Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-20
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Tho Provisions Of Senator Coko's Bill
for the Establishment Of
National Trail.
Chief Engineer Newton MAkes an UnfA-
vorAblr R,pIrt on the Galveston
Hsrbor Improvement.
Tho Eads Proposal Asks for an Appro-
priation Vastly in Excess Of
tho Sum Required.
NArIoNAL nan nIIL.

NATIONAL TRAIL BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. la.--rhe bill
introduced by Senator Coke to-day 60
establish u quarantine live stock trail,
provides for the appointment Of three
commissioners to lay out and estab-
fish public highway for the purpose
Of driving live stock to market or from
nne place TO another, aud also 20 estab.
Itch At convenient points on the high-
way or trail suitable quarantine graz
ing grounds where live sto0k may be
helu aud hrt a-d Tor short period
duriug the drive. This all shall be-
Kin on the Red river, near the lO0lh
degree OF longitude, thence run IN "A
nurth westerly direction through the
Indian territory, following ~ lar az
practicable the Fort Grimm and Dodge
CIly tTMl 10 the south western corner
Of Kan IA, thence over the unappro-
priattd lands OF the United States Ia "A
uortherly direction TO the boundary
line between the United States and
Canaua, the trail not TO exec, d six miles
la Widih aud the quarantine grazing
grounds shall not exceed filty-twO
miles square The unapprupriated
pubic lSuds needed for the purpose Of
the net are TO he Withdrawn from set
Element ana ret apart for the purpose
of the net for ten ears. The report OF
the commission "a requires the appro-
val Of the secretary OF the interior be
fore the trail In established; $4,000 ARE
appropriated for the purpose OF the act.
THREADS PROPOSAL SAT DOwElUrON
WAsnIEoTON, Jan. 10 Gen. New
TOO, chief OF the engineer corps, was
requested last week 10 present his
views 10 the river and harbor commit
tee on the improvement OF the Gal
weston harbor alta cost ofS7, $50 600 IA
proposed by Capt. Eads. A long com
muntcation was received from Gen.
Newton to-day by Mir, Willis Of Ken
lucky, the chairman OF that commit
tee.
Gen. Newton says that Capt, Eads
PROMISES nnvignble depth of thirty
ieet Of water with the pIoviso, hOwey-
er, that The depth OF thirty feet will be
taken without regard TO the width. In
ether words the thifty-fOpt channel
wi not he over two feet IA width and
cons quenlly nolA navlgable ,hapnela t
Hll. me psUpos ca contract Ia TACT re-
quires ouly nhvlgable chan
nel twenty-,ix feet Ina depth
aud 200 feet wide with continuous
lines OF soundinEs at thirty feet In
depth In the center Of the channel,
but without regard 10 the width.
by the provision OF the contract, AT
ter attaining twenty-five feet over the
nar, Gen. Newton says that Capt.
Eads would become entitled 70 " $780,
h 10 N
lon, was vastly In exceas OF the cost OF
the work necesAaly 10 produce that re
suit.
He CONTINUES: 1.-THE amount OF oom.
pensation due after obtaining depth
OF twenty-five feet over the bar Is 30
large In comparison with that which
the contractor would afterwards re-
ceiye for the completion OF the con-
raet that q strong temptation would
arise, particularly should difficulties
appear az that stage OF opera
lions, to abandon the work, IL must
be noted that the depth alluded
TO would probably be obtained, II at
all, before IL should become necessary
to put In concrete cappiDg, 30 that by
retiring early. he might also get rid 81
that portion OF the contract.
aSecIion six OF the proposed con
tract states that said Capt. Eads and
his associates shall be untrammeled
In the full and free exercise OF bis or
taeir judgement, AS 70 tho location,
de,ign and construction OF
side works and 81 nppaflenences
thereto. | submit that this constitutes
power over the navigable waters OF
tue United States. unfestfalneh by any
provision for the supeTyi sion OF the
contracted plans, which should never
be conf, rred upon any individual
Gen Newton says In mis- objection
that hc does not intend any ailusion
even indirectly TO Capt Eads. but that
he has endeavored 70 treat the subject
az pure business tranAantion,