Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-07
LtGiELAT0RS ATE. FACTS
It Is erou1ht Out in the Debate on
Appropriation Bill Ira, par. OF
The t;oney is Being Expended for
Actual Work-h;any Engineers ca:
Fat sa!ares.
N.N Aee,cintsA rrossl
Fat Sa!aries.


With an opportunity for unlimited
debate 81 the subject Of he Panama
canal he liuasc exhausted is ora
tory on that subject IN session ..
long and ihroc quarter hoars today.
The hiiI anprorratins $lG,50o.0G0
for canal work, which was .hc sub
iect {! discussion will bo read for
amendment and placed on It's final
passage tomorrow. The feature OF
the debate vas tho cri,lcisrn indulg.
ed in by both Republicans and Demo.
Gratis regarding the incomplotcness
of Tie statement Of expenditures ana
estimates furnished by tho canal
commission.
Mr.. Hepburn Uowal reviewed the
canal work, stating that $4,000 900
had boon expended and that par;icu-
lar attention had been paid 10 hons.
ing employees on tho Isthmus and in
restoring the machinery tho French
company had left there There was
IL payroll on the Isthmus containing
The names OF more than $4,000 Fer.
sons. They were paid twice month
nnd there would be no funds u
meet the payment due December II.
anIcss the bill should pass.
Big Salaries Are Paid.
Replying to q question Ivy Mir. Lit.
tieheld tMc.) rs 10 the amount
which has hcon expended for sal
aries, Mr.. Hepburn faid he cou,d
make the general statement that
there wcre Ct salaries of more thnn
$1,000; 6 between $4,000 and $4,000:
90 between $4,000 and $1,000. and
1876 between $1,000 and $4,000. These
Included engineers and persons cf
supposed worth.
1t was stated in reply to G. B. Ian
dis that the value OF the Panama
railway stock had been estimated
1T 100000, but air. Hepburn could
not recall the exact value placed on
the machinery ana equipment before
II was purchased by the United
States.
But it waa asserted, was II not.
continued alr. l-andie. that this mn.
chincry was valuable and tho equiv
ment was snch "a could be utilized. p"
"!t was" replied Mr.. Hepburn
$4,000 Tor Press Agent.
Mr.. Fitzgerald (N. " said no had
been informed that $4,000 year
was being paid to Il press agent"
Ia this city. MIR. Hepburn said he
knew nothing OF such IN employee.
The floor was yielded TO Mr. WI.
linms (Miss) who gave notice CT
certain amendments he should offer
to the bill later. lie declared the
canal nonpartisan question. i
It's bcnefts TO the South would
he great. No individual could claim
credit for the canal.
Tho principal amendment he
should offer would be TO strike out
the sum of $lG500,O00 in the BIZ,
and inscrt an amount he should en-
deavor 90 ascertain rs the amount
actually necessary to carry on the
work until January !, next.
Williams to Save interest.
Asserting that thero were at least
S4O,OOO,0o0 belonging to the United
States nov on deposit without in.
tcrost In national banks, Mr.. VII.
Hams said he should object to the
issuance of bonds on which 2 por
cent interest Should be paid to Sc.
cure money To build the canal
Mr.. Mann (Ill) stated that there
were two employees OF tho canal com.
mission who received salaries OF
$4,000 q year One is Mir. Ross,
purchasing agent, and tho other Mr..
Bishop. secretary of the commission.
Work is Really Being Done.
Replying to Mr.. Clayton (Ala.),
who asked il any of the money
asked for would be spent for actual
work of excavation. Mr.. Mann said
that the pay roll item would cover
tho work of excavation, which he
said. had never ceased since the