The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-01
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House Election COMMITTEES Decided.
Wise Entitled to Seat.
MR.. RIxEY's BILL PASSED:
It Provides for Setting Aside Part of
the Estate for Expert
mental Agricultural
Purposes.
WASHINGTON. ia,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 Special
Representative Brosius, of Pennsylvania,
to-day introduced bill amending the
bill to establish the Fredericksburg and
adjacent National (BattIefelds Memorial
Park by adding to sections 8, and 5,
the following:
Section g. Provided that the Secretary
of War shall proceed with the establish
ment of the park as rapidly as Jurlsdlc-s
ton over the roads Of the park and its
approaches and title to the separate par
GELS of land which compose II may De
obtained for the United States.
Section G. The Secretary of War is au-S
thorize6 to accept on behalf of the United
States donations of land for road pur-
poses.
Section S. No monument or memorial
shall be erected upon any lands OF inc
park or remain upon any lands which
may be purchased for the park, except
upon ground actually occupied in the
course OF the battle by troops or inc
State which the proposed monuments are
itenGed to commemorate, except upon
those sections of the park ser apart
for memorials to troops which We're
engaged in the campaign, but operaH-u
outside OF the legal limits OF the PARK
EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE.
Representative Rixey, OF Virginia, TO.
day succeeded in having passed ms blil
to set apart SEQ acres of the Arlington
estate for experimental agricultural pur-
poses, and to place the said portion or
the estate under the jurisdiction OIL the
Secretary of Agriculture
Representative Hay, of Virginia, VINO
reported the bill from the Committee
on Military Affairs, says:
w.t. "a nnfI
to be visited and examined by its proper
subcommittee. for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning accurate information as to the
identity. precise location and present con-
dition of the premises in question. ana
to enable it to determine the advlsaoillty
of the proposed legislation.
The Arlington estate consists OF Ito
acres The cemetery, the Lee mansion
and the military post known as Fort
ATyer are all located on the more ele-
waited portion of the estate situated
west of the public road mentioned. Along
the west side of such road Is stone
wall, constructed by the government,
which we may say is the east boundary
line of that part of such military reser-
walton embracing the cemetery, mansion
and military post. Immediately adj
joining the public road on the east IS the
right of way, roadt.ad and track of the
Washington, Alexandria and Mount YER
| non Electric Railway Company's electric
railway The stone wall, the public
| road and the electric railway, all three
being parallel one to the other, extend
from north to south across the entire
area ofsthe estate on that line and tend
to segregate. so far as the physical view
| is concerned, the lands intended to be
set apart by this bill from the remainder
! of the estate, as the portions SO desired
to be taken. hcing about one-fourth Of
tho arc all Sit1I1 ted elSt of the
! public road referred to.
The Secretary of War. recommending
tho bill, says:
| have the honor to return II. R. 4102
| Flfty-ffth Congress, second session. "a
| bill to set apart a portion Of the Airing
| ton estate for experimental agricultural
purposes" etc, referred by Committee on
| Military Affairs to tho Secretary of War,
| and to report that so far as the Quarter
| masters Department is concerned there
| is no objection to the bill The Quarter
| master-General is of opinion that the
| sooner this land. specified in section of
| the BILL is occupied and improved by the
| government, the better.
The Secretary of Agriculture also strong
| ~ urged the passage Of this bill.
PENSION FOR MIR. ASHBY.
Representative Otey, of Virginia. to-day
reported favorably from the Committee
| on Claims the bill to pay Clare M. Ashby,
widow of the late W. W. .Ashby. of Fred
erioksburg, Va, $500, this being the sum
due him on account Of salary while United
| States Consul at Colon Mr.. Ashby was
| drowned while in the service.
| House Committee on Elections to-day
| adopted the partisan report in favor of
DR.. Wise, the Republican contestant for
! the seat of Representative Young, of the
Second Virginia District.
| The following fOurth-claSS Virginia
! postmasters have been appointed: C. II.
| T. Beserman. Flumen: r. z. bryant, APP
J pomattoN, and Q. w Hubbard. Grimes
| G.. r.. Frost, OF Richmond; E. S. Lam
derrcn and wife, Lynchburg: and A. NJ.
Merrill, Front Royal, Virginia, are in the
city.