Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-13


8 begun and none prosecuted which wcr
i not Of national Importance. Subs,
I quently this amount was increased I
I. 50, 237 600, and the works are no,
! progressing on this basis. The in
provement of the South Pass of tn
|, Mississippi river, under James b. Fad
D and bis associates, is progressing favor
Q ably. At the present time there is
channel Of twenty and tbree-tcntb
feet in depth between the jetties at tn
mouth OF the Pass, and eighteen an
one-half feet at the head Of the Pass
Neither channel, however, has th
: width required before payments can b
} made by the United States. A com
mission of engineer officers is now cx
, amining these works, and their report
: will be presented as soon as received
THE NAVY.
The report of the Secretary of th'
Navy shows that branch of the servic,
TO be in a condition as effective as il i
possible to keep ii with tho means ant
authority given the Department. 1
is, Of course, not possible TO rival th,
costly and progressive establishments
Of the great European powers with th,
old material Of our navy, TO which ne
increase has been authorized since th,
war, except the eight small cruisers
built TO supply the place of other
which had gone to decay; yet the
most has been done that was possible
with the means at command, and by
substantially rebuilding some of our
old ships with durable material, and
completely repairing and reftting oul
monitor feet, the navy has been grad
ually so brought up that though il
does not maintain it's relative position
among the progressive navies of the
world, it is now in condition more
powerful and effective than 1t ever has
been in the time OF peace. The com,
plete repairs Of our FIVE heavy iron.
clads are only delayed on account
Of the inadequacy Of the appropria.
tions made last year for the working
bureaus of the department, which were
actually less in amount than those
made before the war, notwithstanding
the greatly enhanced price ofslabor and
materials, and the increase in the cost
OF the naval service, growing out OF
the UNIVERSAL use and great expense
$3.50 ~ s.ea'n "aa.nne'y .a. ny ihohey nee
.'Isa vIIa ,o' .ueso lopalIs .l' snou'u i po Pro-
'iu.. ,uo1 , ~ Gnoo, sna. .ney may W eVhl'
P'e'eu "iuIou' iui'uSl Wi unneceSsar .,.y uc-
'ay .I anu 1920 " u.h 'n's iS uone,
al .no s1renglh .nse ,hcre is ~ our
my "nn ~ u'so'9p.u anu uselul 70
~, i.s ,ul' r capacity ana J. VIII oe power
iar ior purposes oi ,a ueiense anu a'so ior o.
oncnslse action, sno'iu 'ne Necessity
.or u Una. n ar'Sc withln q ressonao,e gO, d's-
'anoo iIoni ou. snoros. my iaos 'na'
our navy Is no' lnorc 'nouern anu pow
er'ul lnan !. Is, nas oevh nlaoe u cause
ol complain. agains. lne secretary Oh
tne navy py persons VINO, at tne same
Ia. l',ne' or'''e.ss anu oomP'a" ., n's On,
aeasots 70 ur'ng .ne may .na' wv ,,,,a nase
hu, ~ ~ 'os ao~d a.. .onso @ =, os 'ho sovn
uada,S,aSd @ - T 49,. !. - ILL J od dn w. h;a
s ..sa.aa, a.;a .na' ~ .oa" uu' " ;s h;s
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manu- n. ,.. a..,.
i"A rosinN s."''I'
Inc repon oi the ros'mas'er ueh'
ersi SHOWS The excess Oh expenditures,
including expenditures on account oil
previous years, over the receipts ior
tne nscai year ended June oo' 1879, 10
DC ~, ,iol,sss.oo. Inc estimated ex-
Penditures lor the nscal year ending
June 81, 1915, are s3o, "a, 5,432.43 the
estimated revenue ior the same period
IS s3os64o, i65.oO, leaving an estimated
excess of expenditure TO be approprla-
led as q deficiency OF s6,O1S,z67.43.
Inc Postmaster General, ike his pred
ecessor, is convinced that a change in
inc oas's oi adlusung salaries OF post
masters Oh tue iour.n ciass Is hecessa-
ry ior the good OF the service
as wen as Tor the interests oi the
uovernment' ana urgently recommends
'nat tne compensation OF tne class OF
postmas'ers ABOVE mentioned DC oaseS
on OF tne business oi ,nelr Respective OIL
nces, as ascer'a'ned from inc sworn re-
turns 70 toe AUDITORS ~
a iew postmas'ers I'D Tue ooutnerh
o.a'es nave expressed grea. apprehen'
SION Of tnelr personal SAFETY on ac-
count OF 'ne'r eonnecuoh WIN thepos-
tm service ana nave specially request.
ca tnat iheir reports oi apprehended
danger should not DC made pubic, lest
~ shouid result IN the loss oil their
hvcs; put no positive testimony oil IN.
.crierence mas oeen submitted except
Ia ,he case OF q mai messenger AZ spar
'cnou,g, in oou,n oaronha, VINO re-
ported Una, a, ne had been violently driven
away wnle IN cnarge Oh .ne mans on
accoun' oi nus po'''icai aiiiia''ons, AN
assistant superln'endent Oh tne railway
lna'l serN'ce investigated this case, ana
reported 'eat tne messenger nad dis-
appea.eu rom MS Pcst, ieasing nus
WORK 70 90 performed oy substitute
1 ne ostmas'eroeneralthnks ,h's case
sun'o'en''y sagses.se 70 justly nun
~ sNS staa.'. L. - M c'. ~
olTense of assau,tips apy pe,son in
charge of the mail or of reiardinq or