The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-26
MONEY FOR JERSEY
Estimates for National I'M
proVements in This
State.
JERSEY CITY's POST OFFICE
Only s165.44 Expended On 1t Last
Year for Repairs-s25. 900 to
Be Expended on the Passaic.
JERSEY cITY's POST OFFICE

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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 26, 1894
The book of estimates forwarded by
the Secretary of the Treasury to Con-
gress in compliance with law, to form a
basis of the appropriations to De mace
for the fiscal year ending June 3D. 1885,
contains several items of interest to the
people of New Jersey. AS usual Ne"
Jersey is treated niggardly enough by uhe
heads of the various executive depart
ments of the Government, but even then
New Jersey is lucky if it obtains ever
that little, a matter very predetermined.
In giving these estimates your CORE
spondent Jumps them together under the
heads of the various departments, ana
| states the mounts appropriated for the
| same purposes at the second session OF
the Fifty-third Congress for the current
| fiscal year. Treasury Department, $780,
900 for the completion of the pulldlng
and the purchase of additional Land III
accordance with the act of Congress
| dated May 2, 1890, of the Custom House
and Post Office at Newark. Now this
| estimate should not be c~onfounded with
the provisions of the bill DR.. Ihomas
Dunn English is now SO heroically strug-
Cling to get through the House OF hep
resentatives.
The work here spoken OF was aulnof-
| lied under the acts of March l, 1885,
May 2, 1890, and March 8, 1891, but not
| one dollar was appropriated for the pres
ent fiscal year; 1880 submitted, for I
| fishing a range lights station to marx
the entrance to Maurice River from
| Delaware Bay. A note from the Light
house Board in submitting this estimate
says:-"It is claimed that some oo YES
seis and 1900 men are engaged IN the
oyster trade on this river and that its
| is constantly increasing; Sfo'ooV
submitted, for constructing, equipp1ng and
Quitting, complete for service, a nrst-
class steam light vessel, with steam
fog signal upon the Oyerfalls Snoals'
New Jersey" A note from the Light
| house Board in transmitting this esu-
mate says:-"The entrance to Delaware
Bay is shoa1 on the northern side from
Cape May to the Overfalls buoy ana
steep to at Cape Henlopen. This makes
it the more necessary that the point
i should be well marked by a light vessel
having a powerful signal" The above
| lights have been. described as being IN
| dispensable." Under the head OF "neces-
| sary" the Lighthouse Board asks for an
| appropriation Of $685. coo for establishing
| a light and fog signal at or near Big
Oyster Beds shoals, mouth of Maurice
River, Delaware Bay. The construct
| ton of this lightYwas authorized by the
/ act of February Is, 1893, but no appro-
| p~riation was made, the representative OF
| the district then not being a member of
the majority.
EXPENSES AT SANDY HOOK.
For building and repairing roads and
walks and for general repairs to shops,
~storehouses and quarters at the Sandy
| Hook Proving Ground, $4,000 is asked
| The current appropriation is $500. The
further sum of $27, 900 is asked for by the
| Bureau of Ordnance for the current ex-
| penses maintenance of the Sandy
| Hook Proving Ground, including general
repairs md alterations and accessories
| Incidental to testing and proving ord
nance, including hire of skilled mechan1-
cal labor, etc. A further sum of $4,000 is
asked for the necessary expenditures
| of officers temporarily employed at the
| Proving Grounds, and a further sum Of
| slS,5 for placing on piling 1000 feet of
the railroad track pertaining to the Prov
ing Ground and situated on the narrow
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| mainland of New Jersey. The last men
toned three estimates foot up together
| 55s,5 500, against s29, 200 appropriated for
| the current year.
General D.. w. F1agler, Chief of Ord
| nance, in accompanying notes, makes a
| very strong plea for the increased ex-
penditures asked for Sandy Hook. No
| thing is asked for the powder depot near
Dover, N. j. Under the head of Rivers
and Harbors'' the Chief of Engineers of
the Navy asks a very large amount for
New Jersey waters, though it is extremely
| doubtful that a bill will be formulated
for the next fiscal year, and any abso-
lutely necessary appropriations will be
| made by especial e~nactments or provided
in the so-called Omnibus Appropriation
sill. One million dollars are asked for
| ~ontinuing the great work of removing
The ,obstructing islands in the Delaware
| River, between Camden and Philadelphia,
against $l5o,Ooo appropriated for the, pres
FOR RIVERS AND CREEKS.
| The following sums are said can be
p%roitably expended during the next
| sd the official Endorsement of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury TO complete the
Improvement of Alloway creek, N. j.,
| EIizabeth river, N. j., s. LEO; to com
| plete the improvement of Goshen creek.
N. T., $4,000; to continue the improve
ment of Mattawan creek, N. j., 1900;
10 continue the Improvement of the Pas
sale river, N. j. $4,000; to complete the
Improvement of Railway river, N. j.,
S29,250; to continue the improvement OF
| Rancocas river, N. j.. 1000; to continue
| the Improvement of Raritan river, n.
j., s10o, 900; to continue the improvement
of Shoal Harbor and Compton creek,
N. j., $1,000; 10 complete the improve
ment of Shrewsbury river, N. j., $l5,362;
| 10 continue the Improvement of the
| South river, N. j., $4,000; to continue
| the Improvement of the Delaware river,
| below Trenton, n. j., $500, coo; to o n
| tinue the Improvement of the channel
between Staten Island and the New Jer-
| sey shore, 8 10000; to complete the i'm
| provementSof Raritan bay, N. j., So, SI5.
In comparison with the above it may
be well to state the appropriations for
| the above works for the current year,
| as finally determined by the River and
| Harbor bill. which became a law on the
18th of August this year, much too late
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