The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-12
WATER ~; +; = Nay
GET $42,5oa;276
This Is Total of Bill Renorted
in the House Yesterday
Afternoon

OF $42,355.216, OF which $7,2O6.43O is
Tor continuing contracts, are provided
for IN the rivers and harbors apDro-
prfation bill which was reported to
the house yesterday by the commits
tee OH rivers and harbors. The bill
Will be called up in the house Mon
day in an effort to press the measure
to passage.
The $7,OO0,0OO odd outside the cash
appropriations is for expenditures
which may hereafter be made under
the continuing contract system. The
Dill Is theoretically all annual budget
although no regular rivers and har-
bOrs bill has been reported since that
approved March 2, 1907. All the pro-
Jects already under improve ment ag-
gregate $252,017, 400, including the
Mississippi river from Cairo to the
head of the passes. There are further
projects favorably reported by the
engineers, but not yet adopted by
congress, amounting to $87,54S, 600, or
a total of $685., $3.50 900. including the
projects provided for under the pres
ent bill which would leave $297 ,OOO,-
600 yet unacted upon if congress
adopts the present measure.
The total amount required to COM
plete adopted projects, except the
Mississippi river, totals up $7O,S29, 100
and for the Mississippi $17,5O1, $50
from the mouth of the Missouri to the
mouth of the Ohio, $1S,5OO,0OO, thence
to st. Paul and s59,550 from st. Paul
to Minneapolis.
Besides this, the cost of projects
which congress presumably intends
to complete, having started them, is
estimated at $9,346,500 and adopted in
the bill approved March 3, 1909, is
placed at GO,280,60O, making a total
of $177,617, 400, which congress may
be considered as committed to-"
The great lakes, the Detroit river
and numerous western sections re-
ceive great attention.
An important section of the New
York stage barge canal, now being
constructed by the state at All expense
of $1O1 100000 will be opened before
the close OF navigation i'll 1914, and
the committee says that for barges to
pass aesily to the sea, it is absolutely
essential that work in the Hudson
river to provide a depth of twelve
feet at low water, begin in 1910.
The bill provides not only increased
appropriations for the various tribu-
taries of the Mississippi, but fixes a
time limit when such permanent i'm
provcmcnts in channels shall be COM
pleted. The policy adopted for the
Mississippi river between Cairo and
the gulf anticipates an expenditure
of $4,00000O each year for twenty
years, which will complete per-
manent improved ninc-foot channel.
OF this $4,00O.G00 this year, half is
carried in the sundry civil bill which
will be taken up soon by the appro-
priatfons committee. The middle Mis-
sissippi from the mouth of the Mis-
souri, to the mouth of the Ohio, will
have Il permanent cight-foOt channel,
$500 feet wide in twelve years, under
the provisions of the bill.
TO enable completion in twelve
years of the six foot channel of the
upper Mississippi from the Missouri
river to st. Paul the bill carried $780,
600 in addition to like amount to
he carried in the sundry civil bill. The
Missouri river gets $1.00O,00O.
The bill provides for board of
engineers to consider cooperation
with the Illinois authorities for the
waterway from Lockport to the mouth
of the Illinois river, though the pro-
posed appropriation of $1.0O0,0O0 for
this waterway is not yet made avail
able pending further affirmative legis-
lation.
An appropriation of $15O.O0O is
made for commencing work under the
project for Puget Sound Lake
Washington waterway, the Lake
Washington canal which is to pro-
vide for commercial. Industrial. naval
and military uses fresh water har-
bor near Seattle. with about 25.O0O
acres area and 100 miles shore line.
and contracts to the extent of $2125.-
900 for its completion are used, con-
ditional on local cooperation.
The bill also includes $5O0,000 for
examinations, surveys and contin-
gencies of rivers and harbors. $780,
600 for emergencies. and $4,000 for
a permanent international commits
sion of congresses of navigation.