The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-20
CANAL OUTLOOK GOOD
The Senate Agrees to the Lake
Washington Appropriation.
IN SPITE OF PORT TOWNSEND
Puget Sound Floating Battery Opposed
ny Chamber Of Commerce-Census
Appropriation Refused.

WARRINGTON CRY. May l9-In the Sem
ate, after routine business and some mat
tiers OF minor nature, the bill exempting
American coastwise vessels piloted by
licensed mariners or by United States
piiots from obligation to pay state pilots
LOT services not rendered was taken up,
ana Butler offered an amendment repeal
ing such parts of the navigation laws as
prevented the purchase by citizens of the
ohlted States of ships in foreign countries
ana the rightto make registry and fly the
American flag. Frye moved to Law the
amendment on the table, and Butler asked
the yeas and nays on the motion. The
motion was agreed to-yeas 81, nays -
Inc motion was 4 party one. except that
Messrs Kyle, BlOdgett and Pugh voted
with the Republicans to lay the amend
ment on the table. The bill was then
passed without division.
The conference report on the bill to pro-
vide for the disposal and sale of the klam-
ath river Indian reservation was presented
and agreed to-
The river and harbor appropriation bill
was then taken up, ana Mcpherson made
motion to exclude from the bill all au-
thorlzation for new contracts and reduce
by 80 per cent. the entire amount appro-
priated. Dolph moved to table the mo-
ton, which was agreed to-yeas ~, nays
6. Harris. Kyle, Mcpherson, Babcock,
Palmer and Villas. The amendments re-
ported from the committee on commerce
were agreed to, including the following,
among others:
Increasing the appropriation fer Yaquina bay,
Oregon, from $4,000 to $4,000.
For Gray's harbor ana the Chehalis river
Washington, from 81, 900 to $4,000
Inserting an item of 100000 for n ship canal
to connect the waters OF Lakes Union and Wash
ington with Puget sound by Smiths cove.
Reducing the appropriation for the canal at
the cascades OF the Columbia river, Oregon,
from Si35,o 900 to $500, $50.
Inserting an item OF slS7,5O0 for the Columbia
river at Three Mile rapids
Increasing the appropriation for the mouth OF
the Columbia river, Oregon, from 500, 900 to
$350,00o.
increasing the appropriation for the lower
willamette and Columbia rivers. in front of
and below Portland, from $4,000 to $4,000.
For the mouth of the Siuslaw river, Oregon,
from $4,000 to $40 OO0
For Puget sound aud its tributaries, from &c.,
600 to $4,000, and for Swinomsh slough, state of
Washington, from $4,000 TO $4,000
Inserting items of $4,000 for the Columbia
river between the mouth of the Willamette river
and the city of Vancouver; $4,000 for Willapa
river aud harbor, and $4,000 for the survey OF
the upper Columbia river.
Frye, in charge OF the bill, moved to re-
due the appropriation for the harbor and
bay at Humboldt, Cal, from 100000 to
$50, 900, this being one of the % per cent.
reductions. FELTON, opposed the amend
ment. Frye's amendment was agreed to.
AS also others reducing the appropriation
for the Mississippi from the mouth of the
Ohio to Minneapolis from 81 800, 900 to ST.
10000; reducing the appropriation for the
Mississippi river from the head passes to
the mouth of the Ohio from $500, 900 to
81 go. 900 (the amount first recommended
by the committee was 81, $50, 000); reduc-
ing the appropriation for a ship canal be-
tween Chicago Duluth and Buffalo from
$500, 200 to 1915, 600; reducing the appro-
priation for the Missouri from the mouth
to Sioux City, Ia, from $4,000 to $780,
600. Ali the committee amendments hav
ing been disposed of, the bill went over
till tomorrow. when it will be open to
general amendments, and the Senate adj
journeG.