Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-18
EFFECTS OF THE BIG CUT.
SAVANNAH'S APPROPRIATION
DOWN TO $15O,OOO.

DOWN TO $15O,OOO.
Charleston Stun Ahead with &tS7 800
ROmney Marsh Gets S17, 7,473-DupOnt
Guerry Expected to Succeed District
Attorney DsrneIl-Marshal Wade Ex-
pected to Hand in His Resignation at
Once.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Following are
the South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
items in the river and harbor bill as
passed by the Senate yesterday
Harbor at Charleston, including Sulli-
vans Island, S. c., SlS7,500.
Winyah Bay, S. c., $lS, $50.
Barbor at Georgetown, 5. c., So, 100.
Harbor at Brunswick, Ga, $22, 800.
Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Flori-
da, SIP 800.
Harbor at Savannah, Ga, $150,00o,
Harbor at Apalachicola Bay, Fla,
SO, 600, of which 81, 800 may in the discre-
tion of the Secretary of War be expended
at the Carabello or Crooked river.
For an examination and survey OF the
entrance to the harbor at Key West, Fla,
$1,875.
Harbor at Pensacola, Fla, $4,000.
Harbor at Tampa Bay, Fla, $500.
hdIpOT Nv CeudI heSS, Il Idst po,AOOs
Ashley river, S. c., $750.
Edisto river, S. c., 50, go.
Great Pee Dee river, S. c., $4,000.
Saltkahatchie river, :. c., $4,000
Santee river, S. c., $l8, $50, no part of
which sum is to be used tor the cOnstruc-
! tiOn OF any road bridge across the Mos
quito creek canal, provided that if salt
water be found flowing into said Mos
quito creek $4,000 OF said sum or so much
oG no oh ha
for the construction of a food gate at the
upper end of the canal to prevent the
same.
Waccamaw river, S. c., $11, ,25O.
Wappo cut, S. c., $3,750.
Wateree river, S. c., $5,625, provided
that no part OF said sum shall be expended
until all bridges now Obstructtng the
| navigation OF said river have been pro-
vided with suitable draw spans, tenders,
and other aids to navigation, at such
bridges as the Secretary of War may di-
| rect, for the purpose of atfOrding free
navigation of said river; and the Secre-
| tsry of War is hereby authorized a1d
directed to cause such changes To be
made in said bridges at the expense OF the
owners thereof, as IN his opinion are
| necessary to make the navigation of SAID
river through all bridges free and safe.
Congaree river, S. c., $5,625.
Altamaba river, Ga. $1,000, OF which
! 81, 500 are to be used on Doboy bar, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
CbattahOOchee river, Georgia and Ala
bama, $l50,000.
Cooea river, Georgia and Alabama,
$4,000.
| provement, $4,000, of which sum $3.50
s to be expended between Albany and
MOutezuma, and $11 ,250 below Albany.
| Ocmulgee river, Ga. $5,625.
Oconee river, Ga, So 625.
Romney marsh, Ca, $17,473, and so
much OF said sum as may be necessary,
may be applied by the engineer In charge,
with the approval OF the Secretary of
| War, to pay for work done on said i'm
provement under the direction of the War
| Department since the last appropriation
was exhausted.
Savannah river below Augusta, Ca,
| Sl1, 80.
Apalachicola river, Fla, $3.50.
| CalOOsabatchee river, Fla, $4,000.
Choctawhatchee river, Florida and
| Alabama, $11 30, of which sum So, 750 is
| to be expended below Geneva, and s., 800
| to be expended between Geneva and
| Newton, Ala.
Conecuh and Escambia rivers, Florida
and Alabama, S5625.
LaGrange BAYOU, Fla. 81 800.
Manatee and Pease rivers, Fla, SO, $50,
of which $4,000 may be expended on
| Pease river.
Cannei over the bar at the mouth of the
st. Johns river, Fla, $3.50, 900.
Suwanee river, Fla. 50, $50.
| Voiusia bar, Fla, 81, ,625.
WitDlachOochee river, Fla, 50, ,250.
WADE AND DARNELL TO GO.
The term Of District Attorney Darnell
| expires tomorrow. 1t is now said that
! Dupont Guerry, OF Americus, will be his
successor. United States Marshal W ade
is expected to hand in his resignation at
! once, and IL is said that his successor will
be Lucius M. Lamar, OF HawkInsville.
MARSHAL wADE's ACCOUNTS.
United States Marshal f. G.. Wade has
arrived here from Savannah to have his
accounts for the past fiscal year approved
by United States District Judge Speer,
who left Savannah before they had been
made up.
CLIPPING SPARKS POWER.
Mr.. Plumb, OF Kansas, IL member Of the
Senate Committee on Appropriations,
come of whose friends in the Southwest
do not like the vigorous administration
of Commissioner Of the General Land
Office Sparks, has succeeded in inducing
the Committee on Appropriations to cut
down all the appropriations made by the
House in the suudry civil bill for the pur-
pose Of rendering the Investigations OF
Commissioner Sparks more efficient.