New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-12
sll,5os,49l; ten months ended October 81. lao.
$40 4G7025. 1854
SCHEMES no SPEND M1YY MILLIONS
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT CONGRESS WILL n,
ASKED TO CARRY our.

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ASKED TO CARRY our.
Congress is to be approached this winter g..
schemes Of internal Improvement and Approximate.
far exceeding anything that has before been a.
manded. Colonel George l.. Wright OF ST. LouI, q,
many years connected with the popular moyemen, a.,
the Mississippi Valley for the Improvement n, ,bs
great waterway, is here. In chat yesterday with
TRIBUNE reporter he said: "Therc will be five NJ s,
great schemes pressed the attention OF Congra.
The newest is the proposed improvement of Gavos,o
harbOr They want ettes at an expense of $1,000 ooa
SIS, 00O, 0OO and wish to take the work out y, ,h
hands OF the UntedStatcs engineers and place IL unda,
control of Captain Eads Then there ia the Uenpon,
Canal scheme which contemplates the construction 20
a ship canal from the Mississippi River TO Lake Mich,
gan al Chicago That enterprise viii require be,,vo
$40 600 900 and $l2 900 900, but they will onv osk %,
q million as starter Tho whole Northwes, no,
united 60 make the demand that this canal
shall be built and will oppose any River or Harbor hin
that does not contain an appropriation for IT, The Mis-
sisslpp River Improvement will require $4,000 900 IA
S5,000000 TO be expended under the Mississippi Rive,
Commission OF which General Gilmore is the head Thov
have Just started down the river from Keokuk IN so
how the improvements Of the last have stood tina
floods and estimate the improvements that are no
essary The Missouri River Commission will wan,
another million The Ohio River people always want
generous sce although apprehend that the oomnln
ton Of the David Island Dam will make them mors
moderate IN their demands. The Erie Canal enlarga.
mcnt may como before Congress although tho conyen
ton Utica refused advocate application TO tbs
Federal Government for this purpose. None OF the.a
schemes 90 Congress directly its merits be-
cause the OF legislation is to make com.
bnatiOns and concessions in which the interes,
OF different localities have more weight than
anything else The Mississippi River Improvement,
largest and most important 10 the country OF AN
Yet IL Is generally the last to get consideration and
in the tail end after 5vcfy other interest hJ
satisfied. take what Is left The tendency
Of the Administration and its attitude toward internal
improvements are yet to be determined. out Of tia
eight members of the Presidential council, three ara
from York, one from New-Englaud, one from Del-
ware and Villas though from Wisconsin, Is EcrmOntcf
These Eastern men have little or no appreciation OF te
Western and Southwestern country and its wants CT.
ccpt as it comes TO them Garland and Lamar ars
Western But It Is matter OF some doubt Whethf
the Administration may not 20 back to the Old Demo
cratic doctrine, which was advanced by Polk
II you want anything done You mus,
his policy TO internal Improvements voiced
The earliest veto OF an Improvement measure Dy
Polk. who refused 10 permit money TO be expended 90
Baltimore tGr3or the ground TIL, tic expenditure
should properly he made by the State OF Maryland.
first great discussion internal improvements
on question OF apprOpriatlng 100000 10 build a
tional road. the Cumberland Turnpike from FREDERICK
Nd, Wheeling. The whole question Of the const't
tiOna'ity OF appropriations for such a purpose
fought that bill. The Democratic party hal a
ways been opposed 10 Internal Improvements. Calhoun
dismissed his preudlceS to the Mississippi River y
declaring that 10 inland who's" seacOast ma
he protected Henry Clay was the great champion q
improvements by tho National Government Eo.h pOllL
teal parties AZ the present time are committed to t
Mississippi River scheme