Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-25
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Eighteen Millions Appropriated By
 The Senate Committed

' AppFOpT1aIG0 A The Senate Committee.
 WASHINGTON June 24-The Senate n-
 mittee on commerce has completed the yer and harbor appropriation bills. Items :1 he House bill have been increased to the as-e- gate of s5, ,4S5, ,275, and others have been de-
 creased to the aggregate of $6i $50; net
 increase $3, 121, ,775. The Senate bi:l aprro-
 priates SIS S,049, ,975. For the constr action of a
 canal from the Illinois river at or neer the
 town of Hennepip in the State of Illinois to
 the Mississippi river at the mouth of Rock
 river, or between it and the city of Rock
 Island $300,00O. Said canal and
 branch canal or feeder shall be known as the
 Illinois and Mississippi river canal and shall
 be constructed on such route as may be tie-
 termined by the Secretary of War. Provided
 that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of
 War, in order to secure the right of way for
 such canal and feeders, to acquire the title
 to such lands as may be ne cessary by acquire
 ment, purchase or voluntary convey ..nce for
 the oW ners if it can be done on reasonable
 terms; but if that shall be found impracti-
 cable then the Secretary of War shall at any
 term of the circuit or district court of the
 United States for the northern district of
 Illinois to be held thereafter at any general
 or special term held in said district
 and in the name of the United States insti-
 ute and carry on proceedings to condemn such lands as may be necessary for right of
 way as aforesaid and in said proceedings said
 court shall be governed by the laws of the
 State of Illinois far as the same shall be applicable to the condemning private prop erty for public use. Provided further, that said canal shall be eighty feet wide at the
 water line, seven feet deep and With ca pacitY for vessels of at least two hundred and eighty tons burden with guard gates, waste Weirs, locks, loekhouses, bas IS, bIidges and all other creations and fixtures that may be | necessary for safe aod convenient navigation l of said canal and branch as specified in said | survey. |
 The provision respecting the Mississippi | river in it's full text is as follows: Improving l the Mississippi river from Des Moines rapids 1 to the mouth of the illinois 1.ve7, includ ng | thei yer at Quincy bay end the removal # | the bar at the mouth of Whipple Ccca'-, inc 'uding also the strengthening of Shy Isls Il levee where it crosses Snycart slough d l other sloughs continuing improvement S2v>, 900; improving Mississippi river Tom @ mouth of Illinois river to the mouth of the ! Ohio river, including the completion of iae work at Alton and in the discretion of inc Secretary of War the protection of the = nois shore opposite the mouth of the Miss ,..- ri river, continuing tie improvement $5 H, 900, of which $50,0 or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended in exte1 r. ing the work for the protection of the ec-.- wardly bank of the Mississippi river tt G; and the prevention of it's commencing at he southerly end oi the present government revetment work and continuing down str. m ! and $50, 900 for continuing improven1e:-. st Cape Girardeau, Mo, and Montana Pc. Il H.. and the Secretary of War in his dis tion use so much of the said sum of $5, 900 as may be necessary to correct the cur of the river and improve the channel the river at St. Louis. Improving Mssissir pi river from head of the passes to the mot ! of the river continuing improvement $2, ,25o,- 900; which sum, together with the sufna herein appropriated for the Mississippi rivei ! from the Des Moines rapids to the mouth of the Ohio liver, shall be expended under the direction of the SecretaI of War and in ac cordarce with the plans, specifications and of the Mississippi liver provided, however, that the com mission are authorized to repair and I build levees if in their judgment it should ',e done part of their. plan to afford ease
 safety to the navigation and commerce of river and deepen the channel. Of amount herein appropriated for lower Mississippi 100000 are to expended in continuing the work in proa
 at New Orleans, $a50,60O for the rectif ton of Red and Atchafalaya rivers by venting further enlargement of the latter ! stream and restricting it's outlet capacity and for keeping open nayigable channel to the ! mouth of Red or Old liver into the Missou. $50, 900 in improving navigation in the Greenville reach by preventing the bank at Greenville from further cay:1g and $100, ,000 in deepening the channel at Vicksburg by | dredging through the bar existing there and $75, 900 in completing the work on the river at Memphis; also $25, 900 for work the ! liver at Hickman and 25,O0O at Colum- bus Ky