Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
NEW RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
Appropriation Exceeds by Two MIL
lions one senator Clark Talked
to Death.

WASHINGTON, March The river
and harbor bill was completed today and
the items were made public. Unusual in
terest attaches to the measure this year,
as last year passed without a river and
harbor bill. The total amount carried by
the measure completed today Is $780, 00,-
900. OF this total S24,0 900, 900 is in cash
and $50, ZOO, 600 is in continuing contracts,
available July /, 1903. The total is about
50, 600, 900 more than the bill which was
talked to death" during the final hours of
the last congress.
A new departure in this years bill is
the grouping of a number of small rivers
and harbors. For instance, four harbors,
Ave rivers and one creek on the eastern
shore of Maryland are put into a single
group. with $4,000 for the lot. The sur
veys have not been completed, but among
those already inserted in the bill is that
OF $500, 900 for the survey Of the proposed
deep-water channel from Lake Michigan
to the Mississippi river. utilizing the Chi
cago drainage canal and thence to the
gulf. Among the items OF $4,000 or over
are the following for harbors:
T-exas-Sabina Pass, '$1S5.OO0; Galveston
harbor, $35O,O0O, and continuing contracts,
$4,000; Arkansas Pass, $2SO,0OO; mouth OF
mlnois~Isrkesan. 100000; continuing
contracts, S245,000.
California-san Diego $500 and CON
$4,000; San Luis Obispo, $4,000; Oakland,
800, 900; Blossom Rock, Karquinee straits,
oresonNT1namook. Bay and bar. sS.-
Washington = Olympia harbor. 5000;
co.; Tacoma, $4,000; New Whatcom. sS5,-
600; Gray.s harbor. including chehalis
The appropriations for rivers include the
following:
Texas-Galveston ship channel and Buff
falo bayou, $4,000. and continuing contract,
100000; Brazos. between Velasco and Rich
Old SH Wilmington $4,000; Trinity river,
100000. and continuing contract, $4,000;
channel in Sabine lake and MOUTHS Of sa-
Arkansas-Arkansas river, removing. OBJ
structions and operating snag boats. sl1o.-
c%cntinuins contract. SSs,sa; upper White.
10000; White and Current rivers, Arkansas
and Missouri, $3.50;
100000; Cumberland, below Nashville,
$4,000; Tennessee, above Chattanooga,
ton. $4,000. and continuing contract, $780,
Kentucky-Green. above mouth of Big
ohio-Ohio general i-mprovements), $780,
600: Ohio, construction OF movable dams
Nos. 2..s a. 5 and 6 Pennsylyanial, $780,
w ohN "a aNSof vyOlVNl AOSN
No. s (Ohio and West Virginial, $4,000,
and continuing contract. $260,000; lock No.
IL (Ohio and West Xirglnial, $4,000, and
continuing contract, $25O,0o0; lock and dam
No. 81 (Ohio and Kentucky, 100000, and
continuing contract $4,000.
ulinoislCalumet illinois and Indiana),
5000; Illinois, $4,000; Chicago river. SSO6;
45T; survey of waterway Mississippi rivei
to Lake Michigan, 100000.
Mississippi River-Reservoirs at head
waters, $4,000; river from the head OF
passes to the mouth OF the Ohio. g ,OOO.-
900, and continuing contract, $6,00o.O0o; be
tween Ohio and Missouri rivers, $500, 900
and continuing contracts, A,600,000; be
tween Missouri river and St. Paul. 5000 900
and. continuing contract, H,200.000.
Missouri (State)-Osage, $4,000; Mis-
souri, river. snagging below Sioux City
$4,000; snagging upper. $4,000.
acknowledgements and Feather, S25,
COO; Sacramento dams, $4,000; Stanislaus
$4,000 Columbia, $4,000; upper Columbis
and Snake, $4,000; mouth OF Columbia
10000. and continuing contract, 100000
lower Willamette and Columbia below
Portland. $22S,0O0; Willamette above Port.
land, Yamahill and Long Tom, t66, 900.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. slough, $4,000.
MISCELLANEOUS Appropriations Exami
nations, surveys and contingencies of riV,
ers and harbors, inspection OF bridges, etc.
$4,000. and emergency fund. 100000.