Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-26
REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED
Both Houses Agreed on the Fortifi-
cations.
STATION
AT PORT ROYI
Only Item Left Open in Naval Bill
Getting Together on Rivers
and Harbors.

The Senate today agreed to the confer
ence reports on the naval appropriation bill
and the Notifications appropriation bill.
The report on the naval bill was complete
except as to the one item providing for
training station at Port Royal, S. c., which
the Senate added, and for which it pro-
vided and appropriation of $4,000. The
House conferees refused to accept this pro-
vision, and the senators declined to recede,
thus leaving the matter open for future
negotiation.
AS agreed upon the naval bill carries a
total appropriation of 800 zoos COT, a reduc-
ton Of little over 100000 from the
amount carried by the bill as it passed the
Senate. and an increase Of about 100000
over the amount carried by the bill as it
passed the House.
The principal reduction was made in the
item regarding arInor and armament. The
House provided for the expenditure Of 3d.,
600 on this account and the Senate in
creased the amount to $12,O0OOOO. The con-
fereeS compromised on SIC, 600, 600. The pro-
vision for coal and transportation was re-
duced to the extent of 100000, leaving
appropriation on that account Of 4,15O,OOO.
The report on the Notifications bill was
final. In that bill there was compromise
on the appropriation for fire control sta
tions, the amount being fixed at $500, 600.
whereas the House bill provided for s7OO, OO0
anu the oeildle Oil $l,RUUUUU." All the
Senate provisions regarding Notifications at
Fort Moultrie, South Carolina; Forts Pick
ems and McRee, Florida; the defenses of
Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama,
and Fort st. Philip, Louisiana, were re-
tanned as inserted by the Senate, but with
reductions as to the amounts of the appro-
priations.
The Senate provision regarding the con-
struction of seacoast batteries in the Phil
ippine Islands and providing for an appro-
priation of 100000 was retained. but the
requirement that the batteries should be
located at Manila was stricken out, the
location being thus left to the discretion
of the Secretary Of War.
The House today agreed to the conference
reports on the Notifications appropriation
bill and the omnibus revenue cutter bill.
Conference on Agricultural Bill.
Early in the session today the House
disagreed to the Senate amendments to
the agricultural appropriation bill and ap-
pointed Messrs. Wadsworth of New York,
Scott of Kansas and Lamb of Virginia
conferees on the part Of the House.
Agreement on Waterways Bill.
The conferees of the two houses on the
river and harbor appropriation bill reached
an agreement at 2 O'Clock today. The bill
as it will be reported by the committee will
carry s6.963, 432, as against 1854 72 as
passed by the Senate. and $s4, 19S. 13S as
passed by the House. The Senate provi-
sions for deep-water surveys in the Della
ware river and at Galveston, Tex, and
Savannah, Ga, were not accepted. Other
Senate amendments which the House con-
ferees refused to accede to were the fol-
lowing:
The. increase in the appropriation for
the improvement Of the Mississippi river
between the mouth of tho Ohio and the
mouth of the Missouri, carrying 81 ,60O,-
900; the Improvement of the Hudson river
to connect with the thousand-ton barge
canal, carrying $1,124l000, and the pro-
vision for the construction of lock and
dam No. in the Ohio river. carrying
81, 100000. The Senate provisions for the