Evening journal., 1898-06-10

are spending millions to make a deep
channel from the sea all the way up
to Philadelphia. It would be foolish 10
open the great channel and yet fail to
open tine harbors which are located on
it. Any ship which can come up the
Delaware ought to be able to enter the
harbor of Wilmington.
/ would not press the war situation
to a course of reason to which it does
not properly apply, but feel justified
in calling attention to the fact that
one of the largest and lbest-equipped
shipbuildlng concerns in the country is
located on the Christiana. The Harlan
and Hollingsworth Company are IA
nous shipbuilders. They bid for the
contracts to construct war vessels.
They are now at work on a torpedo
boat destroyer. At present they cam
not build the biggest warships because
the depth of water is lacking between.
their shops and The deep channel Of the
Delaware. This appropriation will go
to a work which will open deeper water
for these excellent shipbuilders. A new
and independent bidder for the con-
tracts to build the great ships OF the
navy might save the government large
sums of money.
There is another view / desire TO
present in connection with this Senate
amendment This river and harbor
item is not pushing in ahead of other
river and harbor items of the same
kind. Many districts represented on
this floor are waiting for a river and
harbor bill l have many river and har.
Dor projects in my own district that are
waiting in the same way, and will, o.
course, be forced to wait. We canno
properly push few favored place!
ahead of all the others, and 1 wouly
not venture to ask gentleman to d.
that. But this Wilmington harbor i
not, however, pushing ahead to lea'
the procession. 1t is, in fact, strag
gler. far in the rear of its proper place
1t is now asking for what it shOua
properly have received two years age
In a certain sense 1 am asking yo
now to re-enact and make effectiv
an item of the river and harbor act G
1896 Congress at that time strove {
: provide, and Thought it had provide
:. for this work. BY a construction {
j the law put upon it by the Enginee
d Department, which the gentleman frol
d Illinois has explained, this work he
not been done. There is no river an
= harbor item THAT I know of standin
q now in exactly the same condition.
r am willing TO leave the whole caf
o without further explanation on tn
+ point than has been made by the gel
tleman from Illinois CMr. Cannon.)
: Let me, however, call attention to Il
following formal resolution, which vi
II passed by the River and Harbor Cor
IS mittee of the House on April 26, 1SS
II It is addressed to the Appropriation
ID Committee of the House, and is as fc
e. lows:
le Resolved, That the Committee {
"a Appropriations be, and they are her
le by, requested to agree to Sena
NJ. amendment No. 176, which will car
e, out the intention Of Congress relati
* to the Improvement Of Wilmingt'
le harIbor, Delaware, in the river and ha
10 Dor act Of 1896.
4 The River and Harbor Committee
or the House have by this formal resol
err ton asked the Appropriation Comm
ht tee to concur in this Senate amen
ca ment. The House conferees ha
he thought best to submit the matter
ID, the House itself for decision. Uni
II the circumstances the resolution Of
al River and Harbor Committee just re
nd amounts to a request or recommend
ton to the House to concur in this 81
ate amendment. Mr.. Speaker, I q
an for vote.
The Speaker-The question is on
to motion of the gentleman from DE
ware (Mr. Handy) to recede and Ct
le~ cur with the Senate amendment
las Mr.. Cannon will ask for ris
The vote, so that we may see there is
ap- majority for it.
ar The question was taken; and OF
ur- division there were-ayes 9S, noes
md So the motion was agreed to.
Tay On motion Of Mr.. Handy, a mot
rhe to reconsider the vote whereby
900 House concurred in the Senate anne
,ial ment was laid on the table.
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