Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-16
PORK BARREL THE
BIGGEST EVER
CONGRESS COMMITTED TO WA
TERWAY SCHEMES COST
ING sly 200, 900.
APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSED FOR
ENDLESS VARIETY OF
SCHEMES.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Waterway
projects costing $42,355,276, of which
81, 200. 430 is for continuing contracts,
are provided for in the rivers ana
harbors bill reported to the house. 1t
will be considered Monday and be
pressed expeditiously All the prof.
ects already under Improvement ag-
gregate $252,O17,4O0, including the
Mississippi river from Cairo to the
head of the passes. There are fur
Their projects favorably reported by
the engineers, not yet adopted by con-
gress, amounting to $S7 $4,000.
The amount required to complete
the adopted projects, except the Mis-
sissippi river, totals $70,S29, 100; for
the Mississippi $17,501,650 from the
mouth of the Missouri to the mouth
of the Ohio, $1S,500,o00 thence to St
Paul and $59,55O from st. Paul to
Minneapolis.
Besides this, the cost OF projects
which congress presumably intends 70
complete having started them, is es-
! timated at $9,346,500, and the canalf-
cation of the Ohio for nine foot
depth. adopted in the bill approved
last March, is placed at $60,2SO,600
making a total of $177, 617400, which
congress may be considered as com.
mitted to !"
The bill provides not only increased
appropriations for various tributaries
of the Mississippi, but fixes a time
| limit when such permanent improved
channels shall be completed. The
policy adopted in the bill for the Mis-
sissippi between Cairo and the gulf
anticipates an expenditure OF $1,000
600 yearly for twenty years, when
will complete a nine foot channei
from Cairo to the gulf OF this $4,-
600, 900 this year, half is carried in the
sundry civil bill The middle Mlssis-
sippi from the mouth of the Missouri
to the mouth of the Ohio will have
permanent eight foot channel, in
twelve years. under the bills provis
ions
To enable the completion in twelve
years of a six foot channel on the up
per Mississippi from the Missouri riv-
er to ST Paul the bill carries half a
million in addition to a like amount
in the sundry civil bill
The Missouri river gets million,
and for the Ohio approximately S.
000, 900 year for twelve years is con-
templated.
The bill provides for a board or
engineers to consider cooperation with
the Illinois authorities for a water
way from Lockport to the mouth of
the Illinois river, though the proposed
appropriation of million for this
waterway is not yet made available,
pending further affirmative Legislation
by congress.
Among the items in the bill are the
following: Marquette, 100000; Du-
luth and Superior, $500, 900: Chicago
harbor, $240000; : Chicago river, $175,-
600; Calumet river and harbor, $12S,-
600: Illinois and Mississippi canal,
SIS 900: Mississippi river between the
Ohio and Missouri, half million;
head of the passes to the mouth OF
the Ohio, $2,O00,00O; experimental
barges, half million; between the
Missouri and Minneapolis and st.
Paul, S500,000 a 14-f0ot waterway
from the lakes to the gulf. $1,050,000,
Missouri river from the mouth to
Sioux City, 100000; mouth to Fort
Benton, Mont, $175,000; at Joseph
to prevent cut off, $4,000.