BRIDGE ACROSS MISSOURI RIVER IN MONTANA. APRIL 14, 1908.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. PILES, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 6458.] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 6458) to authorize the Yellowstone Valley Steel Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri River in Montana, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass without amendment. The bill has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the following indorsement: WAR DEPARTMENT, Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. The accompanying bill (S. 6458, 60th Cong., 1st sess.) to authorize the construction of a bridge across Missouri River is in the usual form, and makes ample provision for the protection of navigation interests. I know of no objection to its favorable consideration by Congress so far as those interests are concerned. A. MACKENZIE, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. O Mr. PILES, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 6539.] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 6539) to authorize the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Company to construct a bridge across Bering Lake, in the district of Alaska, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass without amendment. The bill has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the following indorsements: WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. The accompanying bill, S. 6539, Sixtieth Congress, first session, to authorize the construction of a bridge across Bering Lake, in the district of Alaska, is in the usual form and makes ample provision for the protection of navigation interests. I know of no objection to its favorable consideration by Congress, so far as those interests are concerned. A. MACKENZIE, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U. S. Ármy. WAR DEPARTMENT, April 13, 1908. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, inviting attention to the foregoing report of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. BRIDGES ACROSS COPPER RIVER, ALASKA. APRIL 14, 1908.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. PILES, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 6540.] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 6540) to authorize the Copper River Railway Company to construct two bridges across the Copper River, in the district of Alaska, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass without amendment. The bill has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the following indorsements: WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. The accompanying bill, S. 6540, Sixtieth Congress, first session, to authorize the construction of two bridges across Copper River, in the district of Alaska, is in the usual form and makes ample provision for the protection of navigation interests. I know of no objection to its favorable consideration by Congress, so far as those interests are concerned. A. MACKENZIE, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U. S. Ármy. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, inviting attention to the foregoing report of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. ROBERT SHAW OLIVER, O Assistant Secretary of War. Mr. CLAPP, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 4186.] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred Senate bill 4186, having examined the same, beg to report it favorably as amended and recommend its passage. In support of the foregoing recommendation your committee beg leave to state: In 1889 an act was passed entitled "An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota." A large portion of this reservation consisted at that time of timber land, some white pine, and a larger proportion of Norway pine. In 1902, June 27, an act was passed entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,' approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine," being the act above referred to. In the latter act it was provided that a portion of the land included in said reservation should be set aside and only 95 per cent of the timber thereon cut. Said last-mentioned act provided for the cutting of the balance of the timber under regulations therein prescribed. The land upon which only 95 per cent was to be cut was designed for a national forest. At that time no provision was made for settling with the Indians either for the land or for the 5 per cent of timber remaining standing. Upon said selection there are also several allotments scattered through the tract, and the Forestry Bureau is now of the opinion that it would be wise to retain 10 per cent for forestry purposes instead of 5 per cent. The foregoing substitute bill was arrived at after a conference with the Forestry Bureau, designed specifically to define the allotments of the forest reserve, and to specifically create such reserve and to make final and definite provision for the appraisal of the lands included in said reserve, together with the portion of timber remaining standing, all to be placed to the credit of the Indians. Said act is also designed to make provision, so far as the Indians may be concerned, to enable them to exchange their allotments within said reservation to the end that said reserve may be as far as possible a compact body. SITE FOR PUBLIC BUILDING AT POPLAR BLUFF, MO. APRIL 15, 1908.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. STONE, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 4692.] The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4692) providing for the erection of a public building at Poplar Bluff, Mo., having considered the same, report it with amendments, with the recommendation that the bill do pass. In line 5, after the word "for," strike out "and cause to be erected thereon." In line 6 strike out all after the word "building." In line 7 strike out down to the word "for." In line 10 strike out "and building" and all of lines 11 and 12 and in line 13 down to the word "shall." 66 In line 14 strike out one hundred" and insert in lieu thereof the word "ten.' Amend the title of the bill so as to read: "A bill providing for the purchase of a site for a public building at Poplar Bluff, Missouri" Your committee herewith appends the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on this bill. TREASURY DEepartment, SIR: Referring to your request for a report in connection with S. 4692, providing for a site and building at Poplar Bluff, Mo., for the use of the post-office and other United States offices, at a cost not to exceed $100,000, I have the honor to submit the following: It is estimated that a one-story building having 5,500 square feet ground area will be sufficient, and that such a building of fireproof construction will cost $75,000, exclusive of site. A nonfireproof building of the same capacity will cost $70,000. It is estimated that a suitable site can be secured for $10,000 additional. The usual 40-foot fire limit and sufficient ground to provide for a possible 30-foot extension of the building hereafter are included in the estimate for the site. |