The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-03
HAWLEY EXPLAINS.
Gave Strong Reasons for Opposing the
Texas City Appropriation.
THE TERRITORY NOT OUTLINED
No Stated Amount Of Excavation Was
Provided in the Item.
UNTOLD DAMAGE MIGHT HAVE ACCRUED
Inc Section Even Went So Far as to Al.
point The Contractor.
TEXAS WATERWAYS WELL REMEMBERED
In the River nnd Harbor DiI which
Passed Ncstcrdny--ScvcraI Bays
and Rivers Provided yc,r
UNTOLD DAMAGE MIGHT HAVE ACCRUED
The Section Even Went So Far as to Ap.
point The Contractor.
TEXAS WATERWAYS WELL REMEMBERED
In the River nnd Harbor nil wbicb
Passed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bays
and Rivers Provided For,
Special Dispatch to Tho pos,.l

| Washington, February 2--Cougressman
Hawley gives as his reasons FOR opposing
| the Texas City appropriation OF $25o.OO1
that II does not state the territory through
| which it is TO be constructed, IL does not
provide the millions Of yards of earth
which are TO be eXcavated and does not
provide in any way for its maintenance. 1t
| also names the contractor who WAS TO do
the work. The secretary of war is directed
TO employ him and he is under no sort OF
obligations 10 care for any other interest
or conditions except the construction OF
the channel itself. He might pile millions
of cubic yards of earth parallel with this
| channel and destroy the channel which
leads through West bay, and perhaps de-
stroy Galveston harbor itself
The committee made this appropriation
because of the persuasive eloquence of Il
Cleveland attorney, which city is the home
of the chairman of the committee on rivers
and harbors, and l was not consulted in
any manner as to its feasibility, practl-
cability or desirability. Besides, there
was no report from any authorized gov.
eminent engineer touching this enterprise,
and the usage here Is that before appro-
priations are made by this committee that
survey shall be authorized by congress
and 6 report received by it from the Sec
rotary of war
Mr.. Hawley says he was not informed
that an appropriation at this session was
contemplated and that all hc asked or asks
now, was that the United States engineers
should pass upon objections to the enact
ment of this legislation at this time.
The bill, as it passed the house today,
omits the Sa5c,ooo for Texas. City. But it
is understood that capitalists with Senator
Hanna at their head viii put it back in the
bill when it is considered in the senate.
The rivers and harbors bill as it passed
the house today carries every appropria-
ton for Texas interests reported previously
except the Texas City item. II also pro-
yides for survey and estimates for i'm
proving the mouth of the Brazos. for
preliminary survey of the Trinity from its
Eouth to Dallas, with separate estimates
of cost of procuring a navigable depth al
low water by locks and dams and other
wise; also surveys and estimates of har-
Dor at Alligator Head. in Matagorda bay,
and harbor at Brazos Santiago off Point
Isabel with plans and estimates for the
removal of bars at said harbors, and 10
furnish AN inlet to each of said harbors.
to permit ocean going vessels to enter
with necessary depths of channel; also
surveys of Clear creek, Dickinson bayou,
bayou Turtle bayou, Oyster
bayou. Cherokee bayou Bastrop bayou,
East Bay bayou. Colorado river. San Ber-
nardino river and Carry creek.
Some routine business was transacted
by the house today before the considera-
ion of the rivers and harbors bill was
'csumed
A bill YVES passed to pay the heirs of |
John Smith $1,000 in satisfaction Of judg. |
nent against General John r. Brooke foi
respass and false imprisonment while he
vas lieutenant colonel of the Third infan
ry in 1869
bill was passed to extend the act
Tanting a right of way through the In
ian Territory TO the st. Louis, Oklahoma
nd Southern railway.
The house then resumed considerations
( the rivers and harbors bill. An amend
,ent was adopted upon the motion OF MIR.
loon CDem.. Tenn.l directing an exami-
alton By the war department OF the Ten
essee river between Chattanooga and
hell Mound. with a view to tho construr-
on OF locks and dams and an estimate
I the cost of the canal at Moccasin Bend.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep.. Ind at this point
ljected some criticism of the general pol
y Of improving rivers with insignificant
rmmerce and directed his remarks par