Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-24

senate Dill TO incorporate the AmerIca,
Red Cross association. The conferArco
report of the District of Columbia an
preparation bill displaced the Alasta,
code bill. After debate upon the pron.
osition TO appropriate 100000 for
municipal hospital at Washington ana
over the question of appropriations for
sectarian institutions, the report woe
voted down and the bill sent to a CON
ference. fhe naval appropriation him
was sent to conference.
Washington, May 17.-The postofsoa
appropriation bill was considered g.
the senate The committee amendmen,
for extension of the pneumatic tube ser.
vice created some debate, and was nm
der discussion when the measure mo-,
laid aside for the day. The amend
ment OF Senator Butler IN. ca IN no
duce by 10 per cent. the amount to he
paid to railroads for the transnorto
ton of mail was rejected, IL to 81
committee amendment was agreed 10
providing that the annual rental for
cancelling machinery shall not exceed
10 per cent. OF the cost thereof 500
ton OF the bill providing for the ron.
tlnuance OF the commission to inveeH
gate the question whether or nor ov-
cesslye prices are paid to railroad com.
panies for transportation of the mails
was agreed to without division Son.
atof Butler made point of ordar
against the committee amendmap,
appropriating $3.50 900 for the trans.
portation of mail by pneumatic
tubes, on the ground that ii was new
legislation, but the point was over.
ruled by the chair, Senator
Wolcott (Col) spoke in opposi.
tlon TO the amendment. He said
the entire scheme of sending mail nv
pneumatic tubes was covered by NAT.
ents, except the hole in the ground
ana That had to be obtained from nm
nlcipal authorities. The scheme ton
was a monopoly, and the service in
New York, Brooklyn, Boston and
Philadelphia was very limited The
cost in the four cities for the service
varied greatly. In New York If cost
$4,000 mile per annum; in Brook
Iyn, Sl24O0; in Boston, $4,000. IN
Philadelphia $4,000. The service
Wolcott declared. had made saving
or neither expense nor of appreciable
time. He declared the pneumatic
tube people had ''swarmed the sonata
corridors all winter like bees in bly-
ing time. They did not want merely
the $25OOO0 necessary to support
the present service, but an adj
dltlonal appropriation of half
million dollars. He pointed ont
that the company controlling the pneu-
matte tubes had figured upon putting
down so miles of them in the city of
Chicago, and yet, he said, the postmas-
ter at Chicago until recently was op-
posed to the service, but now was lust
as violently in favor of it. This is
true, he said, of many other postmas-
ters. I'VE all want a good mail SER
vice. said Senator Wolcott But DO
not want it at the expense Of jobbery
ana corruption We do not want to be
held up to secure it," Sem
ator Mason made an extended re-
ply to Senator Wolcott. He presented
petitions and memorials from trade
and commercial bodies in Chicago
showing that the people of the
western metropolis were a unit in de-
handing the service. The conference re
port OF the agricultural appropriation
Dill was agreed to.
Washington, May 16.-The house
passed the special river and har-
Dor bill carrying 100000 for
surveys and emergency work, and de-
voted the remainder of the day to the
Alaskan code bill Four pages of the
Dill were disposed of before adjourn
ment