The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-10
WORK OF CONGRESS-
TO WEST VIRGINIA
Bridges Over the Ohio Rl,sr-R..dJu,tn. of
Postna,tsr.' sallrIss-rlne for war Claims
E1tsndsd-BIlls that Failed to Pas-storI
OF Attempted AssassinatIon OF Blaine.

From an Occasional Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March Snow that Con-
geas has adjourned, perhaps the readers
OF The lSTELLldRScER would like to know
what was passed Of particular interest to
them. OF course, the acts Of general
nature, such as the taria, have been writ
ten to death, but it ID not the intention to
talk Of these general matters. AS money
is the great desideratum, we will first see
what West Virginia is to receive from the
Government for the next fiscal year.
Provision is made out Of the general
fund for tho furniture and carpets for the
new public library at Charleston.
To pay the representative of the Hon. j.
T. Updegraf, balance Of salary and
mileage due him as member oil the Forty.
seventh Congress, 81 ,OS2.H.
In this connection will say that there
was passed a resolution authorizing the
printing oil twelve thousand copies OF the
memorial addresses delivered in the Senate
and House on the death OF DR.. Updegrah,
together with portrait Of the deceased.
BRIDGES OVER THE OHIO RIVER.
Among the bills passedis that to amend
the existing law relative to the construc-
ton Of bridges across the Ohio river, and
to prescribe the Dimensions Of the same. 1t
provides for bridges below Cincinnati with
continuous spans at least fve hundred feet
in length and fiity.three feet above local
highest water. No change, however, Is
made in the existing bridge law for the
river above Cincinnati. The up river in.
terests consulted about the matter declared
1t as their opinion that mo foim OF low
draw bridges Is admissible under any cir
cumstances. They recommended that the
present law be so changed as to require that
all bridges shall have two clear openings OF
five hundred feet each, and a height above
high water Of forty.fye feet"
RIADJUsrNESr OF PosrMAsrkRs' SALARIES.
An important Bill to the postmasters OF
West Virginia authorizes the Postmaster
General to readjust the salaries OF all post
masters and late postmasters Of the third,
fourth and fifth classes, under the CLASH.
fication act OF 1864, whose salaries have not
heretofore been readjusted under the terms
of the law OF 1866, who made returns Of
receipts and business for readjustment OF
salsry to the Postmaster General, or who
made quarterly returns, in conformity to
the then existing law, showing that the
salary allowed was ten per cent less than 1t
would have been upon the basis OF COM
missions under the act OF 1854.
To protect the postmasters from the i'm.
positions OF claim agents and speculatbrs,
It has been provided that every readjust-
ment Of salary under this act shall
be upon the written application Of
the postmaster, late postmaster, or legal
representative, entitled to the read.
justment, and that each payment made
by warrant or check on some assistant
treasurer OF the United States, made pay
able to the order OF the applicant, and
forwarded by mail to him at the postoftice
within whose delivery he resides, and
which address shall be set forth in the ap.
plication when filed:
Some time ago spectators attempted to
get hold OF this class Of claims, in some
cases exacting at least fifty per cent as
compensation for pretended services in
their anticipated settlement. need not
tell the postmasters OF West Virginia that
no attorney or claim agent Is necessary to
secure the allowance Of their claims. They
will be taken up in the order Of their filing
by the department, and settled without
cost to the claimant. .I