Show T abitol building put in first class condition V 1 aT A ASHINGTON with outside walls and pillars thoroughly drenched and cleansed by engine hose interiors painted and re furnished and sur bur by new P paving ing the capitol and the house and senate office buildings have been made spick and span ready for winter occupants work has been going 0 on n since earl early in the spring after congress adjourned jour ned tor for this was the first time in seven years that the national lawmakers had taken a recess sufficiently long to permit improvements upon a large scale to be attempted some of the old paving had been down as long as 30 years and was in disgraceful disrepair elliott eiliott woods superintendent of jas ins supervised the outside work and the painting which has been t sae 1 ife at kii expense in excess of while the officers of the house aud and vito have attended to the interior furnishings 4 behave balks calks rhe s largest item of expense was incurred in resurfacing the streets and ks about the capitol which cost about the surface of the I 1 bicsi at term terrace cc has been thoroughly waterproofed at a cost of about t s ares a res result alt the committee and storage rooms in the terrace are now available w r occupancy as offices instead of as shower baths as heretofore about has been expended on painting in the office buildings and 10 capitol on jobs which have been crying for attention for years one of ie 10 most notable improvements was replacing the worn brownstone steps I 1 the thelast cast front of the capitol with south mountain granite at a cost of about 13 new carpets and office furniture have been supplied where needed in the igitol rind and marble work and tiling scrubbed and cleaned throughout |