Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-04-08
RIVERS AND HARBORS
WASHINGTON STATE NoT TREATED
FAIRLY.
ihe DeieSation Asked for the Snns
OF si,3S5,0o0 aud Got "a Tenth
of That Amount.

Washington, ID. c., April S.--The riv-
ef and harbor bin reported today con-
tanned many surprises and disappoi1t-
ments and Washington had full quota
81 these. First, in place of the 81, $50, 900
asked for, there is given only s155 900,
divided as follows: Olympia harbor
$4,000; Vancouver, sac, 900: Puget sound
and tributaries, $4,000; Swynomish
slough, $4,000; Everett harbor, $40. 900:
Gray's harbor. $4,000: upper Columbia
and Snake, $5000 Cowlitz and ChehaIis
rivers, each $4,000. Surveys. with esti-
mates of the cost Of Improvement. are
70 be made of the Lewis and Pend
d'Oreille rivers and Bellingham bay.
ana preliminary examinations made of
the Puyallup and Duwamish rivers Of
Neah bay and of the north fork of the
Lewis river Seattle's waterway is not
even mentioned. Grays harbor is to be
put under contract. but barely gets
enough this year 70 pay for the pre-
llminafies of letting the contract Of
the Puget sound appropriation. sf2, 900
Is Tor the mouth of the Puyallup. Van
couver Jared better than other cities in
proportion TO the amount asked for by
the engineers, $4,000
Washlngtons representative made a
game fight after they knew their ap-
preparations were to be slaughtered
and succeeded even after the amend
ments had been given to the Associated
Press in adding $1,000 to the total, $4,000
for Vancouver and $4,000 for Puget
sound, but all arguments failed to i'm
crease the other amounts. As usual
oregon gets twice as much as Wash
lngton, and over 100000 goes to en-
hance the value of Mr.. Hermann's prop
a
tion has been paid to the actual needs
of amy section of Washington, so clear
ly set forth by it's representatives be-
fore the committee and eastern Wash
ington has been practically ignored
There will be some good stiff fighting
On the floor of the house and later in
| the senate for an increase and additions
| To the above figures
COAST APPROPRIATIONS.
| Washington, April 3.-The river and
harbor appropriation bin was finished
| today by the house committee, which
| has been working on it most of the
4 session. The total amount carried by
the bill is few thousand less than ten
| millions, or about million below the
bill of the last congress.
For the rivers of California-The Sac
| ramento and Flathead rivers. $3.50. 900;
] Aa"il 5'aIuillt a-V,UuW
/ Oregon-Lower Willamette and Co
lumbia, $5o0o Coquille, 500. 900; sius-
law, $4,000; Upper Coquille, $12. 900; Up
| per Willamette and Yamhill, $50. 900,
| and contracts authorized for 5000, 900;
| Columbia beyond Tongue point $50 900.
| Idaho-Clearwater 1926, 900.
Washington-Puget sound and trib-
utary waters. S25 900; Swynomish
| slough, S25, 900; Columbia river at Van
! eouver, S25 900
There are also provisions for contract
| works to the amount of fifty millions
| Among appropriations are the follow
ing:
! California-Oakland 800 900; San D-
| ego, $4,000, San Luis Obispo, s35. 900:
Wilmington $4,000.
/ Oregon-Yaquina bay contracts, ST.
100000; continuing work. S25, 900: Coos
| bay entrance, S95 900; dredging, S14. $50;
| Port Orchard, at Grove Yard point,
| S203, 900, authorized, and the balance of
| the appropriation for harbor refuge on
/ Pacific coast to be used at this point;
| Tillamook bay and bar. SIT 900.
| Washington-Gray's harbor and bar
entrance contracts, 1890, 900, continuing
10000 Olympia. s32. 600 and survey of
| Deschutes river. Everett, $4,000.
At one time there was an authorize
tton for contracts for San Pedro and
Santa Monica harbars. California, but
the fight made by the representatives
Of these ports was SO bitter that tn air
allowance was stricken from the bill.