Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-03-24
WATERWAYS.
The River and Harbor Appropria-
ton Bill of the House.
THE BILL As IT NOW STANDS.
The Committee Has Completed Consider
alton OF the same Less Than one NH
lion For the Missouri, hut SIX
teen For the Mississippi.

WASHINGTON, March ~ The house
committee on rivers aud harbors yes.
terday completed consideration of the
regular river ami harb n appropriation
bill II appropriates $40. 100, 600,
which is about 100000 less than the
amount carried by the bill reported by
the committee In the last congress-
The create 4 feature OF the bill Is the
extent to which the committee eniargcs
the policy adopted by the last congress
OF placing some of the most important
projects under contract system by
means OF which work can be under
taken with the amount appropriated
for the year covered by the bill and
contracts entered iuto for the com.
pletion of the work aud of its continu-
ance without serious interruption as
has sometimes happened when the con-
tinuance OF the work was entirely de-
pendent upon river and harbor appro.
priations for each congress before the
work could again be pushed ahead
This year the committee authorizes
additional c intracts TO be entered into
aggregating 49,, l51, 700 distributed as
follows:
Charleston, s. C., 81, IFS, 900; Savan.
nah, g., $4,000 Mobile, 81, i43, 500; Hud-
son river, 50, Az, 900; Columbia river,
81, 700, 900; the great lakes, 50, $40, 600;
Point Judith, r. l.. 81, i75, 900; Beaver
Dam, O., $3.50, O0Oi the Mississippi river,
sl0, 900, 600.
For the Missouri river down TO Sioux
City, $4,000; general improvement
Sioux City to mouth, $500, 900 are appro-
priated
The bill In authorizing the contract
system TO be applied 10 the Mississippi
river provides: For improving the Mis-.
sissippi river from the head OF the
passes 10 the mouth of the Ohio river,
including salaries, clerical, Office, trav-
cling and miscellaneous expenses of
the Mississippi river commissions and
continuing improvements, 81, 5000, 900
The amount directly appropriated in
this years bill to be expended under
the direction OF the secretary OF war
in accordance with the plans, speci-
flcations and recommendation OF the
Mississippi river commission for the
general improvement OF the river for
the building of levoes and for surveys,
including the surveys r. I'm the head of
the passes 10 the headwaters OF the
river, In such manner as In their opin.
ion shall best Improve navigation and
promote the interests OF commerce at all
stages of the river Additional contracts
may be entered into by the secretary
OF war for such materials and work as.
may be necessary to carry on continu-
IN MI nf ~,
commission, or the materials may be
purchased and work done otherwise
than by contract to be paid for rs APP
preparations may be made from time to
time, not exceeding in tho aggregate
81, 500, 900 per annum for three years,
commencing July /, 1893
For improving the Mississippi river
from the mouth OF the Ohio 10 St Paul,
81, 500,0 900. Additional contracts may
be made by the secretary Of war TO
carry on continuously the systematic
improvement of the Mississippi between
the points mentioned or material may
be purchased and work done otherwise
than by contract not exceeding In the
aggregate 81, 100000 per annum for
three years commencing July 1,
1893. Provided further, that OF
the amount appropriated 500, 900
shall be expended from the mouth Of
the Ohio TO the mouth OF the Missouri
river and $500, 900 from tho mouth Of
the Missouri TO St Paul and the amounts
for which additional contracts are au-
thorized TO he entered into shall he ex.
pended in like proportions.
In the case OF the great lakes project
800, 900 is appropriated in the bill for
a ship channel twenty and twenty-one
feet deep and Of n minimum width of
800 feet In tina shadows of the connect
ing waters Of the great lakes between
Chicago, Duluth and lluflalo Further
contracts may be made by the secre.
tary Of war TO carry out the. plan pro-
posed by the engineer officer at Detroit