Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-25
THE sUNDRfpIVIL BILL
AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE
coNFsREEs.
Provisions for a Hall 81 Records and
for Beginning the Memorial
Bridge strad Out.


The conferees on tbe sspdry civil appro-
priation bill reached & complete agreement
late yesterday evening. TaW just before the
House of Representatives adjourned Mr..
Cannon submitted the conference report.
Local Items Struck Out.
The conferees struck from the bill the
provision proposed by the Senate authoriz-
ing the acquisition of site and the con-
struction of a hall of records in this city.
They also struck out the appropriation of
100000 proposed by the Senate for a me-
mortal bridge, with authority to contract
for the completion of the bridge at a cost
not to exceed s2,J0O, O09. They also struck
from the bill the following Senate amend
ments: ApproprIatipg, $2o,900 for quaran-
tine station at Portland. Me-; S25 900 for
collecting statistics relating to marriage
and divorce; $4,000 for an intercontinental
railway commission; 5000 to procure busts
of the late Senators Morrill, and Voorhees,.
Appropriations Agreed To.
Appropriations as proposed by the Senate
were agreed to as follows: Ram Island
Ledge, Portland harbor, Me, to cost not
exceeding 100000 under contract, S., 900;
Orient Point light station, New York. S1S,-
600; Sapelo light station, Georgia, $4,000;
Peshtigo Reef light vessel Wisconsin. S15, :
900; Crisps Point. Michigan. $4,000; Point
au Pelee passage lightship, Lake Erie, s45,-
UD. and 81 600 for maintenance of light
ship on Southeast ShoaI; Conneaut harbor
light station, sS400: Ashtabula harbor,
Ohio, $1S.000; Fort Winfield Scott. Califor-
MIA. $1,000: Oakland, CAL $4,000: Mile
Rocks, California 100000; Browns Point
Washington, $500, and Battery Point,
Washington $1,000.
Provisions for Light.
The following Senate provisions for light
Boon Island, Maine, So. 400: Stonington
Breakwater, Connecticut, $4,000; tender for
lighthouse service in Porto Rican waters.
s12o,0G0; Rockland Lake. New York, $3.50;
Cape Lookout Shoals light vessel North
Carolina. $4,000; Bodie Island North Caro-
lima. $500: depot for ninth lighthouse dis
trict. Wisconsin, $4,000; Crosse Island
south channel, Michigan, 81, 600: tender for
st. Marys river. Michigan. $4,000; South
ampton Shoal California, $4,000; Yaquina
Head. Oregon. $4,000 and Robinson Point,
Washington, $4,000
Hawaiian Military Post.
An agreement was reached on the Senate
proposition to appropriate $4,000 for the
acquisition of additional land at Fort Con-
stitution. Newcastle. N. H, and to appro-
pirate S2000,G00 for the construction of
buildings at and the enlargement of mill
tary posts. This amendment authorizes
the Secretary of War. to acquire leases on
such lands in Hawaii as have been set aside
for purposes of military post. The con-
ferees struck out the provision proposed by
the Senate segregating for certain military
posts sums of moneylpat of the appropria-
ton for military poses.. and the provision
proposed by the Sena telGauthorizing the
Secretary of War to accept dona tions of
land or interests in lind fn connection with
the establishment andImaintenance of mill
tary posts and national cemeteries
Total Appropriation $50, 125, 35e.1a.
AS finally agreed upon sthe bill appropri-
ates $50, 123, 359. H. Thes Senate amendments
involved in the conferenee report approprt:
ated 81 .2s3 go Of which the Senate con.
ferees receded from amendments. aggregat-
'iis' 20 f'''o'- ;Gr5aJaaif - 7.,-'# ef
Conference Report Adopted. 3.
The conference REPORT auas Submitted to
beth ehoUses today .ansbI adopted. :. The t1li
now goes to the President -. F.. -.-.,-s. ?