The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-15
NEW RAILROAD PROJECT
Proposed 10 Incorporate 0 Line from
Chesapeake Boy 10 The OCeQD.
WHAT WAS DONE BY A HUSTLIRG MEMBER
BtIi introduced to Exempt Ncvspn>
pers from License Tnxea.-FniIuro
of RetronchInnnL Foreshadowed-
Ktzer's labor Bureau Bill Ordered
90 ITS Engrossment.
WHAT WAS DONE BY A HUSTLIRG MEMBER
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Especial Dispatch to The Virginian.)
Richmond, Va. Feb. IA, 1898.
Mr.. Maynard offered in the Senate
and Mr.. Newbcrne in the House a bill
to incorporate the Chesapeake Transit
company. The corporators named are
d. w. Ashton, S. Q. Collins, Marion
Hardy. ]. e. Coles, r. w Shulticc.
Authority is given to construct and
operate railroad from some point on
the Chesapeake Bay in Norfolk coun-
ty, TO a point on the Atlantic ocean,
In Princess Anne, and the company
may build and operate branch line
into Norfolk city. The capital stock Is
TO be not less than $4,000 nor more
than 100000
The House bill in relation to work.
ing convicts on the public roads in
Norfolk county was passed by the
Senate.
Mr. 1vey, of Petersburg, did some
very effective. quiet work in the House
today. and he Is more tha3 ever i'm
pressed with the belief that a mem
Der should be in his seat every day.
When he went to his desk he saw from
the calendar that the bill depriving
workingme1 of $50 exemption would
quite likely come up early III the day.
30, to speak, he put on his "hustlng
clothes and went to work to make
votes against the measure, and he kept
up his efforts until the vote was taken
The bill came up and was advoca ted
by Messrs. Wood; OF Chesterfield; and
settle, Of Rappahannock, while Mcssrs
HICKS, of Roanoke, and Wallace, of
Richmond, opposed It, !An aye and
nay vote was taken and the House re-
FUSED, by q vote of 81 TO Sc, to pass
the bill. Mr.. 1vey did not speak on
the bill. but he secured enough votes
to Kill it. Had he been out Of his
seat the vote would have been tie
labor representative, both been absent
the bill would have passed
Ihe debate on the employers liabil-
ity Dill was kept up in the Senate to-
day. Mr. Jeffries spoke in opposition
10 the measure and Mr.. Opie in favor
of it. Senators Flood and Mushback
are yet to speak against the bill and
Mr.. McIlwaine in favor Of It. A vote
VIII be reached on Wednesday proba-
bly, and the measure Will be defeated
but by a close vote.
Mr.. Charles T. Bland introduced in
the House bill to exempt those en-
ga ged in the publication of newspapers
for the privilege or right of printing
or publishing the same In the cities
towns and counties in this State.
The anti-trading stamp bill was
passed by the Senate to-day. It was
amended so as to correct 4 defect in
it. Provision for jury trials was
omitted in the original act and this
was inserted by the Senate. The
measure now goes back to the House
for concurrence in the amendments
These will doubtless he agreed to. The
act does not go into effect until the lst
of July next
y bill was passed by the Senate
which authorize women to serve as
notaries public whenever the Governor
shall appoint them. 1t was agreed
that many ladies, who serve as law
yers' stenographers, desire to become
notaries and are perfectly competent
to serve
1t is now quite generally conceded
that no measures making any material
reductions in the States expenses will
be passed al this session. The session
Will las: only tw'o weeks longer. To-
morrow. Mr.. Withers' Constitutional
Amendment bill will come up In the
Senate, and whenever a vote is rea ched
on it the act will be passed. The re-
formers are now going to concentrate
their efforts to defeat certain provisions
in the appropriation bill. This measure
will not be reported until day or two
before the General Assembly adjourns,
and there will be little time to fight it.
Those opposed ITO cutting down the
salaries of State officials say they will
have ample facts and figures to prove
that the States financial condition Is
not so bad as 1t is represented to be-
There was the largest lobby ait the
capitol to-day that has been there AZ.
any time this season. In addition to
those who have been here for several
days in the interest OF various matters,
some twenty gentlemen arrived to-day
to oppose the Switzer measure in rela-
ton 10 building and loan associations.
AT the afternoon session Of the Sen
ate an effort was made to call up and
pass the bill to incorporate the Vir-
ginia Sugar Refining company, but It
was defeated
Mr.. Barksdale inquired of the Senate
If the Special committee on Expendi-
lures by Public Institutions which made
its report, had the right to report a bill.
There was some debate over the uues-
tion, and 1t was decided that the com
mittee could report the bill. This act
will be offered tomorrow Ii is The
same one as that which was referred TO
the Committee on Agriculture abolish
ing the office of Commissioner of .lgri-
cultre and transferring the work Of the
department to the Virginia PolytechnIc
Institute at Blacksburg. The Agr!cul-
! tural Committee has made no report on
4 nd fnt. II ,,lr,