The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-03
SUNDRY CIVIL
BILL REPORTED
Measure Carries an Aggregate Ap-
preparation of S7S,007,929.
SALT LAKE WILL GET SIPS, 600
OGDEN $50, ooo-soME OF THE
OTHER ITEMS.

Washington, Feb. 2.--The sundry civil
appropriation bill, reported to the
house today by Mr.. Cannon, chairman
of the house committee on apprOpri-
ations, carries an aggregate appropri-
alton of $7s.OO7, 1923. which is SS,sS6, 432
less than the estimates, and ST., 1856, $50
more than the current appropriation.
The committee recommends an appro-
priation of 100000 for the relief of
distress in the Philippines.
The bill carries SIC, ,412 for con-
structiOn work on federal buildings au-
thorized by law. Following are some
Of the appropriations made under this
head:
Salt Lake and Ogden.
Butte, Mont. S175.0OO; Chicago. s57O,-
Geo. Denver, 100000; Ellis Island, N.
Y, improvements, $SSO,0OO; Indianapo-
lis, $500, 200; Los Angeles, $212, 500; New
York custom house, 100000; ogden,
$50, 900; Portland, Ore, S175.000; Salt
Lake City, $225,000; San Francisco Gus
tom house, 200; Washington, D. c.,
laboratory bureau national stands,
$3.50 900.
The sum of $40, 233 $50 is appropriated
for river and harbOr contract work au-
thorized by law, being $14 466. 1898 in ex-
cess of the current appropriation.
Among the items are the following:
Harbor Items.
San Pedro, Cal, harbor, $500. 900; Am
brose channel, New York harbOr, $733,-
600; San Francisco harbor, removal of
blossom rock, $4,000; Oakland, Cal,
harbor, $131,000; San Pablo, Cal, bay,
$500, 600; Tacoma, Wash, harbor $780,
900; Delaware river. from Philadelphia
10 Delaware bay, 81, 400, 900; Southwest
pass, Mississippi river. 81 900 900; Gal
weston ship canal and Buffalo bayou,
Texas, $500,000; Ouochita river, Arkan-
sas and Louisiana, $65O,000; Mississippi
river, from mouth of the Ohio river to
the mouth of the Missouri river, $780,
600, and from the mouth of the Missou-
ri river to St. Paul, $780, 900; improving
Ohio river below Pittsburg, 81, 100 900;
St. Mary's river, Michigan, $780, 900;
Stockton and Mormon channel, Cali
fornia, $4,000; mouth of Columbia riv-
er, 81 .O00, 000
Under Mississippi river commission:
From head of passes to the mouth Of
the Ohio river, 100000.
Excess Explained.
The excess of the proposed appropri-
alton over the current year is explained
by the committee report to be due to
the increase of $14, 464, 1893 for river and
harbOr work and the So, 0O0, 900 allowed
LOT the relie1 OF distress IN the Philip
pines. Among the principal items in
the bill are the following:
Engraving and printing, $2,73S, 036;
geological survey, S1.O26.57O; home for
disabled volunteer soldiers, 81, 769, sos,
an increase of over $1,000, 600 over the
current appropriation; life saving serv-
ice, 1887, no; lighthouse establish
ment, S3,S74,000 enlargement of mill
tary posts, 81, 765, 500; revenue cutter
service, S1,450,000; expenses United
States courts, $5,933, $50. An increase
of $1,000 is made in the item for the
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
act The sum of $780, 900 is appropriat-
ed for the demarcation of the United
States and Canadian boundary lines.
The bill apprOpriates $50, 500 for ex-
penseS of the executive mansion as
against SAC, 500 appropriated for the cur
rent year, and $4,000 for lighting the
grounds and mansion, the current ap-
preparation being $1,000.