The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-27
7. NORFOL.KlI.. I.
DELEGATION.
Appear Before The Committee, OF y:
& Rivers and Harbors ii Behalf Behalf
ofsThirty-fve Foot Channel.
FOR IA NEGRO APPROPRIATION
Capt. Lambs Bill Giving Money,
for Jalnestowi, That Was Held Held
Blythe Frccdn1cn's Bureat,.

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1 fFrom Our Regular Correspondcnt)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 80 - ~
largo delegation Of representative p lu's'
ness men Of Norfolk and Po 7'ra1n . ~
anpean,d before the Committee OF, RIVERS
and Hnrbors to-day IN behalf OF the prop
csiton to widen and deepen the ch iltua.
The committee heard represen tat =, =
the delegation for over an hour. ocs ;..".
of3the committee expressed tne a 10 vs.
Ms being fully. alive to the need o. 'no
i'm movement asked, and 1t may be taken
as we'll assured that when river VET anu ny
sharbor8 BIZ is introduced ut the next
session Of Congress It WIZ contain an
item for the substantial improvement 81 (
u tho l,arbor 1t Norfolk, one OF the tlhest
as we'll as one. or the most important on y
Uncle SAINTS long coast line.
TO&ORDER SURVEY. .S
* Senator Martin succeeded IN gettins
through the Senate at the pressnt Session =,
a resolution directing that sur WIZ, ~
made, showing the cost OF maklns q, q
thirty-fiye foot channel to the Nort e,
navy yard but owing 10 the fact that the
Republicans have decided that there sn "a
DO no general bin this year for the I'm m
Hproyement OF rivers and harbors, me
resolution will hardly get through the
House, though Mr.. MAYNARD mas 1h 1
duced It and will do all he can TO Shave
lths survey made, so that the coniIIl!t.es
u.jI1 she In 4 moss ession OF the information
when the subject Of bill Is taken Lserl up
a !" n 3.2 4. THE COMMITTEE. i
The Norfolk and Portsmouth gentle
men who appeared before the committse
this morning Included Admiral =. r.
-Harringto on N comma ndant of the hNorfo!k
navy yard, who has taken remarKa lol
interest in the improvement OF the mar ta
Dor; w. r.. Mayo. Norfolk Chamber Of
Commerce: w. r. Boutwell,. virginia var
Pilots Association: R. A., Dobfe, repre-
senting the Norfolk harnor Tom ms =,
acrs; It. s., Southgate, Norfolk common
Council; H. K.%Wonycott and S. n lon
taguc, Portsmouth Common Council;
IIenty Pyle and w. B. Shafer, Common
Council@o of the city Of Berkeley; T. 2.
Slater and j. Davis Reed, representing
the Business Mems Association OF Ports-
mouth. The speakers were Admiral IN,
rington and Messrs. Dobie Mayo ana
Boutwell,. Representative Maynard also
n ddressed tho committee, and after the
hearing took the members OF the edelegh-a
tfon in charge and showed them many
fcourtesies. @i
The delegation will hardly start home
before tomorrow night, though some OF
them left tonight. ..
NEGRO EXHIBIT AT h JAMESTOWN
Representative Lamb will introduce to-
morrow a. bill making an appropriation
to aid the negroes. OF the country In Ehav-
ing an exhibit at the Jamest oWn EXPO
sitlon. Giles B. Jackson the colored
lawyer of Richmond, and the director
general OF thu Negro Development and
Exposition Company OF the United
States was here to-day, and saw Car:
tain Lamb relative to the bill. The BIZ
will provide for the appropriation OF the
sum of two hundred thousand dollars,
which is to come out Of all moneys, ar
rears Of pay and bounty which are due
the estates of colored Union soldiers, and
which money was held by the Freedmen's
Bureau and afterwards repaid into the
treasury OF the United States 1t Willy
also provide that the further sum OF
one million dollars be given the negroes
for the purpose Of helping them show 10
the world what they have accomplished
since they were freed. Si5
sAFEGUARDED.
The bill will provide that no part or the
appropriation be paid until the Attorney
Genera. of the United States shall have
reported to the Secretary OF the Treasury
that the Negro Development and EXPO
sition Company is properly Incorporated
for the purposes set forth in the act,
nor until tho company shall have given
sufficient bond, to be- approved by tho
Judge OF the United States Court for the
Eastern District OF Virginia conditioned
upon the faithful performance OF their
duties in the expenditure the money.
Accompanying the bill Will be the. petit
ton setting forth, among other things.
that the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars. which Is asked, Is Legally due
members of the negro race, and that 1t
cannot be better expended than In holp.
ing them to show to mankind what they
have wrought since they came out OF
slavery, less than forty years ago.
THE PETITION.
Tho petition says: s
eve ask that more interest be
taken In our petition than was
taken in the petition OF the de-
postors of the Fpaedmen's Bank;
that our bill may be stnVorably consid-