Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
ASKS 100000
FOR BIG JERSEY
CITY POSIOFf|Ct
Congressman Hamill Appeals for
Appropriation-Peary to Speak
at Trenton Banquet.
Especial to the Newark start

I IT,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Represent-
alive Hamill, of Jersey City, wants a
million dollars for a postofiee building
Tor his home city. With everything
being cut down to economize, n with
little possibility of there. being any
public building bill this winner, the able
representative from Hudson county
may wait a year or two before getting
the million, or even half of that sum.
That Jersey City ought to have a
new postoffice is freely admitted, but
after all, that has little to do with the
matter OF the appropriation. In hopes
of keeping his constituents from finding
100 much fault Mr.. IIamill has done
his part in introducing the bill. The
rest of the program is in the hands of
The committee on public buildings and
grounds, and it is one Of the commit
tees that reports an omnibus bill only
occasionally. Since there viii be a river
and harbor bill this year it is not be-
lieved there will be any public building
bill. That naturally may mean an
other delay for Jersey City, to which,
by this time, the people are becoming
thoroughly accustomed.
Commander Robert e. Peary, who
discovered the North Pole, will be one
of the speakers at the annual banque
of the Board of Trace OF Trenton on
January 10, 1910, Arthur G.. Metzger,
the secretary of the Board of Trade,
las been here attending the meeting of
the national waterways congress-, and
ngaged Peary 10 come to Trenton, 1t
is also expected that Joseph e. Rams
del, president of the congress-, will also
be one of the speakers.
t., tho .x11-x - a.. = ~
which has come from the public printer
attention is called to the fact hat 13S
companies of coast artillery have been
organized in the different States, and
while New York has thirty-one com
panies, New Jersey has not organized a
single company, and with more of All
ocean front than New York. This is q
matter that might well have the con
sideration of the S ate Military Board,
since the Federal government stands
ready to aid the State that organized
the coast artillery companies.
Plenty Of work is being done this
week, Notwithstanding the fact that the
sessions of the Senate and House have
been brief. TIL committees handling
the big appropriation bill sare making
steady progress in the consideration OF
these measures, and there is every indi-
cation that the ~prolongation of the ses-
sion beyond the first of May will not be
u to any failure on the part of the
committee on appropriations to get the
big bills out in time. The holiday adj
journment will probably be taken from
December Is or q to January 2 or 2,
but the committees will do q lot of work
during the recess.
1t Is estimated by the Chief of Engi-
neers that $91 900 will be required to
complete the existing project for the
improvement of the channel between
New Jersey and Staten Island, known
as Kill o Kull, which extends from
Perth Amboy to a point near Elizabeth
port. There was available on July !,
1907, the sum of $126. 1873 81, and of that
amount $S3, 982.94 was covered by I'M
completed contracts. The maximum
draft at present is about twenty fee, a.
low water, and it Is expected that this