The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-30
President ClsFalart'S Vigorous Message
Yetoing lhs Measure.
PUBLIC HONEY FOR PRIVATE INTERESTS
A Promiucn; Feature of the Biii-Costiy
Experiments Made Against the Advice
of the Examining Engineers The
Tendency to Vicious faternalisin.


'I loum herewith without approval
House hu numbered i9iI entitled An
act making appropriation for the con-
sWeloa. repair and preservation of cer-
tain public works ou rivers and larb0rs
and Tor other purposes. There are four
hundred and seventeen i.cms OF appI0-
puauon contained in this bill, and every
part Of the country is represented IN the
distribution OF lts favors. 10 directly ap-
proprates or provides for the immediate
expenditure OF nearly fourteen millions Of
dollars lor river ana harbor work. This
sum is in addition 90 appropriations con-
taiucu in another bin for similar pur-
poses amounting 90 a little more than
.htn4 million of dollars. which have ale
Ready been favomhly considered at the
present session OF Congress The result
is uat tho contemplated immediate ex-
Denlliure for thc objects mentioned
amount t0 ABOUT seventeen million Of
dollars. The more startling feature Of
this hiii is JOS authorization OF contracts
for river and haflor work amounting TO
more than sIXty-two millions Of dollars
Though payments ON these contracts are
iu most cases 500 distributed that they
are 90 Poe met hy future appropriations
more than three millions of dollars ON
their account are included in the direct
appropriations mentioned above. OF the
remainder nearly twenty millions of dol
lars VIII fan due during the fiscal year
ending june 91. l>9S. and amounts 10
somewhat less m the years Immediately
i'" contracts OF IKE
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sun '''''aH"'"s. ana 10 meet
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