\\nDelaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana.\\nImportant trade centres exist all along the line. No matter what\\ncharacter of location is desired we can supply it.\\nFurther information about the country can be ascertained upon\\napplication to\\nM. V. RICHARDS,\\nLand and Immigration Agent,\\nB. O. R. 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R.,\\nBETWEEN\\nBALTIMORE\\nAND\\nWASHINGTON\\nCOVKRINC, THI DISTANCE OK\\n40 MILES IN 45 MINUTES.\\nOffices in Washinuion\\n619 anil 1.^51 Pennsylvania Avenue, and\\nDepot, corf.er New Jersey Avenue and C Street.\\nOffices in BALriMORE:-\\nCorner lialtiniore anl Calvert Sts.,\\n23U South Hroadway, and\\nDepot, corner Camden and Ivutaw Sts.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": ":iic ^iiUimore d 0)h w 1?,^.\\nil KRATFK THK\\nFASTEST TRAINS\\nEVER IN SERVICE\\nPhiladelphia\\nAND\\nWashington,\\nMaking the Run in THREE HOURS.\\nir^ns are equipped withi New aqd Luxu -i!i-\\n^J^iill nnt n l^afloj Co i w,\\nr constructed by th\\\\at famous builder.\\nOkhi FS IN \\\\Vamii.n ;i on 619 and 1351 I tunsylvania Avtnue\\nand Dipot cfirntr New Jfrsey .X venue and Street.\\n(\u00c2\u00bbi KICKS IN PiiiiAKKi.iiiiA S33 lustnut Street, (kh) South\\nThird Street, and Depot corner Twenty-fourih and Chestnut Streets.", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "T^%", "height": "2675", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "guidetowashingto01balt_0068.jp2"}}