Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-02
WASHINGTON LETTER


erated from their ulVls'on s"P
endents, approximately oneha'i o'
the regular department quarters ap.
portioned to other uses, Constant
growth in the work Of the entire DE-
partment and corresponding increase
| In the number Of clerks and an unpre'
cedented enlargement of one particular
bureau-these are the conditions Which
now confront Postmaster Gehera'
Payne and compel him to plan for tne
construction Of a new building TOT
postoffice uses.
To this end he has continued IN ex'
istence a commission Of postal en-
ployees recently established to rent Sd'
ditional office space with instructions
to estimate the cost of building an an
mex south Of the present postomce
building. BY the time congress con-
1enes next winter the postmaster gen.
eral will have prepared suitable rec.
concentrations fer the obviation OF
many difficulties which now obstruct
the work of his department
1ff1RotIOu T1e1U "OSAs
F. H. Newell, chief photographer OF
the geological survey, has gone to the
western states for the purpose OF max
Ing preliminary investigation OF the
Irrigation problem. The irrigation law
passed by the last session Of congress
providing for the application Of the
proceeds of the sales Of the public
lands to the reclamation Of the arid
lands has devolved upon the survey the
necessity Of determining the location
Of the extensive reservoirs to be To-
Gated under the terms OF the law, and
several engineering parties already
have been sent out to do preliminary
work.
Mr.. Newell will have general super
vision of the task. 1t is contemplated
that the preliminary work shall be
most thorough, and on this account it
Is not expected that the construction
Of any of the proposed reservoirs will
be undertaken for year or two. Mr..
Newell expects to devote the entire
summer to the work in the field.
Just Like Real War.
Secretary Moody is having more or
less fun with the newspaper CORE
spondents these days over the coming
war game to be played off New York
and Newport.
Cant tell you word about it, not a
word" is his invariable reply to anx-
ious inquirers for hints as to some of
the plans. AS matter of fact, both
the war and navy departments have
already put the correspondents on their
own resources, just as in time of actu.
al war, and until it Is all over they will
have to suffer the hardships of uncer-
tainty, together with the officers Of
both branches and the soldiers and
sailors.
"Why not?" said Secretary Moody to
group Of newspaper men. You
ought to take your medicine with the
rest of us. And by the time your man.
Aging editors have sent queries by the
core, cursed you for not sending news
Ind threatened you with discharge you
will find this mimic war is real hell"
To Test Wireless Telegraphy.
Preparations are being pushed to in
tall system of wireless telegraphic
communication between Washington
md Annapolis. Under the supervision
II Professor N. F. Terry the ITO foot
mast for the wireless telegraph station
It the Naval academy has been placed
u position. The pole Is planted In a
cement foundation eighteen feet deem
Ind Is anchored with four historic
annon, each weighing four and a half
ons.
Tons of Papers.
The Winder building, at Seventeenth
md f streets, and the Fox building.
n New York avenue, between Seven.
eenth and Eighteenth streets north.
vest used by the war department for
fices, are probably the most crowded
laces in use by the United States gov.
In these two buildings there are on
lie military records of settlements
With soldiers which have been collect.
ng since the establishment of these
dlces In 1877 up to the present time,
III of these papers have been placed
u shelves and were recently weighed
nd measured by f. T.. Rittmann, an.
itor of the war department, and n
orce of assistants. Much to their snr.
rise, it was discovered that there
ere ten miles and half of shelving
these two buildings. containing roc.
rds which weighed 24u tons
Dredging Lower Potomac.
Colonel Allen, the engineer officer in
barge of the Improvement of Tine pn /
1mac river, has reported to the war
apartment that drtL@ing opt"H;}.us
t Smiths point, upper &..a lower
loals, is completed AMI that ,lr,,.t,n
also completed at Ma,,uvo;r.,,
aoal, with the exception o! the "a.
oval Of two gravel h.ry nY,t.. mo
asst month 1896 cubic Yards If ma.
srial were drcdged and deposited |
cut eighty feet vida
trough the 4pper har.l bar As re-.
lit of recent operations there is nav %
ling depth of water of 2l.2 feet ~
can low tide in the channels of ,ho
wer Potomac.
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