Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-12

apiie ofbuildings were commenced" " In
what year Of our Lord quas thai 2" faid
my father limo year at ALP faid my
uncle Toby. However, the committee
meant fome proceeding the frf Of A.
mericaa Liberty, which glorious era COM
menced on the 18th of March, A. D. 1901.
Well g pile Of buildings was conmenc-
ed under the directions of the then lecreta-
ry Of war, on the banks Of the SchuylkiH,
near Philadelphia, which have fnce been
carried on in manner highly expendve. :
After thus telling US the birth and growth
of this expeniive child (which tho not yet
grownto its full heighrh, has already colt
the United States 10000 dolis.J the
committee proceed TO tell US, that it was
called La5oratary and that it has been
RATED cut OF the fund Appropriated for the
Quarter matters department. MIR. Du-
ant alto informs US, that this Laboratory,
contains quarters or barracks, for almof as
many men as compole the body guard OF
the frlt fervant of our filter republic. I
was curious enough to with TO fee thefe
vaft preparations for a .faudmg army, nc
doubt once intended TO enlave this city,
and accordingly walked out few days
face. Behold | Jaw an immenfe guam
tity of arms ammunition, and military flores,
put up in good order and perfectly f.cure /:
| heard the good republicans who now
have the care of them, with that. the fouth
building, which would complete the fquare
were fnilhed, as they had fcarcely room
enough. for the public property. ! was told,
what had partially fallen under my own
obiervation, that previous 10 the erection
of thefs flores, the public property had
been icatteIel about on the wharts, in
wooden iheas, in private ware houfes, and
tome OF the cannon even buried in the earth !;
the public powder forrd in place, to
which all the.{ellers of that article in the
city, neceaarily had acceis that the 60
vernment had been fubjeeted to the pay
nent of enormous rents for the forage Of
this property in thofe difperled and dam
gerous i,uations, and that now all thefe
fcattered parcels were collected into one
great and fafe place OF depoft. On re-
turning home and looking into the eti-
mate prefented to Congrels by the fecre-
tary of the treafury for the year 1901, !
found the climate rents in Philadelphia
fpeclfed at 4, 3SS dollars, under the head
of Ordinance Department, and fore rent
mentioned generally in the climate from
the navy department alto Office and
fore rent in Ultimate of 100000 dollars
fer the quarter matters department, but
the particular fun not fpeci6ed. ! could
not fupprels doubt that this ipecihed fun
might not be intended for the expenfe of a
whole year, as | had juf been told that
the flores were generally removed early
in 1901, but | have not documents to flew
what rents were paid in 1900, or what
the Ultimate for thatyea amounted TO. |
found however one document which ap-
pears 70 me 20 be important 1t is a ncl-
iage from the PRECEDENT Of the United
States to Congrefs, accompanying a re-
port of the fecretary Of waron certain ex-
penditures, which concludes in the fol
lowing manner
s In adlition to the above expenditures, the
accounts OF the quartermaffer-g general exhibited
chargestaken out Of The fund for the quArrer, ma.
ter's department., to the amount of 1882 dolls.
and g cts. for diburlenenrs on account of the q.
States Laboratory on the river Schuylkii!, near
the city of Philadelphia
This meaage is dated a7th Feb. 1902, four
days before the commencement of the reign Of
Teferlon and purity, 10000 dollars had then
been expended on this Laboratory, of courie,
10000 have been expended on the fame object
within the frlt year Of the reign Of their moit
gracious majelties. Now, let US ak. whence has
Mr.. Jefferfon or the new fecretary Of war taken
this FUN Of 10000 dollars, unef, from the fame
funds, from which the then tecretary, under
w.oe objections the pile was commented, took