The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-07

WORK FOR STATE.
Congress Has Granted New
/. Jersey More Than Was
Expected.
HOBARTS SOCIALLY POPULAR
Harbor Bills Passed With
Only One Small Item
Eliminated.

WASHINGTON, March Z, 1S99.-The
third session of the Fifty-ifth Congress,
just closed, has lone much more than
was expected a month ago, for the State
of New Jersey. 1t required hard work
on the part of Senator Sewell and Con-
gressmen Gardiner, Howell, Stewart,
Lo~udenslager and Parker to prevent the
river and harbor appropriations for New
Jersey either from being reduced or en-
tirely stricken out during the fierce strug-
gle waged over the bill between the two
Houses just before the close of the ses-
sion. AS it was only one small item af-
fecting New Jersey was finally eliminat-
ed, owing to the general confusion prev
alent while the more important items of
the bill, such as the N~icaraguan Canal
item and the Hawaiian cable proposition
were under a fierce discussion. The items
in the bill affecting New Jersey are as
follows:- y
Improving the harbor at Raritan Bay,
N. J., $65, 900, of which $4,000 is to be used
in dredging the channel from South Am
boy to Great Beds Light.
Improving Keyport harbor. $500; for
Passaic River, $4,000; Raritan River. $780,
900; Shrewsbury River, 10000; South
River, S.. O0O; Alloway Creek, $1,000; Mat
tawan Greek. $1,000; Shoal Harbor, Comp
ton Creek. $4,000; Goshen Creek, $4,000;
Manasquan River, $4,000; Montua Greek,
SO, 1000; Delaware River, from Trenton to
its mouth, $4,000 channel to be made six
hundred feet wide and thirty feet deep,
and in addition the Secretary of War is
directed to make surveys of Raccoon
Creek, Woodbridge Creek, Maurice River,
Arthur Kill from Kill Won Kull to Raritan
Bay, with view of obtaining a twenty
one foot channel; Passaic River, with a
view of ascertaining the feasibility of ex-
tending the ten-foot channel of suitable
width from Centre street bridge to the
foot channel from Centre street bridge to
Staten Island Sound, and an examination
from Montelair railway bridge to Pater-
son.
The act providing for an additional
United States Judge for the district con-
sisting of New Jersey. Western Pennsyl-
" the result of efficient work by Senator
Sewell and the New Jersey delegation.
The social season just closed was one
of the most active in the history of the
city. Vice President and Mrs. Hobart
added to their enviable reputation as en-
tertainers, and their popularity among
ally noted in the here.
Never in the history of the office of
Vice President has any of the Presidents
of the Senate been so constantly in at
endanc upon his duties, and since Cal
houn mons are said to be able to dis
patch business with the celebrity and
smoothness of the New Jerseyman.
Senator Sewell, from his position on the
Committee on Appropriations, the most
important in the Senate has been able to
care for the interests of the State in
spite of the strong pressure brought from
all parts of the Union for appropriations
on public works and upon rivers and har-
bors. The erection of public buildings
within the State and lighthouses along the
New Jersey coast, several of which were
provided for during the last session, is
dependent mainly Upon his efforts.