The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-08-13
HOOD RIVER OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 49, 1892
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
Message Relative 10 the PractlcabIllty Of
Gable Between California and
the Hawaiian Islands.

The House bill for the admission OF
New Mexico will not be called up until
next session.
As q precautionary measure against
the Introduction oi cholera Secretary
Tracy has directed the Collectors Of Gus
toms along the Atlantic seaboard TO pro-
hiblt the landing Of immigrants from
France.
The presiding officer OF the Senate has
laid before that bodya message from the
President )i the United States, with the
accompanying papers, relative 10 the
practicability OF laying cable bet ween
California and the Hawaiian Islands.
Secretary Tracy OF the Navy Department
in letter states that the result OF the
survey shows that practicable route
can be eaeily selected. The report OF
the photographic Office Of the bureau OF
navigation states that the survey shows
that the laying of the cable on almost
any line between California and the Ha-
waiian Islands is practicable. A line
about 800 miles wide was developed be-
tween California and Hawaii, and the
results as shown by the report seem 10
indicate the most favorable route TO be a
rhomb line between Monterey Bay, Cal, ,
and Honolulu.
Senator Aliens bill granting about
twenty.eight acres Of the Fort Walla
Walla military reservation TO the city of
Walla Walla for a public park has passed
the Senate. The bill allows the city Of
Walla Walla the use OF the triangular
portion OF the reservation on the north
corner, which is separated from the m ain
body OF the reserve by the county high
way and the Oregon railway and naviga-
ton track, for a public park. 1t pro-
vides, however, that before beginning to
use any OF the land the city shall present
to the Secretary of War detailed plans
for the improvement, and ii shall re-
ceive his approval; also that the United
States reserves to itself the title in the
tract and the right to resume possession
and occupy any portion of it whenever
in the judgment OF the President the
public interest may require it without
any claim for compensation to the city
for the improvements made or for dam
ages which the government may Unfit.
Representative Wilson has introduced
a bill granting the Northern Pacific
right OF way through the Puyallup In
dian reservation, which has recently
been favorably reported by the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs. The bill proposes
TO ratify and confirm an agreement be-
tween the Puyallup Indians and the
Northern Pacific, made in 1876, which
grants right OF way through the reserva-
ton for the Cascade branch of the
Northern Pacific. There has been a
number OF bills introduced before for
rights of way through the Puyallup reser-
vaiion, but all have been postponed or
hung up, awaiting some action which
will forever settle the Puyallup Indian
difficulties. Perhaps this bill will be
treated in the same way, although it is
now represented that the Northern Pa
cific needs the granted right of way and
the station grounds, and there is really
no reason why some bill should not pass.
OF course the various railroad companies
generally fight each other on bills of
this character, each desiring to secure
the best lands on the water front. 1t is
probable, however, that this bill will be
hung up until some action is taken next
winter on the pending Puyallup bill in
the Senate.