The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-25
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Report Of Examination / ii! Al and Survey
Submitted to Congress.
MAN CHESTER zPU BIZ! c BUILDING 1 6
Representative Lamb Has Condition.
81 al Promise OF Fayora bic Consider
alton OF. His Bill--Colonel Lamb
Has B His Arm Broken.

sfal-Secretary Root, has transmitted 70
Congress a letter Of Chief Engineer 1no.s
M wilson, embodying his report OF tt ~
examination and survey Of Middle Ground '17rt
Bar, Hampton Roads. Virginia.
@ The river and harbor act Of March
1889, provided for preliminary examination
and survey Of channel at Middle Ground
Bar, In the harbor Of Hampton Roads,
Virginia, with a view of determining what
amount Of dredging is necessary oyer
said bar to secure a channel 500 feet vide
and 80 feet deep at mean low tide.
Chief Engineer Wilson reports that
Ma jorS Casey states thatSto secure a mean
low-water channel 30 feet deep and 900
I feet wide will require the removal Of
j, sec, goo cubic yards of material. at an
estimated cost, including contingencies, Of
s225, 600. It is his opinion, concurred IN
by Col. Peter G. Hams. Corps OF Engi.s
neers. division engineer, that the Genera
Government should undertake the inn
provement Of this channel.
Major Casey, in his last report on the
! proposed work, describes in detail the
character of the obstruction as well as
the importance of the work to the ship
ping of Richmond and other points. He
says. in part:
& THE channel from Chesapeake Bay TO
Newport News, Va, is obstructeds BY O
Z bar known as the Middle Ground me
south channel is the one now used by deep
draught vessels and is the site of the pro-
posed Improvement. This. channel, though
less direct than The north one. IS selected
because of the smaller amount of work.
the softer material, and the better pros
zpect of permanency. The material is very
readily removable, and the soundings We're
carefully verified along the proposed
work The crest of the bar appears to be
an extension Of the Middle Ground to the
southwest.
"Statistics are submitted showing the
business of the port of Newport News.
To describe the territory concerned IN this
Improvement would be impossible, as
Richmond. Cincinnati and many larse
cities of the West have an outlet mere.
The United States Navy finds a. safe mar
Dor and coaling sta ton at N or1olk, s!iu
there is at Newport News one OF me
Ia rrest shipbuilding companies in America
AT that point there are also Two ois
docks-one not yet completed-Whlch are
among the largest in the country
JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
Captain: Lamb, of Richmond, is still
diligently at work to enlist the Interest
Of the River and Harbor Committee OF the
House in the proposed James river I'M
provenents. Almost the entire result or
his labors will depend Gu the decision
of the House leader, whether a river ana
harbor bill shall be considered or not.
There is strong sentiment against u
in administration circles, on the grounos
that strict economy should characterize
the present session. because of the effect
that a contrary course would have on
the fall election The word has been
passed among the Republicans TO draw
the purse strings and defer all eXpendl-
lures that can be deferred to the snort
session of Congress, beginning next De-
cember, when the election will be q thins
of the past.
This policy will probably rule out, not
only all attempts to appropriate money
for the improvement Of rivers and har-
bors. but also all public building bills
and other matters involving a wholesale
expenditure OF funds. Captain Lamb mas
appeared before the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, and has made
strong argument in behalf OF his blll
providing for a public building at Man
chester. Va. He has been quietly tipped
that he will get his bill favorably acted
upon, provided the House decides TO con-
s!der public building bills, in default
whereof the Manchester measure will have
to bide its time until the short session
CONFIDENT ACCIDENTS.
Two distinguished ex-Confederate Vir-
einians now in the city have had a coin
cident of accidents remarkable enough to
merit comment. One is eN-Congressrnan
Walker and the other is Colonel William
Lamb. Both are carrying fractured
left arm in sling. Both tried to ride
on the Washington electric street-car
lines, and both fell and broke their arms:
The remarkable feature Of the accident
is that both sustained their injury on
the same line, both breaking the same
arm, and at the same place, though at
I different times. ST. 8
s. Commodore John Towhey, president of
the %Lambert's Point Towboat Company,
at Norfolk, is in the. city, attending the
annual meeting of the National Board of
Trade, now in session in this city.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
transmitted to Congress an estimate of
the Secretary of War for an appropria-
ton Of $4,000 for a library building at
Fort Monroe, Va, required for the SER
vice of the War Department
WOMAN SUFF'RAGE.i gt
The petition. of Helen NJ. Lewis, presi-
dent, and Eleanor j.. Coffin. secretary, in
behalf OF the Equal Rights Association
Of North Carolina, was presented to Con-
gress to-day urging that the word male.
. be not inserted in the suffrage clause
of the constitution for Hawaii, Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines, end not
deny the citizens the right Of franchise
because of sex.
; Representative Kitchen, Of North Caro-
lima, to-day introduced bills TO pay to
the legal Representatives OF the estate Of
Franklin A Davis, late uf Orange county.
North Carolina, $500 for. stores and sup
plies used blythe United States army
during the late war.
Representative Otey, of Virginia. to-day