The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
NORFOLK BEAUF0RT
WATERWAY LINK
Enqineers Refuse to Pass
On This Alone
TO PASS ON ENTIRE ROUTE

And Then Report Will Not Be Ready
Until Sometime During the Summer
OF Early FaIi-StilI an Effort VIII
Be Made by Senator Simmons TO In
duce the Senate Committee to In
sert Provision for Free Waterway
from Norfolk to Albemarle Sound
Mort Carolina War Claims to Be
Paid.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Washington, d. G.. March 31.-SeV
eraI days ago after inslstent efforts
on the part of Senator Simmons and
Representative Small a preliminary
report was made upon that part of the
NorfO1k-B Beaufort waterway
from Norfolk to Albemarle Sound.
This report came from the Board Of
Engineers having in charge the sur
vey OF the Intra-coastal Waterway
from Boston to Beaufort. The report
was referred, as required by law, to
the Board of Review, composed of
five engineers, and they considered
the matter on Monday last. Today
this board sent a communication to
the chief of engineers declining to
pass on this report for the present,
until the entire report was ready to
he submitted. 1t is conceded that the
complete report will not be ready
until sometime during the summer or
early fall. The subordinate board of
engineers in makink their report, rec
commended the Albemarle and Chesa-
peake canal as a part of the route. and
in this respect they followed the rec
concentrations of a former report.
While the action Of the Board of Re-
view in declining to consider this pre-
liminary report at the present time
is a great disappointment. still an eff
fort will be made by Senator Sim
mons to induce the Senate committee
on to insert some provision
in the pending river and harbor bill,
authorizing a free waterway from
Norfolk to Albenarle Sound. Eastern
North Carolina and Virginia are
watching with interest the action Of
he Senate committee, because Of the
great Importance Of this project to
lOca! and cOastwiSe commerce..
Senator Overman has succeeded in
having the Senate Claims Committee
to include in the Omnibus Claims bill,
which is now about ready to be re-
ported out of the committee, North
Carolina claims to $13,-
54S.07. This amount is to reimburse
North Carolina claimants for prop
erty taken from them by and for the
use of the United States military
forces during the late Civil War. Sew
eral years & these claims were re-
ferred to the Cour of Claims by res
nIution of the United States Senate
known as the Tucker Act, and upon
the findings of the Court of Claims
Senator Overman has had the items
retained in the Omnibus Claims bill,
which bill will become a law at the
present session of Congress. All
claims included in the bill will be paid
I,11 49, ;-%~
law.
The following North Carolina claims
are included:
TT us e s, Presbyterian
Church Lumber Bridget 1,s00.0 90
TIrst Baptist church, New
Bern l,lOo.oO
Trustees Methodist Church,
South, Morehead City -. S00.O0
Trustees Of the Diocese Of
East Carolina of the Prot
estan Episcopal Church,. S56.0O
Bushrod w. Nash. Trustee,
Wayne county, Hood
Swamp Baptist Church, $1,000
Hardy A. Brewington, Admr.
Raiford Brewington -. $4,000
William H. Bucklin ....... $500
Lucy A. Dibb1e. Administra-
trix Sylvester Dihble :. 705. 90
j. w. Howett, Administrator
William Howett ....... 1,4S0.0 90
Augustus r. McDonough,
Admr. Charles S. McDon-
ough 651.37
Stephen A. Norf1eet, Admir-.
Ernest Norfleet ....... $50
Mary Lee Dennis, Executrix
Levi L. Oglesby ........ 1890
O. H. Perry 1850. 0C
Total 548.0
The Court of Claims handed down
today opinions in three Civil War