The evening times., 1902-06-03

Chairman Burton tcsiay called up in
the House the conference report on the
river and karbor bill. which was finally
adopted He asked that in view Ct the
great length of report and statement the
reading CT them be dispensed with. ana
that simple explanation be accepted.
Repre- antative Hepburn. VINO antag-
ouized the matter IN the House. OBJ
jected. ard the statement vas read al
length
Nh. Burton's Argument
Mr.. Burton said that the bill as i
left the House made appropriations Of
about s24. c. 0.cC0 Tor the fiscal year end
ing juno 3. 1903. and authorized approx
imately s36. 6.GO0, coo thereafter. The Sen
ate made amendments adding about
100000 TO the bill and the House con
ferees agreed te about S4500.0GG Of
tIese, thus increasing the aggregate OF
the bill to S65, ,107. .0O2-
Representative Hepburn fRep-, Iowa.
called Mr. Burton-s attention TO the
Senate amendment appTcDriattng S150,-
Csc for the Improvement CT the Anacos-
tia River. District OF Columbia.
Conferees We're Agreed
The rz0ort Of the conferees, he said
showed that the House conferees agreed
to the amendment limiting the scope
Of the Improvement" He wanted tc
know the character Of the amendment.
Afr- Burton said that the amendment
provided for the Improvement OF the
Anacostia River in the vicinity of
Washington with reference 10 the i'm
provement Of navigation, the establish
ment OF haTbOr lines. aId the raising Of
the fats The effort was. Mr- Burton
said. TO carefully limit the appropria-
tiOn TO the purposes of commerce and
navigation He quoted from the en-
gineer in charge urging the necessity
for a 3O0-foot ehanneI Up TO the navy
yard. and in front Of the navy yard 500
feet and twenty feet in depth. and that
the dTedge material be deposited upon
the fats opposite S.. Eliza5eth's.
Raise a Large Tact Of Land.
II would thus raise 129 acres Of land.
he said. to q level one foot above high
tide. He did not regard it Is = reclama-
tion Of the fats but said that was sec
ondary matter to the purposes Of com
ueree and navigation
Mr. Hepburn asked f il was rot simi-
lar to the reclamation Of the Potomac
fats. 8fr. Burton said the Potomac fats
were Government property and we're in
tended for the purposes Of a park
A Cash Appropriation.
Mr.. Mudd pointed out 70 Mr Hepburn
that the appropriation was a cash ap-
preparation and that there was 10 fur
ther authorization beyond June 20. 1903
He also referred to the fact that he had
introduced a bill authorizing contracting
fer the Improvement Of the Anacostia
River and the reclamation Of the fats
above the Pennsylvania Bridge The
appreciation in the river and harbor
bin was only for the purposes Of com
nerce. he did not think the General
Government should De called upon 70
pay the entire expense OF Improvement
for sanitary purposes M Mudd said he
hoped 10 get action on his bill which is
nov. pending before the House District
Committee.
Mr. Hepburn said that three or four
years ago there were five hundred cases
of typhoid fever in Washington.
Menace to Health.
Il know. as every ether man who
knows anything about the condition
knows. said M Hepburn. that the
Anacostia River is q menace TO the
health Of Washington, q menace 20 our
health. It ought to receive the atten-
ton of some committee We know that
reclamation is possible by experience
on the Potomac River. hope that the
gentleman viii see 10 II that his com
mittee that IS charged IN some degree
wilh the public health o. Washington
does something with regard TO this i'm
portant matter II il is net for the Com
mittee on Rivers and Hasbors il ought
TO be for the District Committee TO at
tend to-"
After g few minutes discussion OF
other items the conference report was
adopted