The National tribune., 1903-12-10

The following are the Craftsmanship as
signments of the 5Sth Congress-:
Mann Qll), Elections No. /; Olmstead
Pa.). Elections No. 2: Driscoll IN. ",
priations; Overstreet Qndl, Post Offices;
Hamilton (NIich.), Territories; Sibley
Pa), Manufactures; Brown CWis),
Mines and Mining; Giilet (N. ", Public
Buildings and Grounds; Smithwick tN.
", Education; Skiles tOhio), Patents:
Gaines (W. Va.), Election of President and
Vice President; Mondell (Wy3, Irrigation;
Howell IN. j., immigration; Warnock
Ohio, Expenditures in War Department;
Navy Department; Minor (Wis9,
Expenditures in the Interior De-
partment; Calderhead (kan.), Ex-
penditures in the Department of Justice;
Wright Pa.). Expenditures in the Depart
ment of Agriculture; Hughes CIV. Na.h
Expenditures on Public Buildings; Hide
brandt (Ohio) Accounts; ZCrumpaeker
Und), Census; Charles B. Lands iind.l,
Printing.
Commander w. II. Switzerland, Chief
photographer of the Navy, in his annual
report says the office has in progress the
preparation of series of charts intended
to cover every navigable portion of the
world excepting .:ic United States Coasts,
which. when completed. will render avail
able for supply to United States vessels
, charts of ''our own production for every
region that n vessel may be called upon
to visit" One purpose in view in the
preparation of this series was the estab-
lishment of a system of Government chart
supply, thus preventing the cutting off in
time of war of the means of obtaining an
article absolutely essential for the safe
navigating of our vessels.
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'.The necessity for the work is urgent,
it is stated, las sailing directions and
charts can properly be demonstrated CON
traband of war Upon an outbreak of
hostilites with any other country, even
| if all possible sources for printing charts
and sailing directions from the coT:"s of
foreign ones which we have on hand were
availed of by the Department, material
| interval of time would necessarily eiapse
| before our fleets could be supplied"
Commander Switzerland also says that
| the danger from dereicts in the Atlantic
| is becoming very grave danger to mari
ners. He recommends that the United
States take the initiative and specially de-
tail one properly-equipped vessel to patrol
the Transatlantic lanes from our coast to
the eastern limit of the Georges Bank.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company is just now engaged in
| sending out very handsomely printed
anil illustrated pamphlet descriptive of the
beauties of its telephone system, and how
much easier it is to shoulder the. burdens
of business and social life, with tele-
phone to help do the business. The title
| of this brochure is the gem of the booklet.
1t is called ''Lengthening Life
If you want to shorten life and
bring upon yourself apoplexy, heart
| failure, paralysis and all the symp-
toms of old age, just invest IN
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone.
| The Company seems to have not the
| slightest regard for the comfort and con-
venience of its patrons. Its employees are
| impudent and careless, inattentive and Ut
terly incompetent. As it is the only sys-
TEN in Washington, the public has to put
up with the miserable service.
! Right now would be a good time for a
really good telephone company to come to
| Washington and put in system that
would be of some account to the sub
| scribers. There is not the slightest doubt
| in the world that the people of Washing
ton would gladly welcome a reliable COM
pany and withdraw patronage from COM
/ pany which has so basely treated the peo-
Die who are helpless in their clutches. Con-
gress ought to take hand in the estab-
| jishment of another telephone service here,
because most of the public business is
| handicapped by the intolerabie service rem
dered by this monopolist in the telephone
| business in Washington.