Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-02-02
Liberal Treatment Received In
Rivers and HafbOPS Bill.
HARD FIGHT FOR CELLO CANAL
Oregon and Washington improve
ments Have a Grand Total
Of sL346, 900.

Washington, Jan. 20 LIN view OF the
unprecedented pairing down Of river
and harhor appropriations this year,
and in face Of the efforts Of Republican
leaders in congress TO enforce the most
rigid economy, the Columbia river has
been exceptionally well cared for In
the river and harbor bill Just com.
pleted by the house committee. While
the appropriations are not as large as
asked for, they average up well along
side those made for other sections OF the
country; in fact, Chairman Burton adj
mitted today that he thought the Pa
oifc northwest had received more lib
eral treatment than any Gs!a;ss..:: part Of
the country.
The appropriation which IL most
gratifying 10 friends OF the Columbia
river liz that which insurea the build.
ing Of The DallesCelilo canal. Mr..
Burton, backed by almost the entire
committee, stood out against this pro.
iect more persistently than against any
other proposition brought before him,
and 1t was only under intense pressure
that he yielded
I: wass .aa aara aid ::ssSii: q tho
friends ol this project to have IL made
u continuing contract. Could this have
been done, the canal would have passed
beyond the jurisdiction Of the river
and harb0r committee and would have
received an annual appropriation in
the sundry civil bill, in amounts sufli-
cient to pay for work as II progressed
until completed. But ON this point
Mr.. Burton was unyielding, Never
thelcss the final action Of the commit
tee IL in the nature III compromise.
for while an immediate appropriation
OF $50, 900 Ii made, the army engineers
are authorized TO make contracts for
$3.50, 900. which IL equivalent to an ap-
preparation OF $500, 900. The $3.50, 900
not carried by this bill will be incor-
porated In the sundry civil bill next
session, in plenty Of time, according TO
hAAt NliEttffiHf w llNtN VNfHlttltSs
There is strong hope that by the time
this money Is expended congress will be
willing to make the Celilo canal a con-
tinuing contract, go that it need not
again be considered in the river and
harbor BILL
Three other Columbia river appro-
priations are split up like for the Cello
canal. Three hundred thousand dol
lars il made Immediately available for
the mouth Of the Columbia, and the
engineers are authorized to make con-
tracts for $500, 900 additional, this last
sum to be carried in the next sundry
civil BILL Likewise, for improving the
channel from Portland 10 the sea,
800, 900 Is appropriated in the river
and harbor bill, and 1926, 900 addi-
tional will be carried in the next sun
dry civil bill. For dredging 20-foot
channel between Vancouver and the
mouth Of the Willamette $50, 900 cash
s app ropriated, and another $50, 600
will be provided next year in the sun
dry civil bill.
Ahc ioltoNiuk hHlounts aFc all lWeu
or Washington:
Tacoma harbor, dredging Puyallup
waterway, 100000 cash; 500, 900 in
sundry civil bill.
Lakes Union and Washington canal,
$l25 900 for dredging at Ballard and
authorization OF new survey to deter
mine whether one-lock canal can be
substituted for the two. lock project.
Grays Harbor, $4,000.
Inner Grays Harbor, 100000.
Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $4,000.
Puget sound and tributaries. $50. 900.
snohomish slough, $5 900.
Okanogan and Pend d'0reine, $15,-
600.
Stretches rifle, sos, 900.