The herald., 1898-02-22
SAN PEDRO
VICTORY
The Long Fight Is Nearly
Over
FUNDFOR FREE HARBOR
Is INCLUDED IN THE SUNDRY
CIVIL BILL
FUNDFOR FREE HARBOR
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS MADE
From Amounts Carried in the Current
Law-The Harbor Fight Seems
Fairly Won
ssociated Press Specia, Wire

Associated Press Specia! Wire
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-A sweeping re-
duction of over 5000, 900 from the amount
carried by the current law is made in the
sundry civil appropriation bill. reported
to the house today. the aggregate appro-
priation carried being $44. S9S. The total
| is $13, 234, Sal less than the regular and sup
Elemental official estimates made for the
fiscal year 1899 and ss,S61, 800 less than the
Appropriations made for the current fiscal
year.
| For arsenal and armories $l93,375 is ap-
propriated. an increase of s54,765 from the
current year; for military posts. 1000
estimates called for s2.0O0.000) work on
rivers and harbors under authorized con-
tracts, $13.210,6l3. a reduction of $5,3 .Se9;
survey Of deep water ways between the
great lakes and the Atlantic ocean, $685.
00O increase of $4,000; public buildings,
50, 1872 800, a reduction of 81, 1al ,994 for the
| lighthouse establishment, $3,0O6,0OQ, in
crease of $112 435, and for the Paris expos-
| tion. 100000 National Soldiers homes,
| 81, ,S19,5 ,531, an increase of $253,000 over the
| current law.
Other items are: Life saving service,
| 81, 500 075; lighthouse, beacons and signals,
1854, ,0C0, reduction Of $232, ,140; revenue cut
ter service. 81. 100000; to enforce the Chinese
exclusion act, 100000; surveying public
lands 5000; for expenses of collecting
revenue from public lands sales, 1927 900, in
Guiding new item of $4,000 to protect and
administer forest reserves; expenses of
United States courts, $4,S47,012, reduction
| of over half million dollars from the cur
rent law; suppressing counterfeiting and
other crimes, $1O0, 900; back pay and bounty
claims certified by the treasury to be due
$52400O.
The bill carries $225 900 for the deep water
ways commission, no estimate having beer
submitted by the war department, but only
$780, 900 for the Paris exhibition, for which
$599.000 was recommended; $4,000 for en-
|largement of military forts. 900 rec
ommended; s13,21061S for river and harbol
| work, $18 09S.0 .01 recommended.
Among other important items are: Fol-
the Improvement of San Pedro Iiarbor
100000, with a proviso making construc-
tion of the harbor In accordance with plans
of the board appointed by the president;
for Santa Monica home, s22S. .450, an increase
of $29. .450.
For harbor improvements-H
bay. California, 100000; Savannah, $3.50 900;
Cumberland sound, Georgia and Florida
$780, 900; Buffalo. N. ..s4S9, TAG; Delaware
bay, $500, 1000; Wyawa bay, $45O,O0 Sabine
pass, Texas, $400, 900; Duluth, Mimi, s770..
1873; Oakland. CAL, s133,000.
Locks and dams-Allegheny river, $780,.
900; Monongahela river, w. Va, $4OO 900
Cumberland river. above Nashville, $780,.
900; Kentucky river. $104 900; Falls of Ohio
at Louisville. s167, ,250; dams No. 2, 8, 4 and
Is. between Davis island dam and dam No
5, $595.0O0; Chicago river, 100000 Illinois
and Mississippi canal, 81, ,427, ,74O; waterwa,
from Keweenaw bay to Lake SUPERIOR
s45O0OO; Mississippi river, from mouth OF
Ohio to st. Paul, s67s. 1888; from mouth Of
Missouri river to st. Paul, 1926, 6,666; from
head of passes to mouth of Ohio, 81, ,sS3. .333
Tor protecting bank at Charlottesville
Mo-, 100000; Missouri river, from mouth tt
Sioux City, 100000 $3.50, of which is Il
protect banks at st. Joseph, $4,000 at mouth
of Little Blue).
The appropriations for public grounds in
clude marine hospital and quarantine sta
tions and aggregate $3,313,8O (recommend
ed, s3 415,272), reduction of 81, ,191, ,994 from
the current law. They include Boise City
Idaho completing building), $50. 1928: con
tinuing postoffice at Buffalo, N. Y. unde,
present limit Of cost, 100000; rental O.
quarters at Chicago, $18845; building a.
Chicago, $1.000000; completing building a
Cheyenne, $SS,S53; completing mint build
ing at Denver, 900; completing immigra,
tion station at Ellis island $4,000; contin
uing building at San Francisco, $500, 900
$250,000 for general repairs to public build
ings.
An increase of $4,000 is made to the gen
eral appropriation for coast survey worl
on account of the work to be done 1,
Alaska An appropriation of $50, 900 is mad
for completing the coast survey steame
for service in Alaska and the Aleutia,
islands and $50, 900 for outfit.
The bill carries $4,000 for the purpose O.
continuing the investigation of fur seals
The item appropriating $1OO, 900 for tn
Paris exposition empowers the president I,
appoint commissioner-general at $500