New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-05
THE HARBOR NEGLECTED.
NO PROVISION FOR A BOARD OF sUPERIN-
TENDENCE.

WORK OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THn
RIVER AND HARBoR BLL-No ONE ON rHs
COMMITTEE TO DEFEND TIE cITYs INTEREST.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUssl
WASHINGTON, July 4.-The River and Harbor
bill, as finally agreed upon by the Conference Com
mittee to-day, appropriates $l3,s99,7OO or
81 1.s13.5OO moro than the House voted
originally. The hope that the conferess would
Adopt the provisions in the interest of New-York
Harbor introduced by the Senate COMMITTEES
on Commerce but ruled out afterward in
the Senate on point OF order raised oy
Senator Morgan, have only been partially fulfilled.
The section-inde ed the most important one-pro-
viding for the appointment of Board of Superin-
ten dence has been stricken out altogether. Tho
amount for deepening Gedney's Channel has been
cut down from $3.50, 900 to 500, 900, which is Of
course, that much more than the Democratic
majority of the House, which appropriated
nothing was willing to give at hrst
For the work at He'll Gate $360,OOO 10
set apart, the Senate cOnferees succeeding IN
carving the increase of 100000 voted by the
Senate over the House. The friends of the proposed
creation of responsible Board OF GU
perintendence for the protection OF New
York Harbor feel somewhat disappointed
at the failure of the cOnferees to agree
uuon this important Senate amendment.
lIufOrt uu2teIy Tor NCM-1Ofk lHcIe was Io ouo VA
the Com ercnce Committee to defend her interests
There was no one even to represent the Eastern
seaboard. ON the part of the senate there were
two men from the Northwest, senators MCMILLAN
and ConCer and one from the south, senator
Ransom. On the part of the House there was
Kentucklan, Mr.. Willis, who knew how To teather
his own nest and provided very handsomely Indeed
for his own State; a Louisiana man. Mr. Blanci IA,
and one from Illinois, Mr. Henderson. The obJec-
ton TO the amendment raised BY the Democrats IN
conference was the same put forward Oy Mt.
Morgan in the senate. lt was new legislation.
THIS, of course, IS mere preteAt since no oppose
tion was made by the southern Democrats TO tls
creation of the Mississippi RlyerC C0mInlsslon wl.n
Is rs much in the nature of new legislation as INC
D. o .isOn for the appointment OF board OIL Supef-
iutendence for Newiork harbor.
Among the items in the bill as agreed upon are
the following:
New Englond-Portland Ne. $50. 900; Bangor, Me-
(and PenObscOt River, S2OOoO, Rockl'na. Ne,
10000: Breakwater mouth Of sac0 RIVER, Ne, fl0OF
TO ton. $1,000; Nlniucket, Mass, $1,000; hes-
buryport, Mass, SiO,OoO scitu1te, Miss. slooVDi
Plymouth, Mass, 10000. PrUflntetOWn' MASH,
$1,000 Woods IIol, Mass 5000 WaIe.
sandy Bay, Cape Ana. Mass, 100000; Narragins.s
Bay and Providence River. r. l., $4,000; Newport X
l., $50 O0O Bridgeport. Conn, r3OOOi breshwSter ~
Biock Island r. L. Sl5 1000; New-H tyeB Conn, SlOs
900. New-IIsyen Bretkwater, $1,000; Ncw-London,
81, 900 NOrwak. $1,000; SiOningtOn, Conn, SlOuuV
Npw-NJfk- Buffalo, SlO0,OO0i Can1rsie Blv, HJo,OOG
Newtowu ay 10000; rheepshcad BAY, 10000; ohlf-
l,ite, g2o.O0u; Duukrk $4,000, tlusniug ~, slO-
10; t;r.at solus Bay SlOOO0 GrernpOrt Bay, Sl0.-
600, Little Soius Bay $4,000; Oak orchard rD,0Oyi
Ogden burg. $4,000; Oswego %eo1OOi KOnd0it,
LOCO: ROuses 10 NJ $1,000; Saugettis, T''oOo' nub
t,rmilk Chapuel SlOOOO; chunnel ~ toWanus nay,
10000: channel uctweeu staten Isl lnd Ntw' YORK ana
Nrw.lcr,,y, $1,000; Hell Gate, Sld0.oo0i Gsdneys
Cnanncl 100000; Hudson River. $1,000.