The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-22
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
an Ex7R4TIGINr RIVER AND mar
BOR BILL REPOR1ED 70 the HOUSE.

BOR BILL REPOR7ED TO TIE HOUSf
1t Approprintes Over seo.O0O.OcO and I
the Largest Ever Enacted into INV by
Democratic Cong rc.s-Iihcrai Items TO
New York aud Adjacent Wntcrs-Th
silver War 10 ncg:n To-day Both Side
Prortss to he Cor Gdent OF Vie DRY.
WARRINGTON March 81. Tho amount OF TIN
River and Harbor I'LL. rs announced to-day. Il
. source OF discourngcmont and disappoint
ment to some OF the economists on tho Dem
ocratic side Of the House. They hal horct
that the Riverand Harbor Committee. takin,
note Of the depleted condition OF the Treasury
would keep the aggregate Of the bill down Il
at least ST.. 0OO.O 900 or Sl5.OOO.OOO. With tho
exception ofthe bill passed IN lSSS in the pres
ence Of an enormous surplus IN the Treasury
the present bill carries Il larger amount $50.
TOO,OOOl than was ever enacted Into law by Il
Democratic Congress. Thp bin Of 1SSS car
ried n total " S22,H7.CGO. while the I'LL OF
1885 carried only $l4.473CoO. and that of 1884
S13.o40.UOO. The For,y-scvcnth Congress
(Republicanl carried through River and Hur-
Dor bill footing up slS. TIsOOo which was tho
highest water mark ever reached on such I;
measure until the Fifticth Congress broke thu
record in 1888 only 10 ho followed by tho still
greater record breaker OF the Billion Congress.
or course the present bill com parcs favorally
with that passed by the last Congress. for that
was the biggest ever known footing UP the
total OF $50. l3B.0OO
President Cleveland withheld his approval
from the bill OF 1888 on tho principle that river
and hnrbor bills Of that figure arc essentially
pork. In the barrel affairs anyhow, and it le-
came a law without his signature. But that
tho present River and Harbor Committee Of II
Democratic Congress especially pledged to
retrenchment and reform in expenditures.
and in tho face of a Treasury deficit. should
have agreed upon such a tremendous aggre-
gate IA that recommended. is regarded by tho
Democratic economists rs almost n death
blow to tho plans Of the party in Congress.
f Hope Other to Gy Ss %
here and there from the bills committed to
their charge. II their efforts for economy are
TO be rendered ridiculous and q no value hy
the appropriation OF twenty millions in one
pensable I, President. Harrison is credited with
upon number Of influential KenubIiran Sen.
practice OF tho senate by cutting down, in.
they they come e, from tie House. This is signiIi
cant OF the fact that tho Republican Admins
the Treasury. Notwithstanding Secretary Fo s.
ter's official utterances to the contrary and 1t
is possible. but not probable. That this mny
prompt the President, by necessity veto thu
anything like its present shape.
New York state improvements will receive
very liberal slice OF tho river and harbOr an
propristion... REPRESENTATIVE Quackenhush.
who is New York's representative on.the River
ing after his States interests admiralty.
considering that this is his first service on
that committee. Several items which an
peared In the last River and Harbor act were
left out BIZ the House committee. and one or
entirely ~, rrf H
tunity to try their luck in restoring tho re-
to the. Senate. 1t is quite, probable
that the latter body will add several
millions OF dollars TO the grand total; The
com mittee., after trying the contract system in
Baltimore harbor and several other points.
have discovered that the Government can save
at least % per cont. by making u contract
for certain work and providing yearly appro-
to carry T. to completion. The i'm
dition to those provided IN the River no Hnr.
Judith harhor. r. l.: the great lakes Charles
ton harhor; SREannnh hnrhor: Colombia
River. Orc: the Mississippi River. from St
Paul to its mouth. and the movable dam in tho
Ohio River.
It L. estimated that the project in the Hud-
son River eau be completed for 81. l09.3Ni, ex-
elusive Of the amount provided for this session.
Under the contrac system the appropriations
Tor annually in the Sundry, Civil Appropriation
bill. thus allowing the work to go IN continu-
ously without interruption through failure on
the part OF Congress to pass River and Har-
Dor bill during n short session. The following
e . statement Of New ior&'s appropriations in