Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-04
plvERSAND IARBORS
gtinstss Of Appropriations Required
Therefor.
VIRGINIA AID North CAROLINA.
,,.h,.Irouscs aud Light-ships--Fog-Sig Sig
,al Staiions-mariue Hospitals and
Other Government Institutions.

WAsWlNGIONs IL. -. DoccnDcr o.
,s...c.alA Tho letter OF the Secretary OF
~. Treasury transmitting 10 Congress
Inmates Of appropriations required for
Oh, service Of the fiscal year ending June
q, ,>s. vas made public to-day.
.rt, amounts that can be proRtably ex-
f,.-l.l on rivers ana harbors. as reported
~. the chic: OF Engineers. are as fol-
lows. ,.,,c,..,
Inland waterway from Chincoteague
d., Va. 10 Delaware bay. at or near
i.ecs. Del. continuing improvement,
$1,000
Potomac river at washington, ID. G.,
.,i.r ng improvement. $5Si,S65.
....nattox river completing improve
,.,t ana repairs. $5S.00.
....t ere X. continuing improvement,
'l4cs River. continuing improvement.
snr".
- t,mcni, %V"'
,attapon! river. continuing improve
no. $1,000.
>.n,cmond river. continuing improve
>amla. creek. completing improvement,
S.n
mont 500
r.munkey river. completing improve
mat A'V.
movement $2'.HJ.
,raana creek. completing improvement.
S,H ,.
,,l.aI water route from Norfolk har-
,.- OLD Albcmarie sound. North Caro-
In. through Currituck sound, completing
IMPROVEMENT. S,,6Gl.
rafhor al Cape Charles and approaches,
COMPLETING Improvement. $1,000
..sbor at Norfolk and approaches.
competing Improvement, $l56.1i5
NORTH CAROLINA.
u.srk river, for maintenance. 5000.
lane Fear river. continuing improve
,rr.t above Wilmington. $4,000; continu-
81. Improvement at and below Whining
;.r. $1,000 $1,000
toutcutnia creek, continuing improve
mont. Sl""
1srt.r and New river. completing i'm
lr.t,u,nt $500.
Ialnwoods Folly river, completing I'M
movement $22,O"
~.use river, completing improvement,
S.n4
trr Improvement, $500
T.r.uco and Tar rivers, continuing Inn
tr.vement $1,000
trent river. completing improvement.
s."
Lumber river. North Carolina and South
Carolina. completing Improvement, Sl6-
Co.,
Waccamaw river North Carolina and
e.-h Carolina, continuing improvement,
'.y'L ,
congress having passed river and
f.rl8r IN last session, II Is very doubt
@f about one getting through this SEES
,.r but the engineers urge action. ana
pore are projects in Virginia and North
G.r,lina that need additional appropTia-
..r. 10 make what has already been done
elective, ..
LIGHTHOUSES.
IN regard to the lighthouse service the
9 .r.terv recommends an appropriation
R. ~ for the establishment of range
r.tts between Doller Point and HOG
md Wharf. James river. Va. These
.-ets are necessary TO guide Vesseis
tr.urh thu narrow and shallow channel
i.,v,n as Goose Hill Slough. between
IL Island and jamestown Island, anu
a,iide through another difficult channel
.-.m Deep Water Shoals light to HOG
Island. where sharp turn Is MADE 10
,,,,r Goose Hin Slough. Lights have been
g. .ntaincd for several years at THESE
Joint. by private enterprise.
r.a Secretary also recommends an mp
,-.rration OF $4,000 to establish light
fog-signal station off Pork Point
Roanoke Island, Croatan Sound, North
r.,0llra. and states that q large inlahd
,,,,r.-ca uavigates these waters. ana
,..rv serious accidents have occurred at
CO.. rlace for want Of light 1t IL also
n ,urning-point for vessels navigating
fAc sound.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
O.t.r recommendations made are: cape
= k.ut Shoals llghtship. North Carolina,
5000 q more powerful light being needed
?. warn vessels off these shoals, which
s-.gI twelve miles out from the pltch
% .. cape: 70 re-establish Lower Cedar
Point u-ht-statiOn. Potomac river No,Vo
g. HAVING been destroyed last year by
rra. repairs 20 Portsmouth lighthouse
l,rr, buildings and for the extension OF
d.. wharf along the waterfront, IV,VOV;
.uuual river lights on the RaUpebdn-
K fiyer-one TO be an iron beacon at
OFF, ..ar the entrance 70 Carters creek,
AL .hre beacon lights to be placed on
.-s one on or near Sharp's Wharf
l.I Sureets Point. one on or near Tap
ra4uulck wharf. and one on or near
I..,rs wharf $500; ESTABLISHMENT OF
i-st-1rier nght-station at or near the
ith 20 cape Far. North Carolina, SO.-
o. range lights on Cape Fear river III
a..t!5u to those now there 10 guide
-..4-h newly -dTedged channels, SlOo;
the Marine Hospital at Wilmington,
IS g.. SD as TO increase the facilities
H,r- 5000; for the completion Of the
i-r sol public building at Norfolk, Va,
u...r The present limit. $4,000.
la-r- are many other recommendations
t- Virginia and North Carolina, but they
l.a.e chiefly 10 Institutions OF the gov
aHm.ut such as forts soldiers homes
&C.. for which annual appropriations are