Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — LIBRARY IS NEARLY FINISHED. [ARTICLE]

LIBRARY IS NEARLY FINISHED.

Handsome Structure to Be in Order by the Time Congress Meets. The high board bence that has inclosed the new public library building in Washington will be removed at once. This marks an important step toward the completion of the library. The work to be done on the building is chiefly in trimming it on the interior and a small amount of touching up of the stone trimmings on the exterior. If possible the work of beautifying the ground about the library will be completed by the time Congress meets, when the handsomest architectural structure in the city and the finest building built and used solely for the purposes of a library in the world can be seen to the best advantage. The parking will r be constructed to conform to the crtpitof grounds. There will be a coping around the building about two feet high, as is the case with the capitol grounds, and orna« mental walks will run through the park, ing. Shrubbery will be planted, togethex with a small number of trees, probably tropical varieties that will not grow to a very large size, and consequently will not hide the building.