The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-13

Colonel Charles Dillingham; the chalf-
man Of the local deep water committee,
and Captain j. c. Hutcheson, ex-chairman
OF the committee, both expressed them
selves yesterday upon the attitude OF Sen
ator Burton Of Kansas In reference 70 the
Buffalo bayou deep water project, as print
ed in yesterdays Post from Washington.
Colonel Charles Dillingham; says;
"The bill as It passed the house provided
for an appropriation Of 100000 S30o,o0O
cash and $4,000 to continue contract
this money TO be expended on divisions
and 2, IN developing In each Of said di-
visions q similar channel Of uniform depth
and width 10 tho respective terminals there
Of. Your readers Win remember that the
6rst division Is from the jctties through
Galveston bay including Morgan canal, ana
the second section Is from the north end
Of the Morgan cauai to Harrisburg
IT was expected thAt this appropriation
would give q twenty foot channel from Gal
weston 70 Harrisburg. there already being
9 channel Of seventeen and one half feet ON
division /
1T appears however, that when the bill
got 70 the senate committee on commerce
Senator Burton OF kaus3s appeared before
the committee Hud asked tnHt the whole
appropriation, az as much thereof as nege,-
sary be used DO completing section I lu
reply 70 tnat our two Texas senator's and
al q orr representative presented the
following 20 that committee:
AGe two senators from Texas md IN
ire Texas delegation desire ~ appronril-
tiru far the above uroirry 10 remain o.. Ia
tn oil passed hy the house OF representa-.
-lF W N'Aa u'stt'hE tha.EH
ere those interested in town site and inn
prfTemeLr company tt Ia Porte which is
ntuEte2 near tie head of division T.
49, -e ..ti Is sarFsyed hy ne severn
uors-Sc. T. from The ietties 90 N0r-aus
3 eaz lae town of ~ Porte,
- .- o4'i-a. GUY ~ HaillrnuIE.
-. ~ -..- i- -l-'eiE 70 hoAstnh A'
--t ----',e ~ tHr p-teD'rd iiHUi'F'Wrni
atss ~ - -3-s CPS 20. i'li" 1t ia
Flfif Houston hgs fourteen railroads;
- i'',-' ana iNa' mas lIi
.---. Al Hsi. saleA
4Ag-e !a naW tanr1I seventeen and
tLF--l le-l -efp 0H al' l.ion }, which W ~
,r1.e-- ~. I, .., b., b., present
rsi trcu Galveston 1H tla n7v 90 Harris
rs t-e .'mn"1ra now aaln2 ta'5 W4ta.-
NaE amounts ~ S-t"''oo o. 100000
~; --3' ana Nit .a Et'a lr siied hy such
. -htnca'; su3 until Hs.-lsHur- g. reached
% ne1e1t "iI ACCRUE 80 commerce Dos ans
b expended lu ihe present b.Ii
lt .s no, proposed py taIs nppropIla.
hoa 2 improve division 3. witch extends
tNe only portlo5 AZ ,ra lrIarrr.,,,c.'t ti,.5
pas ever been attacked 6y any one ro-
eF;ayng q se.hsA interest as lnadUsahlc.
Shove the erd of division -ltefn, r.9rIrl
Houston win pracficsny he rearb1I ",i II
can be determined unou furthrr frguirg
and information rs TO whether me vr.rt ~
section 3 shall be undertaken a iii
% No report has ever he., M, ,,r.
this project for division +, aioue ma 40 r
favorable report would ever hova c,n
made thereon. Tho sole ohiae+ ~ mo i',,
provement was 10 reach tbs roi,rcod i, ~
End base Of distribution IN .Fo4os-It ovs
ton--and give rso o,r,,r.,,.r % ~ ~, 'ouS
States tributary thereto the benedt tSsreof
" Colonel Dillingham;. rhaIrrnnn os ~
Houston deem water rornr,itt-n IA .I ~
citizens Of Houston ore yvitIlnr ~ ~ ~
appropria ion ehouid he conGns, 't IN ~ t.1
sion 1 and 2 hut arc ,iDnltersbi, I,,,,,l va
to Il being confined to dlvfslon gio,ippp YS'eu
''Mr Ball who mas bcer, ,1A ',o'tv, 49,.
IN our interests was rrsntHa tcn u, ano,e
time. IN which he urred tba ,.{ot,. M JUS ~.
paper Observation-Disclosures IT. lNt FOREGOING
that the committee mas or,,d pi.eals
IN accordance with Senator Bnrto,' , .,i'
Senator Burton, in his lott". 60 ,,l,,M,a;;
Slosson. which VIVA pgbItsbe6 Mo Nn,omgi
Ing, saws that Kansas a. esncctaiiy IT,, ,n-
ested In the DEVELOPMENT ~ M 'ttet
since IN that wav NO viii sst tli,,..,S,
OF dollars "''''''''