Daily Colonist (1899-03-07) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1899-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

tlons to I)P mndp'by congress, amounting ".••)'. nppropriations and

bilities of thi> Sjianish war. So if we ^ stead of in Xew .Tersey. Of our fold ilecluct from the grand total the liabilities ilisirii'lH Ihey have the freedom, l)Ut, en iiccoiint of the war with Spain, it ap-excepting in Alaska, wliere tliey admit liears that the approiu iations for the. a nalivi' Ciiniidinn nnd no other British ei dinary expenses of tlie government are' subject to conduct mining, they exclude si,iiS4.:!'JT.!):!'.J.Sl. The appronriationa of I our miners from all their mining re-Ihe congress just ended to meet tlic ordin- gions, and they tax our ores tliat go luy governmentrtl oxiwnscs exceeded over to he smoltod. They have now set those of the preceding (lift.v-fonrth) eon-i their eyes on the great and now Bouiid-L-ress by ?;:!n.747,f).">R.n-l. Not only this, | nry district of British Columbia, and Ion the (■ontriict liabilities authorized by I have deniuiidod railway entrance there llie eon'_'ress just cxiiired for new ships ; that the gold territory may be subsidiary .nel llie(r ariiiainent, |iiililie buildings, | (, (Iieir trade .-ind to their snielters. Our ii\i-i-s niel harbors, iinil luiscellaueonB | ;;i,veriimelit s have given ibem oui' easf-ili ms amioinl to .S7O.I!0'-,524. If, there-|ern c-oiil mines, onr Niagara power, and foie, the ordinary appropriations are',,|,r gas wells in fare cO' the protesis of ailded to the liabilities on nccount of , die people. We have even been eon-tl.i.se authorized coiitraets, we ascertain | finnied with an nlien labor law orTen-

o/itraet li;i-

about ."STO.OOd.OOO. Of this amount .•S-ll.OIKi.OOO is for aiiditional ships for the •.lavy, .<;-J2..'')nO.O()0 is for work on rivers .nnd harbors, and something over ."iJli.OOO.-■ 000 is for iiublic buildings. Tlie contract system is of necessity applied to the construction of the new warships, which re-piire period'' of vears for their coiistruc-■ise of river iinil harbor iid the eonst met ion of

exp-rienee has sllnwM

remendiHis

tioii. In tin iiiiproveineot puldic lin'Idit (hat the aut'i iniiterially to same."

bilities amount to Ih Id' .Sl.l,>l.;i:'>ii -t.'O.Sl.

"These ini-reu-ed aiitiroiiria lions liave gone for I'^reiich siioliatioii claims, pnlilie biiiidinu's, rivers and harbors. Hownian net claims, anil hundreds of other pro-jeiis, some moriiorious, but many of lliem not entitled to recognition by the iialioir'l iroverninont. In nearly every Krineli of Ihe civil service of Ihe irovein-ii'eiit there has been iin increase of appro-

our country tind bav lotal j turned the coniidinieni in kind.

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