Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-12
WASHINGTON.
VA. AND N. c. ITEMS IN THE SUNoRY
CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
A Public Buiiding for Wilmington ~ IL
The Reasons and Requirements LOT
It-Speaker Reeds Weight.
From our Regular correspondcntl

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The sundry ciyh
appropriation bill was reported 10 the
House to-day The bill includes the. toi-
lowing items for Virginia and North
Carolina
For purchase Of additional land site and
for repairs 10 buoy depot at Chinc0teague
Island, Va, ~ 900. out Of $4,000 asked Tor
in the estimate. The note IN the bill says
that the property on the bay has frontage
of onlythirty feet. and that it is Impossible
60 lay the tender alongside without reach
ing over the other property. At the tiihe
the purchase was made no greater frontage
could be obtained.
For establishing on q new and secure
site the Cape Charles light station IN VIZ
glnia. ~lj0000.
For one superintendent Of a life-saving
service for the coasts of Delaware, MARY
land. and Virginia, ~ 500 for one super,
intendent for the coasts Of Virginia and
North Carolina. II. 800.
The sundry civil bill also provides for the
expenditure Of 900 for the commence
ment Of a public building nj Newberne,
n. c., the limit Of cost Of which Is Si5'OOO.
CEMETERY ENLARGEMENT.
For the purchase Of eight acres of land
other than land belonging TO the Hampton
Normal and Agricultural Institute adloin--
ing, or as near a. practicable TO the Ndtlonal
cemetery nj Hampton, Va. requiredfor the
enlargement Of the same, $1,000.
For purchase Of right Of way and the
improvement Of the means Of approach to
~ 800: Artillery School, Fortress Monroe,
Va. 5000; Southern Branch Soldiers
Home, Hampton, Va, S26, 5Ol.3O-total'
Sl26, Z2O. 30.
wuMISGTOS's PUBLIC BUILDING.
NJ nnrtrI.o1 fv.,., fIo Ifnt,oe { ~ NIT
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to-
day made a favorable report on Repre-
sentative Rowland's bill 10 increase the
appropriation for the public building at
Wilmington, \. c.. so as to fix the limit at
$4,000. The committee think that the
increased appropriation Is necessary Tor
the following reasons:
The building IL 10 be used for a post
Office. United States courtroom, and for
Offices of the Clerk Of the Court Marshal,
United States Commissioner. internal reye-
nue. Offices. and for the signal service otli-
Gals. for the engineer OF the armyn charge
OF the improvements of the rivers and har-
bOrs in North Carolina and adjoining
States, as well as for the sate-keepng OF
the valuable maps. charts. surveys. Nc,
under his charge, and for offices for the
customs officials. which alone requires
$500 square feet Of SPACE.
pleted contains about 1l.0G0 square feet
and over 10000 square feet is required for
the post-office. The post-offce receipts for
the year ending June, 1899, were 81, 33G.2s.
The office is not only self-Sustaiuiug but
Yields net revenue of ~ per cent, while
for the same year the amount OF customs
business amounted TO SjOO26.4O and was
collected at an expense of only Sll.52j.j2
The committee. therefore, recommended
the passage of the bill.
HIS REAL WEIGHT.
An error crept into Mondays correspond
cnce in some way and the paragraph about
| Speaker Reed and his flannel shirts placed
| the weight of the big man from Name at
only 200 pounds, whereas he IL OO-pounder
with neck measurement of 2O4 inches.
| II must have appeared ridiculous TO read
ers of that paragraph to have been told
| that man weighing "2O0 pounds was
| from 40 10 80 pounds" heavier than ex-
| President Cleveland.
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
Postmasters appointed for Virginia: +.
| Murphy. Amsterdam. Botetourt county,
rice j. w. Minck, resigned; X. j. Hughes,
| Mountain Road, Halifax county. rice ). \.
| Rane. removed; G. {. Marshall, Shiloh,
King George county, rice L. j. Payne, re-
! signed.