The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-10
IBU TO BoNEY.

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practical and most popular business
legislators in the House Is Represen-
tative honey, OF New Hanover. He
was delighted this morning when his
corn meal bill came over rom the
Senate and was mad a full fiedged
law by the signature OF the speaker.
This oT his hand. he has hrown some
of his caution and logrolling proc1ivi-
ties to the wind and q tackled the
divorce 1aw. In five minutes after
the bill was signed, the following no.
tice was read from the committee
file. All old bachelors and good
looking young unmarried men will
meet in ron of the Speakers Stand
Immediately after adjournment to
take into consideration the various
bills on divorce and come TO an agree
ment Of action. Boney. chairman
When asked why he did not include
widowers Mr.. Boney stated that he
did not wish to include anyone affect
ed by petticoat sentiment.
BIG APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The big appropriation bills began
to come In today. The bin introduced
by Mr.. Ehringhause to establish a
-NoI HAL SoiisSC ~ EdSAcih -NoELI
Carolina provides an annual appro-
priatiop Of ten thousand dollars for
support and special appropriation of
twenty-five thousand dollars for
buildings. Mr.. Sentells bill for the
support and maintenance Of the A.
n NJ. College at Raleigh. calls for
an annual appropriation for support
of thirty-five thousand dollars and Il
special appropriation Of thirty thous-
and dollars for n building to be
known as the laboratory building.
Another appropriation bill for this
college was by Graham. of Lincoln.
providing twenty thousand dollars for
the creation Of a heat, light and
power plant. Mr.. Warren, of Jones.
proposes to abolish the office of State
g~eologist. which costs the State ten
thousand dollars each year. This dill
was recommended by the Code Com
mission.
APPROPRIATION FOR STATE IN
STITUTIONS.
Tomorrow evening there will be a
very interesting hearing before the
committee on education on the appro-
priations for the University, thS
v Aiici oi1 a IOllcSE
and the Agricultural and Mechanical;
College and the committee will be ad-
dressed by Presidents Venable, McIver
and winston, of the respective institu-
lions
BELL TO ABOLISH THE GEOLOGI-
CAL SURVEY.
1t was said some days ago that a bill
would be introduced in the legislature
by somebody to abolish the North Car
olint Geological survey, and such a bill
went in today. To lose the survey
means to lose the services of one of the
brightest men North Carolina has ever
had within it's borders, namely State
lGeologist Joseph A. Holmes. He can
get work in a score Of other states, for
more money than he gets here, Inc
could have left North Carolina years
ago, had he chosen. He is unquestion-
ably one of the most useful men North
Carolina has I'VE had. It seems singu-
lar that the code commission should
recommend the abolition of this order.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
None Of the appropriation bills have
yet passed the legislature. The Erst
one to do so will be that adding $g7 TO
the amount Of pensions now given. A
lot Of bills are before the committee on
appropriations. Those for the hospitals
and the largest institutions will cerne
along presently. For the Agricultural
and Mechanical college 800, 900 is asked.
for maintenance, a laboratory, and
heat, light and power. There is a reso-
luton authorizing a committee to look
into the electric light plant at the pen
itentiary and see whether it can be utii-
lied for lighting various state build
ings. and the college may be included
among these. The insane asylum is
now lighted by gas which is furnished
from the city mains. This resolution
is designed to cover the asylum, as well
as all other institutions in the city and
suburbs. Graham of Lincoln, who in
troduced the bill for the lighting plant
at the college is also the author of the
bill subsequently introduced raising the
committee to look into the p~enitentiary
plant. The present plant at the peni-
tertiary is a very fine one, but the
question comes up how much it will
have to be enlarged to fit it for so ex-
tensive a system of lighting. Two years
ago the state and the city had quite a
conflict o the right Of the state to
put up polls and stretch wires through
the streets, but the attorney general
looked into the matter and found that
the streets did not belong to Raleigh
but to the state, being held by Raleigh
merely as {. matter Of courtesy so 10
speak.
UNFAVORABLE REPORT ON THE
FOUSHEE BILL.
The Senate committee N railroads,
after hearing argument from the
chairman of the State railroad COM
mission for, and attorneys for the
railroads against, reported unfavor-
ably the Foushee bill. This bill sug-
gested by the railroad commission.
gave it power to compel railroads, at
ter investigating and determining that
a roadbed or equipment of companies