The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-03
MILLIONS TO SPEND
PROVISIONS OF THE SUNDRY CIVIL,
APPROPRIATION BILL.
100000 TO PHILIPPINES.
SAVANNAH's HARBOR COMES IN
FOR $72O,OOO.


OO7 1920 is Carried by the Bill Re
ported by the House Committee.
Less Than Estimates, but More
Than the Current Appropriations.
How Allowance is Made for River
and HnrbOr Work in Various Sec
tfOns of the Country.
Washington. Feb. 2.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill reported to the
House to-day by Representative Can
non, chairman of the House Committee
on Appropriations, carries an aggre-
gate appropriation of $3.50 1929. which
is SS,SS6. 432 less than the estimates
and 17,355,S70 more than the current
appropriation. The committee rec
ommends an appropriation of $4,000 900
for the relief of distress in the Phil
ippines.
The bill carries $10,429,412 for con-
struction work on federal buildings au-
thorized by law. Following are some
of the appropriations made under this
head:
Beaumont, Tex. $4,000; Dallas. Tex.
$125O0O; Fort Smith. Ark, $4,000;
Memphis, $175,OOO; Nashville, $4,000;
Newport News, Va. 100000; Waco,
Tex. $4,000.
The sum of $20,233, $50 is appropriated
for river and harbor contract work
authorized by law. being $14464,3 1893 in
excess of the current appropriation
Among the items are the following:
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land Sound. Ga. and Fla. 100000;
Winyah Bay, S. c., 100000; Tampa,
Fla, bay, $1S6,337; Hampton Roads,
$215,000; Norfolk, Va, harbor, $685.
Savannah, harbor, $720 900; Biscayne.
Fla. bay $3.50, 900; Mobile harbor $780,
900; Galveston harbor $500, 900; improve
ment channel at Galveston $500, 900; APP
pomattoX, Va, river SITS, ZOO; st. Johns,
Fla. river. $35O,OO0: Black Warrior.
Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Ala,
100000; Southwest Pass, Mississippi
river, $l,000,000; Pascagoula river. Miss,
$4,000 Galveston ship canal and Buff
falo bayou, Tex, $500,000 Trinity river,
Tex, $250,000; Ouchita river, Ark and
La. $650,000. Under Mississippi river
commissions From head of passes to
mouth or the Ohio river $2.000000.
The excess of the proposed appro-
priation over the current year Is ex-
planned by the committee report to be
due to the increase of $14. 464. 1893 fol-
river and harbor work and the 49,
100000 allowed for the relief OF distress
in the Philippines.
The bill appropriates $s0,500 for ex-
penses of the executive mansion, as
against $40,500 appropriated for the cur
rent year, and $4,000 for lighting the
grounds and mansion, the current APP
preparation being $500.
Georgia Items In the Bill.
Washington, Feb. 2.-One million
three hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars is the amount which will go to
Georgia under the provisions of the
sundry civil appropriation bill reported
from the House Committee on Appro-
priations to-day. These appropriations
are In accordance with previously pass
ed legislation. The several Georgia
items are as follows: Federal Prison
at Atlanta, 123,9S0; continuing Athens
postoffice, $4,000; continuing Macon
postoffice, $4,000; Cold Springs fish
hatchery, $S4,0S0. Chickamauga Military
Park. $4,000; Improvement of Cum
berland harbor. 100000 with estimate
of another 100000 for next year: i'm
provement of Savannah harbor s72O,-
900, with estimate of another $500, 900
for next year.