The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-12
NEW BUILDING
FOR CONGRESS
House Decides On Structure to
Cost $500, 900.
The PUBLIC LAND SURVEY
INCREASE OF APPROPRIATION
AGREED UPON.
The PUBLIC LAND SURVEY

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE house
made fair progress today with the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, covering
elghty-six of the $50 pages of the bill.
HE amendments, of which Mr. Can
non gave notice yesterday. for the east
front of the capitol, and the erection
OF an Office building for members, were
adopted. points of order raised against
teem being overcome Dy the addition
OF a special rule making them in order
BY the terms Of the amendments
SoOO,OOO is appropriated for work on the
main building of the capitol. and a
limit of $2.5OO0OO is fixed. For a site
Tor a new office building 100000 is
appropriated The cost of the building
is 70 be So, 100000
When the house met Mr.. GrosvenOr
called up the bill to amen dthe Ding
ley act so as to admit free of duty
domestic animals for breeding pur-
poses. It was passed.
The consideration of the civil sun
dry appropriation bill was then re-
sumed.
Amendments were adopted to ap-
propriate $780, 600 to defray the expenses
of the exhibits of the agricultural col
leges at the st. Louis exposition and
20 appropriate $4,000 for a building for
an Alaskan exhibit and $500 for the
indian Territory exhibit
Mr.. Cannon offered an amendment
appropriating $3.50, 600 to acquire a site
ior building for committee and Of
flee rooms for the house. such build
ing to cost not exceeding $780, 0Oe. A
point OF order was made by Repre-
sentative Stephens of Texas against
the amendment was sustained.
Mr. Cannon proposed another
amendment appropriating 100000 for
nj A.
capitol in accordance Nith the original
plans, the total cost u such work not
10 exceed 81, 500 900. A point against
the amendment was also sustained.
Amendments All Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Cannon the COM
mittee rose, and resolutions were adOp-
led making Mr.. Cannon's amendments
IN order. The house resolved itself
again into committee of the whole
when both amendments were again
offered by Mr.. Cannon and adopted
the capitol extension amendment with
out division, and that for a building
by lis to g.
Provision is made that the committee
room building shall be constructed aC-
visions of an act of March 3, 1901, ana
erected on one Of the squares bounded by
y street south, c street south. First
street east and First street west Con-
Ftruction is TO be under the control of the
superintendent of the capitol. subject to
the direction and supervision of a com
mission created by the amendment, TO
consist of three members-elect of the
house of the Fifty-eighth congress a
commission, consisting of three senators
and three members-elect of the Fifty
eighth congress is created. to supervise
and direct the work Of extending the cap
itol.
On motion Of Mr.. Jones Washington,
the appropriation for the survey and re-
survey of public lands was increased
rom $4,000 to 100000. He attempted to
have the additional 5000 set aside for
surveys in Alaska. but was unsuccessful
An amendment was adopted to appropr1-
ate SO.OOO for the survey of the boundary
line between Idaho and Montana The
appropriation for Investigating the water
supply of the United States and the best
method of utilizing the water reservoirs
was increased from 100000 to S20O. 600
An amendment was adopted to continue
the office of railroad commissioner
which was terminated June 30, 1903. until
June 20. 1904.
Items were inserted appropriating no.
GOO for the survey of a wagon road into
the Mount Rainier national park Wash
ington, and $500 for the preservation of
buffalo in the Yellowstone national park
At 5:15 the house adjourned.