Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-09
MILLION YEARLY
SFOR BIG MUDDY"
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Recommends Sum to Be Spent
for Ten Years.
FROM MOUTH TO KANE ~ Y
aActs on Report of Major
Cutting His Estimate. :
CHANNEL FROM SIX TO TEN l
Measure Will Be Reported by Lat,
Part of Week.
}. r.. Kelby and G. Il. spens at Lumber
Rate Hearing-WOrk Progresses
Smoothly on Pathfinder
Dam.
Acts on Report of Major
Cutting His Estimate.
Measure Will Be Reported by Lat,
Part of Week.
CFrom a staff Correspondent


gram. 1.-THE rivers and harbors committee
Of the house in executive session today
adopted a recommendation made by Major
Schultz OF the engineer corps that at least
N,00Cto should be spent annually on the
Missouri river for the next ten years to
improve that stream from the mouth of
the river to Kansas city. II was further
provided that board OF three army
engineers should make an investigation of
the river and report to congress not later
thGn the first Monday in December as to
4 the ptImareacy OF improvements that may
be secured for The outlay of such sum
fOr the next ten years.
In compiiance with the rivers and har-
bors act Of 1861 Major Schultz, district
officer made preliminary examination
and survey reporting his findings to the
engineer board where they were reviewed
and later transmitted to congress. Major
Schultz estimates that the cost of the pro-
posed Improvement with the probability of
providing channel Of more than six feet
and not less than ten feet is $4,000 per mile
Major Schultz further says:
1T is believed that no plan of improve
ment Of less scope than complete and con-
tlnuous control of the river, at least as far
as Kansas City, should be undertaken.
This will require about ten years and ap-
proprlations at the rate Of not less than
10000 annually should be assured"
The rivers and harbors committee is now
working a final draft of the rivers and
harbors bill, which in all probability will
be reported late Thursday evening or FRI
day morning. II cut the recommendation
o fthe district officer to $lOOO,OOO a year.
believing that sum sufficient to begin the
work of improving the Big Muddy.
Lumber Rates Discussed.
]. f. Kelby of Omaha. general solicitor
OF the burlington system for the lines
west. ana Q. h. Spens, general freight
aSe"t the same railroad and for the
sal rritory, are in Washington to pre-
CO iGllrcad side In the case of the
Lt- Lumber company against the
chea>o.a BuFllngton & s.Qulncy- railroad
and 0thers fsfcre the Interstate Com
merce commi ssicn.
The cane grows out of an effort on the
part of lumber company to change ex-
Asting rates from the southern pine pro-
Yducing territory TO Nebraska, Kansas,
colorado and Wyoming and is of very
considerable interest to Omaha and Lin
coin, as the present rates are in favor of
those points. The lumber company seeks
to have a through rate made less than a
combination of locals. Testimony was
taken at Kansas City last November be-
fore Examiner Lossow and now comes be-
fore the Interstate Commerce commission
on oral argument
d. A. Mcpherson of Deadwood, who is a
q member of the mint commission, which
= meets in Philadelphia tomorrow, was IN
Washington today and had a long confer
ence with Senators Gamble and Crawford
over the South Dakota political situation,
which is anything but roseate to these
statesmen. They regret that the radical
wing Of the republican party in the state
has determined TO fight. They hoped that
an agreement might be rached to renomi-
nat the present state officers and con-
grssmen.
Edward C. Johnston of Lincoln stu
dent AT Harvard university business
school Cambridge, Mass, has been in
washington for the last two days looking
into the consular service for paper con-
nected with his school work. Mr., John
ston Is a member of the Harvard Glee
club, which he made easily.
work at Pathfinder Dam.
The st. Paul Foundry company of st.
Paul Mimi, has been awarded the con-
tract for furnishing castiron tunnel lin
, ings for use at the Pathfinder dam in the
North Platte irrigation project in Nebraska
a and wyoming. According to the terms OF
the contract the cost OF the Innings, deliv-
cred at Casper Wyo,, Is to be S2AS46. Award
has also been made to the Des Moines
Bridge and Iron company of Des Moines
Ia, to furnish and erect highway bridge
In connection with the Shoshone irrigation
project In Wyoming. This bridge will be
on the road constructed by the govern
ment in the shoshone canyon for the pur-
pose OF hauling machinery and supplies tc
the big dam. which is being extended by
40 al No.
tional park, 1t is expected that this bridge
viii be completed before the spring floods
The contract price Is A146.02.
Engineers in charge OF the interstate
canal OF the North Platte irrigation prof
ect have been busy since the first of Jan.
uary lining the canal banks with brush
and gravel to prevent erosion during the
coming season. ~>At the Pathfinder dam
equipment and supplies necessary in build.
ing a dixie are being assembled A number
OF teams are being constantly employed
hauling from Casper to Pathfinder The
water In the reservoir has all been allowed
TO flow through an opening in the dam
Work has been commenced on the drainage
tunnel from Gale shaft A board of con.
sultlng ngneers which met recently de
termined upon the location and size OF
the south side tunnel, which will be uset
as an additional outlet to the reservoir IN
times Of flood, and arrangements wer,
completely made TO begin drilling Februar,
!. The lower portal Of the tunnel will b,
high on the canyon walls, and drilling wal
begun hy hand two 81 drills being used
BIN for wRhao structure.
senator Brown today introduced a bill
h carrying an 2rcp iation Of 100000 for tn
purchsse OF a and the erection OF pub
lie bulldins olo0.
AT Senator request Presiden
Taft today g. order extending IN
time for fln, ,pc landse to be opene,
on ths sycune El er and Standing Rocl
lQeei stsoas from April l. as fixe,
in ee e..siHal PROCLAMATION to May l.
Adeiegation OF Crow Indians today pre-
tcontinned on seonnh paran