Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
Why Newport News Cannot
Set Home Grown Cattle.
WILL ASK FOR RELIEF
Federal Agriculture Department. to
Petition to Restore Necessary SER
vlce-lnterestins and Busy SEES
sion of Chamber of Commerce.

Various matters of Importance TO the
city and community were discussed
and acted upon at a we'll attended anu
interesting meeting OF the Ihamoer
Of Commerce last night.
The complaint of the State cattle
quarantine against numerous counties
in this vicinity on account Oh the
Texas fever tick has made II almost
impossible to get home grown meat III
this city and Hampton, was discussed
at length after a statement hau Deeh
heard from Max Levison. 1t seems
that the withdrawal of the federal
meat inspector from this city pre-
vents the local dealers from buying
cattle from the counties under quaran-
tie. Until year ago cattle brought
here from the Quarantineu counties
was inspected by the federal OFFICER
and handled in such way as TO pre-
vent the spreading OF the ticks. me
federal officer was Withdrawn, then Tor
nearly a year the cattle came in with
out any precautions at all. Now the
quarantine notices have been posted
and in the absence of an inspector no
cattle can be brought from the coun-
ties in question.
Upon a motion by Captain i. n.
Wise. George helms Wise was APP
pointed a committee Of one by Presi-
dent Powell to take up this matter
with the department of agriculture
and endeayor 10 have the federal in
spection restored.
After Express Service.
ND the matter of asking the United
States Express Company to extend its
service from Old Point to this city, so
as to give competition here in the ex-
press business. This was referred to
the committee on transportation and
traffic.
A letter from Gearge helms Wise,
suggesting that prizes Of $25 and $50
be offered for the best cultivated sec
ton OF land of a sertain size along
the right of way of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway between this city and
williamsburg. and offering TO give SIS
toward a fund to be raiseu by the city
and the counties interested, was re-
ferred to the committee on agriculture
and immigration J. A. Willett and
w. B. Livezey made brief talks on
this subject, declaring that they be-
lieved the idea to be an excellent one.
Drainage Proposition.
= Ebert Nexsen presented profile
plan of the proposed canal to drain
what is known as Sawyer's swamp,
and said he would have fuller re
port to make on the project later. 1t
is believed that this canal would con-
vert several thousand acres OF swamp
land into a splendid trucking tract.
Upon a motion by George helms Wise
a resolution was adopted asking the
federal department of agriculture its
opinion as to the relative merits OF
this plan and OF a plan, suggested
some time ago by officers of the de-
Iartment. to drain this same section
through Salter's creek.
The chamber formally ratified the
transfer of the membership of NJ. B.
Morris to w. w. Harwood. Mr.. Har.
wood is to succeed Mr.. Morris as a
member of the chambers grain com,
mittee.
Rev. Z. T. Wexford brought to the
attention of the chamber the fact that
live stock or other freight shipped
from Gloucester and Mathews county
cannot reach here on the day it is
shipped, but is carried to Norfolk and
brought here the next day. Several
other members discussed this matter.
and the committee on transportation
and traffic was instructed to communi-
cate with the Old Dominion Steamship
Company and ask that arrangements
be made for bringing Newport News
freight from Gloucester and Mathews