Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-06

'df fiafbor to warrant the undertaking
ny the poStottice department and
'dileu attention To the fact. among
"iherS, That the houses are not nun-
pereu' something that is very essential
20 Tree delivery. Accordingly, Superin-
tehdcnt Machen informed GOV. Rur.
ieiSh that it had been decided NOT n
install the free delivery system there nj
present. Coy. Burleigh. however. ct
To work TO impress the department
with the Importance of free delivery
ana pointed out the ADVANTAGES that II
would be both for the permanent resi-
uehtS ana Tor the large summer contin-
gent As First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath has practically promised
TINS Improvement to Coy. Burleigh. it
was decided 70 install it in June. The
large receipts Of the office fully war
rant it.
me free delivery service will give
permanent employment TO two men
ana TO as many more during the sum
mer months, when the visitors are nu-
merous. All Of these will have to 30
selected by the civil service commits
sion alter proper examination
Inc recent statement of the chief Of
engineers. Gen. John NJ. Wilson, re-
SardinS the sums of money vet uneX-
pended on river and harbor improve
| ments in Maine, shows that there is
S2o,+2S.S0 still available for the great
hrcakWater from Mount Desert to Por-
cupine Island at Bar Harbor. The
available balance for the Improvement
pf The kennebec river is $27.7g6.S1
The scramble of different members of
Congress for a River and Harbor bin
This winter has been a typical one.
Fortunately the Maine members are
able to hold aloof from it. There are a
few minor projects in which they are
interested and which will be looked aft
Ct in due season. but the older Maine
delegation provided for Maine projects
in fine fashion and there is still thou
sands Of dollars available for pushing
the work along. Then for all the big
projects continuing contracts We're au-
thoriZed long ago So that they will be
provided for this year in tho Sundry
CIVIL Appropriation bill.
Senator Frye has recently secured 4
r"W chair. from which he prcsdes over
the deliberations Of the Senate. The
local firm that furnished it to the Off
ciuls Of The Senate has recently adVer-
tiscd the fact that il is the finest chair
for the presiding officer ever made in
The United States. The firm charged
tn government $l50 for this elaborate
piece of furniture.
Nr. Pitman PuISifvr Of /. .WiSton
Me. who is clerk of Senator Hates
committee on naval affairs, has con
siderably improved in health. lie has
had a long siege Of illness. but is NOW
able to be about ana attend to his
duties.
Washington has had two notable
Maine visitors the past week. one uf
them is Mr.. James Donovan, formerly
of Lisbon Fails. Me. and n graduate
Of RoWduin college in the class ~ 1881.
He is now lawyer in Great Fails,
Montana, and is in Washington in The
interests Of Senator w. a. clark. uf
that state. whose right to 4 scat is be
ing investigated by the Senate COM
mittee On privileges ana elections. Mr..
Donovan is a very ardent Democrat
and supporter of Senator Clark. TIL"
other Maine man is Mr.. James w. Tay-
lor. of California. He was horn AT 81.
Johns, New Brunswick. but lived in
oxford county for many years. after
wards graduating from Harvard COL
lege. He has recently been on an eN-
tended trip to the Philippines on luSi-
ness matters.