The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-03
FIGHT TO GET
BRIGGS'S
ROOMS
New Jersey Fares Well in
the Appropriation
Estimates.
Especla! to the Evening star.l

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Frank O.
Briggs, the new United States Senator
from New Jersey, has been almost as
strenuous as the President since he
arrived in this city to take up his
duties in the upper body of Congress.
Certainly, he was actively employed
during the first hours of the session.
Mr.. Briggs met a number of visitors
from New Jersey on Sunday and on
Monday he was sworn in. Later in the
day he gave q luncheon to the mem
bers of the New Jersey delegation and
the visitors from New Jersey at the
New Willard Hotel, where he Will live
for the season.
Mrs. Briggs, the wife OF Senator
Briggs, and Mr.. and Mrs. Franklaffa-
Briggs were in one of the Senate gal
leries when the Senator took the oath.
They were with Mrs. Kean, the mother
of Senator Kean; the Misses Kean, his
sisters, and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop,
wife of one of the assistant secretaries
of the Treasury. There were also in
the galleries at the time II. b.. Salter,
city clerk of Trenton; Daniel l.. Voor-
hees, State Treasurer; Alexander G.
Yard, postmaster of Trenton; E. G.
Bullock, E.. L.. Keans, e. T. Scott,
James Kerney and Walter Firth, all
from New Jersey.
1t is probable that there may be a
fight made by some of the Democratic
Senator's for the two rooms which SEN
ator Briggs Is occupying at present.
The rooms are on the ground floor of
the annex, facing The west, and are
considered among the most desirable in
that building.
The estimates giving the appropria-
tons required for the fiscal year end
ing june 30. 1909. has been issued. The
aggregate amounts to $40, 2S7, $3.50. In
the appropriations for public buildings
an item of $4,000 for the addition to
the Trenton postofice is given, and an
expenditure of $685. 900 for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1908 for the same
building. making a total of sos, 900.
The river and harbor items in the
estimates follow: Cold Spring Inlet,
Cape MAY, deepening channel to Is
feet, $500 1908; 5000, 900 in 1909; Arthur
Kills. $500 in 1908: 800, 900 i'm 1909;
Passaic River in 1908. $500, 600; in 1909
800, 900. For the various improvements
at the powder depot. Dover. the esti-
mates for 1909 aggregate $780, 800 and
there will be spent for 1908 the sum
of 81, 900. For improvements at the
Sandy Hook proving grounds the esti-
mate for 1909 is $685. 900, and for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1908, $685. 300.
The m showing the requirements
for lighting rivers and harbors include Joe
Flogger Shoal light, Delaware Bay, $4,000;
Reedy Island light, $4,000; Goose Island
Flats. $4,000; Elbow of Cross Ledge,
S21. 500. The stimates for collecting the
internal revenue in the first district Of
New Jersey aggregate Sl5,0 900, and for the
fifth district 1880, making a total OF
$4s, 500 for this work.
willard Morgan, of Camden. State
Comptroller; Judge JoIiue, Mr.. and Mrs
Warren and Mr, and Mrs Charles King,
of Camden, called to see Chief Clerk
Browning. They all witnessed the opening
of Congress.
Representative Gardner has reintrodnced
n big batch Of old bills. which failed TO
pass ia the last Congress.
Representative Howell has exchanged
committee rooms with Mr.. Gardner, OF
Massachusetts,, and now has one of the
finest rooms In the capitol. Ii is ON tho
main or House floor IN the old library
space. just off the rotunda, and fronting
on Pennsylvania avenue. The room IS
handsomely furnished and the interior dec
a%rations are exceptionally fine, represent
ing some scenes from the different eA-
positions. such as Chicago. Buffalo and 81.
Ionis. The committee formerly located
in the room was eXpositions and arts
Mr.. Howell has recommended the reap
pointmert of f.. D. Petteys as postmaster
at Keyport, Monmouth County. MI Pet-
teys has a splendid record While ne has
had charge Of the office.
Walter 1. Dill. of Mount Holly. IS at
the Raleigh; Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. lngersoll'
of South Orange, are at the New wizard
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Smalley, of New
ark, are at the Shoreham.