New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-14
THE SENATE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
A NET INCREASE OF ABOUT s1,1Ooooo OVER TIL
HOUSE MEASURE.

, NET INCREASE OF ABOUT s1,1OoooO OVER THE
HOUSE MEASURE.
Washington, May 13.-As the result OF much pre-
lmlnary work while the River and iiarbor OIL Was
pendipg In the House. the Senate Committee on 'oh'
merce was able today TO report the Dill BACK 10 uic
senate with all the amendments which IL rcearus a'
,ecessarv II has increased the total OF the House
hil nv 81 g5l l43 and made decreases 10 the amount
NJ ss5s 900. making the net increase sl,123l43 and
tho total NJ the appropriation made by the bill rs
r.norted 10 the Senate So247O116. Perhaps the most
importam changes made We're the addition OF Tour
contract sections which viii replace yearly apP'V
pra,lons made by the House. These are as iono"S
Lower Missouri, from the mouth To Sioux Gty WHIT"
the first appropriation Of sSoO'Ooo = r"uco" ="
$4,000, but - proviso Is added tha' coH'i"U may
he made for the same amount yearly for three years
from Julv l. 1893. There is a similar contrFI pro-
y,e,on IN the case Of the st. Johns River, Florida
the annual expenditure being limited to s4oo'Voo'
for the Great Kanawha.. w. Va, where tie 'ssrsa~
Of the contract Is not to exceed @l'oVo,VVV' al. 80
the boat railway al the Daes, Oregon, wherc tc o''
contract expenditure Is not to cxceen P-,0
All OF the appropriations for harbors on u'e
river are stricken out but the general apprprlh"oh
g.. ,h ,mnrovencnt OF the river WAS Increased by
600 600. There was general reduction OF al up
nrop,,otIons In cases where contracts were
10 Inc made for the completion OF the "orA.
Among the additions made by the Senate Oo"'m''V'c
are these 900. Cn-
Uarbors Concentrating Island. TO- 70, as0
Coi ~ 900 new. New lork-JaiiaiiSao coz ?' Wye,c
Ulvers: Observation-Disclosures, @lv,W'O, Sat
N 600: Saugatuck, $1,000 Ne"'''''
10000. - ,ror. aecrcoscd
Appropriations made by the House WIZ s GOO .
,r ,hs to,lovinc amounts: Buffalo. n. u T''ooo
Mrcson River. $50 900; Harlem River, S'''ooo nun.
ION Raw y. J.. 10000 Mississippi hVer, ne"u Az Va
,osucs IN month OF Ohio including harpor' 9i"''o'
w,ssonn River. mouth to Sioux City, Soo'ooo'
co,a,,- FRYE chairman OF the committee shoh''o'
detailed report on the bill. showing the requirement.
and cost OF the approved projects ana 'c ""o "''N
Qualify OF commerce that will be eneh'eh Dy ''' NV
The rrport asserts that the development Oh 'rh'p'
IT,, mo, bods and facilities has been most Important
,.r ,n the advance 81 American CIVILIZATION ana se"
, ,,rospp-ity II IS clearly shown by s'atiS'cs' s"''
10 ronor that the lowest freight rates are I""ho upon
,,oade most subject 10 water competition, ana u'"'
-, r,,.s ascend and decline In conformity WIN IT"c
and interrupted navigation. comparison OF the E"'"-
op method OF conducting these works OF Improvement
,,h the American the report states, ILLUSTRATES INV
-, x,rovarant feature incident 10 river ana larpoi
nnrop.iatlon in this country, namely the ih'"r'c"'
n, and intermittent character Of appropriations
h so sharp has been the freight competition W. ~,
m tho last twenty years, the report says, 'hht -
" ,b. co,rier by water to have even Siiiai hlh
a" nront radical changes IN the CONSTRUCTION U $3.50
pi poi, en made necessary. While twenty-five wears
No. |.n,h for ordinary haTbOfs OF from t"eNe w
as,.c feet was ample, now depths Of from tWcns ~
-, thirty feet are required. This CROWN hIono n '
w n c tales should demand from the Goverhmeh'
roppst.nt and steadily Increasing appropriations