The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-29
CALIFORNIAN CLAIM.
The Delegation Working for
Public improvements.
Senator FELTON, Preparing to Urge the
Needed Appropriations.
MGK0lla'S Efforts for Public Buildings.
Bowers Boom for San DIEGO.
Pensions Granted.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Representative
Bowers has been hard at work for several
weeks endeaYoring to get ruling from the
POstOffice Department requiring the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company to live up to its
contract under the Subsidy Act and call at
San Diego on its trips. One of the objec-
tiOns urged by the company was that, If il
stopped at San Diego, the mail steamships
would have to give the bond to the Collector
Of Customs usual in such cases. Bowers
then turned his attention to the Treasury
Department, and has now obtained a ruling
from the officials Of that department to the
effect that the Pacific Mail steamers need
not give bond if they touch there. Bowers
thinks that this ought to be satisfactory to
the company. and that they are now bound
to carry out their contract and stop at San
Diego. He thinks that great benefit will ac-
crue to San Diego if the steamship com any
carries out its agreement and that San
DegO'S mercantile interest will increase
largely at the expense of those Of San Fran
cisco.
WORKING FOR OAKLAND's POsToFFICE.
IL AOoPbhSO " tAAl itiIulAJ CONCERNING tuC
Oakland POstofice building, Representa-
tive McKenna said to-day that he was
looking after the matter closely and wa
hopeful that he would succeed in having the
bill reported favOrably and passed by the
House, Notwithstanding the very econOm-
ical tendency of the Democratic leaders.
The Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds of the House held its first meeting
nd Ra,,rasopfafiua ATnK
one of the first to appear before it. lie
made a lengthy argument showing that
Oakland was badly in need OF good big
P0StOttiCe building, and that there should
not be a cent less than $500, 900 apprOpri-
ated.
FELTON's STRONG FIGHT.
Senator FELTON, is getting together an array
of figures whch he will use In the Senate to-
morrow when the bills for public buildings
In Los Angeles, San Diego, Alameda, Cal,
and Virginia City, New, are reached on the
calendar. He Will use some comparisons
between the Pacific and Atlantic coast ap-
preparations made up TO this time, and will
endeav0r to show that although California
has produced so much wealth, received SO
much in customs duties and paid so much
in internal revenue, she has not received
public approprlat OnS In proportion. He
says he Will have something 10 say about
the vast sums of money spent on the Nlsss-
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bots and waterways.
BOARD OF INSPECTION APPOINTED.
By direction of the Secretary of War
Board of Survey. TO consist of Lieutenant
Colonel George NJ Sternburg, surgeon :;
Major James II. Lord. QuarIermaster. and
Captain Charles a. Woodruff, COmmiSSary
Of Subsistence, will assemble at the general
depot of the QuartermasteT's department at
San Francisco from time to time, at the call
of the senior member, for the purpose of
ascertainiDg and fixing the res possibility
for any loss or damage existing in the arti-
cles of the QuartermastGr's stores and cloth
ing, camp and garrison equipage, received at
thatdepOt during the remainder Of the present
calendar year The junior member of the
board VIII act as recorder.
PENSIONS GRANTED.
California pensions have been granted
as follows: Thomas Heating, Melvin
Cunningham, Henry Roach. Stephen Hus-
sey, George w. Rogers, Silas {. Stewart
Thomas 5. Hall, Vance |. Wilson, William
lOry, Annie Walsh, Patrick Butler, Albert
l.. Noble, William A. Seikirk, Loretta G.
Marshall and AbTam b. Lane.
ARMY APPOINTMENT.
By direction OF the President, Captain
Charles Il. Warren, U. S. A, retired. IS de-
tailed for service as Professor at the State
Agricultural College Of Oregon at Corvallis,
Oregon,
MONEY NEEDED FOR PENSIONS.
General Raum, Chief of the Pension
Bureau, appeared before the subcommittee
of the House Appropriations Committee to-
day and asked for an appropriation for PEN
si0ns for the next fiscal year Of Sl44, 9J6 900.
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