Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-18
MONEY FO2UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
RIVER AND HARBoR MEASURE
CARRIES $5oo,ooo, SAME AS
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PUSHED
Doubling of Fund So Project Can be
Finished in IL Years.-channeI
Feet Deep From the Missouri
to Minneapolis.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Out of the to.
tai of over $42,OOO,OOO carried in the
river and harbor bill, which was re-
ported to the house the upper Missis-
sippi river receives the amount which
was predicted would be assigned to
this improvement, namely 100000.
The item in the bill making this pro-
vision carries the total amount for the
river from the Missouri to Minneapo-
lis, for the purpose of ultimately Sc
curing and maintaining depth of
channel of six feet and with view
Of completing the improvement with
in a period of 10 years."
In dealing with this subject in its
report accompanying the bill, the com
mittee calls attention to the fact that
the 100000 thus provided for in this
bill is in addition to the 100000 car
ried in the regular appropriation of
the sundry civil bill.
The committee says: "The river
and harbor act of March 3, 1907, for
the improvement of the Mississippi
river between the Missouri river and
St. Paul, provided for a permanent
channel six feet deep and 800 to 1,40O
feet wide, at cost of $2O,000,000, and
an appropriation of 100000 with
continuing contract for $1,00O,0OO, Of
which 100000 was to be expended dur
Ing the fiscal year ending June 80,
1910, and 100000 during the year end.
ing June 30, 1911.
Eat this rate it would take 40 years
to complete the project. Engineers es-
innate, however, that, with the exist
Ing plant sufficiently increased, from
s1,500,000 to $2,OOO,O00 can be profit
ably expended each year, thus reduc-
Ing the time of completion to IL years.
"The purpose of the committee in
proposing an appropriation of 100000
additional to the 100000 carried in
the sundry civil bill is to enable the
engineers to increase the plant, SO that
the project, if it is desired, can be
completed in IL years.
For Duluth Harbor.
The next largest item for the North
west is the amount of 100000 carried
for work in the harbor at Duluth and
Superior.
Other items in the bill for Minnesota
Include $500 for the Red River of the
North, between Minnesota and North
Dakota; 5000 for the Minnesota riv-
er; $4,000 for Agate bay and $4,000
for Grand Marais.
The total amount required to com,
plete adopted projects, except the Mis-,
sissippi river. totals up s70,S29, 100, and
for the Mississippi $l7,501 $50 from the
mouth of the Missouri to the mouth
of the Ohio, s1S,5OO,O00, thence to ST
Paul and $59,500 from St. Paul to Min
neapolis.
The diplomatic and consular bill
was passed by the house. 1t carried
an appropriation of more than $1,000,
300.
The senate passed the Bennett
white slave" bill which had previous
ly received the sanction of the house
The measure was SO amended as tt
eliminate the interstate regulation.
originally contained in the bill, tn.
object of the senate being to divorce
the immigration feature of the ques
ton from all others.
The senate committee on the Pacific
Islands has voted in favor of submit
ting the Hawaiian prohibition question
to popular vote of the people of the
Islands.
AS result of the changes made ir
the clerical Office of the United States
senate, Ansel Void, of Madelia, MINI.
was promoted from index clerk to be
printing clerk, one of the most import
ant and responsible Offices on the sen
ate rolls. Mr.. Void came here about
six years ago as an appointee of Sen
ator Nelson.