Daily globe., 1882-09-26
STIRRING UP SAN'DUN.
Ta,R CksaMBER OF COMM fIa C1s 47sxES
TO T4KR 4 HAND.
vitation for a Steamboat Rssse which was
Accepted.

Vitat1on for q Steamboat Nsese which was
Accepted.
The first business transacted at the |
chamber of commerce yesterday morning |
was the reading of the letter from Senator |
MeM illan enclosing copy of the river |
and harbor" bill as it passed congress and |
also copy of the sawdust bill which he |
introduced in the senate last year. The
special feature of heriyer and harbor bill |
to which attention was called was S45,-
00t appropriation for the West st. Paul
levee.
THE sARpUsr BILL.
TIE sawdust bill (which did not pass)
was Us follows:
To protect and promote the navigability
of navigable rivers of the United States,
and to prevent the deposit of sawdust or
other material in said rivers, to the
injury of navigation, and to punish
persons guilty of depositing such mate
rial therein.
WHEREAS, Congress, by the act of May
1S, 1886, did enact among other things
that ali navigable rivers within the terri
tory occupied by the' public hands, should
| remain and be deemed public highways,
| and has, in carrying forward a cOmpre
hensive system Of public improvements
spent large Sums of public money In deep
| ening the channels and improving the nav
igability Of said rivers; and
WHEREAS, It now appears that the estab-
| lishment of large and numerous lumber
manufactures upon said navigable rivers
IN the West, which deposit the wastage of
\ such manufactures IN said rivers has filed
up and is filling up the channels thereof TO
| such an extent as to render futile the efs
! forts Of th5 government to deepen the
same, and to seriously impair the naviga-
bility thereof to the great detriment OF
the public waters; therefore,
Be it enacted by the senate and house OF
representatives of the United States OF
America in congress assembled, that 1t
shall be unlawful for any mill owner, man
ufactuIer Of lumber, or other person or
party, to deposit, or permit to be deposit
ed, in any Of the naYigable waters OF the
United States, at points more than fifty
miles above tide water, Or the mouth OF
such rivers as flow into the great lakes,any
sawdust, slabs, or wastage Of any kind,
from such manufacsure; and any person
or party violating the foregoing provision
shall be guilty of q mlsdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof. In any district
or circuit court of the United
States, shall pay 1ine OF not less than five
hundred nor more than Ave thousand dol
lars, and be liable to Imprisonment, until
such fine is paid, not exceeding six months.
| Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty Of the
attorney general of the United States to
cause prosecution 10 be instituted against
all persons and parties guilty of the viola
tion Of the foregoing section, and to prose-
cute the same to final adjustment and it
shall be lawful for the said attorney gen.
erai at the same time to institute civil suits
in the name of the United States, in the
nature OF suits IN equity, against all
parties violating the foregoing sec
ton, to enjoin and stay the acts pro-
hibited in section one Of this oct, and in
ali such civil suits, where the fact Is ad-
mitted or proved that the defendant has
violated the provisions of section one, the
United States shall be entitled to judg-
meut at law for damages sustained, which
in all cases shall be deemed to amount to
five hundred dollars, and such further sum
as the court shall adjudge, which the court
may enter in such equity suits, and the
circuit courts of the United States shall
have authority to issue writs of Injunction
and punish for contempt thereof as IN 9th
er cases Of a like nature within the equity
jurisdiction of said courts; and the con-
viction and punishment Of any party in
the district or circuit court of the United
States of a misdemeanor under the first
section OF this act shall not be pleaded as a
defense to the civil action hereby author
lied and directed.
The documents were referred to the
committee on Mississippi river.
INSPECTION OF sAWDUsT
The following invitation was read:
OFFICE CT ST. PAUL NAVIGATION Co,
FooT Or JACKSON STREET,
ST.. Paul, Sept 90, '82.
Hon. John B. SanbOrn, President Chamber
of Commerce, ST. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-The reports of discussion at
meetings of your honorable body on the
subject of proposed remedies for the pres
ent Obstructed condition of the Mississipp pi
river near our city, have been read with
special interest by owners of steamboats,
plying these waters.
| / am instructed to tender the free use of
the steamer Henry W. Longfellow for
twenty four hours, the date to be fixed by
your body, for the purpose of making an
4 excursion up and down the river near st.
Paul, to the end that thorough examin-
alton may be made Of the effects thus far
produced by the accommodations of saw
dust and mill refuse in the "Father of Wa
ters"
The steamer will be proVisioned for the
inner man, lest saw dust may be foand de-
ficient in nutrition. The accommodations
of the steamer are sufficient to in
clude our representatives to the national
congress who manifest any interest in the
improvement of the river at this point.
The reasons to be ascertained are why the
lightest draft boat cannot, IS IN former
times, go to the foot of st. Anthony Falls.
We regret this, for it wo9ld be our pleasure
to carry you to the sister city, whittier we
shall go when the channel shall have been
deepened by additional supplies of saw
dust and slabs which the ingenious mill
owners are so anxious to contribute, in tn e
hope of procuring this desirable result.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant t,
1 fSirnedl w g RRaDpO1K Cecretorr :