Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-28
FOR RIVERS AND HARBoRs
Final Agreement of Conferees on the
Bill

- Inc mat agreement of conferees or the
river ard harbor bill was reached late YES
terday afternoon. The important Senate
amendments which We're retained are the
following: Improving Buchsport harbor
Maine, $4,000: improving Point Judith har-
Dor. Rhode Island. 100000; harbor Of ref
uge. Block Island, r. T., 10000 Great
salt Pond harbor, Block Island $50 900
Flushing bay and Sag harbor. New York
$69,Joo together; Buttermlk channel New
1ork, S!U,OU; Curtis bay, Baltimore $50
900 cash and $146,000 continuing contract:
inland water ways Charleston. S. c. $50
oOo Buscayne bay. Florida $50 900 mouth
of Calcasieu river Louisiana 81 600. Gal
weston. Texas, channel. 100000 cash and
S2oo.Go contract appropria TONS instead of
S2oO,Oto and S400.O00 respectively. as origi-
naily made by the Senate; Ashtabula har-
DOT; ONO. Na".ooo; Saugatuck harbor and
kalamazoo river, Michigan, continuing con-
tract. SlA.o00: Menominee harbor Michi-
gan, etc. $4,000: harbor at Duluth, MINI.
S2OO,OO. and striking out House provision
Tor purchase of dredging plant; Warroad
harbor Minnesota. $4,000; Oakland har-
Dor. California, 100000 cash and SI5uO0O
continuing contract. instead of SSeS %, cen
tlnulng contract originally provided nv
the Senate; Tacoma harbor Washington
SIouoUo. continuing contract instea of
1000 kennebec river Maine. $40 GO0
cash and Sal 900 continuing contract: Ana
costa river. District of Columbia. S15OOOo.
James river. Virginia, $aCO,0OO; Cape Fear
river, North Carolina, above Wilmington
$4,000. instead of S1J0OGO; Ashley river
South Carolina, $4,000; Pascagoula river
Mississippi, $4,000 cash and 500 $50 con-
unuing contract. instead of $4,000 and
SsoWo' respectively. as originally inserted
by the Senate: mouths of Sabine and
Neche rivers. Texas, $125 900; Galyeston
ship channel and Buffalo bayou. Texas fix-
ing the Limit for completion of division one.
a. Sooo.G" trinity river. Texas, 500 900
cash and $1,000 continuing contract. in
stead of $4,000 and 100000, Respectively:
upper White river. Arkansas, $40 600:
Walnut Bend. Mississippi river. Arkansas, to
above Nashville. 100000: Tug and Levisa
forks OF the Big Sandy river West Virginia
and Kentucky, $175.O00 cash and $40 600
contract instead of $2oo,000 and $250 900. re-
speetiyeiy; Ohio river between Marietta and
the mouth of the Big Miami river, SIS. 600.
Grand river, Michigan. $4,000 instead Of
$4,000. as fixed by the House; Mississippi
river from the mouth of the Ohio to the
mouth of the Missouri. $4,000 cash instead
OF $780, 600 fixed by the House, and fixing
the limit at 81 .950. 600 instead Of 81 500, OOl
Mississippi river from the head of the
passes to the mouth of the Ohio g. 900. 600
an increase Of 100000 over the House pro-
vision; Missouri river from Sioux CITY tn
mouth. N75.000 instead of $250.O0O, as orig
inaiiy directed by the Senate: Caiayeras and
Mormon rivers California. $50 600 cash and
$l15,00O contracts: Columbia river canals
at Gallo Falls. Senate language retained
and appropriation of 100000 instead of
100000. as originally provided by the SEN
ate; for preliminary examination and sur
veys generally. 100000 instead of $3.50, $50,
as provided by the House. The Senate
amendments requiring bonds by guarantee
companies from contractors and giving to
the Secretary OF War discretion to extend
the time for the completion of bridges was
stricken out.
Most of the amendments r,s6a hx, .ha
Senate for -iarge improvements were. dis
agreed to and win go out Of the biif II the
conference report is accepted. The. more
important provisions which met this fate