The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-30
THE OYSTER QUESTION.
NETTING 10 BIZ HELD AroLD POINT
To Consider This; Also to sottle the Mary
land boundary Line-Proosedings Of
tho House aud Senate.

chairman OF the JOINT Legislative COMMITTED
appointed o. confer with a similar committee
on the part Of Maryland to-day, met Senator
Hayes. chairman. and Delegate Sans, secre-
lary Of the Maryland Joint committee, 70 ar
range for q meeting of the two committees
These committees were appointed 20 consider
the question Of boundary between Virginia
and Maryland and also the oyster question.
Messrs. Cardwell, Hayes and Sans to-day
agreed that the two committees shall meet at
Old Point about the l4th OF july. ne
Virginia committee viii be transported
20 the meeting place by the state
oyster boat. The Maryland committee VIII
start from Baltimore very early on tho l4th
on one OF the State oyster vessels. Al tho
meeting arranged for It II IS expected that the
long-yexed question Of the boundary. as well
as moOted questions In regard % oysters VIII
be amicably settled. or at least that such a
basis of settlement may be found az VIII
mset the approval Of both States.
Senator liayes said to-day that the question
Of taking oysters IN the Potomac aud fOcO-
mOke rivers was one 30 be considered.
Representative Jones. who Was appointed
commissioner ON the part of Virginia by Gov
ernor Lee. and who examined the whole sub
Iect with bis usual care and ability, says IT is
out Of the question q develop oysters
iu the Potomac until some settlement snail
have been made He says under existing con-
ditions the right of citizens of both States 10
JAKE oysters ia tho Potomac IS recognized:
that as a result as soon as the season
opens OYSTER gatherers of both states
rush into the Potomac, and IN
short time the beds are stripped OF all
oysters ht for anything. He says 1t becomes
q rivalry between the oyster fishermen OF the
two States as 20 which shall gather the larger
ghsre OF oysters from the Potomac. Mr..
Jones thinks there ought 10 be an agreement
orr faHHH HHf lHf
river the dividing line, leaving Virginia TO
regulate her half and Maryland hers. Ia this
way each State could protect its share OF the
oyster beds. aud instead of having them de-
pleted could develop them
Speaker Cardwel left for Richmond on the
o'clock train tins afternoon and Will take
steps for the meeting at Old Point.
SALARIES or GIN. LEE AND SENATOR BARBOUR.
Senator Hunton to-day introduced a bill to
pay Mrs Tabb Boiling Lee. widow of the
late Representative Lee, $4,000 in fuh Of all
claims for salary etc. The General Dehcien-
cy bill az reported % the House. contained
paragraph directing that all balance of salary
due the late General Lee be paid TO his widow
but IL was stricken out bv the House. To
day Senator HuntOn introduced the bill 10
pav the widow $4,000 Mr.. Meredith intro
duced the same bill in the House. The gen
eral practice hitherto has been 20 pay the
heirs of a deceased member the full amount
of salary and allowances To which he would
have been entitled had he served out his term
Senator Huuton also introduced bill 90 pay
the legal representatives OF the iate Senator
Barbour So 900 IN full of all claims.
POSTAL CHANGES.
The following postal changes have been
Virginia Postofices established Finley.
Gravson county. Sarah Johnson. postmaster;
Nordick. Washington county, jobs Leonard,
postmaster.
The name Of the postofice Clarkonia Hall
fax county, has been changed to Clarkton.
North Carolna-Special service has been
ordered discontinued from July 9Th as fol-
lows: TO pocosin. Columbus county, from
Sasapan: 10 Sheva Mecklenlurg county
from COwans Ford. The Star service from
Sasspan To Councils station will be extended
July nth 90 begin at PocOsln the Star ser
vice from Charlotte % River View will, on the
same date. be changed 10 end at Sheya, omit
ting River View. ln Virginia Bette D. Ward
has been appointed postmaster 40 Belle Ha-
ven, AccOmac county, vice A. j. Ward, de
ceased la North Carolina O.. Ii. Parker has
been appointed postmaster a5 Hint ii. Gull
ford county, vice A. q. Wilson, resigned
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Ia the Senate to-day. the Postofice Appro-
priation bill being under consideration, the
appropriation Of 1856 600 20 continue and
maintain the Tampa fast mail line from New
York was restored The Senate ApprOpria-
tiOns Committee 40 the lusugatlOu OF Wanna
maker struck out the item. but the friends of
the fast line made a fight in the Senate and
Won.
Senator Morgan. who is generally we'll in
formed as 90 Harlsons intentions, says the
Senate and House will both pass the Silver
Free Coinage bill and that the President will
not veto it.
The seuate.
Mr. Davis Bep.. MINI. ). from the Commit
tee on Foreign relations, reported favOrably
the Canadian Retaliation bill. introduced by
himself the other day, entitled a bill TO Sc
cure certain reciprocal advantages 10 citizens,
pOrts aud vessels Of the United States.
Bir Hale presented the conference report
On the Diplomatic and Consular bill, which
VAS agreed TO. The Senate Immediately at
ter the conclusion of the routine business, on
motion of Mr.. Allison. resumed consideration
OF the Legislative Executive and Judicial
Appropriation bill. the pending question be-
ing. On the retention OF the Utah COmmis-
sion.
The House provision abolishing the Utah
commission was stricken ont by vote of .
10 2.
Some minor amendments TO the bill were
agreed 10 and on is passage in the Senate
vas sent 10 the House for conference.
The Invalid Pension bill was next called up,
Nh Stewart New having 10 III charge, The
lll ~ IL passed the House. appropriated
&l8} O4s. 500 as amended By the Senate com
Inittee Il carried Sl44, $4,000. an increase OF
e. 600 900.
Mr.. stewart explained that when the bill
passed the House IL was supposed there would
10 a surplus Of SlO 600, 900 of the appropria-
ton made for the present fiscal year available
for the next fiscal year. but instead OF a sur
plus there was q deficiency Of about 81, ,O00.OOO.
Mr. German Dem, Md said this bill car
red the enormous SUM Sl44, 500, 600. There
are now upon the pension rolls $4,000 pen
sioners. How many more were to be added
90 be appropriated for hereafter no man
living could say When the last general pen
sion bin was under consideration he had made
an estimate which had been disputed by the
chairman Of the committee having charge OK
tle bill. but which was now verified.
The Commissioner Of Pensions had appear
ed before the Committee on Pensions and
frankly admitted that there was no data IN
his Office by which he could make an estimate
Of the appropriations needed for the coming
year. His statement was that In a haphazaId
sort of way they had oyerestimated nine NIL
lions last year and underestimated seven mil
lions this year. and that at the rate they were
going on they would probably require one
hundred and sixty million dollars for next
year. But that was a mere guess. nothing
more.
Mr. Coekrell Dem. Mo- said that il was
impossible 20 make an accurate estimate OF
the number of peuaipuera IN ba proyted for