Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-30
BILL CARRIES
sS4,346,573
CANAL APPROPRIATION GOES
IN CIVIL MEASURE
Chairman Tawney Reports Important
Items Affecting Pacific Coast and
other Coast Public Improves
ments to House
~ Associated Press.

\ WASHINGTON, May 29.-Chairman
4awney was authorized by the APP
propriations committee to report the
sundry civil appropriation bill to the
house.
II is the largest sundry civil appro-
priation bill ever reported. carrying
$g4346,573, of which S25, ,460, ,991 Is for
work on the Panama canal. The
amount carried is s11 ,070 008 less than
the estimates from the various depart
rnents. The canal appropriation is to
be reimbursed to the treasury from
the proceeds of the sale of canal bonds,
which have been authorized to the
aggregate amount of $3.50. 100000
Deducting the canal appropriation,
the bill carries $l721,9s0 more than the
current sundry civil act.
For river and harbor work hereto
fore authorized and contracted for
there is appropriated S17,318,976, which
is $6,T74,S44 in excess of the amount
available this year.
For new public buildings heretofore
authorized and the repair of buildings
$5,170,503 is appropriated q reduction
Of $2,s06 sol from the current appro-
priation under this head.
Some of the more important items Of
appropriation are:
Important Items
Construction of vessels under revenue
~Nbeci 6NANAS FS'N,OSNB ahSASoSS'
$4,000.
Construction of national museum
building in washington, d. c., $500000.
For the interstate commerce commits
sion, $375,O0O, an increase of $4,000.
This increase is to the fund of $4,000
to enable the commission to keep in
formed regarding compliance with the
act to promote the safety ofNthe en-
ployes and travellers on railroads. In
addition to the regular fund of $249,OOO
for general expenses there is trans
ferred $160,000 from the So-called anti
trust fund under the department of
justice to further enable the commits
sion to carry out the interstate COM
merce acts.
Public health and marine hospital
service, $1,1S5,00O
Quarantine service, $340, 900.
Prevention of epidemics, $816,000,
which includes an unexpended balance
of about $4,000.
Completing immigrant station at San
Francisco, 100000.
Bureau of fisheries, $3.50, 600; reduction
of $4950.
Chinese Exclusion Cut
For enforcement of the Chinese ex-
clusion act the appropriation is reduced
from 100000 to 100000.
Expense of collection of revenue from
sales of public lands, $1,013, ,22O.
Surveying the public lands, $423,00O.
United States geological survey, ST.
13S320; reduction Of $346, 100.
Armories and arsenals, S555,617; in
crease, $224,617.
CONSTRUCTION Of buildings at military
posts, $750,000; reduction, $450,000.
Improvement of the Yellowstone ma
tionaI park. $55,OOO; reduction, $4,000.
National military parks, $196,000.
For Volunteer Soldiers
National home for disabled volunteer
soldiers, $4,202,444; increase, S2S9,1S5
Continuing aid to state and territorial
homes for the support of disabled
volunteer soldiers, $1,150,000; increase,
$4,000.
Payments due on payment of bounty
to volunteer soldiers. including volun-
teers in the war with Spain, S450,0OO;
increase, $150oOO.
$645e ,v0O increase, $267,6SS. Public
printing and binding $5,325, 900; reduc-
ton, $1.005,6 ,645. San Francisco custom
house, $50O,OOO.
Rivers and Harbors
River and harbor Improvements:
Mouth of Columbia river Oregon and
Washington, 100000; in Washington,
$4,000; at Three-Mile rapids $3.50 900:
below Portland, SIPS, 900.
Mount Rainier national park, $4,000.
Appropriations for river and harbor
improvements include: San Pedro, Cal,
1890, 900; San Pablo bAv, cal, s52l6S:
Honolulu, HaiwaHF $200,00O Tacoma.
Wash, $16O,0Oo; Wilmington, Cal,
100000.