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Allotted S41S,OO0 For Present Work
and Continuing Of Contracts.
OTHER TEXAS ITEMS WERE SCALED.
Galveston Harbor Gets sll6,S0O for Chan.
mel and S666,667 For Jetties.
TRINITY RIVER WAS ALLOWED s779,l66.
The Nicaragua Canal Amendment Was
Voted Down--Bi Practically
New Measure.

Washington. February ls-The senate
committee on commerce today concluded
the consideration of the rivers and harhors
bill Action upon several amendments here
tofore adopted has been considered and
various house provisions recast until the
total appropriations had been reduced be-
low that made by the house. The Nicaragua
email amendment was voted down.
The committee caused the reduction In
the total OF the bill by horizontal cuts on
all Important items, these reductions
amounting to one-fourth In all aprponria-
tions of over $4,000 in immediate cash APP
pruprlations and onc.third in all aprpopria-
lions in excess of 100000 for continuing
contracts These reductions were made In
all sums above those amounts, whether
they are as tho bill passed the house or az
IL has been amended by the senate com
mittcc. In some cases the committee lad
Increased the amounts provided by the
house and IN cases Of this kind the reduc.
lions amounted In some cases 70 a practical
return to the house dgures. There were
also some entirely new items added by the
committee. All were reduced The hill,
therefore, is practically new measure as
to amounts. The totals were not carefully
ascertaued by the committee. hut they
approximate S00ooo,o0o. Among the prin-
cipa items of direct appropriations are tho
| following.
Mobile harbor. Alabama, S6s,S1S.
Southwest Pass, Mississippi S3l2,1oo.
| Month OF passes at C0lcnsicu river,
Louisiana, S56,25o.
Sabine Pass, Texas, $4,000.
| Galveston, Texas, channel, $4,000
Monongahela river. Pennsylvania, $780,.
600.
Chattahoochic river, Georgia and Ala.
bama, S63,T5o
st. Johns river, Florida. Jacksonville TO
the ocean, $12,500.
Coosa river, Alabama and Georgia, $780,
| 600.
Warrior and Tomblgbee rivers, Alabama,
S270.00o
Rod river In Louisiana, etc, $4,000.
| Ouaichita and Black rivers. $4,000.
Galveston ship channel, etc, $225,ooo
Trinity river, Texas. $l12,5DO.
BRACES river. Texas, S1G1 $50.
Kansas river. Arkansas S56.250.
Upper White river Arkansas $4,000.
Tennessee river, Chattanooga. SCI, 200
Cumberland river, below Nashville, SILL
600
Cumberland river, above Nashville, $i53..
100
Big Sandy river, West Virginia and Ken
tucky, $l6250O.
Ohio river, 100000
Ohio river, locks and dams, SSls,750.
Mississippi river. mouth of the Ohio to
ST. Paul, Sl,0l2, 500.
Mississippi river, head Of the passes 10
the Ohio, $4,000.
Missouri river, below Sioux City, $780,
500.
CONTINUING CONTRACTS.
Southwest pass. Mississippi. Sl.966867.
Galveston harbor. restoration OF jettiesi
$685. e67.
Monongahea river, Pennsylvania, S2el,'
276,
ouachlta and Black rivers, Arkansas and
Louisiana. 100000.
Galveston ship channel. 100000.
Trinity river. Texas, s56G,665.
Big Sandy river s666,660.
Ohio river $633 1893.
Mississippi river, mouth of Ohio TO Sc.
Paul, 81. 1913 332.
Mississippi river. mouth OF Ohio 20 tho
head OF the passes, SS.33S,3S3
Three hundred thousand dollars Is pro-
yded for surveys of rivers and harhors
that have not been provided for in the bill.