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55TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPORT
2d Session. No. 1421.
LIGHT-HOUSE NEAR MOUTH OF SALEM CREEK, NEW
JERSEY.
MAY 24, 1898.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union and ordered to be printed.
Mr. WANGER, from the Committe i Interstate and Foreign Com-
merce, submitted the following
REPORT.
[To accompany H. R. 8882.]
The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, having duly
considered the bill (H. R. 8882) for the reestablishment and reconstruc-
tion of a light-house at or near the mouth of Salem Creek, New Jersey,
respectfully report the same to the House with the recommendation
that it pass, and in support of this action refer to the accompanying
letter of the Secretary of the Treasury setting forth the facts in detail:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., March 11, 1898.
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from your committee,
dated March 9, 1898, inclosing House bill No. 8882, providing for the establishment
and reconstruction of a light-house at or near the mouth of Salem Creek, New Jersey,
and asking suggestions touching the merits of the bill And the propriety of its
passage.
In reply, I beg leave to state that the matter was referred to the Light-House
Board, which reports that the light-house at Salem Creek, New Jersey, was destroyed
by ice during the present winter, and it therefore recommends the passage of the
bill in question providing for the reestablishment and reconstruction of the light at
this point.
Respectfully, yours, L. J. GAGE, Secretary.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,
House of Beprese. tatives.
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