The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-29
Amounts to Over Ninety.four
Million Dollars.
FOR PANAMA CANAL.
Twenty-Five Million to Apply on
This Work.
Two Hundred Thousand for the
LeavenwOrth Prison.

Washington. May 29-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was completed
and Chairman Tawney was authorized
BY the appropriations committee to re-
port it to the house today. It IS the
largest sundry civil bill ever reported.
carrying S94, ,346.573, of which $25. .4so. .eeI
IS for work on the Panama canal.
The amount carried is s11 orc 00S less
than the estimates from the various
departments. 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 s130. .000. 900.
Deductng the canal appropriation the
bill carries 81. .721, $50 more than the cur
rent sundry civil act
For river and larbor work haraa ftar
authorized and contracted for there is
appropriated SIT, 7,31S.976 which is So
,844 in excess Of tho amount avail
able this year.
For new public buildings heretofore
autnorized and the repair of buildings,
$5slt05SS is appropriated a reduction
OF S2,eO6, COL from the current appropFi-
alton under this head.
Among the items of appropriations
for the canal are:
Pay Of officers and employees On the
lsthmus, other than skilled and unskfll-
Cd Iaborers, $3,32S, ,0SS. Skilled labor on
the lsthmus. $5,593 029. UnskiiIed labor
on the istnmus, $4. 14S, ,459. Purchase and
de1Vefy OF supplies and equipment on
the isthmus, $10,374,511 Loan to the
Panama railroad for new equipment,
/ 81, GOO 006.
A printing reform is inaugurated by
requirements that no money appropri-
a1ed in the bill shall be g,sed "a main
( tain branch printing Offices in anv ax-
ecutive department in Washington:
+ that the plants Of such branch offices
snau be turned over to the public
printer within 80 days after the pas
t sage of the bill and that hereafter de-
/ tailed estimates for printing must be
I transmittd to congress from each de-
partment
The bill provides for the appointment
/ by the attorney general. if the secre-
/ lary OF the treasury desires of a So
heltor Of custom at an annual salary
! OF $4,000 and such assistant solicitors as
are necessary, at salaries Of SO GOO
The bill probably viii be called up fer
eonsidera ton in the house Thursday
some of the mort important items OF
appropriation are.
! Construction of vessels under reve-
nue. gutter service. $4,000. increase
| Construction of national museum
building in Washington, D. c.. $500
For the interstate commerce commits
sion $4,000, an increase Of $4,000 This
increase IS to the fund of $4,000 10 en-
able the commission to keen informed
regarding compliance with the act to
promote the safety of employees and
l4e1FoAE4S Oh -Ia1AEOauS. III addition TO
the regular fund Of SPAS, 600 for general
t expenses, there is transferred sl60 COO
from the socalled antitrust fund under
the department of justice TO further
/ enable the commission to carry out the
interstate commerce acts Public
health and marine hospital service 81
$4,000. Quarantine service $40 0o0
Prevention of epidenics 1915, 600,
I which includes an unexpended balance
of about $4,000.
Completing immigrant station at san
Francisco 100000.
Bureau of fisheries $6T0 $40 reoi1c-
ton of $44,95O.
For enforcement of the Chinese ex-
clusion act, the appropriation is re-
duced from $500 600 to 100000
Expense of collection OF revenue
from sales of public lands s1.013.22O.
Surveying the public lands $4,000
United States geological survey 81
138.320, reduction of $346,100.
Armories and arsenals s555,617, in
crease $224.617.
Construction of building at military
posts $750,00o- reduction of $3.50. 000.
Improvement of the Yellowstone
National park $4,000. reduction Of
$4,000.
: National military parks slss, 900.
National home for disabled volun-
teer soldiers $4,202, ,444, increase $3.50
CinHnuing aid to state and territorial
homes for the support of disa bIed vol
unteer soldiers s1.150,000, increase
Payments due on payment of bounty
to volunteer soldiers, including volun-
teers in the war with Spain $4,000
increase $15O,000.
Continuing the construction of the
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth
Kan. 100000.
EXPENSES of United States courts
$6.549 600. increase S267.S6S
Public printing and binding $5.s25-
600. reduction s1.005,645-
San Francisco Cal. custom house
$500. 600.
River and harbor improvements
South Pass. Mississippi river $500. .06e
Mouth of Columbia river and Wash
ington $500. 600: in Washington S15.-
| 000 at Three Mile Rapids $250.000:
below Portland 1928. 600.
Sabine and Nachez river. Texas.
S411.500.
Other items include:
Mount Rance National park $50 600
? Items for public buildings include
Laredo. Tex, $5T,50O; Ogden. Utah.
s50.000; Pierre. s D, $4,000: Sher-
man. Tex. $4,000.
Appropriations for river and harbor
improvements include San Pedro. Cal,
s290.0o0. San Pablo bav. Cal. S5s.-
168; Galveston. Tex. $250.000: Calves
, ton ship canal. S2e0. 600; Honolulu.
Hawaii. 5000 00o: Illinois and Missis-
sippi canal 5000 900: Tacoma. Washs
/. $160,000; Wilmington, Cal, 100000
:. BLIZZARD IN OREGON.