Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-18
MILLIONS ASKED
FOR MANY STATE
FEDERAL BUILDINGS
These Include Bill for S3,OOO,'
600 Structure Here-Qther
Washington Notes.
[speeial to the Newark star.l


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Provision is
made in the urgent deficiency bill, which
has been reported to the House, for an
appropriations of SIPS, 900 for the continue
alton of the Immigration Commission.
1t is expressly stipulated hat no part of
this money shall be used for field work,
nor for salaries of members after March
|. 1t Is ais required that the commits
sion shall make its ina report and pass
out of existence on the first Monday of
next December. The members of Con-
gress who have served on this commits
sion have not received any compensa-
ton for their services, but their ex-
penses were paid when they were en-
gagged in work pertaining to the inves-
LEGATIONS of the subject hat were being
made.
The urgent deficiency bill also carries
an appropriation OF $15,0 900 for u site for
the p~ostoffice building at Plainfield. in
addition to the amount heretofore APP
propriated Ger site and building.
Although 1t is understood hat there Is
little probability of there being a public
building mnibus bill at the present
session OF Congress, there have been
seven public building bills for New Jer-
sey introduced in the House. Three Of
these bills have been introduced by
Congressman Hughes: They are: Pas
sale, $3.50, 700; Hackensack, $100, 900, and
Newton, $4,000. Hamill has introduced
a bill carrying an appropriation of
$1,O00,000 for a building for Jersey City.
Representative Wiley has a bill carry
ing SO, 1000, 900 for a building al Newark,
and another bill carrying $500, 900 for
a postofflce at East Orange. Mr.. Card
ner completes the list with $65, 900 for
Millville.
Representative Wiley has introduced
a bill which provides for the removal
of snow, ice, grass and weeds from the
sidewalks in the District of Columbia.
This bill goes to the committee on Dis
trict of Columbia, of which he is u
member There have beer numerous
complaints this winter because many
of the property-owners of the city have
failed to remove the now from the
sidewalks after q snow storm. MIR.
Wiley has also introduced a bill to in
crease the pension of Samuel r.. Dunn
mer.
Representative Parker has introduced
a bill to increase the pension of Robert
McNabb, an inmate of the Soldiers
Home, Kearny, to $50 q month. Nc
Nabb is well-known among h New
ark hatters. He has also introduced
a bill to increase the pension of Au-
gust Studer, of Montclair, to $40 a
month.
Representative Wood will escort
Commander Peary and Congressman
Ransdeli to Trenton on Friday next.
when both will visit that city to speak
before the Chamber of Commerce.
Representative Howell has been ad-
vised that a committee of+citizens from
Barnegat.%O ocean county, had a confer
ence with members of the board of
engineers of the War Department, hay
ing charge of river and harbor
improvements. relative to the work of
deepening the channel of Double creek,
Ocean county. The project is under
advisement of the board.
Colonel William NJ. Palmer, of Cam
den. who came here when the late Will
lam ]. .Sewell was United States Sen
ator. has hunted up a joint resolution
which. is of interest to all veterans
of the Civil War. 1t was adopted on
May 8. 1866, and expresses the graft
tude of Congress to the officers. SOL
diers and seamen, who served during
the Civil War.
The committee on immigration and
naturalization, of which Representa-
tive Howell is chairman, is considering
the bill which provides for the deporta-
ton of alien criminals. 1t is believed,
il the bill can be perfected in accord
with the ideas of the majority of the
members of the committee, that the
perpetrators of the black hand out
RACES will be the more easily deported
to the country from whence they came,