The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-02-25
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Waterways Bill Is Intro
duCed in the House.
PROVIDES MANY SURVEYS
Urges Negotiations with England TO
Lake Treaty ar5 Plans Improve
nent Of Middle Vests Streams
Roosevelt's Message Is Ignored.

Washington. Feb 20.-Chairman
| Burton of the house committee on
rivers and harbors " st,rday intro.
duced the emergency and maintenance
bill for wa erways improvements.
which carries total appropriation of
81 97l .625.
| II provides for a large number Of
surveys. for the maintenance OF i'm
provements previously authorized, and
for continuing the operation of gov.
| ernment dredges and other works.
To Negotiate with England.
The president is requested to open
negotiations with Great Britain for a
treaty for securing the maintenance of
ample water levels for the uses of
navigation in the great lakes by the
construction of such controlling and
remedial works In the connecting riv-
ers and channels of the lakes as may
be agreed upon.
The secretary OF war is also author
lied to Ak a just and reasonable com
pensation to be paid for the use of
water and water power now or here
after owned in the ST. Marys river by
the United States.
Six hundred thousand dollars is ap-
proprlated for examinations and sur
veys, contingencies and incidental re.
pairs for rivers and harbors for which
there is no special appropriation.
Among the most important waterways
for which preliminary surveys and ex-
aminations are provided, aside from
the inland intracoastal waterway along
| the Atlantic and gulf coasts are:
The Chicago and Rock rivers, Illi
nois: the harbors and rivers at or
near Chicago, including Chicago har-
Dor, the Chicago river, Calumet har-
Dor, the Grand and the Little Calumet
rivers. Lake Calumet and the Lake
| Shore from the mouth OF the Chicago
river to the city of Gary, Ind, for the
purpose of reporting a plan for a com
| plete systematic and broad improve
ment of the harbor facilities for Chi
cago and adjacent territory.
Surveys for Other Streams.
other surveys are: The Wabash
river. Illinois; the Des Moines, Cedar
and Iowa rivers, Iowa; the Marquette
and Muskegon harbors; the Pigeon
river and the Livingstone channel of
the Detroit river Michigan; the Mis-.
sissippi river between st. Paul and
Minneapolis; and reservoirs at the
headwaters of the river, the Mime.
sofa river and reservoirs al its head.
waters, the Rainy river and the Du.
luth (Minn.) and Superior (Wis.) har.
bors: Ashtabula and Lorain harbors,
the ,Maumee river at and above To
ledo, and a survey of the Ohio river
with a view to the selection OF sites
for the additional locks and dams be-
tween locks No. s and No. 20 and for
the preparation of plans and esti-
mates.
No single channel or Improvement
is TO be allotted more than $4,000
out OF the appropriation for emergen-
cies. The bill repeals the act that
authorizes the Mount Carmel Develop
ment Company to draw water from
the Wabash river in Wabash county,
ILL.,, and authorizes the secretary of
war to grant leases for the use of the
water created by the government dam
at Mount Carmel.
Another Slap at Roosevelt.
Despite the recommendations Of
President Roosevelt in his last annual
message to congress and his earnest
urging in special message later the
sundry civil appropriation bill, which
was reported from committee to the
house, contained the same clause linn
iting the activities of the secret serv-
ice TO the investigation of counterfeit
ing and the protection OF the presi-
dent. The bill carries a total of $135,-
022 900.
This Is the limitation that almost
caused breach between the execu-
tive and congress early In the present
session. The presence OF the llmita-
tion In the bill is taken TO mean that
congress has justified It's action
through the testimony OF the execu.
tive officers of the government, who
declared that the investigation OF
fraud was not hampered by the limita-
tion Of the secret service.
The bill. however, contains a clause
granting to the secretary of the In
terror $1.OOO,OOO for the detection and
prevention OF fraud on the public
domain.
One clause OF the bill authorizes the
president, with the consent of the re.
public OF Cuba, to invite proposals for
the removal OF the battleship Maine
from Havana harbor.
Inc largest item in the bill provides
for $33 1858 900 to continue work upon
the Panama cNnal. This is $4,000, 900
more than was appropriated last year
Even with this there will be a de-
iciency for canal work this year OF
IS, ,O00. 900.
For the continuance OF work on
rivers and harbors that has already
been authorized by law S19,674,514 Is
appropriated. THIS is the second
largest item In tine bill. For the con