The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-26
HARBUR HEARINGS
HAVE Been CLOSED
Two Virginia Delegations Heard
by Committee Yesterday.
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TO DEEPEN RAPPAHANNoeK
frederieksburgers Ask au Appropriation, and
Portsmouth, Wants Hospital Point
Remoyed-Recapitu
Iatiou.
TO DEEPEN RAPPAHANN0cK
special Dispatch to The Times

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 2o.-The
1tIbIic hearings of the Committee on RiN-
e's aud HaI-bors were brought TO a close
to-day and the committee was kept busy
from early in tho morning until late in
tho afternoon
Msny DELEGATIONS were forced to be con-
;cnt with twenty and fifteen minute talks.
and II few were allowed only five min
uteS
There we're two sections of Virginia rep
resented Before the committee to-day
The First Congressional District by Mr..
Jones and delegation from Fredericks-
burg, and the Second Congressional Dis
tIict by Mr. Maynard and Colonel Lamb.
OF Portsmouth
The delegation from Fredericksburg
consisted of W d Carter, Colonel s. D..
Goes s S. Bradford John NJ. Griffin
=, l. Rome and A w. Embrey, and ac-
complaining thcrn Mr.. Henry Weems, Of
Baltimore, president of the Wee1ns Steam
boat Company Mr.. Carter and Mr..
Wecns were the spolsesmen.
Representative Jones. III introducing the
delegation. went into the merits Of the
case before the committee, and called at
teution to the fact that not only the in
terests OF the people OF Fredericksburg,
nut those Of the people living all along
The river below that city. He said that
ut most a. hundred thousand people would
10 benefited by the river Improvement
asked for.
Mr. Carter went into details concern
ing the improvements desired and de-
scrihed the sand bar at FREDERICKSBURG
and those for some distance down the
river below the city. which, on account
Of The freshets needed = great teal OF
,-refgfng IIe stated that they were be-
fore the committee TO ask for a channel
- twelve feet. and that to keep this clear
az annual appropriation would lie neces-
sitN- on account of the constant accumu-
l,tion Of the sand.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars WAS the
anount reported in the last bill, Dull
thirtr thousand is the estimate of Mayor
Alton, OF the engineer corps, for this year
75r Burton said ne thought it would be
:, difficult matter To increase The amount
named in the last bill ltr. Weenls spoke
i,t,st and dwelt upon the immense amount
~ business done along the Rappahannock
River. which including naTigable eS-
tuarles. was one hundred and twenty-five
n;its long. He said that notwlthstano-
inr the fact that these people mao no
railroad shipping facilities. their shipment
II oysters and other products were So
.s,Taasivc that during the past eighteen
months five banks had been established
iu that district all OF which arc sup
I.orled by the people OF the community.
IA the end Of the hearing Mr.. Jones asked
"a. he allowed. before closing, to ask thal
ti;r Term continuing Improvement ana
i,4intenauce'' be used in the provision Tor
This appropriation, as Was me case AZ
thc last bill.
COLONEL LAMB HEARD.
Colonel William Lamb. OF Norfolk. was
presented to Mr. MAYNARD for a nearing
in behalf of the interests of Norfolk har-
nor. Colonel Lamb said that he had come
before the committee at the request oil
rommrcial bodies of Portsmouth, that the
l,go items contained in last bill would be
Included in tho next. the removal OF Hos
pital Point, at Portsmouth, and the
dredging OF tho middle ground between
Norfolk and Newport News.
The existence of the former, he said. is
a menace 10 the safety of human life,
there having been two vessels run down
there within tho past three months ana
,hc presence of the latter was a serious
handicap TO the big shipyards constructed
ON Them.
Colonel Lamb also called attention 10
The fact that the Second District OF Nlr-
,,inia had increased more in population
ma foreign exports and imports than any
Diner congressional district in the United
states east of the MISSISSIPPI River
nIr. Maynard also spoke. and said that
his request for appropriation included the
removal of Hospital Point tie inladie
ground. tho Improvement of Norfolk mar
nor and its approaches and tho improve
,ucnt OF the Pagan River.
REHABILITATION,
With these two delegations healu ana
their requests made known. a rougn es-
innate of what Virginia is asking Tor III
The line OF river and harbor Improvement
can be made, as follows: For the nm
prcvement Of the harhor at Richmond
and other improvements on the James
River So. 100000; for the diversion of the
.Appomattox at Petersburg, $2oo,po; Tor
IMPROVEMENT and maintenance at and
Ground Norfolk, about S450,o0o: for the
Rai,pahannocl5 River at the head of naNl-
cation at Fredericksburg, $4,000; total,
SllSo,0oe.
Of the many interests represented III the
proposed bill, that Virginia will get this
much, but several OF the delegation have
expressed the opinion that she Will come
cut well in the distribution of the APP
preparations