Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-11
BIG B0OMSFOR SAVANNAH
MIR. NoRWoOD'S TWO BILLS TO
PASS THE HOUSE.

nvo-, covernment Building and 2S
4 yraot DeDth OF water for the Harbor
tbsir Ain-Lands Worth S2O,00O.OOO
Ar stake-The Condition OF Mr.. Morrt-
sons Tariff Reform Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Representa-
tive Norwood, of Savannah, appeared be-
fore the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors to-day, and advocated his resolu-
tion providing for survey Of the SaVan-
nah Harbor, with a view to securing
twenty.eight feet OF water. The commit
tee promised to consider the matter.
I About one hundred similar resolutions
have been referred to the committee.
4 Probably no one Of them will be reported,
but provision will be made in the river
aud harbor bill for all meritorious sur
veys, including undoubtedly the survey
& of Savannah HarbOr.
The House Committee on Public Build
ings will report favorably Mr.. Norwood's
bill providing for the erection Of public
building at Savannah.
RICH LANDS AT STAKE.
E.B. GRAY, of Franklin, Pa, filed with
the Commissioner of Public Lands to-day
charges to the effect that the Central
Land Company, of Wyoming, whose
stock is largely OwEed in Boston, OBJ
tanned the large tract of land in WyOm-
ing which it claims to own unlawfully.
The prospectus of the Central Land Com
pany, of Wyoming, filed with these
charges states that the company own
25,000 acres of land in Wyoming, which
contains petroleum, coal and soda,
being particularly rich in the
latter mineral. The prospective
value of the tract is set at 500, 900, 600. 1t
is stated that the company has expended
nearly half million dollars in establish
ing the plant necessary to the develop
ment of the soda beds and the petroleum
wells. The Commissioner of Public Lands
promised to take the matter into consider
alton at once. K. B. Gray is connected
with the Standard Oil Company.
TARIFF BILL PROSPECTS.
A great many more or less conflicting
reports have been published within the
last few days about the tariff bill which
Chairman Morrison, of the Committee on
Ways and Means, is preparing. Chair
man Morrison said iocularly to the men,
bers of the Ways and Means Committee
yesterday that he would have something
Interesting for them before long. This
4 was construed to mean that he would pre-
sent bis tariff bill to them at the next
meeting OF the committee, which occurs
Tomorrow; but he cannot do this for his
bill is not ready.
NOT YET FINISHED.
He has been quietly Working on 1t, con-
lerrIng meanwhile with other revenue
reform leaders, but has not finished it.
When it is finished it will probably be
@tound to be at once satisfactory to Mr..
Morrison and to the other revenue re-
formers. It will have the administrative
feature OF Mr.. Hewitt's bill, and such a
reduction in rates as shall be satisfactory
to the revenue refOrmers, including a good
free list. The reduction will be discrimi-
native and not horizontal. There is a
reasonable expectation on the part of the
revenue reformers that they will get the
bill through the House.
THE COINAGE FIGHT.
The House Committee on Coinage talked
4 generally about the silver question to-day
without coming to a vote. Mr.. McCreary,
q OF Kentucky, who is on the Assay Com
q mission at Philadelphia, was the only
member absent. The doubtful members
Of the committee were very careful not TO
commit themselves as to the measure
which they would support, but il was
generally agreed that some measure
should be reported to the House.
favored a-do-notbing policy. Mr.. Fuller,
OF Iowa, a pronounced silver Republican,
offered a resolution in the committee, de-
cl8ring that it is not IN the interest of the
people of this country to suspend the
coinage OF the standard silver dollar.
This was laid over till the next meeting
Of the committee without action. II q
vote can be had on this resolution at the
next meeting it will be conclusive as to