The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-19

e,r, aefe y no doubt, think, thai N.
Isna $50 emitted TO the quantity Of
- klansed 70 aid In the coosfrurtsos, -
- load; but ~ tue amount still A.. az =.
~. IL -. sIcausiss Of the clear iisss cover
~ sores. now pending before the
Tor approval i rs0 an =,
- ma the vacant surveyed lars~
49,. ne slthfrawa. aggregate sa2 Ell q
- or Oh zbL45 acres Of surveyed Isnf,
i.fv IT, rss.sos quantity required to sat
~ csaam- see no necessity for the
.Ix.aer survey Of lands 70 facilitate ,ss
- mens OF the grant 70 the com usnv
81 ocIooer Is. ise3, the Office snbrnits~,I
epoft on senate bail $40. iutrodueess -,
sehe purpose - that under Consider
ss, amending its passage. but 81,
cora's.. liberation / have reached the
Inese lands would facilitate their s,.,so..l
zee - no necessity ~ this time for ne,
passed. sAo0to no5 %
me secretary OF the interior Endorsed
.ne report OF the commissioner. and tie
eafeo survey will not be ordered.
Saairman blanchard. OF the river ana
nafoor committee of the house. bases hi.
yppos.Iion to any appropriation for the
.aAe sshington canal npon two grounds.
11sss mat the presens administration /.
unAaseraoiy against the inception Of anv
nes work on the part Of the Federal enpi-
neers' - well as determined that aopro-
prations for such work as has already
Deen perun must be kept down to
she very lowest possible limit. .ee-
chos that 80 much oprosition IN
the construction Of the canal ha.
shown Itself in the vsy of r.mou-
ssrances from cities which CONSIDER
themselves rivals of Seattle. even wsre /,
the present policy to make appropriations
ior nsw work he would hesitate long
about doing 50 in this particular instance
Washington's Representatives already
feel disheartened in their effort. 20 %,
the sums actually needed for the improve.
ment Of rivers and hsrbors in their st.,e
iheir demands were exceedingly modes,
and backed in every instance bv ths
recommendation of the United States
shgineer, but they have been gwen to un-
derstand since their appearance before the
appsopfiasion committee that q wholesale
reduction will be made upon all estimates.
ifom one-ffth to one.third at the least.
In many cases IN Washington, for exam
pie the snagboat Skagit, one-third Of the
amount asked tor woIld be practically
e"" away Auis appropriation comes
under the head OF Puget sound aud tri bu-
tary waters, and the $4,000 asked for
would furnish steam or hydraulic steering
gear Tor the snagboas and would leave .
balance sufficient to operate the boat for a
year. One-third of that sum would not
furnish the steering gear, or, If it did.
would leave nothing TO operate the boat
afterward. Without the steering gear il is
Impossible to handle the boat In many of
the rivers when the current Is at all swift.
so partial appropriation in this case
would be practically thrown away.
The Wenatchee river improvement Is
probably the only one which will receive
the full sum asked for. There 10 an unex-
pended balance in the Prizes. rapids fund.
and IL Is simply asked that II may be
transferred, which will undoubtedly be
done
Senator Dubois will urge the improve
ment OF kootenai river from Bonner's
Ferry. Idaho. to the international bound.
airy. He will have in this the help of
Senator Squire and the Washington repre-
sentatives. ~ the river. If navigabls, will
prove n valuable feeder to the Great
Northern railioad. and therefor benefit
TO spokane and the Puget sound cities as
we'll