1() REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1907. 



latter affording access from Tenth street, had heen finally planned 

 and the contract for the cutting of the stone was awarded soon 

 afterwards. 



At the close of the year the stonework on (lie eastern section of 

 the building had heen carried to the top of the second story, includ- 

 ing the lintels, but on the western section only a few of the piers 

 had been completed. The court walls had also been constructed to 

 about the same height, but lack' of stone prevented the extension of 

 the walls of the two pavilions above the basement, except at the 

 sides of the northern one. The steel work and arches between the 

 first and second stories were in place 



Of the principal structural features there still remain the com- 

 pletion of the second story on the western side, the placing of the 

 cornice which caps this entire story, the building of the upper story 

 with its floor and roof, and the erection of the pavilions, of which 

 the southern one involves a large amount of stonework. Fortu- 

 nately the granite and steel girders for the upper story have been 

 delivered, and the materials for the roof are obtainable on short 

 notice. In fact, there have been no delays in securing supplies of all 

 kinds except the white Vermont granite, of which the exterior walls 

 will mainlv consist. 



