The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-03
a few minutes before death. She is
survived ty one brother, Mr.. Charles
Lunsford, OF this city.

4 y ILL I'LL Ill OIll
ON ALDR|CH BILL
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reducing to 2 cents the passenger
rates on six Virginia roads.
The Southern Railway instituted
suit in equity in the Circuit Court OF
the United states for the Eastern Dis
trict Of Virginia. against the members
of the State Corporation Commission.
| individually and as members of the
| commission, and against it's clerk. TO
| prevent the order OF the commission
reducing the interstate passenger rates
| in Virginia, alleging that the order was
repugnant to the Constitution of the
United States. The Circuit Court enter
ed final decree, declaring the order
complained Of to be in violation of the
Constitution OF the United States, and
enjolning its execution.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic Coast Line
also undertook to fight the order of
1.-THE commission. and it's case also took
the same course in the United States
Circuit Court. Alexander Hamilton and
! W. b. McIlwaine, who moved the ad-
vancement of the case, are counsel for
I
motion to advance was the Importance
of the public interests involved to the
| Commonwealth OF Virginia, as we'll as
| to the railroads affected. Counsel for
the commission concurred and the order
| OF advancement was made.
| For Greater Richmond building.
| Representative John Lamb has sent
to Postmaster Cabell. of Richmond, the
report of the supervising architect or
the Treasury on the proposition To
| have the government purchase the rest
of the block on which the present FED,
eral building of Richmond stands. and
erect a rev post-office which shall
| take up the block bounded by Main,
Tenth. Bank and Eleventh Streets. IN
! his report the supervising architect.
Mr., Taylor, says that the purchase OF
the rest Of the block by the govern
ment would solve the problem of light
ling the building, and would admit or
| the erection OF q handsomer structure.
1t would also permit the removal OF
several buildings which do not add
ANYTHING to the beauty Of the section
| in which located.
Captain Lamb is doing all in his
power to have the Committee on Pub
| lie Buildings and Grounds provide for
the purchase of this additional prop
erty. The committee will report bill
carrying total OF about sl5,000,00o.
The public building bills introduced by
various members this session aggregate
| $50. 900
| It will be seen that there Will be
many disappointed ones among those
who hope to make glad the hearts of
their constituents by good slice of
Federal pork IN the form OF new
post office. The bill which Represen-
tative Lamb has introduced for the
acquisition of the additional property
for the site of the Richmond office pro-
vides for the appropriation of million
dollars for the purpose.
New Building for Covlngton.
Representative Flood, of Virginia to-.
day introduced bin calling for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the cree
ton of a public building at Covington,
Va, TO be used for the accommodation
OF the rost-o!lice and other govern
ment Offices in that town. The site is
also to DC bought out OF the apprc-
rriation sought by the measure. .Fi,c
Kill provides that proposals for the
sale of land suitable for the site shall
be invited by public advertisement in.
the newspapers of largest circulation
in Covngton for at least twenty days
before the date specified in the adver,
tisement for thu opening of the. pro-
posols. No mnaey is to be available
under the proposed act until valid
title to the site is vested in the United
States. no. ''until the State of Virginia
shall have cedcl to the United States
exclusive jurisdiction over the same
during the time the United States shall
be or remain the owner thereof, for Ill
purposes except the administration of
the criminal laws of the State ana the
service of civil process" The bill also
provides that the building to be erected
shah be ltneXposcd to danger from fire
by an open SPACE OF at least forty
feet on zach sida.
Representative Flood also introduced
a bin to authorize the Secretary OF
War to furnish two condemned cannon
and a suitable outfit OF cannon balls to
be used on the grounds surrounding the
monument in courthouse square at Ap-
ponattoN.
Memory of Meriwcthcr Lewis.
Representative Padgett, of Tennes-'
see, introduced a bill in the House pro-
Vidng for the erection at Hohenwald,
In Lewis county, Tennessee, Of a suits
able monument commemorative of the
life and work OF Meriwether lewis. Of
Virginia, OF the famous Lewis and
Clark Expedition. Lewis Is buried In
that county, which has been named in
his honor by the State OF Tennessee
me bill asks for an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the monument, and tho
ground upon which 1t Is to be erected
VIII be donated by the people OF Ten
nessee.
! Representative Francis Burton Har-