The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
APPROPRIATION
FOR THE CABLE
Senate Committees Fa-
Vorable Report.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The Senate
Committee on Appropriations has COM
pieted consideration of the sundry civil
bill as passed by the House and report
ed 1t to the Senate. The most import
ant amendment is a provision for ca
BILE to Honolulu. The amendment pro-
vides that the cost Of the cable snail
not exceed s., 500, 600. The text of the
amendment follows:
That there shall be constructed by the
United States. under the Secretary OF the
Navy, for military, naval and postal pur-
poses. submarine telegraphic cable and
connecting land lines from Pacific bort
in the State of California to be designated
by the President TO the city or Honolulu,
in the Hawaiian Islands.
That the Secretary of the Navy is mere
by authorized, empowered and directed 70
detail one or more vessels OF the United
States for the purpose OF making surveys
and taking careful necessary SoundlnSs IN
order to determine the most practicable
line for said cable.
That the construction and laying OF sucn
cable or cables shall be under the genera!
control and direction OF the secretary OF
the Navy, and he is hereby empowered
and required Immediately after the pass
age of this act to prescribe ana cause 10
be prepared plans and speclncauons LOT
the construction and laying OF SAID line OF
Geographic cable to be constructed anu anu
ble date Contracts for the CONSTRUCTION
and LAYING of said line of telegraphlc ca
BILE and for supplying the necessary IN IA
struments and appliances cohlecte.u
herewith except such work as can De az
yantageously and efficiently done oy lns
Navy Department, shall De aWa ar 49, Gu
evecuted nv the lowest responsible Dluder
or bidders after such notice by adyertlse55
ment for sealed bids as snail De ueenIeu
reasonable and suffieient Py t in al adVer-
fisements for bids 1t shall be proVI,oSu
that all appliances and materlais shd III be
of the best quality, adapted Ior lne iAsN
es TbaI When such Geographic cable Is
co1nDleted the operation of the same snaii
be under the Gonfr esta al a rate of toll
for commercial messages not eXceeoinS %
cents word TO Honolulu ana LOT us
messages at rate not eXceeuitsS tbe
- I'd IF the above named rate; ana the
sum of $500 900 is hereby approprlateu ~
ward the construction Oh SAM i a. e1oaaJ
~ total cost of said line shall not eASeeu
60 5l6 400. to be paid for from time 20 Gll,Ie
as appropriations shall be mace Dy ooi-
gress. ~,
The total increases of the Senate Dill
amount to s4093, 406, the Dlii as a ae ~
TO the Senate carrying sf4,Soo,'o' ne
more important changes foilo"'
light and fog signal near Point Argu-
eiI Rx1 mems, steamer Thets in procuring
and transporting reindeer 10 A1asha'
$50 900. e.. Great TaIxas
s165 900: limit of cost $3.50 COO s1,e
Revenue cutter on Pacific Coast, $llZ,-
5O0 limit of cost S225,On. 49,. r,,-o;a
an0,Int of bail forfeited in United States
Courts in Southern District OF New 10TH
$500. -
A proviso is added to the .appropria-
tion for the protection of forest reserves
so as to provide that keepers snail en-
force the laws of the States in Wnlcn
such reservations are located, ana le-
galizing homestead entries upon the
BLACK Hills forest reservation mace
prior to September 10. 1893.
The total appropriation for the geo
logical survey is increased from son,-
mo ~ s749 600. Some of the items fol-
low:
Improving Yaquina Bay. Or. $50 900.
Monument to Sergeant Charles FLOYD,
Sioux City, $4,000. s-oooo
Canadian Commission expenses so0vvo.
Paris Exposition approprlat1on-Aulhor
izad increase from $3.50 900 to S1.050. 600, APP
propriated by amendment $3.50 900. OF Wnlcn
1920 coo is for clerk hire; for construction OF
buildings in connection with exposition,
$3.50 600 for a monument to Lafayette IN
paris TO be dedicated as feature of the
exposition $25 600; bullion is TO be purcnas-
ed from which 80 900 silver dollars are 10
be struck commemorative of General La
fayette the proceeds TO be used IN the
Commission appropriation htrefor In
creased from $50 900 to $4,000 per annum
A proviso is attached to the appro-
priatfon for the Government printing
office. fixing pay of bookbinderS and
printers at so cents an hour; for a new
Government printing Office, $4,000 linn
II of cost s. 600, 900.