Printing-Arthur L. Byrne, 1004 Eleventh street.

Private Land Claims.-Robert H. Newcomb, The Roland.

Public Buildings and Grounds.-Edward E. Miller, The Germania; assistant, E. Niedner, 1603 Euclid street.

Public Lands.-Robert W. Dyer, 110 C street SE.; assistant, Florence C. Love, 1412 Fifteenth street.

Railways and Canals.-Jessie T. Lovell, Congress Hall.

Reform in the Civil Service.-William H. Dearden, 2108 O street.
Revision of the Laws.-Benjamin H. Schwartz, Pennsylvania Club.

Rivers and Harbors.--Frank D. Fletcher, 1464 Rhode Island avenue; assistant,
Joseph H. McGann, 1345 Park road.

Rules Clerk, Howard N. Shallenberger, 2026 Lawrence street NE.; messenger, W. T. Alexander, 1300 G street NE.

Territories.-Thomas C. Hance, The Dewey.

Ventilation and Acoustics.

War Claims.-George B. Serenbetz, 110 East Capitol street; assistant, Frederick W. Childs, The Laclede; assistant clerk, Norbert Cohn; clerk to continue digest of claims, J. B. Holloway, 18 Third street SE.

Ways and Means.-Arthur E. Blauvelt; assistants, George Curtis Peck, The Plymouth; William W. Evans, 1340 Newton street.

POST-OFFICE.

(Office opens 9 a. m., closes гb.25 p. m.)

Postmaster.--Samuel A. Langum, The Luxor.
Assistant.-Ernest P. Humphreys, The Ralston.
Mail Contractor.-Fred. S. Young, 204 E street.

OFFICE AT HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING.

Register Clerk.-Matt Davison, 534 Fourteenth street SE.

Mail Clerks.-David J. Berger, 728 Third street SE.; A. G. Moll, The Halliday; Geo. F. Sample, The Halliday; Chester Lambert, 1433 T street.

Night Clerk.-John J. Sullivan, The Oswego.

BRANCH OFFICE AT CAPITOL.

Clerk.-Daniel Christian, 603 Seventh street NE.

OFFICE AT CITY POST-OFFICE.

Day force, Clerk in Charge.-Robert J. Duncan, 327 North Carolina avenue SE; assistant, William F. Sawn, 927 O street.

Night force, Clerk in Charge.-E. J. Hunter, 236 New Jersey avenue; assistant, D. J. Evans, 1363 Massachusetts avenue SE.

DELIVERY MESSENGERS.

Edgar Ellis, The Halliday; W. D. Ryan, jr., 909 Thirteenth street; W. P. Johnson, III B street SE.; Thomas M. Holt, 153 E street SE.; W. M. Stevens, III В street SE.; F. G. Nesbit, 238 North Capitol street; Thomas W. Smith, Y. M. C. A. Building; C. O. Young, 204 E street; Henry D. Fruit, 209 C street; W. D. Feeley, 425 I street; R. L. Mackenzie, 101 H street; Glen McCambridge, 3453 Holmead place; J. A. Lumbard; Milton Maughan, 1333 R street; Claude Durfee, 136 D street SE. Heavy Mail Wagon.-David G. Williams, 1464 Girard street; O. K. Bergett, The Halliday.

Janitor.-Daniel Webster, 1127 C street SE.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS AT OFFICE BUILDING.

Arrive: 9-9.30-10.30 a. m. and 12.30-2.30-4.15 p. m.

Depart: 9.15-11.15 a. m. and 1.15-3.30-5.00–10.25 p. m.

HEATING AND VENTILATING.

Chief Engineer.-H. W. Taylor, 100 Fifth street NE.

Assistant Engineers.-B. H. Morse, 2138 G street; E. B. Burke, 514 E street; John
S. Logan, 633 Massachusetts avenue NE.
Elevator Conductors.-Leonard B. Cook, 485 Maryland avenue SW.; John K. Dun-
can, 320 Massachusetts avenue NE.; Elmer Stanley, 610 Sixth street NE.;
George W. Winters, 3337 Seventeenth street; Robert B. Kiningham, 2024 G street;
Henry Walters, 350 Raleigh street, Congress Heights; George Rae, 1330 U street;
Price Hemler, 10 Florida avenue; Joseph Sparks, 623 Maryland avenue SW.; B. B.
McMahan, 501 C street NE.

OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES.

Theodore F. Shuey, Congress Hall.

SENATE.

Edward V. Murphy, 2511 Pennsylvania avenue.

Milton W. Blumenberg, The Arlington.

Henry J. Gensler, 1713 Q street.

Daniel B. Lloyd, 1400 K street.

James W. Murphy, 116 B street NE.

Assistant.-Eugene C. Moxley, 1150 Seventeenth street.

OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHERS TO HOUSE COMMITTEES.

M. R. Blumenberg, 21 First street, NE.

John D. Cremer, 112 C street SE.

Harry F. Dodge, 11 Fifth street SE.

F. H. Barto, The Harwarden.

Assistant.-J. E. Johnson, 2009 Fourteenth street.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

(Office in Statuary Hall.)

Clerk in charge at the Capitol.-W. A. Smith, 1302 Euclid street.
Indexer.-L. W. Strayer, 1474 Clifton street.

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CAPITOL.

(Office in basement of Capitol.)

Superintendent.—Elliott Woods, Stoneleigh Court.

Chief Clerk.-George H. Williams, 1723 P street.

Chief Electrical Engineer.-Christian P. Gliem, 642 East Capitol street.
Clerk. John Welch, 116 Eleventh street SE.

Foreman.--David Lynn, Hyattsville, Md.

CAPITOL POLICE.

Captain.-J. P. Megrew, The Roland.

Lieutenants.-John Hammond, 413 B street NE.; John O'Connell, 149 A street NE.; M. V. Hanlon, 225 B street NE.

Special Officers.-F. N. Webber, sr., 526 Third street; J. L. Barnard, 439 New Jersey avenue SE.

Clerk.-Will P. Hall, 304 C street.

DEPARTMENTAL TELEGRAPH.

Senate Manager.-Charles F. Newsom, 313 East Capitol street.

House Managers.-Joseph M. Thompson, North Capitol and C streets; J. J. Constantine, 1133 Sixth street.

WEATHER BUREAU MAP STATIONS.

Clerks in charge at the Capitol:

Senate.-John H. Jones, 1217 New Jersey avenue.
House.-John C. Stewart, 2813 Thirteenth street.

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 88 feet above the level of the Potomac.

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 on Aquia Creek, Virginia. The original designs were prepared by Dr. William Thornton, and the work was done under the direction of Stephen H. Hallet, James Hoban, George Hadfield, and B. H. Latrobe, architects. The north wing was finished in 1800 and the south wing in 1811. A wooden passageway 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.

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, and it was completed under the supervision of Edward Clark. The material used in the walls is white marble from the quarries at Lee, Mass., and that in the columns from the quarries at Cockeysville, Md. 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 751 feet 4 inches, and its greatest dimension from east to west 350 feet. The area covered by the building is 153,112 square feet.

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 19 feet 6 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 287 feet 5 inches. The height from the top of the balustrade of the building is 217 feet 11 inches. The greatest diameter at the base is 135 feet 5 inches.

The Rotunda is 97 feet 6 inches in diameter, and its height from the floor to the top of the canopy is 180 feet 3 inches.

The Senate Chamber is 113 feet 3 inches in length by 80 feet 3 inches in width and 36 feet in height. The galleries will accommodate one thousand persons.

The Representatives' Hall is 139 feet in length by 93 feet in width and 36 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.