The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-23
NEW POSTOFF|CE
WELL FORTIFIED
Senate Will Take Care OF
Richmond if House
Doesn't.
WILL CONFIRM
CAPTAIN STUART
Serious Charges May Pile Up.
Against Newport News Col
lector, Yet lis Name Will
Pass Muster With
Sufficiently Wise
Ones.
lFFom oNr Keeular correspondent.l

ttrom Our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. d. c., February H.
Virginia is going to tare all right in tile
matter of appropriations for new public
buildings in case bill Is reported from
the committee. 1t is understood hat il
has been decided that bill. carrying
from twelve to fifteen million dellars,
shall be- reported, as was stated In this
adjournment for tito Christmas holidays.
Inc committee on Public Buildings aul
the Committee on Rivers and Harbors
are close corporations, in the sense thar
tho members are more careful about Civ.
ing information concerning the intentions
OF their. committees than arc committee
men generally. There is reason to be-
neVe. however, that the bill making an
appropriation of eight hundred thousand,
Will be started this session--that ~. that
an initial appropriation of from fifts-
Thousand TO one hundred thousand will
be made by the omnibus public buildings
bill this year, with the understanding that
IT Is to be extended in beginning work on
a building to cost. eventually, eight hun
dred thousand dollars.
OSAAeASS AdVOlot
Il think there is a good chance of such
an appropriation being made said Il
member of the committee to The Times
Dispatch correspondent to-day. "rhis
is between us, and you must not use my
name in connection with the statement
believe that even IL the House commit
tee refuses to incorporate in tho bill an
item for the Richmond building. it would
not be knocked out il ii were added il,
the Senate. can assure YOU that IL IN.
hiil comes back to the House with the
Richmond item added. shall fight TO
have 1t retained. The sentiment amopa
members OF the House in favor of Il pub,
lie buildings bill is strong, and they wo,,a
not mind an appropriation OF some tho,r-
sands FOR the purpose of initiating work
on the Richmond postoffice.''
senator Martin contemplatcs the prob
ability of the House committee refusing
to Yield to Representative Lamb. and
making provision for the Richmond Office.
In such case he VIII use his efforts to
nave the bill amended so as TO include
the item for Richmond, and then ho and
Captain Lamb will unto to prevent hay
Ing 1t knocked out In the committee OF
conference.
The plan at present does not conten
plate any change from the present site.
Captain Lamb would prefer to SEQ the
postofce taken "out from down under
the hill,'' as he expressed it, and erccfe,s
on Broad Street, but Senator Martin
ndheres to the present site as being
more convenient to tho greater number
OF patrons of the office. They ara not
raising the question of change of site
now, lest to do SO would endanger the
appropriation.
Good All Around.
There Is absolute assurance given that
Virginia will fare excecdingy we'll IN
case an omnibus public buildings bin il
reported. MIR. Glass has been assured
that his bill for $4,000 for the improve
rnent ana enlargement or the Federal
building at Roanoke will be taken care
OF. and Mr.. Hays measure for a new
building at Winchester will be incorpo-
rated in the general bill. The building
at Lynchburg Will he enlarged. a matter
which is engaging the attention of Sem
tor Daniel. as it has for some years
past. and Mr.. Maynard expects fair
sized appropriation for tho building at
Portsmouth. Whether Captain Lamb
will get his new building at Manchester
remains to be seen. There is additional
doubt cast on tho fate of this bill by the
movement TO unite Manchester with
Richmond.
Representative Jones is elated at tho
prospect of getting fifty Thousand for Il
aM S,, pu,,uG ns s faener,tksours, s0a @hloh y
Frederick sb,recrs consist.,,s- og C,olonaI
II Dorsey cole .hldre i r, F,mbrav and
Mr.. Jones' one OF the leading merchants
recent,v ana were introduced bw Mr.
Tones The .tt,tnila i'os tho committee
,,,fs . q, ravor.,hIo that tl,o ,je,egatJon an,
,,aa NJ, Ionas ,,,or,, iaIisbtea
M p.as,an,,t ,nd sayer,I NJ the cahi.
Anat ana ,no,nhcrs of the senate anf,
IIn,seI y re' ynected 10 90 ia FrederIcks
$40 ,,,nnt the tirst ~ 4 nrll IA ntten,, s
ern1 I,nrhS Mercer Thes exact date al s
~ ,nSellnr has moi been fixed. The