The Washington times., 1914-05-29
|EN MILLIONS ADDED
TO RIVERS MEASURE
mate Committee Increases
Appropriations for Water
ways on Pacific Coast

M nile the river and har5or appropria-
pn bill is still held in the Senate Com
Ltree on Commerce, aud the additions
ace TO the House bill are still subject
the secrecy that is put upon mem
krs of committees dealing with appro-
Fia tions until the hills are finally re-
ed to the Senate, enough has been
hrned to predict that the Senate Com
ittee on Commerce has Increased or
lid to the waterways bill some ten
Millions of dollars-one-half of these
creases being given to the Pacific
orthwest.
,Four million one hundred thousand
bllars have been added for the pur-
bse Of improving the mouth o: the Co
m bia in oregon and Washington and
lie north jetty. The DILL, as it game
Iorn the House. contained an apI\O-
Fla ton of s., Coz, 900 for the Improvement
bd maintenance of the mouth OF the
plumbia.
but the showing made before the
ommerce Committee convinced that
bow that this Improvement WAS of the
ery first Importance. and should BE
bnsidered in the light CT a continuing
bntract, a system first introduced into
river and harbor bill by Senator Bur
kn, when chairman of the Rivers and
Iarbors Committee of the House. which
pngressman B. H. Humphreys of Mis-
ssippi, a member of the present Rivers
no Harbors Committee, writing of
rhe Inside of the Pork Barrel" in
cent number of a popular weekly, says
time and experience have abundanuy
stified.'' !
100000 Saving Claimed.
Having weighed the continuing con-
act plan in relation to the Columbia,
be subcommittee has recommended to
e full committee an appropriation of
10000 for the continuance of this
toject 1t was considered that this
ouId save the Government in the
eighborhood of 10000.
1n addition to this large increase, the
fbcommittee has recommended to the
IN committee an increase of 10000 for
be improvement of Grays har5or, lar
bd entrance. and $4,000 for improving
kagit City bar, on the Skagit river. in
[ashington State. other increases for
De Pacific Northwest are Sl12500 for
hproving the/Siuslaw river, in Oregon,
je local authorities having pledged
emseIves to contribute a like amount
b proposition which was regarded by
e subcommittee as thoroughly good
fsiness.
among the other items added were
|oo.oUC in cash for the improvement CT
|os Angeles harbor. in California, and
2E,ooo for placing the Improvement on
continuing contract basis For i'm
Foving San Rafael creek. sZ7. 800 has
ben recommended to the full COM
ltttee, and $4,000 for the Napa river.
lhere is also added to the House bill
pc sum Of $4,000 for the Willamette
|nd Yamhill rivers in Oregon.
These are the substantial increases
made to the measure by the subcom-
littee Of the Committee on Commerce,
II which Senator Chamberlain Of Ose
ron was acting chairman. and as he IS
member of the Committee on Appro-
|rtations and ranking member of the
lubcommittee which will have charge
the sundry civil bill. carrying the
|pntinuing contract authorizations, tle
dances are exceedingly bright that
hese additions to the river and lar
br appropriation bill will get through.
More Surveys Provided.
Besides the appropriations outlined
|bove in the nature of increases to tie
everal projects carried in the river and
krDor bill as 1t passed the House, the
of commerce has recon-
kenGed an additional number Of sur
|cgSs SldIShdnle river ITOIl the LlOulH
b the city of Clatskanie, Ore: Column
|ia and Snake rivers. Washington and
|daho. from Cello Falls to PittsburS
Ia anjHng. Idaho; Columbia river from
|a mas Washington and Ladies Island.
While the river and haroOr bill may
n larger than any Of its immediate
kedecessors, the increases are justified
b the increasing demands of commerce,
be Pacific Northwest being particularly
Enthusiastic over the vastly increased
bnnage promised upon the opening Of
b. Panama canal.
member of the subcommittee OF the |
committee OF Commerce. speaking OF
he additions made to the bill for river |
md harbor improvements said:
EVery single project for which an
dditionaJ appropriation is made has
cen approved by the board Of engineers
Z the army. Much Of the money ap-
ropriated is for the purpose of bring
ng a market nearer to sections OF the
oUntry which have no rail communica-
Ions, and / believe 1t safe TO say that
% appropriations have been made
mere rail communication exists which
Iill not serve To make the navigable
TRterways competitors fo- freight and
erve TO reduce AMI regulate the rail
ate in the interest of both the producer
nd the consumfr."