New-York tribune., 1876-07-24
HARBOR APPROPRIATIONS.
CONDITION OF THE BILL Al PRfsENr-rRlSCIrA
GENERAL IRIS pisr,rcnI


WASHINGTON, July 23.-Ihc Senate hav-
ing voted down all substitutes for the Rive. and iIar
Dor Appropriation bin, the House bill, amended by The
Senate VIII undoubtedly be passed; large majority
Of the Senate in favor OF the bill In t amended shape
Should Mr.. Edmuuds, who has fought The bin step by
STEP press his demand for Yea ami Nay vote every
OF the amendments there being large number, The
bill will not be passed without further trouble. The Bill,
ii TO the Senate, Appropriated jS52 -jO and.
as amended 1t approphatcs SGT59,Oli, or S-5G1Gf
more than was appropriated by the House ml. Tie
total amount OF the bill may be reduced to the extent Of
a few hundred thousand dollars when 1t escapes the
conference but it Is the general impression
that the River and Harbor bill this year viii
appropriate over sG,OOOOOO. Among the most
important toIns in the biil, IL stands are the
following: 100000 for the Improvement Of the harbor
OF Buffalo ~ y; $3.50 900 FOR removing Instructions in
E.st River and Hell Gate, Ncw-YorE-SIjO, 900 more
than appropriated by the House; $4,000 for the
improvement OF the Hudson River 800 600 fOr the
harbOr at Oswcg0. n. y; $4,000 for Boston iIarbor ;
$4,000 for the harDor at Erie, Penn; $4,000 for the
halbor at Dunkirk, n. y 900 for the harDor at
Toledo Ohio $4,000 for the harbor Sndusky aud
$4,000 for the broakwatcr at Cleveland; $4,000 for
the improvement Of the Connecticut River below Hart
ford T2J, 900 for the harDOr OF Burlington, VI $4,000
for the harbor Of Wilmington. Del 35, 900 for the con
strucons Of piers in Delaware Bay, Lewc- Del
s275,OO0 for the improvement OF the Dcs Moincs Rap
u,
more. Md. $4,000 for the Improvement Of James
River Virginia 100000 for the improvement o. Cape
Fear River North Carolina; 100000 for the improve
mcnt Of Great Kanawha River, West Virginia; S7j 900
for the Improvement OF Oakland Harb0r, California
$4,000 for the Improvement Of the Delaware River
below Pettys Island $2s 900 FOR the improvement Of
the schuykll River Pennsylvania $4,000 for the Inn
proyerucnt of Harlem River NcwYork, To De expended
between Wards Island and Hudson River; $4,000 for
ne "A "a.
OF the channel of the Mississippi River opposite st.
Louis by the construction OF low dam the chan
mel east Of Arsenal Island $4,000 FOR the Improvement
of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers $4,000 for habor
at RondOut ~ Y; $4,000 for improving the channel
between staten Island and NewJersey; S7 900 for the
Improvement Of the wabash RIVER, Indiana; $4,000
for the i'm pr0vement Of the Rock Island Rapids Msss
sippi River; $l2J 900 for tho improvement Of the
Mississippi Missouri, and Arkansas rivers; 100000
for the improvement Of the Mississippi River between
the mouths of the Illinois and Ohio rivers 100000 for
the improvement OF the ONO River; 100000 for the
improvement OF the Tennessee Riyer $l50000 for the
Improvement Of tho mouth Of the Mississippi River
Among the surveys authorized the folOwingi Tona
wanda HarbOr, n. Y. on the east branch Of the
Ma ara River at the mouth OF TOnaw anda
Creek and extending north and south therefrom ;
sacketts Harbor, n. Y; harbor at whitehall, at the
end OF Lake Champlain, TO procure IL foet Of
water; Cohasset Harbor, Gloucester Harbor and Man
of-war shoal Mass; that portion OF the Monongahela
and Allegheny Rivers living within and along the boin-
daies OF the City Of Pttsburg and also providing that
that portion Of said shal DO under the direction VI