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organization and badges of employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company. On the north wall is a large chart illustrating all 
trains in motion on the whole of the Pennsylvania Railroad sys- 
tem, at 6 o’clock P. M. Columbus time, each day. 
EAST DOME. (HALL 58.) 
No. 1.— Beneath the center of the dome a group of statuary 
typical of the railroads. ’ 
No. 2.— Statue of Thomas A. Scott, a former president of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
No. 3. — Statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
No.-4. — Statue of John W. Garrett, a former president of 
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. 
No. 5, — Statue of an old-time brakeman. 
No- 6.— Large working model of the Consolidated Car Heat- 
ing Company’s system of heating cars. 
No. 7.— Model of pontoon railway bridge across the Missis- 
sippi River at Prairie du Chien. Wisconsin. 
No. 8.— Picture standard, containing views of Prussian rail- 
ways and stations. 
Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12.— Models of early railway bridges 
planned and constructed by Benjamin H. Latrobe. 
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. 
HALLS 28, 29 AND 34. 
The Library Department comprises the Library (Hall 29) and 
the Reading Room (Hall 28). The Library is designed for refer- 
ence purposes only. It contains many valuable scientific and 
technical works which may be consulted by the general public. 
It is primarily for Curators and for those desiring to pursue 
special study or investigation on subjects treated in the Museum. 
HALLS 28 AND 29, 
LIBRARY AND READING ROOM, 
The collection of books and pamphlets on the shelves number 
approximately 22,000. It includes: 
The Kunz col.ection of works on minerals, gems and semi- 
precious stones, and containing many rare tomes on these sub- 
jects, in Latin, dating back to the 15th and i6th centuries. 
The special library of the Department of Ethnology of the 
Exposition, formed by contributions to that Department from the 
