Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-10
A WISE MICHIGANDER
HE READ THE DISPATCH AND DE-
c,pEp no LIVE IN VIRGINIA.
MAINE AND VIRGINIA GRANITE.
ounrrics Owned by the state oil VIZ
rinin May Furnish stone for NnS"i
Academy BuiIdings-trnnce ""h's
American Trade.

Commissioner Koiner. of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. thinks the Dispatch
has been the means Of bringing one good
citizen to Virginia.
He received yesterday letter from a
Michigan farmer stating that he ana MS
wife had decided to come to Virginia
buy Il farm, and cast in their lot with the
people Of the Old Dominion.
The writer stated that his determination
was the result of reading in the Dispatch
a statement recently made by Mr.. Koiner
regarding the advantages which Virginia
offered the farmer, fruit-grower, and
| trucker. The farmer wrote at some
length, and with great apparent intelli-
| gence, as may be easily inferred from
the nature of the conclusion which he has
reached.
An Alabama man also wrote the Com
missioner regarding Virginia peanut
I lands. He said he desired to engage in
peanut raising.
VIRGINIA AND MAINE GRANITE.
1t seems not unlikely that Virginia will
furnish from quarries on land owned by
the State the granite TO be used in the
construction of new buildings at the
Naval Academy. at Annapolis.
The State owns extensive quarries of
granite Of finest quality on the grounds
Of the Central State Hospital, al Peters
burg. There goes into the State treasury
a royalty for every cubic yard OF stone
quarried. The firm which has the quarries
leased has bid upon the work to be done
at the Naval Academy, which will cost
several million dollars.
1t is claimed that the Virginia granite
men made the lowest bid, but there is an
effort. Notwithstanding. 10 have the con-
tract awarded to a Maine firm. Tho VIZ
gnia granite, it is claimed, is superior to
that Of the Pine-Tree State.
4 committee Of Petersburg citizens will
90 10 Washington to-day for the purpose
of urging upon Secretary Long the ac-
ceptance Of the Virginia. bid. Governor
Tyler tclegraphed the Secretary TO give
the Nirginians a hearing.
If the contract is given the Virginia
firm il means a nice income for the State
rs well as the employment of large
number of men.
FRANCE WANTS OUR TRADE.
The American Chamber of Commerce.
Of Paris. has sent to Governor Tyler n
copy Of resolutions recently adopted, ad-
vocating the immediate ratification of a
treaty between France and america,
under the most favored nation clause
of the Dinglcy tarin law. The law does
not allow such treaty 20 be entered into
subsequent to July p. 1899
\ letter from the president OF the
Chamber TO Governor Tyler says.
The minimum tariff, based on the prin-
ciple Of reciprocity as applied 10 the most
favored nations, which We have reasons
to believe would be the conditions granted
by France TO the United States, embodies
the limit OF the concessions which the
French Government is enabled to grant
to any nation. a Franco-American treaty
of commerce is an al-important factor
towards the expansion of American com
merce and diffusion of American products
in France"
CAPITOL NOTES.
Mr.. W. 5. billiard. of the Capitol police
force has recovered tom a severe attack
Of pneumonia.
Congressman John Lamb was at the
Capitol yesterday and spent some time
greeting friends
Among the visitors at the Capitol yes
terday wero Mr.. +. Majors. Clerk OF the
Charles city Court; Mr.. ~. II. Bagby.
Deputy Clerk of the Court of King and
Queen county. and NJ \. COGbll, Clerk of
the Chesterfield Court