Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-12
effort Will Be Made to Expedite Its
Passage.
LARGELY AN ANNUAL BUDGET
Contemplates Stated Amounts Yearly
for Certain Projects.
PLANS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI
six Feet Channel st. Paul TO st. Louis,
Eight Feet 20 Cairo and Nine
Below that POint-MiIllOu
for the Missouri.

Z WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.--waterway pro-
Siects throughout the country at a cost Of
S42355.276, Of which S7,2OS 4SO is for con-
tlnuing contracts, are provided. for in the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill re-
Aported TO the house today by the commit
Maee on rivers and harbors. The bill will
be called up in the house Monday in an
effort to press the measure to passage as
oxpeditiously as possible. The $7COOCO0 odd
outside the cash appropriations is for ex-
pendttures which hereafter may be made
under the continuing contract system. The
bill is theoretically an annual budget, al
though no regular rivers aud harbors bill
has been reported since that approved
March 2. 1907.
All the projects already under improve
ment aggregate s252,Ol7.4O .4OO including the
Mississippi river from Cairo to the head
of the passes. Further projects favorably
reported by the engineers. but not yet
adopted by congress, amounting to $S7,54S,-
COO. or a total of $3.50, 566OOO including the
projects provided for under the present
bill, which would leave 100000 yet un-
acted upon, if congress adopts the present
measure.
The total amount required to complete
ADOPTED projects. except the Mississippi
ler. foots up S7Os29, 100, and for the Missis-
slpp river $50, from the mouth of
the Missouri to the mouth of the Ohio;
10000 thence to st. Paul and $50, $50 from
st. Paul to Minneapolis
Projects Unfinished.
Besides this the cost of projects, which
congress- having started, presumably in
tends to complete, Is estimated at IS, 346-
zoo and the canalization of the Ohio for
nine-foot depth. practically adopted in
the bill approved March 3, 1902 is placed
at $50, O,2So.eco making a total OF 77,s17, 400,
which congress may be considered as
committed to."f
Norfolk, Va; Mobile. Ala; New York
harbor. the great lakes, the Detroit river
and other sections receive great attention.
The bill provides not only increased ap-
propriations3 for the tributaries of the
Mississippi, but fixes time limit when
such permanent improved channels shall
hA Acompleted. The policy adopted by the
bM for the Mississippi river between
Cairo and the gulf anticipates an expendi-
ture of s40O0,0O0 each year for twenty
years, which will complete a permanent
improved nine-foot channel from Cairo 10
the gulf
OF this S4oOO,OOO this year half is car
rled in the sundry civil bill, which will be
taken up soon by the appropriations com.
mouth Of the Missouri to the mouth OF
the Ohio Will have permanent eight
q foot channel $500 feet wide in twelve
years under the provisions of the bill
To enable completion in twelve years OF
the s.x-foot channel OF the upper Miss
sippi from the Missouri river to ST. Paul
the bill carried 100000 in addition TO q
like amount TO be carried in the sundry
civil bill.
Million for Missouri.
The Missouri river gets s1,0O00OO and
for the Ohio approximately $5,OO00O0 6
year for twelve years is contemplated.
The bill provides for a board of en-.
gineers to consider cooperation with the
Illinois authorities for the waterway from
LockpoTt to the mouth of the Illinois
\ river. though the proposed appropriation
Of $l.000,0O0 for this waterway is not ye
y made available pending further affirma
tive legislation by congress.
An appropriation of $160,OOO is madt
( Tor commencing work under the Puge
Sound-Lake Washington waterway, tn,
Lake Washington canal, which is to pro
vide for commercial. Industrial and nava
and military uses harbor near Seattl
with about $4,000 acres area and 100 mile
4hore line, and contracts to the extent o
4s.15O,000 for it's completion are author
ized, conditioned on local cooperation
The bill also includes 100000 for ex
aminations, surveys and contingencies o
rivers and harbors, 100000 for emergen
cies and $4,000 for a permanent interna
tional commission Of congress of paviga
ton