Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-22
APPROPRIATIONS.
The Committee to Be Called To.
gether Soon to Discuss Them,
The TRANSPORTATION OF NAILS,
This Branch Of the Service Discussed
In = Department Report by George
I. stone-Regsrdlng the
Bond Issue.


Bond Issue.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. = Chairman
Sayers, Of the house committee on ap.
preparations, has telegraphed the clerk
of that committee that he will arrive in
Washington on the Goth Of this month,
with view Of getting appropriation
bills under way us far as possible be-
fore congress convenes on December 8.
Three months sessions never afford toe
much time for the consideration Of
these necessary measures, and there Il
a special reason for expedition In
the preparation Of the bills for
the approaching session, owing tc
the probability Of the loss
Of much time in chatting
over the late elections The democrats
expect good deal Of this from the re.
publicans, and naturally desire to be
able to forestall it with business as far
as they are able to do SO. Appropria-
tion bills alwayshave right Of way, and
can be used at any time by the ma
jority to displace disagreeable or
frivolous question. The estimates
for only three of these bills, the
District Of Columbia, the fortiA-
cations and pension bills, have SO
far been furnished, but it is understood
that other estimates will follow soon
and by the time these shall have been
disposed OF by the committee other
bills will be ready for its considera-
ton. The subcommittee which have
these three bills to deal with have been
summoned by the clerk in obedience to
Mr. Sawyer's instructions to meet on
the 22nd inst. There have been no
changes in the membership Of any Of
these subcommittee except in that Of
the District Of Columbia. A rearrange-
ment of this subcommittee has been
necessitated by the retirement of Mr.
Compton, who was its former chair
man. Representative Williams Of
Illinois, who formerly held third place
on the sub-committee has been ad-
vanced to the chairpansl.ip, Mr. Dock
cry, Of Missouri / lining second
place, to which was originally ap-
pointed, and Nj. Robertson, of Louisi-
ana. being given o place on the SUBJ
committee.
THE TRANSPORTATION OF MAuA
WAspINeToy. Nov. IL. -Cy,. ;. n the
illness of Second Assistant q
ter-Gen,;a ;al Nelson. the renort q,
office is made bv (,eorpe r. Stone. wno
Is acting in his stead. The report deals
with that branch of the postal service
which looks after mail TRANSPORTATION.
For the star service It is shown that
there nre 10 375 routes with nm aggre.
gate length Of 25l.5s7 miles, and the
total of miles travelled il 113 570 33s nj
an expense of S5,si6, $50; an estimate
for next year A, s75 ooO
Consideration is being giyen to the
feasibility of utilizing electric and
other rand motor street car lines TO
facilitate the Transportation of mails
in the important cities between the
main most offices and branch offices.
and to and from the main station. A
nlan of this kind will he probable. in
GLIDING running a special car of the
street lines for exclusive use Of the mail
service, not only for CARRYING locked
pouches, but in which certain amount
of distribution will be possible. OF
course, such an arrangement could be
effected only by the hearty co-opera-
ton of the street car companies with
the department for the improvement
of the service. The office hopes to ac-
complish some such substantial result
in the direction indicated within the
next year.
Thecost of railway mail street cars
was S3,sl9,35e, and the estimate for
next year s3,2C5. 900. Railway post
office clerks cost $685. 1874, and the es-
innate for next year S7,333, 900. The
total number of pieces of mail handled
was lO,53e, 234, 255 in which but l,2sl,-
0ol errors were made. The foreign
mail service cost sl,239 362; estimate
for next year. s1,0l9, 400.
ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE.
WASHINGTON. Nov l5.-The blank
forms Of proposals for the new bonds
were only distributed to the sub.treas-
nries Yesterday so that there have not
vet been anv formal bids received on
Tho new issue Two teleprams
were received at the treasury de-
nortment Announcing that nroposals
,,,o,,lJ oo,,,a hr lottar ond n Ia tha av-
naotat,on that to.dav's mail will con-
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