Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-16
WANT A CHAPEL
SANDY HOOK
Representative Wood Has Intro
ducsd a Bill at Request of
Bishop MCFauI.
HOUSE SALARY
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Washington, D. O., Dec. 16:-At
the request of the Right Rev. J. j.
McFaul, Bishop of Trenton, Repre-
sentative Wood has introduced a bill
empowering the Secretary of War to
grant permission for the erection of a
chapel as q place of worship for
Catholics on the government reser-
walton at Sandy Hook. 1t is stipulated
in the bill that the building will be-
erected at nc cost to the government,
and it will be removed at any time
that the Secretary of War may deem
1t necessary.
Mr.. Wood is getting some data in
readiness to present for the %considera-
tion of the committee On Public
Buildings and Grounds when he shall
90 before that committee to urge the
appropriation of 500, 900 for the addi-
ton to the post Office at Trenton. If
the committee can be prevailed upon
to report the bill favorably there
would be a fair chance of passing it
before the adjournment of congress.
Representative Wood had for o
caller Yesterday Mr.. Lyons, of Hunt
erdon county. The congressman
showed him some of the points of in
forest about the capitol and saw to it
that he was nicely seated in tie
reserve gallery
Statistics regarding the salaries and
emoluments paid customs officials
we're embodied in q report made TO
congress by Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw. 1t shows the amounts paid
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1904 G L. Smith, collector at
Newark, received, salary. $3.50; COM
missions 81 ga; total, 81, AGA; Robert
Carson, collector at Perth Amhoy, re-
ceived, salary $3.50; commissions,
81 2l4; total. 81, 464; X. Ellington,
collector at Burlington, received
ST. : and G. s. Haines, also col
lett". ..t Burlington, received ST.. 35
W. F.held, collector al Great Egg
Harbor, received $685.. AZ; S. P. Bart
lett. collector ut Little Egg Harbor,
received 1856. 80; and G. W. Meow
an, collector ut Bridgeton, received
$500. ID.
7. Frank Appleby. president of the
common council ut Asbury Park,
called oil President Roosevelt, accom-
panied by Representative Howell. to
confirm the invitation to visit Asbury
Park on July 4, 1905. The convention
of the National Education Association
will meet at that place. If his engage
ments will premit the president may
visit New Jersey on that date.
In presenting tho matter of the pur-
chase of the building at Asbury Park
to the post Office officials, Mr.. Apple
by has shown that it was built at a
cost of about 800, 600, and can be
bought for $4,000 at present. The
department will have to pay 81, 900 n.
year rem for next year.. 1t is under
stood that a post Office inspector has
recommended the purchase of the
building.
Senators Kean and Dryden still con-
tinue to receive all kinds of petitions,
and each has received protests against
the "pure food" bill. Other petitions
favor the elm ination of the word
sex" from the statehood bill
When Senator Kean was in tine chair
in the senate the other day he an
nounced the third reading of the bill
under consideration when Senator
Martin, of Virginia, interposed OBJ
lection. The senator smiled, but an
nounced that the bill would be read
for the third time and the proceed
inRs went on as if nothing had hap
pened.
Representative Howell has been ad-
vised that o pension at $40 q month
has been granted to Charles Boyd, of
Plainsboro, from October 5, 1904.