The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-31
THE RIVER AND HAnnoR BILL.
An Agreement Will Probably Be Reached, bus
the Bill Is Not Ont of Danger.

An agreement Will Probably BE Reached, bus
the Bill Is Not Ont of Danger.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-The following state
ment exhibits in detail the results of the con-
ference upon the river and harbor bill The
House conferees receded from their disagree
ment to the item for New York harbor. Tha
Senate amendment in relation to the Mississippi
river, from the passes to the mouth Of the Ohio
river, was agreed to, increasing the appropria-
ton therefor from ST. GOT 900 to So 600 000 which
which is $3.50, 900 less than the amount in the
original House BILL The House conferees re-
ceeded from their disagreement to the Potomac
flats appropriation, and it remains as 1t was in
the Senate amendment. The House conferees
recede from their disagreement to the Sturgeon
bay canal appropriation, with an amendment pro-
yidng that the appropriation therefor shall not be
expended unless the Secretary of War and chief
of engineers shall be satisfied of the cxpedehcy
and desrability of the United States acquiring
the canal, ETC., and working the Same free of
toll. The Portagelake canal amendment Was
agreed to by the House conferees, with an
amendment in the same terms as those attached
to the Sturgeon-bay canal. The item relating
to the Hennepin canal was amended so as to re-
tain the paragraph in the Senate amendment ac-
cepting the Illinois and Michigan canal from the
State of Illinois. and the Secretary OF War is
authorized and directed to commence the work
of enlarging said canal in accordance with the
surveys plans and estimates made in pursuance
of the river and harbor bill of 1882 and the
Secretary of War is further authorized and di-
racted to cause final survey and location
of the line of the Hennepin canal and for
these purposes the sum of $500, 900 is appropri.
ated. AS thus amended, the House conferees
agreed TO the provision. The Senate con-
ferees consented to an amendment decreasing
the appropriation for the locks to the cascades
on the Columbia river $37, 500 less than the SEN
ate amendments. All items of appropriation
which were contained in the bill reported to the
Senate by the Senate committee, and which
amounted to not more than $4,000 each, and
which. by the Senate amendment, were rednced
25 per cent, the Senate conferees consented to
restore to their original amount, respectively.
The gross amount of this increase IS, IN round
numbers, $458 600. The bill. as it passed the
Senate, appropriated $l40l3,303. The amount
of the amendments agreed upon by the
conference of the two houses increases the above
amount about $678. LOG, making the total amount
appropriated by the amended bill above $l4 69l,-
500 The report to be presented to the House
will not receive the signature of Mr.. Willis
chairman of the House committee and as he
announces his intention to oppose the bill op the
floor the measure is generally regarded as being
in extreme jeopardy. The roll-calls of yesterday
revealed the presence of bare quorum In the
House. and quite number of members left
town this morning; but the friends of the bill. 10
it's present shape, find encouragement in the fah
that few of the advocates of the Hennepin cana
clause are among the absentees.