The Republican journal., 1904-01-28
letter from Washington.
rFRNOR BURLEIGH AND THE R. F.
HIS PLACE ON THE CONGRESS
,0NAL COMMITTEE. ADVERSE RE
,opTS ON RIVER AND HARBOR I'M
,u)VEMENTS FOR MAINE. SENA-
mrs SPOONER AND TILLMAN.
'arrespondence of The Journal.

torrespondence of The Journal.
l,lllNGToN, ID. c., Jan. rs. Rep
rative Burleigh has had several
with Chairman Jesse Overstreet
louise Committee on post offices
post roads about large approprla-
for rural free delivery. The gov
las been an earnest advocate of
.eivery of mail to the farmers
rger since rural delivery was in
.ated and is specially anxious for
rye extension of rural delivery in
..5 somerset and Hancock counties.
appropriation for the service dur
III, next twelve months would, OF
mean better share for the
u District. Mr.. Overstreet gave
Barleigh assurance that the rural
... and the extension thereof would
.el AIRED for in the appropriation
yIch will soon be reported from
mnittee. The administration is
tu curb expenses as much as pos
t5 Keep within the revenues, but
p, feeling at the Capitol that
.aould be no restriction on the
twice.
Gurieigh will be reelected as a
of the Republican Congress
mmittee for the coming cam
Each State is given one mem
hat committee. Since the re-
Of Capt, Boutelle from Con
aY. Burleigh has been the mem
u Maine. Two years ago he
the additional honor of being
ln the executive committee of
rressional committee, d smaller
men OF good judgment about
who have more direct charge
aIgn affairs. Several promi-
pUblicanS of the House have
Nov. Burleigh to continue on
mittee this year. 1t is felt
congressional campaign will
strenuous one and the effort
ne the best political talent in
@n to manage the Republican
Ne 1t only takes a change of
teen seats to make the House
tic, but Republicans, While
nf II big fight, are confident of
ty to hold their own.
apartment engineers have been
cold shoulder to projects for
1d harbOr Improvements along
ne coast. Three unfavorable
lave Just been made to the
4-,i Representatives This is not
a. N the engineers so much as on
lrirted rules the war department
'r,iug At the instance of Gov.
Gil and on petition of citizens of
aN lIaut a paragraph was put in
s-r and harbor bill, passed in 1902,
preliminary examination of Isle
ut Thoroughfare, with q view to
ruG channel II feet deep and 30
lie across the bar. Maj, Roessler
gorted to the war department,
opinion has been printed for
e'it of the House, that in his
ut the project is not of sufficient
Hee to warrant the digging of
4annel. He found the popula-
lie au Haut about 200, chiefly
i with fishing.
al report has been made on a
AIRY examination of Cape Small
Which is exposed to southwest
protected from winds and seas
-uer directions. Cape Small is
-aeril extremity of the peninsula
lay the kennebec river on the
New Meadows river on the
he only wharf of the place lies
and under the protection of
H"ck. This is rock ledge rising
eN-leme high tide. The improve
1esred is the dredging of the bar
-',t at Goose Rock, SO as to make a
ls iol the Percy V at all stages of
ir Maj. $. W. Roessler reports
u He business Of the port is very
" ma that the improvement would
"'aAtageous only to those residing
vicinity.
tl Roessler and other army engi-
'H rep0rted favorably on another
".'~ed project, farther up the Maine
'"' This is the upper part of a tidal
N the middle portion of which is
'a Us liockomock Channel and the
wftion Muscongus Sound. The
along the town of Waldoboro.
7- navigation there is in schoon-
vas hoped to dredge a channel
Fl. 'irep SO as to admit large schoon-
.uging lumber from southern
But after Maj Roessier's fav-
e report on the project had been
we'd by several of his superior of
u VAS referred to board and
i-rded on an adverse report be-
NJ the small amount of com
tunts that Senator John C.
9e Republican, of Wisconsin,
'7ltlor B. r. Tillman, Democrat,
N0'h Carolina, do in debate is al
an entertaining feature at that
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