Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-22
DAILY POSf-IBfELLIGgTCER.
osEcos IMPROVEMENT APPPRo.
PRSATIONB.

From appearances the State Of Ore
gon will be we'll treated BY tho present
Congress. A telegram Of April 18th
says that the House Committee on Com
merce, in preparing the annual River
and Harbor bill have lately been con-
idering the needs of the regions repre-
sented by Representative George, and
and after hearing his arguments there
on, have thus far agreed 70 insert the
following items in the bill. although
they are subject to possible increase
ON further hearing: For locks at the
Cascades Of the Columbia river, &225.-
600; for the improvement OF Yaquina
Bay! $4,000; Coos Bay, $4,000; Co
guile River, $4,000, a portion Of which
is TO be available for removing snags
along the river; the Lower Columbia
and Willamette, including the bar at
the mouth, $4,000; the Upper Colum-
bia and Snake, 10000; Upper William
cite and Yamhill, 5000. The Harbor
of Refuge at Port Oxford is still under
consideration. Representative George 10
earnestly pressing it, claims. 1t is
quite probable that surveys will be pro-
vided for ct the mouth Of the Siuslaw
and at Tillamook, and on the Umpqua
from Gardner to the Bay. the Light
house Board having assured George that
the channel will then be buoysd to
Gardner. Five thousand dollars is also
appropriated for tidal station at Asto-
ria.
As TO the commencing Of permanent
works at the mouth of the Columbia,
the Committee, on account Of the ad-
verse report of the Advisory Board Of
Engineers at New York, made year
ago, disappearing Col. Gillespie's plan
and in view Of the importance Of prop
or oommencsmcnt Of tho great work,
and tho necessity of having fplan ap-
proved by the Chief Of Engineers, have
decided on thorough and careful OK
animation in detail by Board of Engi-
neers in person, to be appointed by the
Secretary of War immediately on the
passage Of the bill. and who, after visit
ing the mouth of the river, shall report
such plan az they may approve in time
for the December session Of Congress,
20 that an appropriation can then be
made in time for early spring work.
tho next session expiring March Sd.
For this purpose the Committee appro-
priated $500. In view Of the fact that
the Chief Engineer would not, in any
event, expend any money until he had
time TO approve and perfect some plan,
which would probably consume the
greater part Of the summer working sea-
son, the course finally pursued by the
Committee may prove a. substantially
beneficial in the end a. though an ap-
preparation were made in the present
River and Harcor bill. The Commit
to-, by a bare majority Of one, voted
down Congressman Georges PROPOSE
ton for an immediate appropriation,
and were unanimous ON tho plan finally
adopted. Thus far the Committee have
granted for Representative Georges
district over $25O, 600 more than it has
ever received for river aud harbor i'm
proysmsnt in any one annual appropri-
alton. In view Of such record. wholly
undisputed, it is not surprising that Mr..
George has 70 lately been the recipient
Of a unanimous denomination at the
hands OF the grateful members Of his
political party.