Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-08
MONEY FOR OUR WATERS.
$15O,OOO RECOMMENDED FOR
SAVANNAH'S HARBOR.

$4,000 for Romney SIarsh-sI5, 900
for the Savannah River Above the
City-@1O,OO0 for Brunswick and
$4,000 for Cumberland sound
$4,000 for Pensacola.
WASHINGTON, May Among the
principal items of the river and harbor
bill, as reported to the House to-day, are
the following for the South:
VIRGINIA.
Appomattox river $4,000, James river
$4,000. Rappahanock river $4,000, York
river $50, 600.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Cape Fear, below Wilmington, S75, 900,
Cape Fear, above Wilmington, $4,000.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ashley $4,000, Edisto So. 200. Great Pc
dee $4,000, Salkehatchie $3,000 Wacca-
nav Sc, 600, Wappoo cut $4,000, Wateree
$4,000.
GEORGIA.
Altamaha $4,000, Chattahoochee S25.-
600, Coosa Georgia and Alabama) $5O,-
600, Flint $4,000, Ocmulgee $4,000, Geo
nee $4,000, Romney Marsh $4,000, Savan-
nah $4,000.
FLORIDA.
Caloosahatchee $4,000, Choctawhatchee
$4,000, Escambia $12, 900, st. Johns $780,
600, Suwannee $4,000, Volusia bar $1,000,
ALABAMA.
Alabama $4,000, Catawba $4,000, Tai
lapoosa $4,000, Warrior $12, 900, Tombig-
bee $4,000.
TENNESSEE.
Clinch 1000, Cumberland, below Nash
vile, $500, Cumberland, between Nash
Vile and Smiths shoals, $4,000, French
Broad $4,000, Tennessee, above Chatta-
nOoga, $4,000, Tennessee, below Chatta-
nOOga, $3.50. 900.
Ohio river 100000, Mississippi river a
number of appropriations for specific To-
calities aggregating $2,325, 900, Falls of
the Ohio at Louisville $3O0,000.
HARBOR MONEY.
Among the appropriations for harbor
improvements are the following: Norfolk,
Va, $4,000; Charleston, 5. c., $3.50, 900;
Georgetown, S. c., $4,000; Brunswick,
Ga, $4,000; Savannah, Ga, $150,0O0;
Cumberland Sound, Ca, 10000; Apala-
100000; Tampa Bay, Fla, $40, 600; Mobile,
Ala, $200,000
THE REPORT.
In the report accompanying the bill the
committee say:
The last river and harbor act which was
passed August 2, 1882, over the Presidents
veto. appropriated SIS, ,738,S75 upon estimates
by the engineers that $33. .224 300 could be
prOftably expended in the fiscal year. or 56I5
per cent. of the estimates. The bill reported
herewith appropriates $l2,6l9, 100 upon en-
gineer's estimates of S35, ,30l, ,SS5. Following is
an itemized statement of the appropriations
recommended in this bill: 1876 rivers, $76.-
S45; l04 harbors, $3,Sl2. 100; i2 channels and
inlets, 1890 900; ice harbors, So, 600: break
waters, Sl65, 900: canal, the Hennepin canal in
Illinois, 100000; four special surveys, $57 900;
examinations, surveys and contingencies,
$l25,OO0. Out of total of 347 items for which
appropriations were asked by the engineers
l05 have been refused by the committee.
In concluding the report the committee
say:
The present bill is a double appropriation,
as no appropriation was made by the last
Congress. An effort was made to pass a bill
approprating $500, 100, but it failed III the
Senate for want of time. At the beginning of
luton, the engineers in charge of the various
works said an immediate appropriation of
$4,329,000 was necessary. The amount which
the committee has recommended is $I2, ,3l9. 100.
If this amount is reduced by the estimate of
the engineers for the current fiscal year there
will remain 1890, 700 If the amount voted
by the last House be deducted there will re-
main $4,332 leo the amount of the present
bill properly chargeable to this Congress.
While this statement of facts may vIndicate
this committee from the charge OF eXtrava-
gance, it will suggest increased responsibility,
difficulty and embarrassments in apporton-
ing this small amount among a large number
OF works OF improvement equally meritorious
and important,