. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. tted. _ . During this lo-second interval when there is no signalpassing over the wires, switches are thrown m connectingthe mechanism for automatically dropping _ the time the next beat at 12 :oo passes over the wire the releasinglever allows the ball to drop and it is Noon by the NorthClock, Noon by the South Clock, etc. The same signal goes out over all telegraph hnes east otthe Rockies, and is also sent broadcast by the Arlington Radio ^At^io :oo p. m. the signal goes out by wireless from Arlington. PLACES OF INTEREST Penn


. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. tted. _ . During this lo-second interval when there is no signalpassing over the wires, switches are thrown m connectingthe mechanism for automatically dropping _ the time the next beat at 12 :oo passes over the wire the releasinglever allows the ball to drop and it is Noon by the NorthClock, Noon by the South Clock, etc. The same signal goes out over all telegraph hnes east otthe Rockies, and is also sent broadcast by the Arlington Radio ^At^io :oo p. m. the signal goes out by wireless from Arlington. PLACES OF INTEREST Pennsylvania Ave., the backbone of Washington, is four miles and a half long, but is broken by the Capitol grounds and by the Treasury and White House grounds. Between these two breaks it extends one and a half miles m length and 160 feet wide, expanding at short intervals into spaces or parks caused by the angular intersection of other streets. A walk up the Avenue begins at the western gates of the Capitol, where First St., N. W., curves across its rounded. Soldiers HomePage 61 28 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE


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