Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — Hotels Run by Government. [ARTICLE]

Hotels Run by Government.

Two of the largest hotels in the wortd are. owned and run by the government a't Washington. They are restricted, one each to the use of senators and representatives. The representatives’ hotel cost $3,100,000 to build, and occupies an entire block. Each has a big restaurant, a telegraph office and a postoffice. The representatives* place also has a barber shop and baths. Both hotels are only a few hundred yards from the house and senate wings of the capital, respectively, and are connected by underground tunnels. The senator’s tube la equipped with a monorail track and roofless car, which can be summoned with a push button like an elevator.