New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-18
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE TO REPORT IT'S AP-
PRECIPITATION BELL TO-DAY.
rur MEASURE CARRYING $50 sol ,5Oo-LIBERAL
PROVISION FOR NETWORK STATE.
ny TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.

nY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE
Washington, April 1.-THE House Committee on
Rivers and Ifarbors will report bill tomorro" when
carrie, a total appropriation of $300Oi 900 OF
This. New York state will ct S1,729.5Oo-neasly one
tenth Of the whole. In the bin which became a law
in lass NETWORKS share was ~ ,1C3,OOO, ana IN inc
lin If l--e it was much le,,. The Empire states
representative on the committee this year Is John IL.
Montt. Of Chateaueay Lake, and to his energy and
activity i, due in large part the gcncrou, treatment
Xcv yorl, has received. other Rcprss natives from
the state appeard before the committee notably sew
cral members of The New-lo CITY dcleea
helped to give clear and accurate dca Oh the he'u'
~ the various rivers and haror and In most cases
the -ucrc tiors made adopted with little change
All that was asked for the Hudson River and FOR inc
work on New-Yorl llarbor wa, given without re-
luctancc by the committee. and many othcr appro.
prlatons were treated almost as handsomely. Al
the reo WATERWAYS Of the state will be substantially
benefited hv the new bill The total amount 10 DC
spent on harbors on the coast and along the lakes IS
1891 800 New York lIarbor exclusive OF the HUI
SON. East and Harlem Rivers. and the MINOR baS' OF
kills. Ike Gowanus Bay ard Arthur hiil' ec's
100000 This is given to continue the work airoay
in hand.
Other ,appropriations for harbos about newborn
CITY are a, follows: Canar-e Bay, f',oO'' fi"'"'"o
Raw 10000: ,,owanus Bay, 100000 Por;chester,
5000: Glen Cove. $1,000; staten l~iahh 'Ha'ci'
Al 900: -hcrpshca Bay. 5000, Mlhur hl' T''VV''
Iarchuiont Uarbor - 900. nuirao Harb"r gets r3Do'
the largest single appropriation, except one on
,he list The other harbors to be benefited by INC
now bill are Eon,c's Point $4,000 Charlotte TO-
900. puuldrb 100000: Great sodus Bay. *lo'Ooo'
Little >odus Lay. $4,000; Grecnpori, To'ooo' OAK
orchard $1,000: Ogdcn>burc, Si@OOo Olco't' T''ooo
O,woso. $1,000: EOndOut. $1,000, Ioh""a"u'' F''''
600. ,angertc-. 10000: Wilson, $1,000 Pulthey-
villc $1,000 Tor; jefferson Inlet, 7@''ooo' il@'''
hur. ~. 900: salmon River, $4,000
The appropriation for the improvement oil rivers
40 ooo-.~., almost entirely 10 the waters about
Manhattan I,aua The Hudson iiivcr Ge,, Eiov;ol ~"
.n i.,.f Et[rr --OOUlU ard the Harlem RIVER FJ'V'
n,a. ON NcWfoAn Irccf $1,000 }, to bc cA p''u'u.
49,. p,,cl,.r. River l.. l.. $1,000. ana on hio"" ,
otcrh. a. ~avVlc. *lIvoV ''',' "PF' rha,.
,,,i ar. era. Hivrr. 5000; Great 'haI'
,,,., slo 600. uc,udcIcra River. T-Voo' Nap-
,,r-.,f. Ci.rn. $1,000. tn -!Vai D't"''n 81, ,S'i
Island, and tro,-oycr Light. -. Law '''.V ~ -
- ono -.mc Important conditions are "id'"' ~
m. Grant for the Harlem l.iNer iuIl'N'l''I
nuu .ni..inr that river replaced ~ tir 'Npr''r Va
their owner, with bridges which Shail l'',c - ,P ',o
- tvcrfv four feet at high water POM uuTlnE ~.
,-f,y ID between the surface ~ The rfrr anu WV
under sid. of such structures anu nv "' ~. .,or.
r, =, Lny. such draw spans and draws ~ IN" SER
49, n.v Judge proper. NtilOu> survey, ar, 'N,'
,,i,r. lis the bill. Including additional ",N "i ~,
,.-r,llL channel. GOwanu, lhN 'hliih.l' ~, 49,
Channel rlo Br,nN River and the Hudson NNcr up
" cv i.r., ha, a humber Of important items IN the
hui Earitnu lay B, FAB bee lmpi"N'" nl " .", ~"
~, 600 The Eaf'tau River. .ui"nT "'h'',' -. ,on
,,..,f 1ftOr # -5puNo tIr in--ac one 81 Fi''''''
.i.d mn. ~hrcn-.ui, one ~ 10000.