The sun., 1916-12-26


$40. O00, 900 OF the river and harbor bill
4, IN ON In largo ueasur. for 10. No.
-
eustomed rpose that OF improving I'M
improbable creeks and bayous.
In the article published this morning
THE SUN by no means exhausted the
list of obscure Southern villages whose
postal receipts are almost negligible but
which. nevertheless. are to get fine new
post office buildings through the gem
erosity of their representatives In Con-
sress.
Georgia Fares Well.
ouu ...
oeo,s'a, VIII u W se' "'"e.eel new
e,a' u,arinss e one ~n nc.
We. :! ~ .Ieasu,y D-
par.lnen. II pnoSapi! uhprontapie m
Nes.men'' was ,I.e" !. o"e oI 'ne ou'-
ns uhnnnp..S wy an n .a.e
- "tn'n :. UT s.n e""p''e"
II would have been unkind and dis
in Tho dIs,ribution NJ boIiday cheer Ei.h,
Alabama towns the population NJ nons
of which il i'm excess OF 1000 nor the
postal receipts as mucn az $4,000. are
10 get new buildings or site. for new
buildings by the provisions OF the pub
lie building bill introduced by Represen-
ta,iye Frank Clark Of Florida. chairman
Of the Committee on Public Buildings
AID Grounds. The bill has been reported
10 The House and debate limited to four
hours.
Albertville IL a village of about 1900
In Marshall county. Alabama. Its pos
tal receipts last year were only &5,ss3.O4.
but Representative Clark, presumably at
the hehest OF Representative Burnett of
the seventh Alabama district. has Albert
VILE down in his bill for "A nice S2b 0OO
building which will cost about s3.70o a
year to maintain. Rental for the pres
emf quarters Is only $5oo n year.
Atta!ia, Ana. mas a population OF
-o"u, nut us postal receipts are even
sHal'er man those or .>ipertViie: Tney
were $+'olo2l last year AttaiIa. also
w ,he uIs'rlc. OF hep.esentat''e hurhet.:
WI, hase a .So,voo ou,lolhe wn,ch WIN
aoout so..vV a .saI 10 H's,n.a'n'
essen' poss oi"ee qua''ers eos' s'oo III
"u" i'"'"i'
O,p, T,xo u.v. ~s..u
t~ylacauga, with "A population OF l,ooo
ana postal receipts OF s'.25s.21 In 1915.
~hi hdNea sSV'VVV puiiuIns Union
springs Will get one costing $25.OOo, and
A'nehs ~ 10 nave a $5o'ooo appropria-
non: Athens mas a population OF only
,.'lo according 10 'he 1911 census. out
~"
.iV'ooo' Inc villages OF ozard ana snet-
and his presumes an act in the near fu-
w.. p''r,"0 ."e." " :"
puI'u'hS'' vi ny -" p'o',.o W ~.
anna 'hose d. Aiop,Se u 'io"'eO"s,y
NV ~ guy 49,
"e" ,ioIn az SuspiS,on ". po.N
,harnhah SIaIn nas io' 1890 80 ~.
tUoneu nie o"" o'S.Ii.' o,nuc
Tws.IIou'o" 49, al. .ti,..o 20
Pc, n,,,h a nnn,Ia ,,on hardIy above
eenny WIN PopuIa.om 49,. 80 20
o" 49,, ~
:. o' wn,cn "i" r"S,.
Ia' ouNolns. S" 49,
HS' year were so'fS'-n ~ -
now pays an annual re"'a, y, s'oIr ane
maintenance or a new pu'id'hs VIII Cost
s~Pproximateiy s1.ooo yea l.. A..
Monticello Is announcer village III MT
CIark's district similarly favored. Mon
ticello has a population OF less man 2'ooV
and last year had postal receipts OF
S,o65.7O. Rental for the present post
ofice quarters Ia $500. The cost OF main
tanning the new building Will he ABOUT
$4,000 annually.
Florida has five other towns which are
"a get new buildings or sites, and all ive
projects as in the case Of Perry and Mon
ticelIo, are condemned by the Treasury
Department as probably Improbable
from the standpoint Of the Government.
Projects In
y..,. co,.r.ssm., were active In
neu'u.". nnns,,,ments and thirteen
usnaia VI ~ ,h,r,een Kentucky towns
n.. Nc 80 which have a population OF