The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.
LITTLE kANAwHA APPROPRIATION.
pA'ls And Cand.a Working For It D.fors tho
cOmulttts-ApproprlitIoss for Fable Build.
iags-TAs LaIisg Of the Corner stone
Of Garfield Memorial Church. 4
Special Dispatch to tho lu,rllIreuccr.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO the 1ntclllgcnccr, fi II .
0, WASHINGTON, July 2.-Senators Davis
and Camden, and Coll Wilson, were be.
fore the sub. Committee OF tho Committee
on Commerce yesterday, and advocated
tho appropriation, Of $4,000 for tho Lille
kanawha. The Committee agreed to re-
port iarorably, provided the present nayi.
CATION company would mot increase the
rates OF toll. Both Senators are out OF the
city today, but Mr.. Davis will return to-
morrow and Mr.. Camden OIL Tuesday. 4,
The letter received today from Charles
ton, W. Va, announces A. S. Durlew as
candidate for the District Atlorneyship.
Prominent Republicans say: "Thc aspir.
ants are all friendly in the contest, and the
successful man will be the one who l,as the
greatest number OF good hackers" 4
: Jas. w. Sweeney, OF Wheeling. who for
a few days past Inns been atI Berkeley
Springs for his health, is now here.
The resolution in regard to public build.
ings, which MIR. Shallenberger succeeded
in getting through the House yesterday,
calls on the Secretary Of the Treasury for a
full statement for number Of such build
ings authorized to be erected outside Of the
District OF Columbia since Deccmbcr- /,
1915, the localities, cost OF fixtures, accom-
lnodatlons, Including tic United States
Courts. Also the rent, cost Of repairs, &C.,
paid by the government for use OF its offices
and courts prior to the construction and
occupancy OF said buildings and the SUBJ
sequent cost Of preserving and keeping in
order each OF the satne, together with dates
ofall acts OF Congress relating to the mat.
ter. -
Mr.. kenna is Of the opinion That Con.
gress will adjourn about the seventeenth,
of July, provided the Senate does not in.
dulgc in'too much discussion on the inter.
nal revenue bill. 1t is very possible, how
ever, that the bill will not be taken up
Mt alI.
Judge lIose is working to have the value
OF the Government property at lIarpcr's
Ferry appraised by a commission and nu.
thority given to the Solicitor Of the Treas.
ury.to dispose Of the property at not less
than that price ut public auction.
Preliminary surveys have been made
and work will soon commence on the
Richmond and louisville, Railway, which
was chartered by the last Legislature ol
Virginia. Norfolk is its eastern terminus
Its route is around the southern point Of
West Virginia, through what is known as
the C Inch Valley, comprising Bland,
Tazewell, Russell, Buchanan and other
counties, rich in iron, coal and fine timber
1t is thought<the Richmond & Allegheny
extension will tap this line at Cumberland
Gap. TE=%
An engineering party is now engaged in
surveying between &Strassbnrg on the
Manassas branch Of the Virginia Midland
and Fairfax Stone on the upper waters Of
the Potomac, where it will connect With
Senator Davis's West Virginia road. They
will probably complete their work during
the next two weeks Tho limo surveyed
runs by Mooreiield, and is obstructed BY
no serious obstacles. Ta