The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04
RIVER AND HARBOR WORKS.
Extracts From Secretary CaTliSle'S
Book Of Estimates.

$500, 900 Given 70 Complete the New
Public Building at Savannah and
Ss5e,25o for the Harbor Improve
ment-A Total of slI7,ooo Recon-
mended for the Savannah River-S7o,-
600 for the Inside Water Route
Between Savannah ami Fernandina.
other Items for Georgia, Florida and
South Carolina.
Washington. Dec. s.-Secretary Carlisle
to-day submitted to congress book OF
estimates for the ensuing year. upon
which the annual appropriation bills are
based. The following items are interest
ing in North and South Carolina, Geor-
gia and Florida:
To complete the court house and post
Office building at Savannah. Ga, 100000.
For completing the Improvement Of the
harbor at Savannah, SS56,250
River and harbor improvements in Geor-
gia and contiguous states:
Savannah river-Completing improve
ment above Augusta, $1,000. Continuing
improvement between Augusta and sa-
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For inside water route between savan-
nah and Fernandina. completing improve
ments, $4,000.
Altamaha river. $4,000.
Chattahoochee river, 100000.
Coosa river-Continuing Improvement
between Rome and the East Ten
nessee. Virginia and Georgia bridge,
5000 00O Continuing improvements be-
tween Wetumpka, Ala, and the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
bridge, 100000 Total, Sl,200,000.
Flint river. $4,000.
Jekyl river. N4,590.
Ocmulgee river. $4,000.
Oconee river, $4,000.
South Carolina:
Completing improvement Of Charleston
harbor, S50O,000
Wacamaw river $4,000.
Beaufort river. $4,000.
Congaree river, $25,OOO
Edlsto river, $4,000
Great Pedee river, $2l,500
Little Pedee, $4,000.
Santee river, $500, 900.
Wappoo cut, $4,000.
Wateree river, $500.
Florida:
Apalachicola river, $1,000.
Coloosahatchie. $1,000.
Indian river. $4,000.
Manatee river, $4,000.
Ocklawaha river, $4,000.
Upper St. Johns, 5000.
Sarasota Bay. $500.
Suwannee river, $4,000.
Nolusian bar, $4,000,
Withlacoochee river $500.
Choctawhatchie river $4,000.
To Increase the facilities of the marine
hospital at Wilmington, n. c., by the con-
struction of a new ward and surgeons
cottage $4,000.
For constructing a lightship at Cape
Lookout Shoals N. c., S700 900.
For first order light station at Cape
Fear, N. c., Sl0,OJO
For establishing range lights on Cape
Fear river to guide through the newly
dredged channels, s3,105.
For a light house and buoy depot near
Charleston. $685. The light house and
buoy depot al Castle Pinckney, with most
of its destructibIe stores was destroyed
by cyclone. 1t is proposed to acquire
a site at or near one of the Charleston
city piers and to erect thereon suitable
structures for storing light house and
buoy materials to be kept ready for i'm
mediate use in the Sixth light house dis
trict.
Florida
To reconstruct Egmont Key light house
and buoy depot, $4,000.
Changing the light at Egmont Key.
$4,000.
Repairing wharf and coal shed of the
light house and buoy depot at Key West,
500
Constructing new wharf at buoy depot
at Pensacola, $4,000
For constructing new light house ten
der for the Florida district, to replace the
Laurel, $50, 900.
For establishing a first order light sta
tion on Mount Cornelia, north side of the
mouth of st. Johns river, $3.50
Reconstructing the front beacon of Apa-
lachicola Bay range of lights. $1,000.
Establishing new lights at Biscayne Bay
and at other points, 81 900 each.
Building light keepers dwelling at Eg-
mont Key station, $4,000.
Establishing new light station at Hills
boro Inlet. $50, 900.
Establishing new light station at st.
Josephs point, in st. Joseph's Bay, $25. 900.