Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-28
ASL0NG HERETOFORE
The Houses Of Congress Did Practically
Nothing Yesterday.
RIVER AND HARB0R BILL.
Additional Appropriations Made for Sur
yeys-Engineer Opposition-Pop-H Hepub-
1ican Observation-Disclosures Gossip.

'oHSltaS pIdctCHlly ulI nOtnlnB tO-"a''
| as very few Of the statesmen are in the
| city. They are leaving on every train
| knowing that the final adjournment will
| occur tomorrow.
Representative Jones went home this
| evening. He viii have to come back to
| Washington every two weeks. being
| member Of the Democratic Executive
| Committee for the manag ment Of the
| congressional campaign. Mr. Jones is
| usually a smooth-tempered man. but some
| Of the newspaper pictures Of him which
| appeared yesterday In IA syndicate arti-
| Gle on the work Of the Campaign Com
| mttee were calculated to rie him, and
| he looked depressed when illusions were
made to those pictures to-day
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
| The appropriations for rivers and har-
| bors included in the bill which Presi-
| dent Cleveland permitted TO become a law
| the other day without his signature Will
| become Immediately available. and a great
! deal OF work can be done this year in the
| South. In the North and East. as well
as the Northwest. where the seasons are
| shorter, very little work can be done this
year. and as there will be no BIN passed
| during the coming short session Of Con-
| gress. IL Is fortunate. for the waterways
| Of the country at large that the measure
| got through at this session. If the tarin
| fight had no. been pending for so many
months the river and harbor bill could
have been passed early last spring, ana
| then the great projects would have been
pushed during the spring and summer IN
all portions OF the country.
Mr.. Cleveland has never been friend
! 10 the Improvement Of the waterways.
His mind has apparently been poisoned
against the system by the New York
newspapers. Millions has been spent on
the harbOr OF the metropolis, and now
that they need very little up that way
they constantly do everything in their
power 10 induce the Executive to veto
the bills. President Arthur was influenced
10 veto n river and harbor bill, but Con-
gress passed IL promptly over his veto,
and this one would have been passed over
Clevelands veto IL he had written n mes
sage of the sort. During his first term
river and harbor bill was sent 10 Mr..
Cleveland just as Congress was about to
adjourn at the close Of the long session.
and he failed to return II. and IL did not
become law because Of the adjournment.
No such chance as that was taken this
year.
The South has great interest In these
measures. and the money appropriated
is the only large amount that is sent back
to a section of country which pays such
tremendous taxes that 70 to swell the
pcnsion list. Ii is true that in n measure
of this character a great deal Of money Is
wasted on projects that never amount TO
anything. but in the aggregate untOli
benefits TO commerce are secured, besides
giving employment to thousands Of men.
PRELIMINARY SURVEYS.
In addition 10 the actual appropriations
made for improvements In Virginia and
North Carolina, the bill that has just be-
come n law directs the Secretary Of War
10 cause preliminary examinations to be
made at the following localities:
Virginia--Deep Creek branch of Eliza
beth river. with view OF obtaining
depth equal to that Of the Lake Drum
mond canal, formerly the Dismal swamp
canal. and the western branch OF sAli
Elizabeth river: Harris creek, prong OF
Black river: Lyons creek; for Internal
waterway, extending from Franklin city
southwark To Cape Charles, the chief OBJ
structlons exist in what is Known as
Boegs bay, Cat creek. Kegotank bay,
Weir passage, and Burton's bay; jack
sons creek, near mouth OF flahKatahh
| river; Ware river; Quantico creek, Great
Wicomico river, from Cedar Point 10 IN
mouth: Hunting creek, from It's mouth 10
head of navigation.
| North Carolina-COre sound. from mouth
Of North river to Beaufort harbor, and
| Cane Lookout harbor 10 Refuge, with 4
| view TO improvement of navigation; Drum
| Inlet. between Portsmouth and cape
| Lookout: Tar river, from Washington 10
| GreenVille, with view 10 obtaining
| depth of three feet; South creek. from
L s.f no. ifraf Turner
| cut. a branch of Pdsquotank river; Soup
| pernong river.
| surveys are also to be made and the
| cost Of improvement IS TO be estimated at
| the following localities:
| Bar at the northwest entrance Of Mil
| ford Haven from Piankatank river;
| mouth of Cranes creek. a tidal estuary
| Of Great Wicomico river in Virginia.
| In North Carolina-NOrth East Cape
| Fear) river. from the old county ferry TO
| Juniper swamp or creek, a point about
| one mile north Of Hilton railroad bridge.
| with a view of obtaining an increased
| depth Of channel; Alligator river, Cape
| Fear river above Fayetteville.
| In securing river and haTbOr appropria-
| tiOns much depends as rule on the re-
| concentrations made by the Engineer
| Corps. and those gentlemen have not
| been as liberal as they might be TO Nir-
| glnla and North Carolina. 1t is probably
| due to the fact that the people in the
| States named DO not furnish fully the
| trade statistics to back them up. In the
| West they are alive to this part Of the
/ programme ana it is hoped the South will
be alive to its interests in the future.
| GOOD TIMES COMING.
| Visitors from North Carolina, with
| scarcely an exception. speak in glowing
| terms of the prospects for business in
| 10. h.,
| crops as being about the best North
| Carolina has produced in years. There is
| going TO be plenty of corn. tobacco. and
| cotton, and with the other resources Of
| the people, including lumber and min
| erals. there Is every reason TO hope that
| in two months business Will revive won
| derfully In many of the Western States
| they have had drought, which has ruined
their crops. especially in several OF the
| cOrn-producing States. and the price OF
| this cereal ought TO advance. But even
| If 1t does not. the big yield in North
| Carolina will more than compensate.
Visitors from Virginia talk equally as
encouraGingly, and, viewed from the
standpoint of the politician. this good
outlook ought to make it uphill work for
| the Republicans and Populsts to make any
| serious inroads upon the Democratic
| party at the coming elections. The occu-
| patton of the croakers appears TO be gone
| this year at least and the best posted
| people look for sweeping Democratic vic
| tories In Virginia and North Carolina.
The Populist members of Congress from
| the West are very much puzzled over the
| way things have been going in Virginia and
they feel like suing old man Beverley.
| Haskins HobSon. General Field and the
| balance of the outfit for breach of faith
| They had been led 10 believe that the
| Pops could cut a great figure this year
in Virginia politics. They hoped for fu-
sion til you couldn't rest. OF course fu-
| sion in Virginia meant that the Pops"
must form an alliance with the Repubi-
cans. just as they did last year In the gu
| bernatorial campaign: but II seems in the
| West they have 10 take up with the Dem
| acrats against the Republicans. 1t is a
| fight against the dominant party in a
| state and they are having poor success
| out West this year. from all accounts. as
| the Democrats begin to feel that principle
| counts for more than victory IL they have
TO ioin hands with the motley crowds in
| Kansas, Nebraska, and other States that
| have nearly been ruined by the combina-
tions that got into power.