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ANNUAL REPORT 



ARCHITECT OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 



Sir : I kave the honor to submit the annual report, showing the 

 progress made since the last annual report in the various works under 

 tlie direction of the Architect of the Capitol, and a statement of the ex- 

 penditures made .on account of the same during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1882. 



THE CAPITOL. 



At the beginning of the present Congress several additional rooms 

 Mere required for the use of committees. So urgent was this demand, 

 that rooms formerly occupied for storage and even ends of corridors 

 have been fitted up to meet this want. 



Eooms are now beiug made, as provided by law, in the crypt for the 

 storing of books connected with the Library of Congress. 



The file-room connected with the office of the Clerk of the House of 

 Eepresentatives has been extended in a fire-proof manner and furnished 

 with iron shelving and metallic file-cases. 



Bathing-rooms, as provided by a joint resolution, have been fitted up 

 in the basement of the south wing, and the space formerly occupied by 

 them has been annexed to the restaurant and put in condition for use. 

 As many members have expressed a desire to have the marble tubs 

 which were taken from the old bathing-rooms again brought into use, I 

 .have caused the two most free from cracks to be placed in the base- 

 ment, in rooms constructed for that purpose. 



The elevator in the House wing has been completed, and that in the 

 Senate is being rebuilt so as to insure additional safety and speed. A 

 warehouse lift, controlled by steam-power, is being put in the Senate 

 wing for the convenient handling of documents connected with the 

 folding-room at the basement. 



A large amount of painting and other repairs have been made 

 throughout the building. 



The condition of the iron- work of the dome was found to be such that 

 much of the old paint had to be taken off by mechanical and chemical 

 means to get rid of the cracks, many of which had exposed the iron and 

 caused rust stains. This condition appeared mostly confined to that 

 part of the work which during its construction was primed with " plum- 

 bago' 7 paint. 



The old portion of the copper roof near the dome and over the rooms 

 occupied by the Library of Congress has been so injured by materials 



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