59TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPORT 2d Session. No. 6399. BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER. January 15, 1907.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Mr. GAINES, of West Virginia, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 23383.] The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 23383) to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the city of St. Louis, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River," approved June 25, 1906, having considered the same, report thereon with amendment and as so amended recommend that it pass. The bill as amended has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the indorsements attached and which are made a part of this report. Amend the bill as follows: In line 3 strike out the word "said." In line 4, before the word "bridge," strike out the word "said" and insert the word "the." In lines 4 and 5 strike out the words "said act across the Mississippi River" and insert in lieu thereof the following: the act entitled "An act to authorize the city of Saint Louis, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River," approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and six. Under the terms of the general bridge act the construction of a bridge must be commenced within one year after the passage of the act authorizing such construction. In the present case, this time expires on June 25, 1907, and, since Congress will adjourn on March 4, it becomes necessary to extend the period within which work is to be commenced. This bill provides for such extension. It relates to the construction of a free municipal bridge across the Mississippi River by the city of St. Louis, Mo. The people of that city have voted, by a large majority, as your committee is informed, to issue bonds to the amount of $3,500,000 to construct such bridge. The War Department approves the bill to extend the time, and the committee believes that the request of the city of St. Louis should be granted. [Second indorsement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. The object of the accompanying bill, H. R. 23383, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, is to extend the time for commencing and completing the bridge authorized by the act of Congress approved June 25, 1906, to be built across Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. So far as the interests of navigation are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the bill by Congress. A. MACKENZIE, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U. S. Ármy. [Third indorsement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, January 10, 1907. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, inviting attention to the foregoing report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. ROBERT SHAW OLIVER, 59TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( REPORT 2d Session. FURNISHING CANNON TO THE STATE OF SOUTH JANUARY 15, 1907.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. KAHN, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. R. 80.] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution (S. R. 80) authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish two 3-inch wrought-iron muzzle-loading cannon, with their carriages, limbers, and accessories, to the State of South Dakota, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said resolution be amended as follows: Strike out all after the word "Provided," in line 8, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "That no expense shall be incurred by the United States in the delivery of said cannon, carriages, and accessories," and that as so amended the resolution do pass. The Senate report is hereto annexed and made a part of this report. [Senate Report No. 4819, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session.] The Committee on Military Affairs, which has had under consideration the joint resolution (S. R. 80) authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish two 3-inch wroughtiron muzzle-loading cannon, with their carriages, limbers, and accessories, to the State of South Dakota, begs leave to report the resolution back to the Senate favorably, recommending that it be passed. Your committee's favorable action is sustained by the following official indorsements of the War Department, in which the Acting Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, states that the value of the material mentioned in the resolution, when new, was about $1,650, but that it is now out of date and would be valueless to the War Department except for sale as obsolete ordnance. [First indorsement.] OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, Respectfully returned to the honorable the Secretary of War. The 3-inch wrought-iron guns, etc., referred to within were issued to the State of South Dakota under the law for arming and equipping the militia. The value of this material, when new, was about $1,650, but as it is out of date the Department would have no use for it except for sale as obsolete property. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, inviting attention to the foregoing report of the Acting Chief of Ord nance, United States Army. OBSOLETE CANNON FOR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. JANUARY 15, 1907.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. KAHN, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 15437.] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 15437) providing for the donation of condemned cannon to the University of Idaho, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the bill be amended as follows: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill providing for the donation of obsolete cannon to the University of Idaho." Strike out of line 4 the words "turn over” and insert in lieu thereof the word "deliver." Strike out of line 5 the word "condemned" and insert in lieu thereof the word "obsolete." Insert after the word "cannon," in line 5, the words "with the carriages and equipments." Insert after the word "University," in line 7, the words: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States in the delivery of said cannon. As so amended your committee recommend that the bill do pass. The report from the War Department is as follows: [First indorsement.] OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. There are now at the University of Idaho two 3-inch wrought-iron cannon, with their carriages and appropriate equipment. The university has been instructed to ship these guns and carriages to Benicia Arsenal, and the Department has in view the issue of 3.2-inch breech-loading rifles, with their carriage and equipments to replace the same, on filing of the bond required by law. The guns and carriages now at the university, while they have not been condemned, are obsolete, and have no value except as old material or junk; and in order that the |