National Capital Parks Reservation No. 1 attracted 826,543 sightseers last year and cost $366,200 to run. Its name: the White House.
In 1885, President Cleveland's White House maintenance cost $12,500, but many another household budget has also soared in 70 years. When the House Appropriations Committee last week approved next year's Executive Mansion budget (the same as this year's), the figures disclosed much more than the sightseers see of where the money goes.
The White House has 72 full-time maintenance and domestic employees, but, with 1,600,000 cu. ft., it is as big as 100 average...
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