The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-05-17
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Nearest yet TO the goal OF 100000 Gu.
bic yards OF excavation per month in
the digging OF the Panama canal was
the accomplishment under Col. Goe-
thals management in April, according
TO cable report from the eegineer in
charge, received the other day at the
office of the Isthmian canal commits
sion. II says that for the month the
excavation in Culebra cut amounted
to S79,527 cubic yards and at the Cat
um lock site 10 l0S,000 cubic yards
Bonaparte Not to Retire.-Attorney
General Bonaparte gave out a state
pent recently referring 10 the publ
cation in a number OF newspapers TO
the effect that he might retire from
,ice by reason Of i'll health. II was
also published in substance that the
department was in low state OF eff
cheney in consequence OF attorney gen.
erals inattention 20 the public bus!
ness Mr. Bonaparte in his statement
says: Insofar as the publications
IN question reflect on me personally.
| do not care TO say anything about
them" The implied reflection on his
subordinates and the work of the de
partment he classes as "a bald false
hood, originating either in malice or
else in gross and wilful ignorance OF
the facts"
More of Standard Oil Story.-An|
other instalment of the official story
! OF Standard Oil will be placed in the
/ hands of President Roosevelt within
! few days. The report is in type and
! proof is being lead by Herbert Knox
/ Smith. chief of the Bureau OF Corpora
| tions, who succeeded Secretary Gar
| field Whether il will be made public
depends entirely upon President Roose-
welt The chances are against publi-
cation at this time, because il is under
I stood the governments evidence in
the suit against the Standard pending
/ i'm st. Louis goes over much the same
ground The instalment OF the report
will be an exposure Of the methods en-
/ ployed by the company 10 get crude
oil at its own prices, and the methods
! whereby it has sold its products at
/ the topnotch price; also how il has
crushed its rivals, divided the terri
I tory between its agents and wherever
necessary has set up dummy corpora
tons that have actually been admit
ted to membership in organizations Of
! Independent oil manufacturers, be-
cause the independents we're led to be
lieve the company applying for mem
bership was really Independent.
Names for Big Ships.-Presdent
: Roosevelt has under consideration the
naming OF the two battleships OF the
Dreadnought type, for which contract
, will soon be awarded The ships will
be given names of states according to
custom. Most of the states have been
honored already, but there remain Del
aware, Utah, North Dal'ota and New
York. that have no war vessels named
for them. New York is eliminated
for the reason that there is an armor-
ed cruiser named for the city of New
! York. When Oklahoma qualities as a
state it will give the navy department
one additional name to draw upon.
| While no action has yet been taken, ii
is thought likely that Delaware will
be honored by having one of the great
! est battleships named for ii and that
Utah will be the other state TO be SO
J honored. An effort has been made TO
induce the President TO authorize the
remaining of the cruiser New York and
10 call one of the new battleships If
ter that state, but il is not probable
that the movement will succeed. T"e
war vessels of types smaller than bat
! tleShips of the first class must be lS
named if the present plan is carrie,
! out.
Extension of Federal Authority
! The interstate commerce commission
has just rendered it's first opinion iO
an express company case, and 1t IL
against the company, The defense
rested on contracts alleged TO exist
| between itself and the railroad COM
pany carrying the goods. by the terms
of which so large a part of the ratc
charged was taken by the railroad that
| the balance remaining to the express
company was only reasonable reward
for the service. But the commission
brushed this aside and fixed a lower
| rate. saying that extortionate contracts
! with the railroads were no excuse.
Thus we have another extension OF
federal authority. but a necessary and
welcome one. Unless some board or
commission is clothed with power to
compel the express companies to con-
form their charges to reason ii is hard
To see where the ordinary man is tc
! have any redress for the OVerchargeS
they tend TO make.
The Congressional library.-More
than one million people visit the libra
~ of congress annually. and admire
the magnificent building built OF New
Hampshire granite. The vast major