The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-17
rpoN WASHINGTON.
o,cmcns Of James Rivcr--Spccch
of Nr. Duke.

..,,. Jerk read as follows:
- ,,,y fine Improvement OF the James river,
..,r, ~to.Gen.''
VI rl'kE: move to increase that arrro-
IAN ~. geo. 80 it will provide for the
...,,.o,rnt of James river. Virginia.
:. ~, instead of $4,000. And | do 80,
.. ,a,.kcr, for :hc following reasons: The
-, i Richmond, Va. appropriated S23o,-
%. ,.,.. The iml,rovcment Of the James river.
, n.n .tntlcmcn will ask how many OIL
...,,,, were pnt in that river during tue
...j how much Of that appropriation
%. l, rnr cit, of Richmond will it take to
....,r ha>r distractions. One hundred
..,.nj dollars ot that appropriation. ac-
ia. >, thr estimates which have been
yf.l remove AL Of those Instructions.
....l = ..rtai dead Of the work had already
Pr. ...n. hv the gentleman from NaSSachu-
VI. ErrLR in cutting the Dutch Gap
.'a.i il W III still take a large amount L"
.....r The work.
~ ElTlER. ot Massachusetts,: | did
...,..r,uc -rntlcman'S statement.
~. III hE: WAS speaking OF the benefit
....i r!N,n the STATE of Virginia by Your
..- The buich Gap canal.
\ ,,. VII Speaker. we ask for this apprr-
..rn! -loo.0oO for the Improvement q
IAtr not only for the benefit of the
.....t,. Of Virginia. but for the benefit of
....mrrcc Of the entire western country.
.... The next year the railroad from the
.t-r To- the city Of Richmond will be
...l. aud large portion Of the trade
...... rom the western states along that
....& y. brought 10 the city OF Richmond.
. WIZ Their" seek water carriage 10 the
.. p. ports Of the world.
ln. . i'm ih!> connection TO call attention
.,..r tHct. and il is this: that during
..,>' >"Ncniy-tNc yclrS there have been
.44li.d for river and harhor improve
49,. III H." United States the sum oi
..' "Nr. and II that amount the state OF
@ h1~ only received S1o,nhH-~that l.,
..., 81" appropriated the state of Viz
.. 49, received oaly one dollar. am III
.... 'o The Gentleman from Michigan [Mr.
..4s i,T this fact. He made very claho-
,..r,n in l>7o. in which hc showed that
...f - = .aoo.0qo had been appropriated
~},.r> and harhor>. and Of that amount
.... 'tDt received only 10000.
u. ,GNGI.N: >Cvcnty-tivc thousand dol
t.r. hi III: No: think $4,000. hay,
.,1 IS. IL. Gentleman speech since he has
.- -. ,Hu,,'l. ~ have said, the city OF
..aani iEl> appropriated S2I0,GU0 for tlll
..., carrying on this work We dc,
- :a," i pushed forward ~ rapidly As
.. f. viii state also that the State OF
g.. a.tuuW pays into your public Treasury
r,"n--not one dollar ltSS--oi internal
..u, alone.
". ,uNGER: Whrnmy friend from Viz.
Nr. IL M gets into the excitement
NAlrh naturally arises in contest o'
IS ,..Iiartrr he fur~ctS that in the commit.
, Is, WIS very we'll satisfied with $4,000
committee in the first instance proposed
rtH' >;"5.ohO. hut the gentleman and al
..,.,.;-ur>. including the gentleman from
Norfolk district [Mr. pLATTL having
80 "5rr The report, said they would b.
...i "iIh $4,000: that that amount
" "" sufficient. We then increased thu
..t ~ SJn,"eA, and everybody was
Va. III NE: | VA, not before the commit.
''' ~ wa ''i't' '"' oo'hi'''''''
' ''' mere,
w. ,';>rth' l eve tie Sc,l'ieii'ai, 'i'
."' "''i MS c"h>'''''cii'> 81 ha,i''s pccl
,t' 1872 'u'''h'.'''' ai',' "IsiiiS inc ti'ill,
'"' 'N-u, H'ilis' II ne ue,i'e> IT, iEN'
..!'. i'it,,F 10 -! ABOUT ''''t. -,
~ NJ u 'Ie -s"''i''!iaii VIII "Iio"
' WIZ N."c 'fa' tlie gentleman VINO re-
80 .f' 'Gi> d',tflcl i detained from hi>
E, ~ -" n'>- II! MS FANNY.
W. '-"fh: All VINO represented llG''
.,.' "I' perfectly s;tisn.d. Dotii senators
.,I'.i '"> i,lHli'r~, WIN THIS Nolc"i $4,000
rE hurA That that was I'LL which. under
r.I"N "t the engineers. we could appro
$50 Ills YEAR fer that work. because it i,
H",h Which can To- carried on only 1T par
..HE STAGES # III" river. at different period:
,..''- 't"' Year. y" representative of Tho
.iI .i'!> made a complaints; Ill are salts
d.
@r. III NE: The cn@inccrrcportsl in favor
sl appropriation If Slnn,GOn.
i..'r\GER: THAT is. to finish the work
N". 1T IKE: NJ: 10. Til. wear.
-" @...,Hdinvnt was disagreed to---ayes