Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-29
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A considerable item of appropriation
has also been made during the session
just closed for lighthouse improve
ments to total of about $4,000. Sen
ator Hale had provision made in the
General Deficiency bill the other day
by which the money for three light
house projects in the State Of Maine
shall become available forthwith.
The passage Of big public bill means
much to the granite industry in Maine
The Government does not use Maine
granite as generally now in public
buildings as it did ten or fifteen years
ago, because of the increasing compe-
tition in the granite business but the
Maine quarries get a good share OF the
Government contracts and the enact
ment of the public building bill means
that there will be an abundance OF
these contracts to bid on for the next
two or three years. For the Treasury
Department still has all the pubNc
building work it can do with its pres
ent facilities and the new law means
that the Treasury Department has all
the construction work it can POSSIBLY
attend to for two or three years.
The public building bill. as it will be
enacted into law. assures line ne"
home in this city for the Geological
Survey, of which George Otis Smith, OF
Skowhegan is the head. Inc survey
heretofore has been housed in rented
building. but the plan, which GOV bur
leigh as well as other members OF the
House Committee on Pubic BulldlnsS
and Grounds favored, contemplates d
fine new building just west OF the state
War and Navy Building, where several
bureaus under the jurisdiction OIL the
Interior Department shall be grouped.
These include the Geological Survey
the Indian Bureau, the Reclamation
Service and the Bureau of Mines ana
Mining. The Reclamation Service ana
the Bureau of Mines and Mining are
offshoots of the Geological survey. me
Reclamation Service has also been
housed in a rented building for several
years. =.
REPRESENTATIVE Burleigh was one OF
those who has for long time been ad-
vocating that it is greater economy Tor
the Government to build the structures
n needs for its offices in washington
than to nav rent For rents in Washing-
ton are very high and especially so
when the Government is the tenant.
Tho government rent bill at present
runs into the hundreds of thousands OF
dollars annually But when the Gov
arnmcnt erects a building Of it's own it
does not have to pay taxes thereon ana
the interest charge for the ili''ieE III
vested in the building and its site mas
been shown by actual figures TO pc ma
terially less than the cost or rent.
Asher C. Kinds, who will be the nom
inee for Congress in the hrst dlstrlct
this year, is to make his advent 1orth-
with as a campaigner. He will rest Tor
a few DAYS after the nominating con-
yention meets in the first district.
Then he will get OF his automobile,
crank up the engine and start OUT lot
a tour that will practically last during
all of July and August. He Is going
visiting and speaking into just as
MANY of the cities and towns in York
and Cumberland counties as he can
find time to reach. He Will seek TO get
acquainted with the voters and also TO
advise them of his position upon the
issues OF the contest.
There is very general regret in the
House that Mr.. Kinds is to cease his
duties as parliamentarian. his UtllitS
there is very great and it will be no
easy task to find a man as honest ana
as capable as he is to take up his du-
ties. And yet. keenly as the Demo-
Gratis regret that his service as parlia-
mentarian is about concluded, there Is
very general satisfaction that he is
likely to become member of the
House He can still serve there anoth-
err term as parliamentarian if he chos-
es. because the term for which he is to
be nominated does not begin till March
4 next.
Representative Burleigh was very
busy in the closing days of the session