The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-23
BILL NOT Likely
TO GET THROUGH [
Appropriation for Public Build
ings May Not Be Made Until
Next December.
LAMB is MUCH !: SURPRISED W RI Sci:
LAMB is MUCH SURPRISED
Not Included in Federation's List
81, congressman Friendly
to Workingtnan.
-,o,,, our Roeular correspondent.)

s5 tFron1 our Regular 5Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, b. CT. June 22.-The
omnibus public building bill is expected ,
to be reported to- the House OF Repre-.
srntativcs on Monday or Tuesday OF
next week 1t will carry total OF about
1 $4,000, 900, 1t is said. M.
l1t Is not believed that the bill will
\ pass the Senate at the present SESSION..
There Is little aor no doubt that It VIII
get through the House, but IT is SAID
tho chances are that tho ether branch
will allow 1t to go over until December.
get through, but the probabilities are
tho other way. @
Certain II Is, that IL the Senate should
pass the bill 1t will mean that much
work will have to be got out of the why
before Congress can adjourn for he ees-
sion, for the Senate Will make numerous
amendments, following the custom Of
that body. and this means a prolonged
flight II, conference. The fact that 1t
| has been several years since an omnibus
public buildings bill has passed promises
| to have a. serious effect when the Dill
shall have become a law.
Architects Are Scarce.
Owing to the lack OF work, the force
OF architects employed by the office OF
the supervising architect OF the treasury
has dwindled perforce until scarcely q
corporal's guard Is left. twas stated at
the office to-day that San Francisco is
now the temporary home Of every archi-
tect In the country, not absolutely tied
to the office in which he worked prior to
| tho destruction OF that city by the earth
quake and fire. There Is more building
| being done in San Francisco now than;
In all the rest OF the country put to-
! gether. y 75gl 81 ~ ~:
But the entire country seems to he
enjoying building BOOM. Under or
binary conditions. It would be an easy
matter for Mr. Taylor the supervising
|Farchitect OF the treasury, I oget together
q force OF architects and civil engineers
sufficient to meet the needs Of his Of
fee, but IT cannot be done this year. he
fears. sss IN 3 IS n tg
Is. The salaries attached to the places fun-
der Mr.. Taylor are not nearly SO attrac-
tive as that which bright young fell
lows, who have been trained as archf-
tects, can command in private Offices.
$2l 1t is more than likely that the work
oftserecting the buildings provided for
by the bill. the number is expected to
be well on to hundred, will be delayed
somewhat. Dying to this scarcity OF tech
nically trained men, Richmond, Peters,
burg, Manchester and Portsmouth. are to
receive appropriations for new buildings,
End the postofflce buildings, at Peters.
burg, Lyme hburg. and Roanoke, are to
be improved. III $ !, III, y. 4. III h
Reduced Foreign Z Postage. i2
Capt M i MI Brooks, superintendent of
the foreign malls division OF the post
Office depar tment, who, with Ed ward
Rosewater, Of the Omaha Bee, was q
delegate to the International Postal Con-
gress which recently met at Rome, has
returned to washington and settled down
again TO his duties IN the department
III Capt. Brooks. who has occupied his
present position for many years, and has
been delegate to every International
Postal Congress for the past fifteen years,
is enthusiastic regarding the work ac-
3cotnplished by the American delegates,
and especially for the efficiency OF his
colleague, Mr.. RoseWat ter who is an ex-
celcnt French scholar, as we'll as o 9
OF the foremost editors OF the West, and
probably tile next senator which the .,e-
braska Sena tie will elect, $
One Of the most Important results Of
the Congress was the agreement that
after October l. 1907 when the new postal
treaty made at Rome goes into effect,
foreign letters at the Internal ional to
of five cents may weigh one ounce instead
Of one half ounce. at at present. The
Congress. which uses tho metric system,
voted to allow the letters to weigh twenty
grammes whichsis about two thirds OF an
ounce. But the American and British
delegates insisted that as their countries
use the avoirdupois system, that letters
originating in these two countre be al
lowed to weigh an ounce, to which the
Congress- agreed.
They Saw the Pope.
It was through. the Efforts Of the Eng
lish-speaking delegate ties. who alSear to
have stood together on all propositions,
OF fifty francs (s10 on registered articles
lost in interna tional mails.
& Through the efforts OF Mr.. R0sewater,g|
who bore letters from a number Of prom
sinent Catholics III this country private
audience was granted to the American
delegates by His Holiness, the Pope
They were accorded reception in the
working office of Plus x, where they
held most entertaining conversation
with the. visible head OF the Church, He
spoke most enthusiastically OF America
and Americans. Captain Brooks, who Is
not q churchnlan, said he 7-hs most
deeply impressed with the dignity and
the character of His Holiness.
Representative John Lamb returned
to-day from Charles City county, With
er he went to address the Sunday school
OF Mt, Pleasant Methodist Episcopal
Church, II had a delightful time" said
Capt. Lamb. "for you know Charles
City, Is my old home. spent the night
with my old army conlrade, L. A. Mars
ton, who is one OF the most active mon
for his years that ! know" !,fs
Capt, Lamb was surprised to learn
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