The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-12
.MAKEPlEA FOR
THE |. EXPOSITION ] 4 { !: ! n.
sd
General Lee and Others APP
pear Before the House Conf.
r1ittcc Again.
WOULD 8 Benefit THE NATION
SO Declares EXC Governor III
Discussing Prof q 8 Have
Shipyards PaidSfor5 Losses. hi
from our Regular corrcspondcnt.)S

~ (F'rOm Our Regular Corrcspondcnt.) Es
Al lI1Ntl1OlS, =. q, january u.1'ho3
subcommittee Of The Committee Oh In
!. d,lstrial Arts and II Exposltions 81 held q
Injecting again tllis morning for Tie pur-l
pose or further considering the proposi.,
4 ton to have an exposition under govern
5ment auspices ut scwells Point in 1901
iii COMMUNICATION tho three u h,in-3
dred tbs anniYc or the ettlemcnt!
Of Jamestown Mcssrs. Robert 8. Il Pea.
body and w. II. Manning. both Of 13os-ss
ton, and members OF tho bourd OF design
= OF the exposition company, appeared be-!
fore tho committee. and talked at length
regarding what It was proposed 10 do,
and tho cost thereof. They estimate that
tho buildings Will cost nearly three mil
lion, and that the cost Of the electric
railway, sewerage and other necessa1lcs,i
will bring tho total cost up to some
where in tho nelghborhood Of five mil
lions. s}aS 4s n FL
General Fitzhugh Lee, tho president Of
tho exposition company, made q short
talk, setting forth4t the appropriate Of
holding the exposition nnd claiming that
1T would be Of great benefit to the Fed
eral government as well US to the State.
of Virginia. He referred TO the widespread
#1utClSok lItLI lldS tCClk SkAiO
project and asked that the committee!
consider favorably$ an exposition which
would be for ns worthy q cause as any
ever held ii the country.
AZ It y Is evident that the subcommittee
and the exposition people are contemplu-i
ting d great internatl onal naval 4 splays
lin Hampton Roads, and 1ltary MAN.
9oeuvres on land In connection with the
celebration. 4 Sa & 9gs38 ;i.s iS9
No action was taken BY the commit
tee. /, The project so far as Congress is
concerned, Is still In the hands of a
subcommittee, instructed to prepare a.
plan and suitable legislation for the,
position. This plan Is practically com
spletcd and will DO presented to the full.
committee within q few days.
u. 535 TO Pay the Shipyards 4.
Representative Lam n said rs today he
would press at this session Of Congress
the bill introduced last year providing for
tho rccoupn,cnt OF certain ship-yards
which const ructed torpedo boats for II the
government several years az III The VIII
liam r.. Trigg shipbuilding Company, Of
Richmond, Zig one OF the claimants under
the bill. 81 III
i Tho construction Of torpedo boats and
torpedo boat estroyers was a. ne Nv un-
.dertaking when tho vessels were built.
THE bids were not entirely Intelligent, for
1t was impossible for the Bidders to tell
the cost with any great precision. In ad-i
dillon to this. the price OF materlal nd N
3Yanced ter the contracts re- awarded
Tho result OF tho combinat ton was that
the vessels were const ructed at ~ loss.
The claimants among whom arc included
various ship-yArds Of the count try, show
iii tho Bill that they only want to BIO paid
what the vessels cost. and do no t want
any profit on tho work. Two Secretaries
OF War have recommended that the claims
BIO paid. Captain Lamb said to-day that
he did not find the Committee on Claims
so favorable this yenr as IT was last to
the passage OF tho bill. It will probably
pass eventually. $4s PSI 55j3 5sst
Mr. IA 4 w. Pat terson and Mr. Fritz
iSittcrding, we're here to-day for the nur-5
pose OF seeing the fIicials Of the 2 Depart
tn,ent Of Commerce and Labor tive to
the construction Of a light vessel recently
built by the Petersburg Iron " orks for
the government. It seems that the con-
structing firm incurred a penalty, which
1t is desired to have RENTED, as 4 tho
company was not at fault. Senator
Martin took tho gentlemen to SEQ the
proper officials Of the department. The
matter will be settled one way or other;
later. III a I IS s!!g5E
Charges It to Virginians. 81
one Of the counsel for .. 6. Edwards