Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23

] year in the improvement Of the harbor
| at Cape Charles City. and no revenue
was collected. An uneXpended balance
! Of $200I5l yet remains for the compile
/ ton of the north jetty, and Of the one
/ proposed on the south side Of the en-
! trance 10 the bay. The amount estimated
! as required for the completion OF the eX-
listing project is sH,54OoO0.
| NORFOLK TO y. c. SOUNDS.
In reporting on the Improvements of
! the waterway from Norfolk TO the sounds
| of North Carolina. Major Casey says:
| NO operations have been in progress
during the fiscal year, and no eNpendi-
lures made. Specifications covering the
execution Of all the work of Improvement
contemplated have been Issued, and pro-
posals invited
The project. as set out in the river and
harbor bill Of March 3, 1888, is as fol-
lows:
Improving Deep creek. Virginia, from
the South branch of the Elizabeth river
to the new lock Of the Dismal-Swamp
canal. Turner s-Cut level. Crodldh
sound and Pasquotank river, \. C., w.
CO.,
The amount estimated for the compile
ton of the work is S2i9,3lOOOO.
I'm the Improvement Of the inland-water
route from Norfolk to Albemarle Sound
through Currituck Sound, Sl,i5IO3, was
expended and was almost entirely ap-
piled TO removing logs.
The amount estimated for the compile
ton of the work IS S24,G6IOS. The amount
of freight transported during the year
over this route was 1858 tons. valued at
S2,6l4,959
EDENTON BAY AND THE ROANOKE.
No expenditures were made in the i'm
prOVement of Edenton Bay during the
wear. nor was any revenue collected. The
commerce of the port amounted 10 l6olV5
tons.
The expenditures during the fiscal year
for the Improvement of the Roanoke river
amounted to S4,lA.49, and was used in
removing distractions. 1t is estimated
that $1,000 is required for the compile
ton of the work.
BIDS ON NEW CRUISERS.
Vice-President Lilpurn T. Myers. of the
W. Il. Trigg Ship-Building Company. was
at the Navy Department to-day, and he
ascertained that bids on the six unpro-
tectcd cruisers authorized TO be built by
the last Congress Will be received by the
department up 10 the 1st of November,
instead Of the LIST of october, as erro-
neOusly published in a New York paper.
Mr. Myers returned TO Richmond by
the early morning train to-day.
There is JOY once more at the Metro
pontan The lost greyhound Victor"
the pet of Mrs. Selden, has been found
and restored TO his mistress. After wan
dering for several days he was recovered
near Arlington. He was making his way
back.
MILITARY AFFAIRS
Captain willard d. Newbill, Thirty
~,
teers, q well-known Nirginian, and "A ma
tive of Lancaster county that state. re-
Gently appointed with rank 10 date from
july 8, 1872 is ordered to proceed to Fort
Logan. Col. and report IN person to his
regimental commander for duty.
The President to-day appointed TO be
captains in the Volunteer Infantry John
A. Wagner and l.. l.. Gilmer. who were
captain and first lieutenant, respectively |
IN the First North Carolina Regiment or
Volunteers.
The question whether &C nor of a |
State has power to 1ll a vacancy among |
the regimental officers in a regiment OF |
his State in the volunteer service was |
decided in the affirmative yesterday by |
an opinion rendered by Assistant-Attor- |
ney-General Boyd. The point was raised |
over a vacancy IN the Thirteenth Mime |
sofa Volunteers. which had three COM
missioned majors. the number authorized |
by tho law of that state when they start
ed for service in the Philippines. Since |
then one OF the majorships became va
cant. and the question arose as to whe-
Their the Governor of Minnesota, in view
Of the provision OF the regular army act |
az the time the regiment went into ser
vice, authorizing but two majors. could |
an the vacancy The Assistant AttOr-
ney-General holds that the autonomy OF
the existing State military organizations. .,
which went into the service as a part or
the volunteer army Of the United States
In the war with Spain, was intended 10
be preserved by the volunteer army act.
Tho Governor OF Minnesota, he holds.