| Show n PORK BARREL IS FILL TK S YEAH River and Harbor Appropriation Appropria-tion Bill Carries the Sum of 03466130 The House Will Probably Consider This Bill the First of Next Week Amounts Asked for Exceed by Millions Expenses of Former Years Washington The liver And harbor appropriation bill which was reported to the house on Wednesday by tho committee on rivers and harbors carries car-ries an appropriation aggregating 83 400138 Of this sum 34001012 Is appropriated ap-propriated In cash to be available July 1 1907 and July 1 1008 and 48834526 Is authorized for continuing contin-uing contracts no time limit being fixed as to when It shall be expended Tho bill will probably not bo considered con-sidered by tho house until next Monday Mon-day This bill Is a record breakcr in size exceeding by many millions the amount allowed for river and harbor improvements In any other congress In spite of the fight mado for an appropriation ap-propriation to continue work on a deep waterway between Chicago and St Louis the committee did not grant the request and the appropriation of 190000 for survey of a deep waterway water-way between St Louis and the gulf which Chairman Burton insisted must precede any expenditures for a deep waterway in Illinois is the only consolation con-solation offered |
