SENATE. 64TH CONGRESS, 2d Session. {No. 904. REPORT BRIDGE ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, GLADE AND KINZUA TOWNSHIPS, WARREN COUNTY, PA. JANUARY 8, 1917.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. SHEPPARD, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 7538.] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 7538), authorizing the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway Co. to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Allegheny River, in Glade and Kinzua Townships, Warren County, Pa., 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 letter, which is made a part of this report: [First indorsement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, December 27, 1916. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Commerce, United States Senate. So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration by Congress of the accompanying bill, S. 7538, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, for the reconstruction of a bridge across the Allegheny River. WM. M. INGRAHAM, Mr. OVERMAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 19300.] The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 19300) making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, reports the same to the Senate with amendments, and submits herewith a statement of the amount of the estimates for 1918 for the several branches of the service, the amount provided by the bill as passed the House of Representatives, the amount recommended by the committee, the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 1917, the changes in House bill recommended by the committee, and the amount of the several Diplomatic and Consular appropriation acts for fiscal years 1886 to 1917, inclusive. Diplomatic and Consular Service, 1918. Amount of regular and supplemental estimates for 1918. Amount of House bill...... Decrease by Senate committee (net)...... Amount of bill as reported to Senate.............. The bill as reported is less than the regular and supplemental estimates. The bill as reported is less than the appropriation for 1917...... $5,750, 626. 66 5, 165, 246. 66 40, 000. 00 5, 125, 246. 66 625, 380. 00 271, 850. 00 The changes in amounts in House bill recommended by the committee are as follows: INCREASE. Second Pan-American Financial Conference..... $50,000.00 DECREASE. Fifteenth International Congress against Alcoholism Acquisition of legation premises at Managua, Nicaragua. Total. Net decrease. Amount of bill as reported to Senate. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR APPROPRIATION BILL. $10,000. 00 80,000. 00 90,000.00 40, 000. 00 5, 125, 246. 66 Comparative statement showing the appropriations for 1917, the estimates for 1918, the amounts provided by the House bill, and the amounts recommended by the Senate Committee on Appropriations for 1918. Comparative statement showing the appropriations for 1917, the estimates for 1918, the amounts provided by the House bill, and the amounts recommended by the Senate Committee on Appropriations for 1918-Continued. Fifth International Conference of American Reappropri- Reappropri- Reappropri- Re appropriStates.. Payment to the Government of Panama.. ation. 250,000.00 ation. ation. ation. International Commission on Public and Pri- Reappropri- Reappropri- Reappropri- Re approprivate International Law...... Acquisition of legation premises at Habana Consular Service, salaries... ation. ation. ation. ation. 100,000.00 1,139,000.00 1,278,000.00 1,208,500.00 1,208,500.00 |