The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-26
Received, and VIII Always Keep
Open Door for Hoosiers.
RURAL TELEPHONE DELIVERY
ITS FEASIBILITY TO BE INyEsTI-
GATED BY POSTAL OFFICIALS.
Representative Mfers Secures "a. 600
to Purchase POstOfhce Building
Site at Bedford.

stan Correspondence of the Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-Admiral TAYLOR
and family and Lieutenant Thomas arrived
from indianapolis this afternoon The ad-
miral did not go to his office, but went di-
rectly home. To say the family is delighted
with the visit to Indianapolis expresses il
mildly. They are filled with the eniov.
ment of the trip and can talk of nothing
else tonight.
F'lt has been the trip of our lives" said
the admiral, giving his hand to the Journal
correspondent. The admiral left the dinner
table to talk of the trip. He declares that
hereafter he will never be too busy to
speak to anyone from Indiana. 81 have
never seen such hospitality" he said. 'I'ye
Knocked around good bit. The kindness
OF the epople and the oratory and the ex-
cellent taste in which everything was done
surely could not be eQualed 1 have never
seen ceremony so we'll managed or a
Loyal Legion banquet SO superbly taken
care off,
The admirals new sword is being sent
by express and when it arrives it will be
at his office a few days to be viewed by
friends, then it will be taken to his home.
at 1925 N street
XXX
Senator Fairbanks is determined that the
farmers of the country shall benefit by
special rural telephone delivery" and to-
day he introduced the following resolution
in the Senate; THAT the postmaste GEN
eral Is hereby directed to inform the Sen
ate TO what extent and in what manner
the telephone is used i'm the collection and
delivery OF special delivery mail matter
and whether in his opinion rural
telephone delivery of mail matter is desir-
able and feasible" The resolution was
adopted unanimously.
Senator Fairbanks, in discussing his reso
luton in the Senate, said he believed every
body recognizes the advantages of the
special delivery service in cities. and IL
seemed to him that the farmers of the
country are just as much entitled to enjoy
the benefits of that service as the people
in the more thickly settled communities
Since the telephone has been so universally
established in certain sections, Senator
Fairbanks thought ii might be employed
for the delivery of letters of special i'm
portance and that the service could be ex-
tended in rural communities without any
additional expense whatever to the govern
ment.
Senator Hanna failed to-day. as a men,
Der of the Senate naval affairs commit
mittee of an amendment to the naval an
preparation bill locating the great lakes
naval training station on Lake Erie. He
succeeded. however, in preventing the re-
insertion of the original provision in the
bill as introduced I'm the House locating
the station on Lake Michigan, all of which
means that there will be no appropria-
ton for a naval training station en- the
lakes at the present session OF Congress
Ii is regarded as not at all likely that an
amendment for the station will be offered
on the floor of the Senate. The original
provision in the House bill appropriated
$250.000 to purchase a site on Lake Michi-
gan. and the Michigan City people were
after il.
1t is recalled by Indiana members OF Con-
gress that the Fffty-fourth session, held
In 1885, was the only session that indiana
had a solid Republican delegation, and that
perhaps the same condition will never again