33. 34. Superintendent of the Senate documents. 35. House Library. 36. House document room. 37.S 38. Clerk's office. 40. Senate document room. 20. Press associations; Western Union and Postal Tel egraphs. 21. Newspaper correspondents' room. 22. Ladies' room. 23. Committee on Naval Affairs. 24. Conference room of the minority. 25. Committee on Claims. 26. Committee on Engrossed Bills. 41. Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expend- 27. Elevator. DIRECTORY OF ROOMS, UNITED STATES SENATORS. Senator. ALDRICH. ALLISON BACON BAILEY BARD BATE. BERRY. BEVERIDGE. BLACKBURN BURNHAM. BURROWS BURTON. CARMACK CLAPP CLARK (Mont.) Senate floor, southeast corner. Annex, room 44. Five Civilized Tribes of Indians Old building, subbasement, north CLARK (Wyo.). Railroads. side. Old building, basement, north side. Annex, new rooms. Terrace, room 15. Terrace, room 9. Gallery floor, west side. Annex, room 22. Annex, room 45. Terrace, room 13. Annex, room 3. Old Library space, gallery floor, west side. Annex, room 5. Gallery floor, northeast corner. Gallery floor, west side. Old building, subbasement, north- Annex, room 29. Ground floor, southwest corner. Old building, basement. Old Library space, gallery floor, Gallery floor, southwest corner. Gallery floor, northwest corner. Terrace, room II. Annex, room 15. Gallery floor, southeast corner. Annex, room 27. Ground floor, southeast corner. Annex, room 41. Ground floor, west side. Annex, room 59. Ground floor, northwest corner. Gallery floor, east side. HEITFELD. JONES (Ark.) JONES (Nev.). KEAN. KEARNS.. KITTREDGE LODGE MCCOMAS MCCUMBER.. MCENERY.. MCLAURIN(Miss.) MCLAURIN (S. C.)]. Ground floor, west side. Old Library space, gallery floor, north side. Trespassers upon Indian Lands. Annex, room 24. Annex, room 8. Annex, room II. Terrace, room 7. MITCHELL MONEY MORGAN NELSON . PATTERSON PENROSE. PERKINS Interoceanic Canals Terrace, room 5. Annex, room 42. Gallery floor, back of Document Improvements of the Missis- Old Library space, gallery floor, sippi River. north side. PETTUS.. Annex, room 73. Ground floor, west side. Annex, room 76. Ground floor, north side. Old Library space, gallery floor. Old building, basement, north west corner. Annex, room 1. Old Library space, Senate floor, Annex, room 34. Terrace, room 6. Ground floor, west side. Annex, room 69. Annex, room 61. Old Library space, gallery floor, northwest corner. Annex, room 7. Terrace, room 17. Gallery floor, back of Document Room. Gallery floor, east side. Terrace, room I. Old building, basement. REPRESENTATION OF THE STATES UNDER THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENSUSES, WITH INCREASE UNDER THE LATTER. Since the census of 1890 Utah has been admitted as a State with one Representative, making the present membership of the House 357. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. (Capitol Hill.) The Library of Congress was established in 1800, destroyed in 1814 by the burning of the Capitol, afterwards replenished by the purchase by Congress of the library of ex-President Jefferson, 6,760 volumes (cost, $23,950); in 1851, 35,000 volumes destroyed by fire; in 1852, partially replenished by an appropriation of $75,000; increased (1) by regular appropriations by Congress; (2) by deposits under the copyright law; (3) by gifts and exchanges; (4) by the exchanges of the Smithsonian Institution, the library of which (40,000 volumes) was, in 1866, deposited in the Library of Congress with the stipulation that future accessions should follow it. Sixty sets of Government publications are at the disposal of the Librarian of Congress for exchange, through the Smithsonian, with foreign governments, and this number may be increased up to 100. Other special accessions have been: The Peter Force collection (22,529 volumes, 37,000 pamphlets) purchased, 1867, cost $100,000; the (Count) Rochambeau collection (manuscript) purchased, 1883, cost $20,000; the Toner collection (24,484 volumes, numerous pamphlets), gift in 1882 of Dr. Joseph M. Toner; the Hubbard collection (engravings), gift in 1898 of Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard. The collection in the main library is now the largest single collection on the Western Hemisphere. It comprised at the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 1901) about 1,000,000 printed books and pamphlets (including the law library of 92,300 volumes, which, while a division of the Library of Congress, still remains at the Capitol), 36,600 manuscripts, 60,000 maps and charts, 311,000 pieces of music, and upward of 106,300 photographs, prints, engravings, and lithographs. Of the printed books, probably one-third are duplicates. The main collection is rich in Federal documents, history, political science, jurisprudence, and Americana in general, including important files of American newspapers and original manuscripts (colonial, revolutionary, and formative periods). The exhibition cases on the second floor contain many rare books, including the Records of the Virginia Company. The Smithsonian deposit is strong in scientific works, and includes the largest assemblage of the transactions of learned societies which exists in this country. In 1897 the main collection was removed from the Capitol to the building erected for it under the acts of Congress approved April 15, 1886; October 2, 1888, and March 2, 1889, at a cost of $6,347,000 (limit by law, $6,500,000) exclusive of the land, which cost $585,000. The architects who furnished the original designs were John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz. By the act of October 2, 1888, before the foundations were laid, Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers of the Army, was placed in charge of the construction of the building, and the architectural details were worked out by Paul J. Pelz and Edward P. Casey. Upon the death of General Casey, in March, 1896, the entire charge of the construction devolved upon Bernard R. Green, General Casey's assistant, and under his superintendence the building was completed in February, 1897; opened to the public November, 1897. The building occupies three and threequarters acres upon a site ten acres in extent at a distance of 1,270 feet east of the Capitol, and is the largest and most magnificent library building in the world. In the decorations, some forty painters and sculptors are represented-all American citizens. The floor space is 326,195 square feet, or nearly 8 acres. The book stacks contain about 45 miles of shelving, affording space for 2,200,000 volumes. Were the long corridors, now used in part for exhibition purposes, completely shelved, the building would accommodate over 4,000,000 volumes. The Library contains a reading room for the blind, open daily. The Library is maintained by annual appropriations by Congress for various purposes, including the purchase of books. For the year 1901-1902 these amounted to $565,345, as follows: $326,745 for services (including the Copyright Office, and including also the care of the building); $71,300 for books and periodicals; $32,300 for fuel, supplies, miscellaneous purposes, including contingent expenses; $60,000 for furniture, shelving, etc., and $75,000 allotment for printing and binding at the Government Printing Office. Library service.-Library proper, 207 employees; Copyright, 49; disbursement and care of buildings and grounds, 116. |