The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-24
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Tho shape in which IL Now Stunds Before the
Senatc-sonic Important Items.

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SenHtc-somc Important Items.
WASHINGTON, July 23-Tho Senate hav-
ing voted down all substitutes for the River aud
Harbor Appropriation hill, the House bill, as
amended by the Senate, will undoubtedly be
passed, ms a Large majority of the Senate Is in
favor OF the bill In its amended shape. The sub
stituto of MIR. Edmunds, appropratinR $l,OOOOO
for the improvement OF rivers and harbors, to be
expended under the direction of the Secretary OF
War, was defeated by IL yeas to 20 nays; and his
second substitute. increasing the amount to
$5,JO0,000, to be expended In the same manner,
was defeated, 70 to 10. lie then moved to re-
commit the bill to the Committee on Appropri-
ations, with Instructions to report a bill, 40
amended as to appropriate, In the aggregate
s5,5O0,O0O to be expended at points OF the most
Importance mentioned in the bill; and this was
also defeated by Is nays to IA yeas, sh owing the
determination Of the Senate to pass the House
bill with the Senate amendments. The question
IL now upon the Seuate's agreeing to the amend.
ments made In Committee of the Whole, nd
step by step. press bis demand for a yea and nay
vote, every pne of the amendments, there
being large number, the bill Will not be passed
without further trouble.
The hill, as 1t came to the Senate. appropri-
ated $5,s12s50. and as amended II approptiates
So 1500l4. $Ss8, 1874 more than was appropriated
by the House bill. Tho Senate Committee on
Appropriations reported amendments striking
INT HeVentV-StX Items from the HOUSE OIL, anu
also amendments increasing the amounts In
that bill IN tbirty-seven instances, and decreas-
ing the amounts In twenty-six instances, but
stricken out and agreed to oil amendments. In
creising amounts aud providing for new work,
thus incre sing the total amount OF the bill, AS
above mentioned. The Senate having refused
to sustain the Committee on Appropriations In
striking out the seventy-slx items from the
House bill. those provisions cannot be con-
sidered 10y the Conference Committee. rs they
stand Ia the bill Just rs It came from the House,
sa0.A .N.R a aafa ffFai 10 rnf srA
bit the other amendments, increasing am UNITS,
roviding tor new work are thus subject. The
total amount Of the bill may be reduced to the
extent of a few hundred thousand dollars when
| u ESCAPES the conference. but IL Is the general
year viii approximate over Sd,OOOO,OOO.
Among the most Important items IN the bhl
as 1t now stands are the following: $4,000 for
| the i'm provement OF the harbor Nc Buffalo, N.
y /: $4,000 for removing instructions in L st
river and Hell G.te, n Y. $4,000 more than
imptoyement Of the Hudson liver: $4,000 for
the harbor & Oswegu, N. y; f50OO Tor Boston
$1,000 for the nd "SESr 4 Eris .,h rs
Tor The hsrbor At Toledo. o.: ss5.0o1 for the
h,rbor at sandusky. and sjo,oC0 fot the break
mcnt ofthe Connecticut river below Hartford
s25ocO for the hAtbor OF Burlinelon, ";
ton Doll $4,000 for the construction Of
| piers w Delaware bav, near Lewes, Del.
$1,000 for the improyement Of the Des Moinss
OF baltimore, Md; $'50N tor the hnprovement
! OF James river, Va, S2uu.ND for the improve
| ment uf Cage Fear river, y. G.; SStO.0OO for the
Improvement OF Great kanawah river, W. Va:
| SIS 0n or he Improvement ~ Oakl nd harbor,
Cal; $4,000 for the Improvement OF the Deli-
ware river below Pottys Island; S2s.0O0 for the
Improvement ~ tho SchuNlkill river, Pa.
| Sl5.kD Tor the Improvement Of Harlem river,
| y. ", - he expended netween WARDS Island
! and HUDSON river $.H6OJ FOR the harbor at Nor
| iolk, Va $4,000 for the Improvement OF the
| channel Of the Mississippi river opposite ST
| Louis. bv the construction Of low
dam across the channel east OF Arsenal
| Island: $4,000 for the imprpvemeni
| of the Fox aud Wisconsin rivers: $5O,UO for the
hart or at Rondout, ". Y; $1,000 Tor improy ina
| the channel between staten Island and New
| Jersey $4,000 for the Improvement Of the
| Wabash river. Tod; $4,000 for the i'm proyemeui
| OF the. Rock Island Il pids. Mississippi river
| $l25,0OO for the Improvement OF the Mississippi
| Improvements Of the Mississippi river betwee OF
the mouths OF the Illinois and Ohio rivers; $50,
| 900 " the Improvement OF tue OHIO river S3Uu,
| co. for the i'm Drovement OF tho Tennessee river
| $l50.0O0 for the IN prOvement Of the mouth o
| the Mississippi river.
Among the surveys authorized are the follow
Ing: Tonawanda harbor. n. V, on the eas
brlncn 81 tue Niagara river, at the mouth OF
ionawanda creek. nd extending north ant
south thcrefrom Slckett's HRrDor, y. Y; har
Dor at whitehall, at tae south eud Of l. X,
Cham plan. to procure tweiv. feet OF water
COhasset haroor. Gloucester harDor and Man.
of-wdr SnOA, Mass. That portion OF the No
nongaheia and AlleRhany rivers living within
ana along the boundaries OF the city OF Puts
buren and also providing that that portion q
said rivers shall be under the direction OF th
| engineer In charge OF the ONO river; Del war,
river near Cherry Island fats. and the Delawar,
river between Petty and Smiths Island.