Identifier: picturesquewas00moor (find matches)
Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence : J.A. & R.A. Reid
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
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THE METROPOLITAN M. E. CHURCH. CHAPTER XIII. THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT — ORGANIZATION OF THE POSTAL SERVICE —THE CONTRACT DIVISION —BIDDING FOR THE STAR ROUTES — THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE —ITS PECULIAR WORK, AND ITS WORKERS — MONEY-ORDEROFFICE—POSTAL FACTS AND FIGURES. THE Post-Office Department occupies a marble building sit-uated on the square between Seventh and Eighth, and Eand F streets northwest. The building is of the delicateCorinthian order, and is a notable example of architecturalgrace and beauty. Its fagades are ornamented with monolithic col-umns and pilasters, with beautiful capitals, and the architrave, frieze,and cornice are designed in pure classic style. It is three hundredfeet from north to south, and two hundred and four feet from east towest. It has two stories resting upon a rustic basement, with deep,spacious vaults below. That portion on E Street was erected of NewYork marble in 1839, fro^n designs by Robert Mills. In 1855 thebuilding was extended o

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