The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-27
What the River and Har-
Dor Bill Contains.
OVER HALF A MILLION
This Represents the Total in Dollars
Carried BY the Bill to Be Intro
duCed into the House Today.
Federal Court at Wash
ington.
Special to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Washington, d. c.. Jan. 26.-The
House River and Harbor Committee
has completed the river and harbor
bill and will report it to the.House to-
morrow. The bill carries the follow
ing items for North Carolina rivers
and harbors:
Beaufort harbor, $4,000.
Waterway from Norfolk to the
Sounds ofsNorth Carolina, $4,000.
Inland waterway, $22 900.
Roanoke River, $4,000.
Perquimans River, $10,i25.
eicuppernong River, $4,000.
Pamlico and Tar Rivers, $4,000.
Contentnea Creek, 81 600.
NSuse and Trent Rivers, $4,000.
Northeast and Black Rivers an6
Cape Fear Rivers. above Wilmington,
$4,000.
nlineton, $t5.O00.
Ca3h appropriation and 100000,
additional OH continuing contract.
making a total cash appropriation for
the State of $290,250, with 100000
additional on continuing contracts.
Other Southern states.
Other Southern States get totals as
follows: Delaware, $50,000 cash:
Maryland, $3f9s000 cash, $1,000. 600
continuing; Virginia, 5000 600 cash;
West Virginia, $164,000 cash; South
Carolina. 100000 cash; Georgia,
$31S,000 cash. S210,000 continuing;
Florida, $563,000 cash. $65S.000 con-
tinuing Alabama, S477.0G0 casb,
$72t,QJ0 continuing: Mississippi
$l29,00a cash; Mississippi River, ST.
126,J00 cash, $2.936,000 continuing:
Ohio River, 100000 cash, $1,442, 600
contir ling, Missouri River, $l50,009
cash; Louisiana, $3S9,000 cash, $780,
600 continuing: Texas, $970.O00 cash,
$l,210000 continuing; Arkansas,
$4,000 cash, $4,000 continuing:
Tennessee. 100000 cash, $440,0 900
continuing; Kentucky, $128,000 cash;
Missouri. $4,000 cash.
The total appropriations are Sill
09l,S75 cash and S16,7S4,657 con-
tinuing.
Today Representative Thomas ask
ed the chairman of the House Com
mitfec on Agriculture the question on
the floor of the House, and he was as
Surcd that the appropriation OF $93,-
00O for gathering statistics OF the
truck and early vegetable crop which
Senator simmons secured last year
was continued for this year.
FO- ESIcfdI AOttii.
Representative Small today secured
D favorable report on his bill to es-
tablish a Federal court at Washing
ton.
There are now thirty-fouf rural
free delivery routes in operation and
quite a number of others ready to
be established in Robson county,
nearly all Of which have been secured
by Representative Patterson. Doubt
less Robeson has many more routes
than any other county IN the State.
The House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries has favoratly
reported the Littlefield bill to abolish
compulsory pilotage.~ This bill is OF
great interest to Wilmington and
Southport.
Representative Small speaks at the
annual dinner OF the Baltimore Mer-
chants and Man ufacturers' Associa-
don tonight on Canals and Water
ways" Tomorrow night he will ad.
dress the North Carolina Society of
that city on "rhc New Leader
Senator Simmons and Representa-
tive Claude kitcnin We're also invited
to address the saciety, but were un-
able TO attend