The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-27


not only to the contractor but to the
great public which was interested in
the plan. 1t met no support on the
committee and was never mentioned
by anyone except by Mr.. Bishop. Mr..
Burton himself favored the suggestion
to engraft the Tampa Bay provision
upon the bill which was afterwards
done, and few days after the hear
ing he and / in conference prepared
a joint resolution as a substitute for
the bill then under consideration
which contained as will be seen a pro-
vision even more drastic than that in
the Tampa case. l append a copy
hereto
Joint Resolution.
Providing for payment for dredging |
the channel and anchorage basin be-
tween Ship Island Harbor and Gulf
port, Mississippi, and for other pur-
poses.
ruary, ammo Domini nineteen hundred |
and one, a contract was entered into |
between Major w. T. Rossell, Corps |
of Engineers, United States Army, by
and in behalf of the United States |
of America, and Spencer S. Bulls, for
dredging channel and anchorage
!, oe;x, in hot
Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, which contract was made in
accordance with provision of the
river and harbor act of March third,
eighteen hundred and ninety nine, au-
thorizing the payment of the sum of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
for securing specified width and a
depth of nineteen feet in such channel
and anchorage BASIN and
Whereas under said contract, for
several years past, the said channel
and anchorage basin have been
dredged to the approximate depth and
width required in said contract, and
the said channel is now and has been
available for use by vessels drawing
nineteen feet of water and more; Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury. or other proper officer of the
United States, be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to pay to
Spencer S. Bulls, with whom said
contract was made, or to his assigns
or agents now authorized to receive
payment as aforesaid, the contract
price for dredging said channel AMI
anchorage basin, to-wit, the sum of
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, being the amount heretofore ai,-
propriated by Congress and now in
the Treasury for payment for the work
included in said contract; and it is de-
clared to be the intention of congress
that so much Of said contract as re-
lates to securing the depth and width
OF said channel and anchorage basin
provided for therein shall be regarded
| as complied with at the date of the
taking effect of this resolution: Pro.
vided, That the said amount shall not
be paid over to the said Spencer S.
Bulls, or other person or persons as
aforesaid, until the person or persons
companies, or corporations owning OF
controlling docks, wharves, or termin-
ais in, along or upon said basin, OF
connected directly or indirectly there,
with, shall execute an agreement thai
the charges for the use OF said docks
: wharves, and terminals shall be sucf
as the Secretary of War may from
time to time approve.
Sec. 2. That this resolution shall
, take effect and be in force from ant
5 after its passage. M
This joint resolution was unanimous
Y ly reported by the committee, unan
3 imously supported not only by tn
e committee, but by every member O
r the House from Mississippi and wa
e promptly passed. 1t was approved b.
the senators and passed through tn,
b senate without opposition and signe,
: by the President. Aye, more before
}, dollar was ever paid under it the rate
+ for all terminal charges were fixei
t by the Secretary of War and accepte,
by the contractor
+ Mr.. Humphreys, Mr.. Gambler an,
0 other members of the House from Mi,
: sissippi were present and Endorsed tn
q position which I took and the resolI
d ton which l framed in concert wit
e Mr.. Burton. | feel that l did a grea
a work not only for Gulfport and Sout
o Mississippi but for the whole stat
S when secured the passage of th