The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-15
RIVER AND HARsOR BILL.
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WASHINGTON. April Ia senator Bur
ton 81 Ohio to-day iled . minority report
on the river an hArbOr appropriation
bill in which he makes q vigorous attack
on the measure a. passed by the House
an amended by the senate Committee.
Provisions IN tn pending river and
harbor hill. says senator Burton. SHOW
the Necessity for radical reform in methods
and for more careful, onaidsration in
the selection &c projects. The most Glar-
ing defect IN methods a. exsmplifiei in
the bill 10 the dribbling policy of making
partial appropriations for a multitude of
improvements without provision for COM
plstion. mors rAtiNflsi System would
m 'ks 10 desirable that instead % some
go projects. the nunster Included in this
measure q much smaller numlsr should
he provid ID Tor and % other Appro Oria-
TORS IL made sxcssa for the maints-
name. OG improvements alr-sd com
p.e:sd-
senator Burton ~ ecifies the items and
CLASSES Of itstns in he bill which IA his
Judgment should mot be includ II. a.
follows:
First Those pro ject- which have been
examined and rejected by the BOari Of
Engineers a. unworthy 81 adoption or
thoas in which the methods recommended
for prosecuting the wOTk have beSn
disrsKar,l-d. Including the Inner Haripor.
Great Salt Pond. khosl- island: Norfolk.
Beaufort waterway. Mobile hariIOr: chan
mel from Grange aud Beaumont on IA
hane aud NeCh.- riverS. tn raylOr's hayOu.
Texas: Grsen River. Kentucky. Missouri
River at or near Lake Contrary. Missouri:
lakes 20 the Gulf waterway; Chnch and
HiwaSse. rivers. Arc ada hartDor. Michi-
Rnn. aud Gavandoots River. Virginia.
second Appropriations Fos rivers aud
inland waterways, the proposed develop
ment Oi which under present 'onsiftions
will not lss profitable
SENATOR Burton objects particularly
to the appropriation 81 ~ .taD'sD Tor th-
lakes 90 the Gulf waterway. DECLARING
that not only ~ this proisO$-d appvO-
priati0n "a diro,t violation of sn TN
favorable report hat q survey - nov
p..nsiing with a view Ia the Feasibility
II an eight toOi waterway instead of
fourteen feet the depth asksSi. la adj
dition to this. the making Of an apprO-
ysriation. conditional or OeherWtSe, before
q project n recommended nc adopted
n especially objectionable
Referring 10 the -dTibblinE policy
Of making appropriations for river and
haTbor works. SENATOR Burton SAYS
Such a plan 81 Drocsdure a. that
diapla we'd in this bail would be considered
altogether WasaefNl and injUdicio'is "a
private enterpris. and 10 far az the
policies in ElropeAn countries have ben
examined improvements have not b~en
adopted until compilation - assured
IL 10 generally believed that u she pend
ing bill we're changed TO conform To
senator BurtOn's IDEAS there wouAd be
no prospect Of Its passing at the prs~ent
session Of Congress. bat the senate
and the House would b. speedIly IN
VOWED in such q hght that no legislation
could be Obtained- The Ohio senator
10 Recognised a. the authority river
and harbor matters. but his power Of
directing and controlling appropriations
- Ices ia the Senate than u was when n
a member Of the Hoains he Gas chairman
Of the River and HarhoS COMMITTEES and
practically fTamesi every measure that
zane from the committee and invariably
ssicceecied in getting his b,liA through
the Hous- without amendment save
saIch as he aZ-~-t to.
The senate will take up the cOnsisi.ra-
tion Of the river and har bili Ia morrow
and " - the expectation Ut the leaders
that the Measure will he dIspo~ed ~
before adiournment Saturday night
The railroad bill vas sidetrarked to-day
until Monday At the suggestion Of SENATOR
Ekins. who has charge OF the measure.
to permit the river AMI baTbOr bill Ia
have the right % way