Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
Canadian Pacific Railway
EncrOachments.
IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION.
United States Land Court to be
Established-Yesterday's
Legislation.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. |
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Cullom offered
a preamble and resolution reciting the
published statements that the Minnea-
polls, Sault Sainte Marie and Atlantic
Railroad, and Duluth, South Shore and
Atlantic Railway have passed into the
control of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company that these two railways con-
troll all the approaches to the bridge over
the st. Mary's river on the boundary line
between the United States and Canada
that the ownership of that bridge is also
in the Canada Pacific, and that by virtue
of this monopoly, the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, operated in the interest of a
foreign government, is able to ignore and
defeat the operations of the Interstate
Commerce bill, and directing the Com.
mittee on Interstate Commerce to inquire
into these matters, and report whether
the interests of the United States. Laid
| over until tomorrow.
| The Senate then resumed considera
ton of the Naval Appropriation bill. the
pending question being the amendment
striking out of the bill the item for the
expenses of q commission to locate a
navy yard and docks on the Gulf coast.
Mitchell moved to add to the clause a
like provision for the selection of site
on the Pacific Coast, in Oregon, Wash.
ington Territory or Alaska. Agreed to.
Plumb moved to reduce the appropria.
| f,a,, f.o,,, TO -
Finally the amendment was rejected
yeas, 19; nays, "a. So the provision was
retained in the bill, modified (on motion
OF Regain by including the Mississippi
River. The clause now appropriates
$15, 900 for the expenses OF three officers
to be appointed by the Secretary of the
Navy, to report as to the most desirable
location, on, or near the Coast OF the
Gulf of Mexico or on the Mississipp
River, for navy yard and docks for ship
! ping, and for the expenses of sounding and
surveying, and estimating expenses, and
directs like commission for the North.
ern Pacific Coast, $4,000 of the SIS 900 tc
be applicable to that purpose.
The next reserved vote was on the
amendment to strike out of the bill the
words, "at least one of said vessels shall
be built in one OF the navy yards OF the
United States" The amendment Was
agreed to and then the bill passed.
The Senate bill, appropriating $500
for public building at Allentown, Pa,
was passed. The Allentown bill vetoed
by the President, appropriated $4,000
The Senate then proceeded to pass the
private pension bills on the calendar and
disposed of all of them, 1877, in fifty
| minutes.
Senator Mitchell during the course o.
the day proposed an amendment to the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill to appro
pirate $50 600 for the establishment of 6
light ship. to be provided with foe
signal apparatus, outside of the bar a
the mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senate Committee on Appropria
tions has agreed to report an amendment
to the Army Appropriation bill appro.
priating between $6,000,0 and $1,000.
600 for the establishment of a gun fac.
tory at West Troy, N. Y, and for the
manufacture of coast defense guns. One
section of the amendment appropriates
$3.50, 200 for the erection of the necessary
buildings ond their equipment with ma
chinery and fixtures. Another section
appropriates $5,000,00O for the purchase
of steel for high-power coast defense
guns OF eight, ten and twelve-inch cali
bre. An appropriation is also proposed
for the purchase of torpedoes.
A TARIFF CONFERENCE.
A tariff conference of Republican
Senators was held at Senator Evarts'
residence tonight, at which the decision
was reached that the Finance Committee
shall prepare tariff bill as a substitute
for the Mills bill, and that it shall
then be reported to the Senate
and taken up and passed regard
less OF the length of time this may require.
Various propositions looking to an early
adjournment and postponement of the
tariff battle until December, were sug-
gested, but the arguments advanced by
the advocates of the policy of passing
the bill and making direct issue as early
as possible, were SO strong that the assem-
blage became emphatically unanimous in
favor OF the course finally adopted.
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