Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-03

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ialand dam. Also the clause authorizing tn
expenditure of 10000 to remove obstruction
between Pittsburgh and the mouth Of Beave
river. Agreed to.
Other amendments of the committee wer
agreed to, as follows: Increasing the appropria
ton for the Fox and Wisconsin rivers iron
100000 to $l5000O; for Michigan City har
Dor, Indiana from $25,0OO to $4,000; for st
Marys river and canal from $25O,0OO to $500,
towards obtaining channel of sixteen fee
deep; increasing the appropriation for Mus
kegon harbor, Mich, from $500 to $1,000
that for Toledo harbor, Ohio, from $10,O 900 t,
$2O,000; for Ashtabula harbor, Ohio, from
SIS, 600 to 1913, 900; increasing the appropriation
for examination and surveys for reservoir Al
the sources of the Mississippi, st. Croix, Chip
pewa and Wisconsin rivers from $4,000 tt
$25, 900; increasing the appropriation for the
Yellowstone river from $4,000 to $4,000.
Other amendments were agreed to as follows:
Appropriating $4,000 for the improvement OF
the Missouri river at Vermillion, Dakota; in.
creasing the appropriation for the Usage river
Kansas, from $40, 600 to 500, 900; increasing the
appropriation for the Mississippi river al
Quincy, Illinois, from $4,000 to $4,000.
In the second section Of the bill providing
for surveys, amendments were agreed to in
serting Illinois river, Gasconade river, Miss
ouri Kankakee river, Indiana and Illinois
Morristique river, Michigan; Cheyenne river,
Dakota, and Yellowstone river, among those to
be surveyed.
offered and agreed to. Among them the fol
I lowing:
By Senator Howe-Increasing the appropria-
| tions for the harbor of refuge at the entrance
of Sturgeon bay canal, from $l8, 600 to $50, 900.
| By Senator Ferry-Appropriating $l2 900 for
AuSauble harbor, Michigan.
Senator Davis, ILL.,, submitted amendments
providing for the survey of Alton harbor, ILL.,,
and the Mississippi river opposite the mouth Of
the Missouri river. Agreed to.
! ~Senator Beck at 6 P N. moved that the Sem
ate take recess until 10 o'clock P. M.
| Senator Conkling enquired what was tho ne
| cessity for the Senate remaining in session to-
bills. 'N'0N ''f'00''' Wv w. >> 49, ~
Senator Beck replied that by 10 o'clock the
| several conference committees would be ready
to report.
The motion for recess was rejected, yeas
%, nays %.
UNABLE TO AGREE.
Senator Blaine, from the committee of con-
ference on the army bill, reported it was I'M
able to agree, and asked another committee.
Agreed to, and Senators Blaine, Allison and
Wallace were appointed.
RIVER AND HARBoR AGAIN.
Senator Cameron, Wis, offered an additional
section to the river and harbor bill for the re-
lief of James B. Eads and his associates.
Senator Davis, W. Va, opposed the pending
amendment as the original contract was for
the payment of $525,00O, on the principle of
no cure no pay, but it was proposed to
pay Eads So, 100000 in advance before he had
! complied with the conditions of his contract.
After debate the Senate agreed to the amend
m fho p%e
| made III committee of the whole were concur
red in by the Senate.
THE POST BILL.
Senator Dorsey reported the committee of
conference on the postoffice appropriation bill
| were unable to agree on four or five important
points, including the Brazilian mail service.
| railway transfer and classification of mail
| matter. He moved the Senate insist on their
amendments, and ask further conference,
Agreed to.
Senator Edmunds said if there was one thing
which could be delayed without injury to the
public interest more than another, it was in
| ternal improvements. He thought the work
time Of scarcity of money. he,
therefore, would to strike out
all after the enacting clause of the bill, and
insert that two millions be appropriated for
the fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1880, for the
repair, preservation and completion of such
| works on rivers and harbors as may be most
servicable to the interests of commerce, to be
expended under direction of the secretary of
war, who is required to report all expenditures
in detail at the next session. He also included
i'll his substitute the appropriation for build
ing a bridge over the Arkansas river, that rela-
tive to Eads' jetty improvement of the Missis-
sippi river, which were agreed to in the bill
Senator Spencer opposed and Senator Oonk-
ling supported the substitute.
| f,1rfb how'd obofo -
luton was disagreed to, yeas 8, nays "a.
The chairman appointed Senators Dorsey,
Ferry and Wallace second committee of con-
ference on the postoffice appropriation bill
Senator Matthews offered an amendment to
the river and harbor bill in the form of new
section, namely, 'That the secretary of war
may omit to make any of the expenditures au-
thorized by the bill whenever it shall appear
to him that the public interest does not re-
quire the same, and expenditures shall be linn
tied to such sums as shall be provided without
exceeding the amount of money in the treasury
| applicable thereto
After debate the amendment was disagreed
to, the first branch Of it, ayes Is, nays 80, and
the last branch Of it, ayes II, nays Sc.
The Senate then passed the bill. Yeas 20,
! nays 10.