Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-31
HOW TEXAS FARES.
Appropriations for Texas Rivers and
HarbOrs as the Bill Be-
comes q Law.
Provision for the Survey of Numerous Rivers
President Harrison Favors the Ed
munds Resolution.
WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO.

Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-Leading Re-
publicans in both houses say there is little
prospect of congress taking q recess, and
they are not in favor of having an extra
session. The president is opposed to call
ing extra sessions on general principles
except in cases of great emergency.
The president, however, tactily consents
TO Edmunds' resolution for a recess as an
extra session would thus be accomplished
without his Intervention. OF course the
only possible reason for an extra session
is that the Republicans would
thus be enabled to consider
the odious force bill. OF course
the Edmunds resolution will be opposed
by the Democrats. The closing of bust
ness OF the 10th of September would
mean that the senate bill would
remain in the hands of conference
committee until November, for 1t can
not possibly be ready for an agree
ment within three weeks. Mr.. Mills,
however, told Texas member to-day
that the senate was now trying to 1T the
bill in unimportsnt particulars to the
views of the house so as to expedite its
consideration in the conference COM
mittee.
TEXAS RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
So far as the Texas rivers
and harbors are concerned the
conference committee have agreed on
the items as passed by the senate. The
most important of course is Galveston.
The act for this hRrbor will
read: Improving the entrance
10 Galveston harbor, Texas. Con-
tinuing the improvement, $500 900,
provided that contracts may be entered
into for such materials and work as may
be necessary to carry out the plan con-
tanned in the report of the chief of en-
ginesrs for 1886 for the improvement of
that harbor, to be paid as appropriations
may from time to time be made by law.
SABINE PASS is GIVEN $500 600.
For improving and maintaining ship
channel in Galveston bay, Texas, from
Bolivar channel through Morgan cut and
Morgan channel constructed through
Morgan point to San Jaointo river,
$40 900.
Buffalo bayou, S25, 900.
Trinity river, $40 GOO.
Cedar bayou, SIS 900.
A survey will be made of Cypress
bayou and the lakes between jefferson
and Shreveport.
Surveys are to be made of the follow
ing Texas rivers and hsrbors with
view TO determining the cost of improv-
ing the same: Brazos river from its
mouth, Sabine river from where said
river empties into Sabine lake TO Sud-
duth's Bluff on said Sabine river
Survey TO remove obstacles at the
mouth of Double bayou in Chambers
county, to remove distractions.
Colorodo river, with a view of remov-
ing raft to the mouth af the same.
Saint Charles bay, with a view to re-
moving distractions at she mouth of the |
same.
Arkansas bay, to remove half moon
reef.
West Galveston bay from Christian
Point, with view of reopeuing the
channel through the west hay.
Trinity river from its mouth to Dallas.
DUTIABLE PRESENT.
Assistant Secretary Bachelor has in
formed the department OF state that
there is no provision of law exempting
from duty watch purchased at
Geneva by American residents OF Japan
and sent to this country for
present to Hon. R. B Hubbard, ex-
minister to Japan.
The following order was issued by the |
postoffice department: After Mon
day, September s, such mixed mat |
ter as may heretofore have |
been turned in by the railway postal |
clerkss Of the Eleventh division for |
treatment at Fort Worth, Texas, will be |
forwarded TO and treated at St. Louis, |
Mo. |
Other postal changes-Mail messenger |
service has been established between |
Galveston and Sugar Loaf on the GAL !
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio.
Star service has been established be- !
tween Canton and Roddy, and from Ath-
ems to Wolton. Star service between |
Roddy and Prairieville has been discon-
tinued.
Texas postmssters commissioned: Henry |
Staylor. Cookville; Gideon NJ. Holton,
Headsvilis.
A new office has been established at |
Crozier, Young county.
Mrs. John +. Elliott of Dallas is visit
ing Mrs. NJ. C. Wilson for a few weeks.
Temple in no Danger From Quarantine,