Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people .. Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . s, being 6,750 the square inch, and the strongest, which was a hard-burned arch brick, crushedat a total pressure of 324,500 pounds, being 10,290 pounds to the square average of these two extremities is 8,520 pounds to the square inch, whichexceeds a pressure of 540 tons to the square foot, and this is nearly four times asmuch as good building stone, and more than twice as much as for granite.
Historical and commercial sketches of Washington and environs: our capital city, "the Paris of America"; its prominent places and people .. Its improvements, progress and enterprise .. . s, being 6,750 the square inch, and the strongest, which was a hard-burned arch brick, crushedat a total pressure of 324,500 pounds, being 10,290 pounds to the square average of these two extremities is 8,520 pounds to the square inch, whichexceeds a pressure of 540 tons to the square foot, and this is nearly four times asmuch as good building stone, and more than twice as much as for granite. The Government Printing Office, corner of North Capitol and H streets,is a mammoth establishment, the largest printing office in our country. It is 300feet long, 180 feet wide, and four stories high. All the public documents areprinted here. All the modern inventions to facilitate rapid printing and bindingare here in use, and it is worth the attention of all interested in The art preser-vative of arts to go through it. There are over one thousand employed in thebuilding, and the volumes issued each year reach hundreds of tons in weight, andmillions of copies. 52 WASHINGTON The National Museum Building, on B street southwest, between 10th and 12thstreets, is a very popular place of resort. Here are stored all the curious and valu-able things brought home by the United States Expeditions, the collections of theCentennial at Philadelphia, and additions from scientific societies and museumsthe world over. Though merely the beginning of a museum, it has already ar-rested the attention of those well versed in such institutions at home and will notice that each article is so intelligently labeled that a descriptivecatalogue is not needed. The building is 350 feet square, and cost almost$300,000. The City Hall is occu-pied by the courts of the Dis-trict. The structure is offreestone and painted occupies the south front ofJudiciary Square. In front of th
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