Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
FIX FINAL APPROPRIATIONS
COnferees of Both Houses Agree on
the River and Harbor
Bill.

WASHINGTON. May 27.-The conferees
of the two houses Of congress on the river
and hRfbor bill today reached a final agree
ment on that bill.
The exact figures showing the aggregate
result OF their work Rave not been deter
mined. but IL can be stated that OF the 49,
500, 900 appropriation added by the senate
only about 81 500 900 was retained, the pro-
vision calling for the remaining s., 900 900
being disagreed to by the house conferees.
AS the bill will be reported It makes a
total appropriation Of about s65 100000 in
direct appropriations and for work author
ized.
The important senate amendments which
were retained include the following:
Improving Point Judith harbor. Rhode
Island, 500, ,OOO Curtis bay. Baltimore. $50
900 cash and s146,OOo continuing contract;
Galveston CTex.) channel, 100000 cash and
$780, 900 contract appropriation, instead Of
5000, 900 and 100000 respectively. as orig
inally made by the senate: Ashtabular har-
Dor, Ohio, 5000 900; Saugatuck harbor and
Kalamazoo river. Michigan, continuing con-
tract, $780, 900; harbor at Duluth, MINI,
$500, 900; Oakland harbor, California. $780,
600 cash and s15O,OOO continuing contract,
instead Of Ss6s. .2o3 continuing contract, as
originally provided for by the senate;
Tacoma harbor, Washington, s1O0, ,OO0 con-
tinuing contract instead of s222 600; Ana
costa river, District of Columbia, $3.50, 900;
James river Virginia, 100000; Pascagoula
river. Mississippi, s25,00O cash and 100000
continuing contract, instead Of $4,000 and
5000, 900 respectively. as originally inserted
by the senate; mouths Of Sabine and
Naches rivers, Texas, 5000; Galveston
ship canal and Buffalo bayou, Texas, fixing
the limit for captain Of division l al
$500, 600; Trinity river, Texas. s100. 900 cash
and s275 900 continuing contract, instead
of SIPS 900 and 100000 respectively.
Upper White river, Arkansas, $270. 900
| Walnut Bend, Mississippi, to repair levee
| $50 900; Cumberland river, above Nashville
$500, 900; Tuges Levisa forks Of the Big
Sandy river. West Virginia and Kentucky
$l75, 900 cash and $4,000 contract, instead
| Of 5000 900 and $3.50 900 respectively; Grand
river, Michigan, S25o,OO0, instead Of s125,-
0OO as fixed by the house; Mississippi river
from the mouth Of the Ohio to the mouth
of the Missouri $630,000 cash, instead oi
| $500, 900, fixed by the house, and fixing the
limit at $780, 900, instead Of N,SOO,0OO
Mississippi river from head OF the Passes
| to the mouth Of the Ohio, 1920, 900, ar
! increase of S20O,000 over the house pro-
| NlSiOuI hlSSOuIl llNNl AibAA AASN0 NaNS ~
mouth, $1T5, 900, instead Of $3.50, 900, as
originally directed by the senate; Calaveras
and Mormon rivers, California; $4,000 cast
and SITS 900 contracts; Columbia river ca
nails at Gallo Falls, senate Language re-
tained and appropriation of 100000, in
stead of $500, 900. as originally provided by
| the senate; for preliminary examinations
! and surveys generally. $30O,00Q, instead o.
| $3.50 900. as provided by the house.
The senate amendments requiring bonds
by guarantee companies from contractors
and giving to the secretary OF war discre'
1 tion to extend the time for the completing
| OF bridges was stricken out
Most OF the amendments made by th'
senate for large improvementR were dis
\ agreed to and will go over for the bill !
the conference report is accepted Th'
more important provisions which met thi'
fate are the following:
Appropriating $45o,0oO for payment OF thu
Brazos River Channel and Dock compan!
| for jetties built; appropriating $4,000 FOL
| Improvement Of the harbor at the Island
of Guam: appropriating $4,000 cash and
| S23e .625 for the Improvement Of the ALE
gheny river at Natrona, Pa; appropriatini
Si99 500 for the Improvement of Coosi
river, Alabama; appropriating Ss5O.Ooo fol
improvements at New Orleans. Natchez
Memphis, ETC.; appropriating $4,000 for th'
construction OF reservoirs on the sioul
| river qouth Dakota,