Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-26

fcrl aud the DeahFS VI .nS
both injurious it, & unleis their influence
was prscluded, they Would iocn render :, :
mfr Cor the contribution OF faips. To
nrelerve this tia,ber from the unavoidable
decay which awaited il, he hoped mode
rate fun of money might be ipared from
the trrafury. The erection Of iome iaeds,
covers and buildings Git to iheiser 'heie
psrilhabIe things, would net require a
iarqe amount. This was one of the cafes
in Which the expenditure Of fmall num-
Der Of dollars would productive OF great
and laaing good. To refu9c It, would
refenbie the mlitaken economy OF the
mar who, after having built ragnlh-
cent houie, could not periuade hnntelF to
buy lock for the freef door. Mr.. M.
fad he won,d call the attention OF the
committee to another fubjett frldtly con-
netfed with the one he had juf mention
ed. BeGdes the buildings contemplated,
he thought there ought 10 be an allow
ance Of iame money towards repairs and
improvements on fach of the nayy-y ards
as the officer at the head of that depart.
ment ll1ould find it moG convenient TO
employ. A fmall fun TO be expended IN
dwelling ground, il docking Out, in erect
ing cranes, and the like, will greatly con-
tribute to the diipatch ct the pubic bu-
fineis. He could mention cate TO evinee
the good economy offuch an appropriate
on as he zkcd fer. On the navy-yar at
New York, one Of the hnefs and mott ie-
lea fpots on the coat Of the Atlantic,
Grne fore hou{cs had hecn begun ard were
unfnifhsd, and eonlequenty pieleis. The
agent. deprived Of she means OF hniihing
them, was obliged to pay conhderaoie
fun yearly for forage y the city ct New
York. He believed that an expenditure
there equal TO ooe or two years rent,
which The nation mutt unavoidably pay,
would hnifh thefr magazines and naval
aepohtories, and fave the further nece.-
fly OF paying AZ extravaganza rent. The
receiving, oveihaaiing, repairing, and e.
qu;;p7ing of ihips, ordered 70 that grea'
naval rendezvous, would be promoted,
and The public ieryice hngulaily aided by
il. Mr.. Mitchell concluded by moving
hat The blank in the relolution ihould be
hlled up with the words {" fifty thouiand
dollars"
Carried, without diyihon.
The fecond reiolutien was then read IN
the following words.
ReI.Ived, That for preventing rotten
nefs & decay in the fhips Of the navy, the
Preident Of the United States, be, and
hereby is authorized 10 cauie Cry dock,
with convenient canals, locks, machinery
and water couries, TO be contributed, at OF
near the public navy yard in The city
of Warrington which dock lhall be Ca
pable of containing twelve figates, or
hips of war, and ofprelerving them dry
and lately lhelsered from fun-ihlne and
rain and that for carrying the fame into
eaett dollars be, and the fame
hereby are appropriated, 10 be paid out OF
any monies in the tIea(ury not othefwlie
appropriated.
Mr.. M;rchll rofe, and after obferving
that the blank in the refolution required
filing Up with the WORDS " bait million
of dollars" a fun larger perhaps than
could be fpared at this time from the trea-
fury, charged with the redemption OF the
public debt, moved that the committee
rife.
MIR. Rutledge exprefed dehre that
the committee, previous 70 riling, ihould
proerefs in the confederation Of the report
that gentlemen who were prepared might
offer their fentiments.
Mr.. Mitchell again roie, and inform
ed the committee, that his motion for
the committee to rife did DOT proceed
from any diGnclination to difcufs the me-
rits of the propohiion now before them.
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