The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-26
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HAppropriation D ec1ared by May
,I 3nard 10 BE Absolutely Beyond You'd
Question ; Now " 4 \.
LOSSES FROM FIRES E. I'm n y. 81 ),
G onstitutionality Of Section S 81
Rate BillSass Agreed Upon fs
Questioned. s5SS!
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(rrom CUR Regular correspo
Il SHIN D.. 6. ~ June 25.---sc--
\, rious DOUBT has arisen ns to the cons .oln153
II sututionaity OF d section Of thesrnte bin
n an agreed onsin conference. The section
referred ID provides that passes shall
u not ISSUE 4. to officers Of the ~ United '1 !
states government, which is all right.
n but goes further and prov ides that state H.t
county, municipal, and a even township 'lH1Il
ofilcers shall not ride on pa sses. 5lS q
y e. rae, Il q federal law cannot regulate
81 the granting OF passes to the last named
i classes Of, officers, except as regards
& riding Or, interstate roads. But 1.-The
amendment does not make this distnsc-
Bi ton. Senator Martin said to-day he nc
thought the amendment eminent y wise 'ilse,
e ana IAN excellent y solution OF the mat at
a ter, but he feared the failure to state "a !si
Nat reference was n had to interstate
passes might AFFECT the stltutionality
H Of the bill. ,yS Is u VI ls8,i
& NJ lame stownS Bill. l
The fate OF the Jamestown appropra-
8i ton. which is provided for in the amend
A men a1ded to v the sundry ci VII y bill by
q the Senate. Is declared by Mr.. Maynard
,tc "a be absolutely beyond z question now,
sSnnd $he8 says he feels that " Is as Bood
y as voted. The conferees OF the N Two
81 houses are considering the bull to day,
4 after spending. several hours upon Isl y y
q yesterday. II is IS nderstood they VIII
report tomorrow to the two houses. The
Is cc1,ferees OH the part OF the House VIII
Il not ngre. to the Senate amendment az
propriating 81. 400 to the exposit 'on.sss
Representative Maynard will move tina 8
a the House rccede from y ts posi- ton ana
accept the Senate amendment. On ina al
resolution Mr.. Magma I'd says no IS a q
8lutely positive that nMdecided majority
will vote with him MS MI eve e, tIe
appropriation to the Il exposition III u
understood that Repres Gardner .lle
4 Of ,aiassachusetts the chairman OF the I
Il House Committee on Exposl tions. who 10 I
bitterly opposed TO the appropria tons
Being mad e;f4will eiideayo r 10 ~ Great the
resolution, but he Will not snccee 9. ac-
Scordinss 10 Mr.. Maynard and others, who
a have counted noses. Senator MAJ tin said \
10 day that while he had not thoroughly
y - nya ssed the situation In the House,
4 he Believed the exposition appropriation
was safe. II t. should fall he! adYo-8
4 ca ties s3of the appropriation would b have
u good cause to feel surprise and acute dis
appointment. III n rs
s5s' Heavy Losses.
~, al tacheS OF the geologica survey In
d con versati lon q to-day was d cusBir g the
NJ hnayy8 losses In coun try In the 4Ia I
fewsyeArss through fife. floods and eart q.
h recent fire and earthqu Quake horrors IN
~ san Fra n cisco, VI certain Britt papers
at,ok occasion, to warn British insurance
& com nantes 8SH against Investments IN
America, that land OF sudden calanli-
ties. = KS %sss ID
Americans have for SO long been acc
4 cpstomed to look upon themselves as
I ~ chosen people that this foreign point
4 OF view seems to them almost ~ ei sacrl--
lege.8 Certainly, however. .es the records
would seem to point to q depressing array
a a. figures representing loss OF life and
property through earthquake fire, flood. 3
accidents ON railroads, bridges, mines.
8tunhels. in factories. apartment houses.
and ali manner OF lofty and heavy struc-
lures. "a 5gSs III ltss & 4 7&5! a s5 Sas
\ s,.The plain lesson OF these casualties.
IL many cases said the geological sur
syey man Ills that the American people
with all their genius and versatility IN
achieving new effects and composing new
l ends are not thoroughly fnnliliar with
a the proper uses and limitations OF the
building materials they employ. x 3
Annual Fire Loss.
During the past five years. he con-,
4 tinued, ''the annual fire loss in the
United States has been 50. 80 per capita.
4 while the loss In the larger European
4 countries has been .33 per capita, During
4 the last ten years the total fire losses
v In the United States amounted to $l,-
II $50. GOO, 600. The insurance companies paid
out during this period 1897 900. 900. and u
is reasonable to assume that the pre-
mlums paid out by the people Of the
a country for the same length of time for
Il protection against fire exceeded the
\ losses stained, Vi, q e n 5 ss5 4 .}ssS
A ..The amount Of money spent by the.
people. individually and collectively. IN.
rearing structures OF doubtful value, IS
i also colossal. The government Is now
expanding $50. 10000 and the country,
8 $1,000, 900, 900 yearly In building and con-
struct!on work generally, Judged by the
lessons Of the last decade. much OF TINS
d sum will so up In smoke or collapse IN
indistingulshable ruin before all OF US VI,
are dead. 8 s 81 B4g n
li"Two things are needed 4; Revision y Of
\ the building laws, and accurate KNOW
edge concerning the strength. flre-resslst-
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