The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22

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The president has doelded IA nominate
Mr. Wright, ~ Massachusetts, ~ cuinf
missioner Of labor statistics
OORE's NATIONAL fiiAlL nllis
The hill introduced 10y Senator coke
IA establish u quarantine i've sioux ifall
prOvidus for fne appointments oi lhfoa
cOmmi. siOneTs to-day out and establish
u public highway for the purpose OF
driving live stock Ia market or iroln
one place 10 another and also "a eslab-
lish az convenient points on tho high
WAY or trail suitable quarantine graz
ng grounds, where I've stock may be
held aud graled for short
peiiod during tho dr,yc; rms
near thu Tooth degree Of longitude,
thence run nOrihwestGrly direction
through the Indian Territory, following
"A. far ~ practicable the Fort Griffin and
Dudge City trail Ia the southwestern
corner Oi Kansas, thence over unappro-
prlated lands OF tho United States In u
nOrthorly direction To the boundary
hne between the United States and
Canada The trail H. not To exceed xix
miles IN width aud the quarantine graz.
ing grounds shall not ho TO exceed
twelve miles square. The unappro-
prlated public lands needed for
The purpose of this act are 10
ba Withdrawn from settlement
and set apart for the purposes of the
act for ten years, Tho report of the
commissioners requires the approval oi
the secretary of the interior before the
trail is established. Ten thousand dol
lars Is appropriated Tor the purposes oil
the act.
THE PUBLIC PRINTER
to-day transmitted To the senate his re-
port for the fiscal year which ended
June 80, 1881. The report says printing
by order of the senale cost sliH,l
against SCI, l6i; and house printing $40,
1853, against $l75,2G7 Tor the previous
year. ON the probable Introduction of
cholera into this country and its rela-
ton to his office tho public printer
says:
IL am advised that imported rags
are largely used by contractors who
supply paper. The treasury department.
has issued an order prohibiting the I'm
portatiOn of rags from cholera injected
countries. II there be danger In the
use III rags ut the mills, IL would seem
tnat the disease might bo communicated
in the paper daily received at This oilice.
In view of the expected approach OF
cholera, and in the name of thu 30 peo-
pie under my charge, submit TINS Is
proper question for the consideration
of ngresS."
An appropriation of $3.50, 900 is asked
| for the coming fiscal year, against $3,Oli,'
600 estimate for the current fiscal year,
A specific appropriation OF SeoUOu
is asked tor the purpose Of granting the
employees fifteen days leave during the
year. The public printer says he has
applied the spirit of the civil service
! law in the management of his Office as
far as he is able to, and says there is not
foreman or an assistant foreman m
| the Office who is not competent TO DO the
work of his subordinates.
GEN. NEWTON ON THE EADs-GALNEsroN
SCHEME.
Gen. Newton, chief engineer, was re-
quested last week TO present his views
the improvement OF calves
ton harbor, at cost ol
81 ,75O, 900, as proposed by
Capt. Eads. A long communication
was received from Gen. Newton to-day
by Mr.. Willis, chairman of that com
mittee. Gen. Newton says Capt. Ead'
promises navigable depth of thirty
feet of water, with the proviso, however
that the depth of thirty feet will be Ia
ken without regard to width. In othe
words, the thirty feet channel need no
be over two feet in width, and conse
uuently not navigable channel at all
The proposed contract, in fact, requires
only navigable channel Of twenty-si,
feet in depth, and 200 feet wide, VIII
a continuous line OF soundings a
30 feet in depth in the center line OF I'M
channel, but without regard to width
By the provision of the contract, aftel
attaining % feet over the bar, Gen. New
ton says that Capt. Eads would be
come entitled to $6,35O,000. This sum
money, in his opinion, is vastly in eX
cess of the cost OF tho work necessary
to produce that result.
lie continues: The amount of com
pensation due after obtaining the dept
of 25 feet over the bar is so large in com
parison with that which the contractor
would afterwards receive for complet
ing the contract, that
strong temptation would arise
particularly should difiiulties ap
pear at that stage of the operations, u
abandon the work. 1t must be noted
that the depth alluded to would prob
ably be obtained, If at all, before /
should become necessary to put in thu
concrete Gaping, so that by retiring
early he might also get id Of that por
ton of the contract.
Section 6 oil the proposed contract
states that the said Eads and his asso
ciates shall be untrammeled in the full
and free exercise of his or their judge
ment, skill and experience in the loca
ton, design and construction OF sait
works and all appurtainances thereto.
submit that this constitutes powe
over the navigable waters of thu
United States unrestrained by any pro
vision for supervision Of the contrac
tors plans, which should never be con
ferred upon any individual.
Gen. Newton says, In his objection
that he does not intend any allusion
even indirectly, to Capt. Eads, but III
has endeavored to treat the subject as
pure business transaction.
WATCHING THE F1LLIBUsTERs.
The treasury department has issuet
special instructions to collectors OF Gus
tons and its other agents in the vicinit,
prevent any violation of internationa
obligations in fitting out fillibusterin;
expeditions against Cuba. The revenue
steamers Dix and Forward, are nov
cruising in the gulf on the lookout TO
suspicious vessels. The United State
steamer Galena is at New Orleans, ant
the United States steamer Tennessee
is on her way to Key West. The Yam
tic, the SwatOra and the Alliance ar
cruising near the West Indies.
JUDGE SPEAR.
The president has decided on the APP
peintment of Emory Spear as United
States district Judge for the southern
district of eorgia.
PUBLIC BUILDING MATTERS.
The house committee on public build
ings has decided to report Representa-
tive Stockslager's bill providing for the
establishment of board, consisting o
the secretary of the treasury, the post
master-general, the attorney-gen
eral, the supervising architect
and an archit ect appointed
by the president, who shall
select the sites and superintend tn
erection of public buildings.