SECOND CLASS-APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZATIONS AGGREGATING $200,000 OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN $1,000,000.

Louisiana: Red River, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma

250,000

Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn., to Riverton, Ala..

Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky above Nashville (to complete part recommended)

Kentucky: Kentucky River

213,000

Michigan:

Ludington Harbor (to complete).
Detroit River (old project)

Milwaukee Harbor (to complete)..

Wisconsin:

Manitowoc Harbor (to complete).

Minnesota: Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis.

Illinois: Chicago Harbor (to complete)..

Missouri:

150,000

Oregon:

300,000

Columbia River, between the foot of the Dalles Rapids, and the head of Celilo Falls, Oreg., and Wash.

Total of appropriations and authorizations, pending improvements, $200,000 to $1,000,000
inclusive..
Add total of appropriations or authorizations for pending improvements in amounts of
$1,000,000 or more..

$17,272, 728

51,444, 670

Total......

68, 717, 398

The following is a list of appropriations made for improvements which may be designated as new projects, although some of them are closely connected with or extensions of projects already adopted.

For all of these an amount sufficient for completion has been appropriated or authorized:

Cold Spring Inlet, Cape May..

Perriwig Bar, Delaware River, between Trenton and Bordentown..

North Carolina: Meherrin River, from the mouth thereof to the town

Total appropriations and authorizations for existing projects in amounts of $200,000 or more. $68, 717,398 Total appropriations and authorizations for new projects..

Total....

5,038, 391 73,755, 789

The balance of $10,060,349 is made up of a variety of items, including $300,000, the usual appropriation for examinations and surveys; an emergency fund of $300,000; an appropriation of $190,000, part of which is conditional, for the survey of a deep waterway from St. Louis to the Gulf. This balance also includes appropriations for the maintenance and extension of various rivers and harbors, the amounts for which are not included in the above lists, including approximately 300 projects already under improvement, and upon which appropriations have heretofore been made.

In the discussion of the river and harbor bill of 1902 attention was called to a popular misapprehension to the effect that a very large amount of money was appropriated for rivers and creeks of trivial importance, and it was shown that the total amount appropriated in the act of that year for streams having a tonnage of less than 100,000 tons, or a traffic of a value less than $1,000,000, was $417,000.

It is impossible to make an accurate comparison of such appropriations in the act of 1902 with those recommended in this bill. Some streams on which no considerable traffic has yet developed are appro

priated for, with the expectation that traffic may follow the improvement of these channels. The actual appropriations for the smaller streams already under improvement in which no considerable additions are contemplated are, however, approximately the same as in the bill of 1902, or somewhat less than half a million of dollars.

In many instances a comparison shows that the traffic upon this class of streams has greatly increased since 1902, while in other cases the amount has remained stationary or even diminished.

While doubts have been expressed of the propriety of improving waterways of mere local importance at national expense, it must be conceded that if there is a comparison between appropriations and benefits the provision made for many of them is as beneficial as any appropriations in the bill. In this list may be included, with the amount or value of traffic and the amount herein appropriated, the following:

Liberal provision is made for the prosecution or completion of improvements in a considerale number of rivers or harbors of secondary importance, and in cases where satisfactory results are anticipated, substantial additions have been made to the average of prior appropriations. Among improvements of this class are:

Virginia: Rappahannock River..

South Carolina: Santee, Wateree, and Congaree rivers and Estherville-
Minim Creek Canal

Texas: Brazos River, from Velasco to Old Washington.

Tennessee: Tennessee River, above Chattanooga, and Little Tennessee
River...

Washington: Columbia River and tributaries above the mouth of Snake
River

It should be noted that the cost of river and harbor improvements has been materially increased by the greater cost of labor and material. In cases in which the committee has received estimates of this increased cost the items of appropriation have been changed to meet existing conditions.

The usual provisions in regard to surveys and examinations and the general management of river and harbor work are included in this measure with slight alterations. A section directing the printing of 3,000 copies of a compilation of the laws of the United States relating to the improvement of rivers and harbors, which shall include the laws of the second session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, is substantially a repetition of a section in the bill of 1902. This is made necessary, because the compilation has not yet been printed.

The committee recommends and includes in the bill as section 5, a repeal of the provision of the act of 1904, forbidding the construction of dredges on the Great Lakes and north of Cape Henry on the Atlantic coast, without express authorization by legislative action It is thought that in any event the rule in this particular should be uniform, applying to all portions of the country without geographical distinction; also that it is best to lodge with the Engineering Department the right to construct dredges and allow the question to be determined by its officers in accordance with conditions which exist or which may arise. Provision is, however, made by affirmative legislation for the making of contracts with the owners of dredging plants for utilizing their services under a direct contract of hire by the Government, by the terms of which allowance may be made for deterioration of the plants of the owners and for a reasonable profit above the actual expenditures and cost to them.

Section 6 is a provision extending the jurisdiction of the International Waterways Commission, created by section 4 of the river and harbor act of June 13, 1902, making clear that the jurisdiction of such Commission shall include all waters adjacent to the boundary line between the United States and Canada. The actual work of this Commission, which has been important and valuable, has thus far been confined almost exclusively to the Great Lakes and connecting waters. It was the original understanding of the Canadian government and of the Government of Great Britain, that this jurisdiction was to include all waters on the boundary line between the two countries. The phraseology of the section providing for the Commission gives support to this contention. It is earnestly requested by Canadian officials that legislation be enacted to make it clear that all boundary waters are included. It is also thought desirable to extend the jurisdiction of the Commission as a matter of general policy.

In the preparation of this bill the committee has considered the following House and Senate bills and resolutions, upon all of which it is recommended that no further action be taken, viz:

H. R. 17, H. R. 28, H. R. 81, H. R. 82, H. R. 86, H. R. 95, H. R. 102, H. R. 105, H. R. 148, H. R. 171, H. R. 204, H. R. 217, H. R. 218, H. R. 242, H. R. 357, H. R. 369, H. R. 370, H. R. 371, H. R. 372, H. R. 373, H. R. 3042, H. R. 3064, H. R. 3065, H. R. 3068, H. R. 3070, H. R. 3072, H. R. 3073, H. R. 3101, H. R. 3102, H. R. 3121, H. R. 3148, H. R. 3149, H. R. 3150, H. R. 3151, H. R. 3152, H. R. 3163, H. R. 4442, H. R. 4454, H. R. 5326, H. R. 5964, H. R.

5981, H. R. 5982, H. R. 5983, H. R. 5984, H. R. 6004, H. R. 6005, H. R. 6006, H. R. 6041, H. R. 6042, H. R. 6043, H. R. 6044, H. R. 7005, H. R. 7022, H: R. 7023, H. R. 7061, H. R. 7083, H. R. 7103, H. R. 7122, H. R. 7124, H. R. 7126, H. R. 7129, H. R. 8413, H. R. 8416, H. R. 8428, H. R. 8442, H. R. 8747, H. R. 8990, H. R. 9334, H. R. 9750, H. R. 9751, H. R. 9968, H. R. 9969, H. R. 9970, H. R. 9971, H. R. 9977, H. R. 10087, H. R. 10088, H. R. 10714, H. R. 10717, H. R. 11272, H. R. 11491, H. R. 11645, H. R. 12070, H. R. 12079, H. R. 12210, H. R. 12212, H. R. 12596, H. R. 12691, H. R. 12704, H. R. 12849, H. R. 12850, H. R. 12854, H. R. 13099, H. R. 13106, H. R. 13300, H. R. 13302, H. R. 13545, H. R. 13656, H. R. 13662, H. R. 13780, H. R. 13857, H. R. 13934, H. R. 14017, H. R. 14306, H. R. 14310, H. R. 14311, H. R. 14417, H. R. 14509, H. R. 14518, H. R. 14523, H. R. 14584, H. R. 14804, H. R. 14901, H. R. 14973, H. R. 15436, H. R. 15439, H. R. 15730, H. R. 15845, H. R. 15899, H. R. 15902, H. R. 16139, H. R. 16233, H. R. 16234, H. R. 16803, H. R. 17134, H. R. 17138, H. R. 17219, H. R. 17298, H. R. 17726, H. R. 17878, H. R. 17986, H. R. 17987, H. R. 18596, H. R. 18755, H. R. 19315, H. R. 19473, H. R. 19608, H. R. 19674, H. R. 19678, H. R. 19680, H. R. 19846, H. R. 20266, H. R. 20290, H. R. 20464, H. R. 20991, H. R. 20974, H. R. 20553, H. R. 20526, H. R. 21399, H. R. 21398, H. R. 21397, H. R. 21207, H. R. 21571, H. R. 21680, H. R. 21958, H. R. 21957, H. R. 21955, H. R. 21946, H. R. 21928, H. R. 22144, H. R. 22143, H. R. 22142, H. R. 22141, H. R. 22140, H. R. 22139, H. R. 22138, H. R. 22136, H. R. 22127, H. R. 21571, H. R. 21397, H. R. 20974, H. R. 22478, H. R. 22480, H. R. 22481, H. R. 22354, H. R. 22137, H. R. 22340, H. R. 22663, H. R. 22662, H. R. 22661, H. R. 23026, H. R. 22887, H. R. 23025, H. R. 22889, H. R. 21385, H. R. 22354, H. R. 23376, H. R. 23378, H. R. 23389, H. R. 23387, H. R. 33385, H. R. 23460, H. R. 23386, H. R. 23212, H. R. 23213, H. R. 23205, H. R. 23379, H. R. 23557, H. R. 23713, H. R. 23822, H. R. 23933, H. R. 23931, H. R. 23930, H. R. 23926, H. R. 23822, H. R. 24132, H. R. 24280, H. R. 23286, H. R. 24543, H. R. 24649.

House joint resolutions numbered as follows: 6, 15, 30, 52, 53, 62, 76, 78, 83, 89, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100, 107, 109, 113, 119, 122, 125, 126, 129, 130, 148, 155, 162, 165, 168, 178, 179, 200, 201, 202, 206, 209, 216, 217, 218, 222.

House concurrent resolutions numbered as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23.

Senate bills numbered as follows: S. 1681, S. 1734, S. 4161, S. 4952, S. 5750, S. 6167.

Senate concurrent resolutions numbered as follows: 2, 4, 7, 19, 20, 22, 43, 70.

Senate joint resolutions numbered as follows: S. R. 16, S. R. 27.