The Washington herald., 1910-02-15

Many District OF Columbia. Virginia,
and Maryland Improvements are provided
for in the rivers and harbors bill, which
occupied the attention OF the House until
715 last night.
Among the most important Of these
were the item OF SlS0.000 for the Potomac
River. covering improvement and mainte-
nance at Washington. which was amend
ed by an addition of $20.o0O for the river
at Alexandria, making the total appro-
priauon for this $200Oo0.
The items allowing $4,000 for the Ana
costa River. and Sll,OOO for improving the
river at Mount Vernon were not dis
turbed.
With the exception OF one item. pro-
viding for improving the nothwest fork OF
the Nanticoke River, the appropriation
for which was reduced from So, 100 tC
provements at nearby points was passed
over as fast as the clerk could read the
items and without comment
Nearby Points Favored.
Tne allowances for nearby points are
as follows:
Bay. Va. to Delaware Bay, Del, res
toration and repair Of bridges built by
the United States. $500.
Improving harbor at Baltimore, Nd.
$4,000
Completing improvements at Crisheld
Md, S10,500.
Improving harbors at Rockhar, Queens
town. Claiborne, and Cambridge. and I'm
proving Chester. Choptank, Warwick
and Manokin rivers. and Tyaskin Creek
Md, S60.0G0
Improving Lower Thoroughfare, at We
mona, Deal Island Nd $500
Maintenance Of Elk River, Nd. $4,000
Improving Susquehanna River above
and below Havre de Grace. Nd. 10000
Improving Wicomieo River, Nd, ST.
Geo
Improving Potomac River at Lower
Cedar Point, Md, X3S0O
Improving harbor at Cape Charles
City, Va. S2o600.
Improving harbor at Milford Haven
Va. $1,000
Improving harbor at Norfolk, Va, $45,-
900. of which amount not to exceed 5000
shall be expended 10 obtain increased
anchorage at Lamberts Point
Improving channel to Norfolk Harbor
and Newport News. Va, by removal OF
Thimble Shoal, $3u0,O00,
Improving Appomattox River. Va, FOR
maintenance OF channel and diversion
works at Petersburg, $4,000
Improving Dymers Creek, Va, $1,000.
Improving James River, Va, 100000
Improving Nansemond River, Va
$500.
Improving Nomini Creek, Va, 5000
Improving Onancock, Va, $lS,500
Improving Pagan River. Va, $500.
Improving Rappahannock River, Va,
$4,000.
Improving Upper Machodoo Creek. Va,
$4,000
Improving Urbana Creek. Va, $500.
Improving York, Mattaponi. and Pa
munkey Rivers and Occoquan Greek, Va
$4,000
Improving waterway on coast Of vir-
ginia. $1,000
Improving waterway IIOu NOIIOlk mar
Dor, Va, 20 Albemarle Sound, y. c., for
inland water route through CurritucE
Sound. $500
Improving waterway from Norfolk, Va
to sounds of North Carolina, 5000
Fight over LHkeN-tO-GuIf.
A lively fight took place over that pro-
vision in the bill appropriating $1,000 OOi
as an earnest OF the intention Of the
government to build a fourteen-foot wa
terway from the Lakes TO the Gulf
There was a Wrangle over this PROPOSE.
ton for more than two hours, Repre-
sentative Davidson, of Wisconsin. a mem
ber Of the Committee on Rivers and Har.
bors. leading the fight against H. Al
though the Davidson amendment. strik.
ing out the appropriation, was lost by q
large vote, the way was paved for a fur
ther contest against the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf project. which will be taken up il
the Senate by Senator Burton, of Ohio
when the measure reaches that body
At the outset of his remarks Mr. Dav
idson announced that he was not a
present opposed TO the construction OF