The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-02
NORTHWEST is AIDED
MINNESOTA SECURES HER SHARE
IN RIVER AND HABBOR AP-
PROPRIATIONs
FAVoRs DEEP WATER. TO GULF
House Appropriates 100000 20
Improve Channel BctSvecn Lake
Michigan and the Missis-
sippi River.

WASHINGTON. March Tine river
and harbOr bill was completed today and
the items made public Unusual interest
attaches to the measure Tails year as last
year passed without q river and Iurbor
bill. The total carried by the measure
! completed today is $50 $780, OF this
total $2i 100000 is in cash and SsGT-U.lO0
IS in continuing contracts available July
4, 1903. The total is about S20JJl0J more
than the bill which was talked Id
, death during the final hours Of The last
congress
All surveys have not been completed
but among those already iusered in tho
bill, is that Of 10000 for the proposed
deep water channel from Lake Michigan
TO the Mississippi river, utilizing The Chi
cago drainage canal, and THENCE t0 ths
gulf.
Among the appropriations of $1,000 or
over are the following for hrrbors:
These appropriations are granted Min
nesCta:
For Red River Of the North........ $1,000
Duluth and Superior harbOr......... 1000
'TIaHd HatlaS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -.rD
agate Day .................-. -.N'D
Reservoir headwaters Mississippi 2ayU0J
Between Missouri river and ST.
= dIu ......... '..-....-..--.. 4Ig,Wl
The main appropriations for the North
western states and allied interests are as
follows:
illinois aukegar, 100000 and continu-
ing contract. $245,O1O
Observation-Disclosures $4,000. ana con
tinuing contract, $4,000; Grand Maral5
refuge. $1,000; Holland $500; AGuske-
gOn. $4,000; Pentwater and white Lake
Harbor $4,000; Ludington. $1,000; Manis-
tee, $1,000; Portage Lake refuge, $4,000:
Frankfort, $3.50.
$l05 500; Sturgeon Bay IL Lake Michigan
Ship canal and Sturgeon Bay harnOr ~
refuge. $4,000, and continuing contract.
1900; Sheboygan, $4,000. Milwaukee
harbor and harbor Of refuge, $232 300:
| Port Wing. $4,000.
Minuesota-Duluth and Superior harbor
minnesota and Wisconsin,, $4,000.
Among the appropriations for rivers are
1nchigan-saginaw. $4,000; HAY Lake
channel. st. Mary's river, $4,000. ana
pTOvement from Detroit 70 Lake Erio),
500. 600, and continuing contract, $780,
600; Grand river, $4,000; ST. Clair fiats.
canal. $4,000.
Wisconsin-FOX. $4,000.
Illinois-Calumet. Illinois and Indiana,
$4,000 Illinois. $500: Chicago river S3Dj.-
457; survey Of waterway Mississippi river
TO Lake Michigan, S200,00G.
Mississippi Riyer-ReservOir at head
waters, $4,000; river from the head u
! passes to the mouth Of the Ohio 100000.
and continuing contract. 100000. be-
tween Ohio and Missouri river. $4,000.
and continuing contracts Sl,s00.1G0. be-
tween Missouri river and ST. Paul $780,
VIZ.
Missouri Notwithstanding below Sioux
City, $4,000; snagging, upper river. SoO.-
0G0.
Money for st. Paul Delayed.
There is no appropriation IN the river
and harbOr bill as reported out today 10
provide for lock and dam Improvements
between Minneapolis and ST. Paul
There has been considerable talk 0f late
to the effect that this matter would De
taken care Of in this bill but Represen-
tauve Lorien Fletcher denies feeling
either surprised or disappointed over tine
omission.
Il did not expect anything in this BIN
he said. 1T viii take about $4,000 more
70 finish that work but estimates ot
engineers have not been completed set
and It would not nave been legal Or
proper to have put that in this bll.. we
have money available, about $1,000
which viii be appropriated in the sundry
civil bill, which Will keep the work go
ing for next two years. Then vie are
given to understand. the rest will be pro-
yided for the next river and harbOr bill"