Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-21
new JERSEY AT
WASHINGTON.
What Congressman and Senators
Are Doing at National Capital
for Their Constituents.
(From the NEWS Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, ID. u, June 2l.-
Senator Dryden and Representative
Howell have been working in concert
to have an appropriation for the inn
provement of ~Cheesequake Creek,
just below South Amboy, made by the
war department so that the channel
of that stream might be dredged
properly. The river and harbor act
of Mar. 8, 1905, included the Cheese
quake creek in a lump appropriation
for a number of rivers and harbors
in that part of New Jersey. The SEN
ator and congressman have been adj
vised by the assistant secretary of
war that the chief of engineers has
recommended the expenditure of one
thousand dollars for the work, and
the dredging of the creek will be car
ried out in accord with the recon-
mendation.
Representative Gardner has been
advised that pensions have been gran
ted to constituents of his as follows:
Caroline w Westcott, of Bridgeton,
So a month from March II, 1905;
aIu Nv III uCu DCllolOh huC hOi uC-
ceased husband, Sheppard Westcott,
to Feb. 25, 1905; John e. Mosher,
Dragstown, $40 a month from May 2,
1906; Richard G. Dudley, of Moores-
town, at IS a month from Dec. 49,,
1905; James NJ. Moore, of Atlantic
City, at IS a month from May 2,
1906; Charles w. Crossdale, of At
lantic City, at $40 a month from
March 10, 1906; Mary w. Cook, of
Cookstown, at IS a month from Jan.
20, 1906; and Florence w. Bartlett,
of Burlington, at IS a month from
March 20, 1902, and 50 additional
for two minor children of Thomas
Bartlett, making more than $500 for
the first payment.
Representative Wiley has been adj
vised that a pension has been restored
to Mrs. Catharine Mittelsdorf, 81
Rhode Island avenue. East Orange,
at So a month, and So additional for
two minor children from May d.,
1895, making a payment of nearly
$1,000 due her.
Representative Howell has been ad-
vised that a pension at the rate of
$12 a month has been granted to
James A. Prall, of New Brunswick,
from May 10, 1906.
Representative Van Wrinkle has
filed a petition from Union No. 8, o.
M. l. U. of Hoboken, urging the pass
age of the anti-injunction bill.
Senators Kean and Dryden have
received a petition from T. H. Tom
linson, of Plainfield, against Senator
Smoot.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hartman have
closed their house on Connecticut
avenue, and gone to Atlantic City for
the summer. Mrs. Cote, who has
been the guest of Mrs. Isaac Hender-
son, has gone to Morristown to at
tend the wedding of her niece, Miss
Vernan, and Mr.. Bates.
H. X. Tetsuka, of Plainfield. is
registered at the Arlington. and J..
G.. Rindell, of Newark, is at the St.
James.
Mr.. Browning, chief clerk of the
house, called at the Pension Bureau
yesterday in behalf of the claim of
| William J. Wheeler, of Pensauken,
Camden county. He also called at
the postffice department regarding
some matters of interest to the post
Office at Camden.
Mr.. Browning has received a let
ter which was addressed to him thus:
"Chief Clerk. Officers House, Wash
ington, ID. c."
Senator Kean has received a lot of
letters from Trenton, favoring the ap-
preparation of 500, 900 for the addi-
tion to the federal building at that
city.
Palmer H. Charlock, postmaster
of Elizabeth, called on Senator Kean
yesterday afternoon. G. S. A.