Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-31
RIVERSAND HARBORS
IMPROVEMENT OF THE JAMES. AND
OTHER VIRGINIA WATERWAYS
Onscisi Estimates Of the chisf Of hsek
ncers In the Hands Of tsss nssHs
Committees.
trrom Our Regular corrcs,ssasss.'


WASHINGTON. u. c.. October n.-Fns
estimates for river and harbor approprEs@
tons have been placed quietly In tho
hands OF the members OF the House Com
mlttee by the Chief OF Engineers. ana
soon that committee will be able 10 gee
to work. The recommendaaons for the
leading virginia and North Carolina pro-
jects are as follows. the amounts Owen
being either what the corps thinks VIII Do
required to complete existing works. %
that could be proftably spent next year;
THE JAMES.
James River. for completion. H,3s6.0s0;
amount recommended for next years
work 100000 The work has progressed
satisfactorily for the year, the most ex-
tensive part being near Richmond. and
fine results can be obtained from liberal
appropriations. Up 20 June %. i2e, the
amount expended on James river was
| 81. .320, t0s.
York river TO complete, sii5.0o: for next
year, 10000. Mattaponi river, To COM
plete. $iSS00 for next year, $4,000. Pa
| munkey river. s1.00; to complete next
year. Rappahannock river. TO complete.
$4,000; for next year. $4,000. Norfolk
| harbor, to complete, SOFIA; for next
| year. 100000.
NORFOLK HARBoR.
| Norfolk harbor. between Lambert's
| Point and Port Norfolk. TO complete, slos,-
| 900. Nansemond river. 20 complete. ti2,-
| 500: for next year $4,000. AppomattDx
river. to complete, $4,000: for next year.
$4,000. Nothing further IL recommended
| for Onancock harbor
| Cape Charles City. harhor and aps
proaches, TO complete existing project.
$1,000.
| NORTH CAROLINA.
Inland water route. Norfolk to Albe-
| marie Sound, to complete. A9,6 for next
| year that amount recommended.
| Beaufort Harbor 10 complete $4,000.
| Cape Fear river. 10 complete. $4,000; for
next year. $4,000. Cape fear ABOVE Will
mington. TO complete. sl5GT5o; for next
year. $4,000. Cape Fear below Whining
ton TO complete 10 a depth OF twenty
| feet 81. 10000 for next year. si10.0o0.
New river, 5000, To complete.
Inland waterway between Newbernc
and Beaufort. to complete. 5000: inland
| waterway between Beaufort and New
River. 20 complete. $1,000; inland water-
way between New River and Swansboro'.
TO complete $4,000
THE LONG BRIDGE.
General Casey. Chief OF Engineers. also
recommends in his annual report that
over sGo00O) be expended next year on
| the further improV Vgmcnt OF the Potomac
| river, and strongly urges that the present
Long bridge across that river between
| Washington and the Virginia sids b. re-
placed by more modern structure.
The present bridge is now used by tho
| Pennsylvania, the Richmond and Danyille.
and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads.
although it is owned by the first and tho
other lines have A running arrangemene
over It. A new bridge will require tho ex-
penditure of large sum of money.
THE POTOMAC.
The work Of improving the Potomac
river has been vigorously pushed for sew
eral years and the improvements havo
been OF vast help 60 Washington, Alexan-
dria and the Virginia and Maryland
country tributary extending clear TO thu
mouth.