The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-01
MONEY FOR COAST DEFENCE.
The House PASSES the Fortifcations
Appropriation Bill.

The Fortiications Appropriation bill was
| passed by the House of Representatives
/ yesterday, and substantially as reported
| from the Committee on Appropriations.
: Mr. Hemenway called up the bill, and at
{ 1920 o'clock the House resolved itself
/ into Committee OF the Whole for its con-
/ sideration.
| Mr. Tawney took the chair Mr.. Hemen-
I way explained that the bill carries 81
22i .461. which is $l56.167 less than was
appropriated in the last Notifications act.
! tie SAID that the total appropriations made
for fortifcaticns and other works of de-
fence since 1888. and since the recommen-
datlons of the "Eudicott Board of 1885.
including the appropriations made in de-
fceucy acts and allotments made from the
uati0ual-defence fund amount to $685.
| 016.10. The scheme or seacoast fortifca-
tions. Mr.. Hemenway said. in substance,
contemplated b. the Endicott Board. and
which has been followed by Congress in
the appropriations made since 1883. it is
now estimated Will cost in the aggregate
/ SIP 1871, 267. OF which sum there has been
already provided S51.324. TO- the Engin-
eeer Department having received SO, 49,
16iI0 and the Ordnance Department $685..
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The difference between the sum, SOL
324. $500. already provided toward the
scheme of the Endicott Board Gad the
sum total of appropriations. $50 G96, Ol6,-
10. for Notifications since 1888. is repre-
scented in expenditures for erecting and
equipplng the gun factory at WaterSliet.
the carriage factory at Watertown.
the Ordnance and Fertilization Beard,
| pUrc base of land for fertilization sites
| torpedUes for harbOr defence providing
ammunition for service and for tests,
manufacture of field guns, and for sundry
other objects incident to providing and
/ maintaining a system OF seacoast de-
fences.
Mr.. Hemenway and a number of mem
bers sitting near him, including Messrs.
Mann. Hopkins, William Alden Smith. and
Tayler of Ohio, engaged in a conversation
which could not be heard throughout the
House concerning the Isham shell and
futile thorite.
The bill appropriates 100000 Ito enable
the Secretary of War to purchase the
United States letters patent No. 622 ,479,
issued April A. 1899, covering the Isham
high-explosive shell. designed for firing
high explosives and carrying the same
through aTmOr plate, invented and now
owned and controlled by Willard S. Isham,
and also to purchase the entire and ex-
elusive right for the United States to
manufacture and use the high explosive
'thorite.' invented and now owned and
controlled by Or. hiram T. Iuttls,
Provided, That all formulate data,
and facts related to said process and nee
cssary to the successful manufacture of
said 'thorite' shall be placed in the pos
session OF the Secretary of War, and to
his satisfaction. before any payment for
the same shall be made"
The next section of the bill sets
forth THAT all material purchased under
the foregoing provisions OF this act shall
be of American manufacture, except in
cases when. in the judgment of the Seere-
taTy of War, It is TO the manifest interest
OF the United States to make purchases in
limited quantities abroad. which material
shall be admitted free Of duty.
Mr.. Moody of Massachusetts,, taking adj
vantage Of the latitude of discussion per-
TO CURE THE GRIP IN TWO DAYS
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