APPENDIX XI. 



The Work of the Mechanics and Laborers. 



The following condensed statement is made up from the report sub- 

 mitted by Mr. Henry lloran, superintendent of buildings, and is 

 intended to indicate, in a general way, the character of the work 

 performed by the members of the force connected with his department: 



1894. 



July. — A set of bookshelves was constructed at the west end of the lecture hall 

 for the use of the Museum library. All of the exhibition cases in the north hall 

 were thoroughly cleaned aud the woodwork repolished. The model of the Zuni 

 Indian village was removed from the department of i»rehistoric anthropology to the 

 Museum building. New steam coils were placed in several of the halls of the 

 Museum, and the radiators in the northeast court and in the boat hall were placed 

 on the top of the wall cases recently constructed. Several exhibits in the section 

 of fisheries, including the deep-sea sounding apparatus, were taken down and sent to 

 storage. 



Aur/ast. — Exhil)ition cases were constructed in the room on the first floor of the 

 south tower of the Smithsonian building for the use of the section of physical appa- 

 ratus. Repairs were made to the floor in the lecture hall. The "Quarry Group" 

 was transferred from the department of ethnology to the department of prehistoric 

 anthropology. The lecture hall was prepared for a meeting of the Association of 

 Agricultural Chemists, held August 23-25. Workmen were engaged for several days 

 in enlarging one of the chimneys in the northwest pavilion. In anticipation of the 

 meeting of the Knights of Pythias in this city, and the large number of strangers 

 expected, all of the cases were removed from the rotunda, in order that the crowds 

 might be handled more readily. 



September. — A large radiator was placed in the paint shop, proper connections 

 being made with the boiler room in the Smithsonian ))uildiug. Repairs were made 

 to the boilers in the Museum building, the work being performed by contract. The 

 east balcony and the adjacent offices were fitted up for the use of the National 

 Herbarium. The boiler and pump rooms in the Smithsonian Ijuiiding were cleaned 

 and whitewashed. Direct connections were made by telephone between the iluseum 

 and the Department of Agriculture. 



October. — The door-screen cases between the piers in the northwest range were 

 replaced by pier cases. Trenches were dug and steam pipes laid from the Smithso- 

 nian building to the Astro-Physical Observatory. All of the steam pipes in the 

 basement of the northwest pavilion were removed, and the heating apparatus in 

 the upper stories of this section of the building overhauled. Repairs were made to 

 the floor in the fisheries hall. The electric wires and batteries in the northwest 

 pavilion were overhauled, the wires in the Assistant Secretary's office being placed 

 under the floor. The work of putting the east balcony into condition for the National 

 Herbarium, constructing and erecting cases, etc., was continued. Stationary book- 

 cases of oak were constructed in the office of the Assistant Secretary. The large 

 iron safe in the office of tlie chief clerk was set in the wall, in a space cut for the 

 purpose. Ventilators were placed in the telephone room and in the offices of the 

 superintendent aud property clerk. 



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