Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-06
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Washington. Sept. 6. = Sponsors for
the rivers and harbors pork barrel bill,
which annually has spectacular career
in congress, have been given a hard
jolt by the army engineers, who have
just reported adversely on the Mis-
souri, river and Arkansas river pro-
jects.
The reports of the engineers were
the last rivers and harbors law calling
for a resurvey of ten projects char
acterized by former Senator Burton, of
Ohio. as absolutely without merit.
The reportsc are regarded here
as vindication of the two mem
orable filibusters conducted against
the rivers and harbors pork barrel
measure in the last congress by Sena-
tor Burton, Kenyon, Representative
Frear and others.
Boost Presidential Stock.
Incidentally administration politi-
clans were inclined to believe that the
reports of the engineers on these pro-
jects will serve to boost Burton's stock
ination for president.
During the closing hours OF the last
session. wiel. the rocl, barrel advo-
Gates went to Senator Burton with an
offer Of compromise, he consented to
let lump sum- bill go thru providing
there was an agreement to instruct the
army engineers to re-examine a num-
Der Of the pr ojects which he had de-
nounced SO numerically.
The administration leaders. who
were also the leaders for the pork bar
rel plan, promptly agreed to this
scheme, believing the engineers could
be made to indorse the projects again.
These Projects Resurveyed.
The projects named by Senator Bur-
ton So1 REORGANIZATION were the Mis-
souri, river. the Arkansas river, the
Coosa river in Georgia and Alabama.
the st. Luc!e inlet, Florida: the Brazos
river. Texas: Red river, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma;
Ouachita river, Arkansas and Louist-
ana; Tennessee river, and the Fox
river, Wisconsin: besides the Atlantic
inland waterway from Norfolk, Va. to
Beaufort, n c.
In addition to obtaining an anthori-
zation for the REORGANIZATION OF these
schemes Senator Burton forced con-
gress TO agree to a provision authorize
Ing the army engineers to re-examtne
such other projects as they believed
did not Justify further expenditure OF
government money. This proYtso opens
the way for the engineers to rs-exam-
Inc. of their own accord, the authorize
tons for the Improvement of hundreds
Of crooked southern creeks and bayous.
S75,oOo,O 1000 Expenditures Asked.
The ten projects specifically men
toned call for the expenditure. of up
wards Of ST.. 900 900. Between $1,000
900 and $4,000. 900 has already been
spent upon them.
The report on the Missouri river pro-
tect was made by Colonel Deakyne OF
the CORPS OF engineers. More than SlO,-
900, 900 has been sunk in the Missouri
to date. The authorization suspended
by the Burton amendment calls for the
expenditure of s2.000,00O annually I'M
til the work is completed. The whole
scheme called for s2O,000,000. Colonel
Deaknye recommends that this auth
orization be repealed and one calling
for $4,000 annually for snaSSins pnr-
noses only be substituted.
According to the report. the MIS-
souri, river scheme offers no unusua.
engineering difficulties. Colonel
Deakyne questions the advisability OF
expending any more money. however.
when it is apparent to him that 1t VIII
not be Of great national benefit