The Washington times., 1910-02-10
Immediate Action on Meas
ure Looked for This
Afternoon.
MISSISSIPPI GETS
LARGEST AMOUNT
House FavOTs Annual ippropria-
ton While Senate You'd
Make It Biennial.

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sented 10 the House late this afternoon
or early tomorrow morning. Chairman
Alexander. OF the Rivers and HarbOrs
Committee. VIII ask a vote tomorrow
morning
Ehe District Of Columbia and the State
Of Maryland. considering the reduced
appropriation, are wel cared for II is
learned on good authority that the
President asked especially that Potomac
river improvements should not be in
terfered with The bill viii carry the
following items
Improvement OF the Potomac river at
Mt Vernon and TO complete the i'm
prOTemeuts. 81. co
AuaCostia river. Improvement and
maintenance, $4,000
Improvements Here.
Potomac river. AT washington. i'm
pTOvemenIs and continuance thereof.
SIse,C70.
Improvement Of the Potomac at lower
Cedar Point. Sl3,5l0-
Tor Improvement and maintenance Of
the southwest Baltimore harbOT. So. .900.
For the Curtis cay channel, Sl0,09o-
To complete improvements at CTis-
deld. SlQo55.
improvements Of harbors at Rock
bridge, Chester, ChOpLank, Warwick,
Manokin, TyaSllin creek. and for main
teuance of Improvements. in all, S59, 600
Improving the lower th0rOUghfare AZ
OF near WinOna, Deal Island, Nd.
ELK river, Improvements and main
tenancer $1,000
Improvement northwest fork, Nanrf-
coke river (NIaTShyhOpe creek, from the
mouth 20 fredericksburg, 5000
Provides for Surveys
In addition 70 the $1,000 mentioned
above for the Eastern Shore Of Chesa-
peake bay, the bill provides also for
surveys Of Broad creek connecting P0-
comoke sound and Tangier sound,
Island harbor. Tree Arm
river. and North East river. looking to
future appropriations for improve
me Philadelphia harb5- receives $50
COO
The Youngheney river $4,000 for
the beginning Of the milliOn-dollar prof.
eCt for three locks and dams. which
Of the river as far as West Newton
The appropriation for the Ana costa
river is considered liberal and prob
ably viii result in the reclamation Of
the residents OF Anacostia and Wash
ingtOn have been COntending for years
Wharfage Improved
The Potomac river allowance at Mt
Vernon is for the improvement OF
wharfage facilities at that historic
point. It being estimated that this
amount will be necessary for the rector
alton CT the ten-foOt channel with ade-
auate widths The traffic by boat TO
Mt Vernon. according 10 a report sub
ufrted to Congress By Col Spencer
Cosby when major Of the Corps Of En-
gineeTs. viii suffer unless adequate ar
TanEemeDts are made Tor the landing
of passengers. although Major Cosby
did not advocate the expenditure OF
more Government money so long as z
particular boat line holds a monopoly
Jf the Ng- vernon traffic This con-
tract with the boat company. II Is IN
derstOod, viii soon expire
when the Mt Vernon improvements
are made Il viii be possible TO land pas
SenEeTs direct AT the wharf from almost
any river steamer, instead OF Dy row
boat. as IS required now in the case OF
the JiEeDeT-draft vessels
Millions for Mississippi.
The Mississippi. Ohio. Missouri. and
Illinois rivers are especially well taken
care Of in the present bill
The Mississippi receives S2,O00,O00 for
improvements north Of St Louis; for
from St Louis to Cairo,
exclusive OF the So. co carried in the
suadry civil 5iI. $4,000 is appropEie
from Cairo 90 New Orleans the riv~
receives s.. 10000, in addition to the same
amount carried IN the sUndry civil bill
The Ohio receives S1,OO00O0 immediate
and S25gO.OG0 in continuing contracts
The sum of & -UG0O00 also IS appropriated
for the Missouri, from its mouth TO
-TFe 7,eTrcff river. Livingston channeI.
receives S5J1. coo
Another 10000 IS allowed for the
construction of a waterway from Lock
port. IL. by way Of the DeSplaines and
Illinois rivers, 70 the mouth Of the JEt-
Small Rivers Cared For.
The smaller projects in all sections
of the country run into two millions n
the aggregate
Lending additional Interest 10 the bill
and the subject Of the deep waterways
fight is the provision carried that the
Secretary of War and board Of five en-
gineers are TO cooperate with the State
of Irzsois in securing a satisfactory
waterway between LOckpOrt and. Utica,
in conjunction with water power oy
Illinois for which the State viii expend
50, ,0to- U0e-
The board is instructed to report 10
what extent the United States should
cooperate with the state Of Illinois
The board also is required 10 iuvesti-
gate and report upon the Improvement
Of the Mississippi between the mouth
Of the Illinois and the mouth OF the
Ohio - she construction OF g dam near
Jefferson Barracks and another dam
near Commerce
The president Of the board Is to be
the same engineer who was president
of the board Of i've authorized in
March. 1907. 10 examine the Mississippi
river below St. Louis with reference TO
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