The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
SAN PEDRO'S
 FIGHT WON Harbor Item Remains in the Sundry Civil
 Bill. Four Hundred Thousand Dol lars for Commencing
 the Work. Quarter of a Million to Be Spent in Improving Sacramento and
 Feather Rivers.
Special Dispatch to The Call,
Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, March 28.

Washington, March 28.
 The sundry civil appropriation bill. as agreed upon by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, has been completed and will probably be reported to the Senate tomorrow. The appropriation of $400, ,000 for commencing the con- struction of the San Pedro commerce and refuge deep-water harbor is re- tained This is defeat for the Southern Pacific Railroad, which has been striv- ing to have this appropriation elim- mated.
 The Sacramento and Feather rivers also receive an appropriation of s25O,- GOO in order to carry out the act of 1886 fer the erection of restraining barriers under direction of the War Depart ment, and in accordance with the rec concentrations of the California Debris Commission, provided that California furnishes to the United States Treasury any amount already appropriated or to 1 be hereafter appropriated by the Cali fornia Legislature. The Secretary of 1 War is authorized to enter into an agreement that the contractor shall 1 look solely to the State of California for half of such expenditure to be | and the United States shall in no man. her be liable for said one-half. 1 This appropriation of half a million | for the Sacramento is great victory for MT. De Vries and more than com pensates him for the loss of SS1, 900 for the public building at Stockton, which item was stricken out by the commit 1 tee.
 The following amendments to the House bill are made by the Senate:
 For repairs of the San Francisco Mint building. $45,o00.
 For improvements to the Marine Hos pital. San Francisco, $lS,625.
 For quarantine station, San Francisco, steam disinfecting boiler and baths for the quarantine hulk Omaha, 5000. | Telephone to main land, SlSO0 Additions to disinfecting apparatus. s22OO
 Bichloride tanks and pipes, $500.
 Fire-extinguishing apparatus, tanks and so forth, $3120--in all $S620.
 For the establishment of Q quarantine station at or near Astoria, Or. and for i the maintenance of said station, 80 900.
 For quarantine station, San Diego. Cal. s1ooo. ' | improvement of water service, slO0o
 For improvements at Yosemite Park. S40O0; Sequoia Park, s4OO0; General Grant Park, 5000.
 For continuing construction of military post at Spokane, Wash, S40,0
 For constructing revenue steamer of the ffrst-class service for service in the vicinity of the Columbia River bar, Pa | cif1c Coast, $l25 900 (the total cost of said l revenue steamer shall not exceed S250 ,000).
 For the establishment of a fish cultural l station in the A-dIe of Washington, for ths propagation of salmon and other fishes and the construction and equip ment of station, sl0 10. provided that the site for the same. to be selected by the i Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, shall be donated to the Government for the purpose of the said station before any | expenditure hereunder,
 ] Five thousand five hundred dollars is i appropriated for a keepers dwelling at Cape Mendocino, California.
 One hundred thousand dollars Is appro- priated for continuing the improvement of Yaquna Bay. Oregon.
 The appropriation for special attorney for the Mission Indians is reduced from $1000 to $500.
 The House appropriation of sS3, 900 for improving Oakland harbor is amended by adding the following words: Under ex- isting project"
 For constructing, equipping and out
 fitting complete for service first-class lightvessel. with steam fog signal, ss5, ,00C Is appropriated. This relief light vessel lighthouse districts. These vessels nave always been in need on the Pacific Coast and bills have often been passed by one or thesoth House of Congress, for their establishment, but 1t was not until Sen ator Perkins was placed on the Appro- priation Committee that one was secured
 Point hueneme, light station, California for right of way to public road, S30o0
 Santa Barbara light station, California for constructing keepers dwelling and 'O Quarry s,'F Point fog signal station, Cali fornia, for establishing fog bell or other fog signal at or near Quarry Point. Ange Island San Francisco Bay, California S6000.
 Point No Point light station, Washing. ton, for establishing a fog signal, Puget . Sound, Washington. s600o Point Brown beacon light and fog sig. nal station, Puget Sound, Washington. tc establish fog bell. with suitable dwell. ing, including site. s60O0. , Battery Point light and fog signal sta. ton, Puget Sound, Washington, to estab , fish fog bell. with suitable dwelling, in , cluding site, $60o0
 l Earl of Stafford Dead.