The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-24
MILLIONS l [: \
IN PR|O|'S;'iP|E||:'C:'1
Jamestown Exposition Company.
Likely Get ,Approprriial- M
tionAFrom. Congress. -s5..
The BILL HAS MANY FRIENDS |. E y };
feature of SIt Is#to Give the Coy
eri1incl1t Something in Re
@ turn for Money. ~.

(From Our gulnr sCorrespondent')5
WASHINGTON, D. CT Feb. 23.--Tlille
brightness Of tho prospect for tho even ven
tual passage OF the bill making nm APP 'r.3
proprlation of three million dollars 70
the Jamestown Exposition has not tpeen
exaggerated The members who lre p ''E' T. +
ing tho bill are confident that It VIII
eventually pass, though the determine
ton Of tile Republicans to keep down Inc Q
appropriations In a presidential year
makes IT doubtful OF success at tho
present session.. Still. lit is pretty well
assured that the appropriation VIII PC
mado next year, (which will be IN tlnE
for the cxpositonain Tho bill IS OF <:
aferent from all the exposition Dills
which have been introduced for the aid OF
eSpositions, and some of its features
have commended 1t warmly 10 the mem-
bcrs OF Congress. HI ss3i IN
4. B b q TIL 4 FEATURE. $
The feature or8Sthe jamestown bill,
which helps to make the measure poplll-.
lar with tho members Of Congress- IS inc
following: ~ " siS: u 3s5
Section III That after the appropriinl}- O.
tor, herein Sprovided@f for becomes await III
able to the jamestown Exposition COM
pany the said jamestown Exposition
Company shall, when requested 50 70 20
by the Secretary Of the Treasury convey
to the United States tract or parcel OF
land to contain three acres, situated IN
the county OF Norfolk. IN tho State OF
Virginia rear Hampton Roads and TO be
a. portion of a tract of land owned by
tho said company, and wherein saidscx-.
knosition Is tn DO held The Secretary OF.
tho Treasury, in conjunction with the
Secretary Of the Navy. out OF an ap-t
preparation. to be subsequently MADE,
shall cause to be erected upon the sald
three acres OF lard a fit, suitable ana
permanent building. at a cost not exceed
Ing five hundred thousand dollars, 70 pc
used for the exhibits made by this GOV
aernment during said exposition, ana al
ter said exposition shall have been closcd
It shall be used as naval college, or Tor
such other purpose. In the proper trair.-
ing of reserves for the army or navy OF
the United States, as Congress may here
after determine. gs
Section IL. That tho national commits
sion hereby crea ted, out of any money
appropriated to aid in carrying forward
the said exposition, sllall expcnd such
sum or sums Of moEcy, not exceeding
In the aggregate fifty thousand dollars,
as in it's Judgment may be necessary
and proper to erect upon that portion or
jamestown Island whereon the first set
Element was located and now owned by
the Association for the Prescrva ttor. OF
Virginia Antiquities IA corporation Gre
ated and existing under the flaws of the
state Of VIrglnia). with the consent OF
the said association. such monument or
other permanent structure as the said
commission may determine, to commemo-
ratio the said first settlement: Provided,
however. that no money shall be ex-
pended for this purpose on Jamestown
Island except and until that portion
thereof whercon such monumentEor other
permanent structure is proposed to be To-
Gated shall be conveyed to the United
States"
GETS SOMETHING.
There has never been an exposition
| held In this country under the auspices
| Of the government out of which the gov
eminent got anything at the close Of the
show. The feature which proposes that
the government shall have the building
| IT. which 1t will have its exhibit. and
at the end of the exposition turn the
structure into naval school, tends tc