The San Francisco call., 1908-12-08
Congress ReconVenes
for Second Session
SUMS FOR
THE PACIFIC COAST
Estimates of Appropriations
Contain Many Large Items
for California
Especial Dispatch to The Call

WASHINGTON. Dec. THE esti-
mates of appropriations to be made at
the session of congress that opened
today contained the usual large num-
ber of items for the Pacific coast. and
in no instance was the amount cut
from the allowance made year ago.
For the United States mint at San
Francisco the estimate is $4,000. For
the office of the assistant treasurer of
the United States at San Francisco
the estimate is $50. 400. The two inter
national revenue offices in California
viii call for an appropriation of SS3,-
500, of which $4,000 will be for the
northern and the balance for the south
ern district.
WILL AID FRUIT INDUSTRY
For the department of agriculture
there is a recommendation for an ap-
preparation of $199, 900 for use in in
vestigating the history and habits of
insects injurious to agriculture. horti-
culture and arborculture. Under this
! heading will come the investigation
of diseases of fruit trees. and it is
regarded as probable that at least
$4,000 will finally be appropriated.
and that a large part of this amount
will be expended in making investiga-
gas experiments alone the department
of agriculture asks SIS 600 and a sep
arate appropriation of S2J. 600 is asked
! to make Investigations of deciduous
fruit insects. That the San Jose scale
Is considered down and out PROPOSE
tion is shown by the fact that the
department wants only $4,000 to con-
tinue work against it.
MONEY FOR NAVAL STATIONS
Under the head of the naval estab-
ishment an appropriation of $4,000 is
! asked for the maintenance of the naval
training station at Yerba Buena island.
For the Mare island navy yard there
will be needed an appropriation of
S1,T76,500. Under this heading the
principal items going to make UP the
| big total are: Central power plant
s255,000; continuing improvement OF
channel, S350000; quay wall extension
and pier, $500 900; ordnance storehouse
100000; dredging plant for improve
ment of channel, $3.50, 600. The other
appropriations for Mare island are OF
the regulation sort.
For the Improvement sof the naval
training station in California $4,000
will be required. Other California ap-
propriations asked for are as follows
Support of mission Indians in Califor-
MIA, $40 700; support of Indians I'm
northern California. s2O, 900; Sacramento
postoffice. $4,000; Santa Cruz postoffice
$4,000; Santa Rosa postoff1ce. S20. 600;
Riverside postoffice, $4,000: San Fran
cisco quarantine station. $4,000; San
Diego quarantine station, $4,000;
! Honolulu quarantine station, $4,000
ammunition store houses at Benicia
arsenal. S39, 1000; improving grounds al
Preside, $500; purchase of land foI
protection of the water supply at the
Presidio.\ 800, 600; reclaim1ng swamI
lands in the Preside reservations, $780,
000 continuing work on breakwater al
San Pedro. 500. 600; improving Oakland
harbor, S150.O00; improving harbOr al
Hilo, Hawaii. $4,000 improving San
Luis Obispo harbor. $1,000 improving
Stockton and Mormon channel. $56. 900;
maintaining harbor at San Diego,
$4,000.
In the case of Oakland harbor there
is also an estimate for an appropriation
of s265.O for maintenance and i'm
provement."