Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-18
NATIONS CAPITAL.
The River and Harber Bill
Before the Senate.
The House CiYes Lotteries q Hard BLOW
By Passing Bill
Prohibiting tie Sending Of their Letters
or Advertising Matter by Mail. n

| WAsHissros, Aug l7--In the Senate
| the consideration OF the river aud harsor
bill was resumed this morning, the pending Z
| gus stlcn being On the smenitnert proposed
| BY Ffys to the Hsrle n river Rem.
| Haley offered an amendment 10 the
amendmen,-ghe principal 'i.s.inetion being
thRt The new bridges shall be without AIRY
dfaw spaHs. or draws or openings. He
sail that the whole proposition was distssts-
fui TO him in some respects, hut that the
amendment offered By him would give the
people of New EaglsnI a clear straight
Iidr into New YORK ely without any draw f.
bridges. and that they could stand their
share of the money thrown away on the
Harlem river as well as the rest of the peo
pie of The country.
| The most sensible thipg. he believed.
would be 10 ill up the whole Of the Harlem
River and have d grand boulevard there, on
which more passengers and freight would
he carried than on all the boats thas mi ght
float there. New York needed no more
wharfage. She had 20. a good deal unoc-
| cnpiel. She could occupy hundred miles
of Wharfage on the Hudson and as much
more on the Eas, river and Long leland
| sourd What New York needed was stand
| flied up ttey hal been balit uIon, apd if
the Harlem river and fats were filled up
| they would be built upon. 1t would come
ID that 10 the end. No big waterway
through the heart Of big city had ever
e, sted or ever would, If its purpose could
he accomplished otherwise.
Reagan opposed the whole item a~ u
chimerirai scheme,
b.tr ~ sba f.t.,
merce. suggested that the Senator's from
Connecticut and Texas, Hawley and Rsa-
gan. seemed to underrate the importance
to commerce of the improvement OF the
Harlem river. Even now, when the Han
river ~ss nssiysble for only two or three
miles there was freight carried there LAST
year to the amount Of 500. .OlO tons, and
at vsius Of sl20, 100000. Such com
meree vas not to be ignored, The Harlem
Iiyer was not TO be called a muihole. 1t
might he considere u. therefore that here
was a waterway that could he made of very
great importauce commercial ly.
After long debate. in viii N Evaits.
Hear ard Hiscoek participated. the amend
ment offered by Hssley was rejected
Yeas %, nays 26--and the amendment of
fered yesterday BY Frye for draw bridges
was laid on the table, but with the under
stsnding that the whole question would be
considered BY the conference committee.
Various other amendments to tie iivar
and hsrhor bill were offered and discussed.
During the progress Of this business QlaY
asked leave to offer resolution ordering
first that during the present session of
Congress the Sruate will rot take up for
consi1e ration any legislative business. o'hef
than the ialih bill, conference reports. ger
cral approI ration bills, pension bills, bits
relating to the public lands, to United States
courts to the postal service, 10 agriculture
and forestry aud to public buildings an
elate or concurrent resolutions; second,
that the conf leratun of all other bills slsit
be pnstpor Cd I'll next session third that a
vote shall be taken on the tariff bill and on
amendments then uiing without further
debate on Aug. 30, the voting to commence
at Z. NJ, and TO oftinue on that AMI
subss que n. days 60 the exclusion Of aii
other business) until the bills snd pending
anne meniments sre iiaal \ disposed OF, and no
iee is given that such an order will be of
fcred for adoption IN the Senate.
The presiding officer (Manderson us
there oil elton 10 the request If the Sena-
tor from rcpnsylysnis that b. be a lowed To
introduce the resolution now r
Etmunds'I object
The rre.iding cflicer -"ohjection being
msde. the res0tuti)n canrut be introlnced.
The consideration of the river and nsrbor
bit was then proceeded with, on amend
mel nts offer i by ir,lIvidusl : nafors.
The hiil was then repaitsd to the Senate,
the amendments ma ie in commtte of the
Who'll ware sg5eed =, and the bill was
pessed.
A conference committee was asked and
apF insed On the plrt Of the Senate.
The ccnfetesce report on the House bill
to establish 4 national military park u the
hat'le field of thiekamauga, uss presented
by flawley and sgteed TO-
Quay gave notice of his intention TO move
for tile change of rules ~ sct nu' in the fe'-
olutiDn which he hal todsv asked unani-
mou. consent TO Offer ard said that he
would not call up ;he motion before Tues
day next.
After short executive Sc ssion the Sen
ste adj1urped.