St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-04
The Northwest,s SWAY.
Special to the GLOBE.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Sat the eleventh
hour, contrary to all expectations. the river
and harbor bill has passed both houses and
goes in the morning to the president. The
passage of the bill is at most wholly due
to the conciliatory efforts of Senator Nc
MILAN, but for whom the senate conferees
would not have yielded to the demand on
the part of the house to leave out the canal
clauses The house conferees readily ac-
coded to restoring the senate amendments
and the % per cent. increase, which was
one of the sharpeSt features of the senate
committees management of the bill. Min
nesota fares well in the bill. Her congress-
men were very successful IN the house and
all necessary appropriations appear in the
bill as it goes to the president.
CONGRESSMAN NELSON
gets $50, $50 for Duluth harbor to be used
D. enlarging the basin between Minnesota
ana Rices points and $500 for buoys where
needed while the United States consents
to the change of the dock linz of the east
side of Rices point by the city authorities
of Duluth. Grand Marais gets 5000
and Two Harbors $22, 500. The Red river
in the old appropriation secured in 1880
and 1882 the sum Of SAT, 600. This is
made available for the Red river of the
North The appropriation was originally
$50, 900, some So, coo of it having been
used for surveys, and it was intended for a
lock and dam at LAnse Rapids This
amount will be applied to the improvement
of the river from Breckenridge north.
Provision is made for preliminary survey
of the Red river from Moorhead to Fergus
Falls to be paid for out of the general
funds. Surveys will also be made of the
L nR Iol- IT,, II, i
Lake.
THE DULUTH APPROPRIATION
was raised to S65, 600. In the senate the
Grand Maras was cut down from $40, 600
to 81, 500. and Two Harbors was cut from
$50, 900 to S22. 500. Gen. Wakefield Sc
cured survey of the Minnesota river and
Big Stone lake. which was piece of good
work, Maj. Allen having two years ago
reported against that improvement. Mr.
GIfillan and Mai. Strait can claim success
in getting SIT, 500 for the reservoirs. This
item was cut down in the senate from
$50 600. The Mississippi river, from st.
Paul 10 the Des Moines rapids, received
SIS, $50, of which SIS, 900 is to be used to
test the patent fume of w. j. Adams of
St Paul. A survey of the river between
St Paul and Minneapolis is also ordered to
be paid for out of the general fund A
survey IS ordered for Hudson, Wis, har-
Dor and a report on the
CAUSES OF THE FLOODS
in the Chippewa river. Superior City and
St Louis bay get S22, 500, of which SO, 900
is to be used in dredging st. Louis bay
along the Wisconsin dock line, from Con.
ners point to Grassy point. Ashland gets
SO, 500. For improvement of the Chip
pewa river SIS, $50 is appropriated. Fox
river gets $50, $50. The st. Croix, in both
Wisconsin and Minnesota. gets $1,000.
The Missouri river. up to Sioux City, gets
1878 900. and Sioux City to Fort Benton
$50. 900. For removing distractions in the
Missouri river, S22, 500; for snag boat on
the Mississippi above Minneapolis S22, 500;
Yellowstone river below Glendive SIS, $50.
A survey of the James river in Dakota is
ordered. st. Mary's river, point of great
interest to Duluth shipping interests, re-
ceives $250.00O. The st. Clair canal gets
SIS, $50 and Detroit river $37 500, Ten
thousand dollars is appropriated to survey
Portage Lake canal across Keweenaw
point, Senator Mcmillan says this was the
only bill that could possibly pass under the
circumstances. 1t appropriates a total of
$14, 473, 900. which is $66S, 300 less than
was in the bill when it came from the
house. He does not think the president
will veto it,