Congress Cuts Seattle’s Canal Fund to $25,000
The House backs a reduced river-and-harbor appropriation for the proposed Lake Washington canal, leaving the project to wait on the Senate.
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WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 3.—The river and harbor appropriation bill was reported from the conferees to both houses and agreed to by the House. Compromises were reached on many of the amendments. A commission is provided for to report to Congress on the advisability of effecting a separation between the Mississippi and Red rivers at their junction. The item for the Columbia river is reduced, and for the Lake Washington canal from $100,000 to $25,000. The Senate has not yet acted on the report.
“The item ... for the Lake Washington canal from $100,000 to $25,000.”
Seattle’s ship canal would not be completed until 1917, after decades of lobbying and repeated fights over the federal share. Today the Montlake Cut and Ballard Locks are among the region’s most important pieces of infrastructure—and Seattle still argues over who pays for big transportation projects.
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