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Show PORK BARREL IS FULL IS YEAR River and Harbor Appropriation Appropria-tion Bill Carries the Sum of $83,466,138. The Houie Will Probably Consider Thlt Dill the Flrtt of Next Week Amounte Atked for Exeeede by Millions Expenses of I Former Yeart. i I Washington The river and harbor appropriation bill, which waa reported to th'o house on Wednesday by tho committee on rltera and harbors, car-rlea car-rlea an appropriation aggregating IS3,-4GC,138. IS3,-4GC,138. Ot Ihla sum 131,001,012 la appropriated ap-propriated In cash, to bo available July 1, 1907, and July 1, 1903, and tl8,81l,Ut! It nuthurlied for continuing contin-uing contracts, no tlmo limit being fixed na (o when It shall bo expended. Tho bill will probably not bo con-I con-I aldered by the bonne until noxt Monday. Mon-day. Tbla bill la n record breakor In tlte, exceeding by many millions the amount nllowed for river nnd harbor Improvements In any other congress. In aplto ot tho light made for an appropriation ap-propriation to continue work on a deep water-way between Chicago and St. IxmiIi the committee did not grant tho request, and Ihe appropriation ot 1190,000 fur a survey of n deep water, wny between Ht. 1-oiiIh nnd tho gulf, which Chairman Hurton Insisted mutt precede nny oxtiendltiireii for n deep water-way In Illinois, It tho only consolation con-solation offered. |