Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-03
Maine to Get $339,5Q0
For Rivers and Harbors.
Rep. Alexander, Former Maine
Boy, Helps Along |tems'
Friends Of Commander PeaFy Are
Biding Their Time.

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ever, have not forgotten and are only
biding their time. They will not try
again at this session to get consider
alton of the bill to promote him to an
admiral on the retired list in consider
alton of his achievement in discovering
the North pole. but they are bearing
him in mind all the same and in due
season another effort will be made in
his behalf.
I'VE have not yielded the case of
Commander Peary by any Means" said
| Representative w +. Englebright of
| California and a member of the naval
| affairs committee her,-today. He was
| one Of the most active members uf the
| committee in Commander Pcary's be-
| half. Let the matter rest till after
| Peary has written all the magazine ar.
ticlcs which he has contracted to de-
| liver. Then watch US go after the
! House to vote the recognition Whici.
| Peary richly deserves. He will by
| that time he entirely free to give the
| naval affairs committee all the infor-
| nation in his possession regarding his
| trip to the pole and perhaps the doubt
erS and the opponents will he satisfied"
| Some have thought that tho Splen-
| did welcome Peary is receiving from
European authorities would stimulate
| Congress to act before the close of the
| present session. but that apparently is
Rot to lc. When the time is ripe he has
many Staunch friends in Congress who
| will take up his cause again, They
believe the legislation can be complet-
ed during the next session. The bill
has already passed III" Senate and on
| " the action Of the Iiouse is now re-
CARED.
| Tho Maine colony in Washington
| mournS the death Il few days ago of
Charles II. Treat. until Il few months
ago treasurer of the United states He
was Il native of Frankfort, Me, and
| lived in Washington Il number of
wears on excellent terms with intiu-
| entail Maine people here. tic WAS
I, very original man in some particulars
| and probably exalted his Office of treas
urer Of the United States as much as
ally of his official predecessors have
| Oonc in a generation. He was an enter
| tainirg convcrsationalist and could
| do we'll in political and financial
speeches. Next to the secretary of the
| treasury, he was in most demand of all
| the treasury officials of his period for
speeches before public bodies. He tray
| cled far and wide to discuss financial
| matters during the time when legiS-
| lation to prevent the recurrence of fl
nancial panCs was pending before
| CONGRESS.
| Mr.. Treat was once within two votes
of being elected United States senator
| from Delaware. whore he lived for a
| number of years before taking up his
| residence in New York. He held the
| office of internal revenue collector IN
New YORK City before President Roose-
Welt brought him to Washington to be
treasurer of the United States.
Maine gets 10 separate appropriations
| mounting to $3.50 800 ana authorize
tior for II surveys by army engineers
on the rivers and harbors appropria-
| ton bill, which the conferees have just
| agreed Upon and which will soon re-
| come a law. This is an exceptionally
| .rOOd share due to the activities Of the
| Maine representatives and senators
| and especially to Representative D. $.
| Alt xander of New York, q native of
| Richmond, Nc. who is chairman of
Tho House committee. yIe put all the
| Maine items he could fird upon the bill
and whom il got to the Senate. Senators
| Hale and Frye found q few mole :,ro-
| iccts an had chem put on i'm the way
| of amendments. TO all of these Scnat"
| amendments Representative AlcXan-
der as one If the lcadir" conf"rccS. aC-
| coded without protest and so il is that
| Maine has come off cXeellently
The surveys authorizes to he made
| with u view to obtaining app"upria-
| tons for Improvement affect the fol-
| lowing localities Ront inlay harbor
Portland. harhor. Ogunuuit harhcr,
| Camden harbor, Northeast harbor,
| Cora harbor. Bass harhor ard Door
| IsIand thoroughfarc. Chambers river
up to- .Joneshoro, kcnnehrmk river,
South Bristol harbor. Med"nlak river
| and New Meadows river.
che appropriation of $3%a,1oo for
work on 10 projects along tn" Maine
coast will afford opportunities for as
MANY contracts which will put Il num-
| her Of dredgerS and quite an army of
lanorcrs to work in the course of a
/ few months. The Senate put two new
projects for Maine upon tn" bill one of
$4,000 for completing the improvement
of the harhor at ROckpnrt, and "nother
for the Improvement of the st. croiN
| IiN'I at IL cost OF Sil,NV' ! i'f - 'i''r
project will not be hnder akcn till
there has teen an effort to enlist tire
Dominion of Canada in an appropria-
ton "t from Sin 0o0 to $3ohN0 Tor CO.
operative work These negotiations
must be conducted through tn" gov
eminent of Great Eritain.
The appropriation for the "trcr
Maine projects are Camden harhor.
$20,om: East Boothhav harhor. $500,
Matiricus narbor, $l3,o00. Stockton
Earh"r, S3Sooo. Fepperelrs cove 500
600; Mount Desert breakwat"r. $25.ooN.
Sacosriver. $50 ZOO; Isle of Shoals har-
bor. $40. 400.
All this rloney is made immediately
availa bic md it will not Ee necessary
for tive ARMY cncinne,s II wait till
July T. the beginning al the fiscal wear
before letting the contracts. However
it is not likely that any of the con-
tracts can be awarded till well into
Iuly ar August as there must be pre-
II peration of specifications for the work
Il AMI adve, tisements for bids Hence
it is that probably some Of the Main,