The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-03-26
Letter From Washington
.ts Maine Delegation is doing for the
WIN .a,nU Interest. Governor Burleigh and
5n1ibus Public Building Bill.

I.'.,, lately in Washington. that
. .-terest more or less the skip
.,,g the Maine coast. The pilot
-.f which Representative Little
..-roduced several years ago and
a.. become an old friend in Maine
....- IN Washington, is to the fore
The Southern lobbyists, repre-
...-.e Southern pilots, have made
...4trance anew in the corridors
...rse. Thus far the Maine own
-taug vessels, who want the
- ulOtage laws displaced, have
to Washington. They have
case in the hands of Repre-
--. ,ttJetield and his Maine col
..- the House.
cd straw is being threshed
.miltee, but the pilotage bill
is appearance in the House
r.faule report before long.
....-, It will he long day before
-ailing craft can elect wheth-
... 20 into Norfolk, or Savan-
me of several other South
rs with or without pilot.
...-r- men of late have also been
battling for ship subven-
lie Pine Tree delegation, IN
House, as a matter of fact
NAV for the consideration OF
ming conditions in Congress.
!, far from won, but they
very session. Senator Frye
..... II getting something out OF
-..,ree and also keeping many
-....- At would work to the dlsad-
-.....-.u- Maine ship owners IN the
........e. His efforts in the latter
..--..... may often be quite as lmpor-
..-.5 occurring favorable reports.
f..r.. the Maine ship owners reap
..- .. satages of cargo subsidies for
...a ..ag vessels they will have to
....L - Pine Tree State Congress
7.- many years of interchangeable
.rgO subsidies are not IN I'M
..-. prospect, but beginning is
......... ..,. made at this session OF Con-
..-.-.. ..- Nili help to that end.
-s many owners of sailing craft
.... Maine coast are Immediately
....... ,u the success of a bill that
I'll -.. and Mr.. Frye are getting
r ta- Senate. 1t is a measure
., .e for the transportation by
s-...- t-ua and equipment Tor use
.... struction of the Panama "a
,. ..#t il becomes law will enable
s... ra-,pIs from the New England
...,... .-,s.re contracts to deliver ma
t...- ad supplies. One OF the Dig
r.. --ausportation that the Maine
g.. vessels are concerned about Is
uafIels. or about l ,00O,000 tons
. ..t. Contracts will soon be
a.. for carrying this enormous
-..tt4 t cement to Colon or La Boca
...s -.lmus.
very of this cement at the
-a.... 0 700 tons a month for the next
n .-... AIS would keep fleet OF sailing
.r.. .,.-r tull canvas. 1t makes just
f... 1t cargoes the Maine schoon-
--.e... . ike to have. For well under
q. .a-Uus, however, including the
H-. aces that American seamen
a,- paid, foreign ship owners Will
...-. rhp American ship owners
me- advantage is allowed the
HE War Department.
~p..r Frye drew the bill at the
.-... u OF Maine ship owners and
s. -uiding it along. He secured
at.5 report for it from his com
l.t-s Wen he got it into the Senate
.-e. .4 pom his colleague, Mr.. Hale,
10 lr. m there. The measure has
u--4 ..nosed in some particulars,
e,pso5., by the Southern Senators,
Da- eoi hat their ports will be put at
g advantage as there are few
s5ll .,ters in the south. The bill has
br5l laAug gradual Roadway and will
sure pass aud 60 over to the House
95aPpYai.
At ua, End of the Capitol the Maine
Aepr-u.dtives-Burleigh, Littlefield,
Ale! o. Powers-will put their heads
Ngrt.pa to help the bill to an early
laSsag- Mr.. Littlefield is in good
Strategy position to help, because he is
OIL thu tommittee that will first con-
sler 1t. BUT all the Maine men are
goAg to}all together to get the nee
e6SaTy votes.
representative Burleigh recently re-
turned from a flying visit to his home
at Augusta where he went to deposit
DIS vote at the mayoralty election. As
Soor as I've went back in the House he
resumed lis work of helping shape up
mates fer the omnibus public build
llV l.I Most of the older members
@up Public Buildings Committee are
olS{mg Themselves at finding out
Where something like 200 new public
buildings ought to be placed in the va
IoaS STATES. Some localities, where
VIE needs, the public service are less
Piesal must be satisfied with the
pI,H-- If sites by the government.
9E .ahties, where sites have al
ready weu purchased, will be given