The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-18
FOR SOUTHERN WATERS.
APPROPRIATIONS BY THE RIVER
AND HARBoR BILL.

gla improvements - Mr.. Testers
Good Work = Appropriations in
Other States.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE House COM
mittee on rivers and harbors to-day COM
pleted the river and harbor appropriation
bill. The total appropriation is little
over $4,000, 900. The items of Importance
in the bill are as follows:
HARBoRs.
Virginia - Norfolk, $4,000; Cape
Charles, city and approaches, for dredging
only, $25,OOO
North Carolina-Beaufort SIS, 900; inland
waterway, between Beaufort and New
river, $4,000.
south Observation-Disclosures including
Sulhvan's Island, $350,0OO; Winyaw Bay,
100000.
rgia-Brunswick, $4,000; Cumber-
land sound, $112, 500; Savannah, $3.50, 900;
Darien, S25, ,0O0
Florida Bay, $4,000; PEN
sacola, $685. 600; Tampa Bay, $4,000; Key
West, $4,000.
Alabama-M Mobile, SS5O,OOO.
RIVERS.
District of Columbia-Potomac river at
Washington S240.000.
Virginia-Appomattox river, $l5,0 600;
James river, $500, 900; Rappahannock river,
$4,000; York river, 10000; waterway
for Chincotegue bay, Va, to Delaware bay
at or near Lewes, Del, $50, 900; Nanssmond
river, $4,000; Hampton creek and bar,
$4,000; Occuquan creek, $4,000; Acquia
creek, $4,000.
North Carolina-Cape Fear river, $l5, 900:
Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington,
100000; Carrituck sound, Coanjok bay, and
North river. $4,000; Neuse river, $4,000;
Pamlico and Tar rivers. $4,000; Roanoke
river, $4,000, Ocracoke inlet, 800. 900;
Mackris creek, $4,000; Fishing creek,
$4,000.
South Carolina-Great Pee Dee river,
$12,5 500; Sautee river, $4,000; Waccamaw
river S12 500; Wappoo cat, $4,000; Wateree
river, $500; Beaufort river, $12500.
Georgia-Altamaha river, ,S15, 900; Chatta-
hoochee river, $4,000; Coosa river, $780,,
600; Coosa river, between Wetum oka, Ala,
aud the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad bridge, Sl50,00O; Flint river,
$50 900; Ocmulgee river, $4,000; Oconee
river, S25, 900; Savannah river, S25, 900.
Florida-Choctawh river, $12, 500;
st Johns river, from Jacksonville to the
ocean, S15, 900; Ocklawaha river, $4,000.
Alabama-Alabama river, $50, 900; Black
Warrior river, from Tuscaloosa to Daniels
creek, Sl50,000 Tombigbee and Warrior
rivers, 50 as TO secure si2 feet draught at
low water, $100,000 of which Sj5, 600 is to
be expended on Tombigbse and S45, 900 on
the Warrior; Tombigbee river, from Demo-
polis Ala, to Columbus, Miss. S150.000.
ississippi-Pascagoula river, $20 1000;
Pearl river, below jackson, S2S, 900; YaZoo
river, $25,000.
Tennessee Cumberland river, Tennessee
and Kentucky. continuing improvement
above Nashville giving Secretary of War
discretion to spend $4,000 of this sum and
commencing improvement at Smiths
shoals) $3.50, 900; Cumberland river below
Nashville $3.50, 900 TO be used in improving
the mouth of the river $4,000; French
Broad river, $40, 900; Tennessee river above
Chattanooga. $4,000; to be used in
making a survey of the river from
Chattanooga to the junction of the
Holston and French Broad rivers,
$50, 900; Tennessee river, below Chat
tanooga. including Colbert shoals 1925, 900
may be used at Livingston point)), $425, 900.
TESTERS GOOD WORK.
Col. Lest as member of the commit
tee on rivers and harbors, secured the fol-
lowing appropriations for Georgia, which
aggregates more than Georgia ever got
before:
Harbors-Savannah $3.50 900, Dariea
$25, 900, Cumberland sound $ll2, 800, Bruins
wick inner harbor) $35,000
Rivers-Altamaha $1,000, Ocmulgee
$50, 200, Oconee S25, 900, Coosa (Geor gia and
Alabama) $500, 900, Chattahoochee $4,000,
Flint 5000, Savannah river. between Au-
gusta and Savannah, $4,000, Jekyl creek
1880.
Surveys-Brunswick outer bar, for 26
feet; Chattahoochee, between West Point
and Franklin; inside route, Savannah to
Fernandina; inside route, Doboy aud
Sapelo, for ship channel.
Not only did Col. Lester secure propor-
tion of the es limates for Savannah harbor
above the average, but he has committed
the committee TO the new project. The
language of the Savannah appropriation is:
Continuing the Improvement on the ex-
tended project"
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS.
Among the less important appropriations
South Carolina Rivers-E issto. s., 900,
Salkehechie So, 900, Congares st, 900, when
the South Carolina railway shall have
built suitable draw span in its bridge;
Wingo Creek 5000, CIarks River $500,
Little Pee Dee river 5000, South Carroll ma
harbor $4,000.
Florida3C cedar Keys SO, 500, Apalachicola
river 1000, Escambia and Conecoh rivers
81 800, Manatee river 5000, Suwaunee
river $1,000, Volusa bar repairs $500,
Withlacoochee river 81, 600 Caloosahatchie
$500, Holmes creek 5000. Saratoga bay
$4,000.
CONDITIONS ANNEXED.
The conditions annexed to the Georgia
appr priations as they will appear in the
printed bill tomorrow are interesting
They are: Ocmulgee, for extending tho i'm
provement. $4,000, Of which $4,000 is to
be extended between Macon and Hawkins
vile and 315, 900 between Hawkinsville and
its mouth; Oconee river. continuing and
extending the improvement, S25,0J0, of
which IS, 900 is to be expended between
Milledgevilie and the Central railroad
bridge; Flint river, for continuing the i'm
provement, $50, 900, Of which S., 900 is to be
expended between Albany and Montezuma,
and SIS, 600 below Albany.
The conditions attached to the Georgia
survey are as follows: The inside route be-
tween Savannah and Fernandiua, with a
view of obtaining steamboat channel Of
seven feet depth at mean low water; the
inside route between Doboy and Sapelo,
with a view of making it naviGabIe for sea-
going vessels: the Brunswick SVter bar,
to determine the feasibility and cost of
deepening TO twenty y-six-feet at ordinary
high water.
HAILED WITH SATISFACTION.
MACON, GA. April l7.--TeIegrams re-