The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-11-24

the first appropriation lor Che
Kentucky river.
Monday evening 2:40 p. M, jan
uary 20, 1879. left Frankfort, arrived
at Newport P. M. at Columbus
1874. Delayed 2hours by failure Of
Indianapolis train to make time.
Arrived at Pittsburg 10 n. m. Fri
day, January 81; at Harrisburg at 8
p. IN. Regular train for Washing
ton left before we arrived; took
special train at $3.50, arrived at
Washington 1915 on morning of
Wednesday, January 22d. Went to
Metropolitan Hotel. staid balance of
night and took breakfast. Price
lodging and breakfast 81.
Wednesday, January p, 1879,
went to Washington House and en-
gagged a room for week at SO.
Went TO willards and found Tom
Turner. Went with him to ladies
gallery of House of Representatives.
Went to Senate Chamber; sent in
nv card to Tom McCreary. Was
taken by him on floor of Senate.
Saw Senator Beck few minutes.
McCreary pointed out to me Blaine,
Edmunds. Dawes. Thurman, Nor
rison. Burnside, Davis, of Illinois,
Gordon, and others. Saw Henford,
of West Virginia. introduce bills to
improve Big Sandy, Kanawha, New,
Guyandotte and Monongahela rivers
of West Virginia. He made no
mention by our Senator of any bill
to improve Kentucky river. Hen
ford's bills referred TO Committee
on Commerce.
At night went to Willards and
was introduced by Turner to his
wife and to the wives of Messrs.
Sargent and OvertOn, members Of
the House from Pennsylvania. Had
with them a game of whist. Quit
about even. Turner is a capital
whist player.
Thursday, January %. After
breakfast went to Ebbitt House to
see Col. Merrill, seeing he had
arrived from Cincinnati. He had
gone out; left my card. Went to
Willards and with Turner to War
Department to find Merrill and to
see why survey of Kentucky river
had not been sent on to Congress
Was introduced by Turner to Nc.
Crary, Secretary of War, who said
Kentucky river was an important
channel of commerce and ought to
be improved. Second survey of
Kentucky river would be sent to
House of Representative to-day.
Went up to Capital. Saw Joe
Blackburn few minutes in hall;
asked me to come TO see him; was
glad to see me. Before seeing him
went to Trabue about Kentucky
river improvement. Got at restau-
rant one dozen oysters in shell for
25 cents; more than could eat.
After supper went again to Ebbitt
House TO see Merrill, not finding
him went to Willards to see Turner.
While there we had a very full and
pleasant interview with Merrill,
who came there to see us. Found
him very intelligent, sociable
and friendly man and very well
disposed to do all he could to
further our project of getting
river improved. Returned to my
room and read Rambles in Won
derland, by f. J. Stanley, until
IL O'Clock.
Friday, January "a. Had inter
view with 10. Blackburn on river
matter this morning. He talks
friendly. but says the present COM
mittee will give us nothing. In
this / think he is mistaken. The
difficulty is our members oppose
all appropriations to other States
and ask, and therefore get, nothing
for Kentucky. Wrote to w. j..
Chinn, S. F. ]. Trabue, Judge Kin
kead. l.. j. McElrath and my wife
on river matter. Prepared an invi-
tation to our members to meet in
consultation on appropriation.
Telegraphed Shaler to come, that
committee would hear him. Was
introduced by Blackburn to
Reagan, Chairman of committee,
who said he would give river a