The Saint Paul globe., 1900-10-30
DEFENSE G TIE COASTS
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS WILSON DIS
CUSSES IT IN HIS ANNUAL
REPORT
ALSO RIVERS AND HARBoRs
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars for the Mississippi be-
tween ST. Paul and
Minneapolis.

ing, he reports most gratifying progress
in the execution of the various projects
during the last fiscal year.
Some of the points of interest treated
by Gen. Wilson are as follows:
The torpedo system has been under care
ful study by expert officers, in the light
OF the experience gained during the SPAN
1sh-Amer1can war, but so far only minor
changes have been proposed.
Up 10 the present thirty localities have
been selected for defense on the coast.
No formal projects were added to the list
during the past year, but preliminary
projects have been framed for the Ge-
tense of the entrance to Chesapeake bay,
and the defense of several other localities
is under consideration. Attention has been
given to the subject of coast defenses for
Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands, and
In view Of the Importance of these ISL
and possessions, Gen. Wilson says active
measures for their defense should be
deferred no longer. A detailed project
Tor the defense of the harbor of San
Juan de Porto Rico involves an estima ted
expenditure of $1,S0O,O0O Preliminary
projects for Pearl harbor and Honolulu
are also already available and ready for
execution as soon as congress shall ap
propriate the funds
Inc war with Spain has had the effect
OF hastening the work on the coast de-
Ienses' and now, ten years after the work
oesan In earnest, the chief of engineers
is able to report that so per cent of the
oefense work is complete Twenty-Five
OF the principal harbors of the United
states have sufficient number of heavy
guns ana mortars in place to offer an ef-
tectlye defense against naval attack Ex-
lstlng projects contemplate the noun tine
VI ABOUT 400 guns for sea coast defense
oI 0"o rapfd-fire guns and about 900 NOR.
oon ooi ., o. at an approximate total cost of S5O-
VVo'Voo. UP to the present time. nrovision
mas been made for the emplacemen+ of eoo
heaVy guns, 36S rapid-fire guns and 40
iio ~ ears. The armament placed during
.1le war IN temporary emplacements will
oe transferred in tine to permanan+
,,. "oiAs' out the temporary works will he
lleio IN reserve for an emergency
AtCeHtioh Is invited to the urgent Mood
% Iof an increase of the artillery arm of
the service, which is now too s,,,aii ~- ~ " "
take care of the costly and conon1ax- ~
fense works 'iii'leA ne
ne totai OF the estimates submitted on
CCou!lI oI the fortif1cations for The next
year year is 900, and of this amonnt
%s''io'oVc is on account of the constrnc'
position finders. ies ana
zen. Wilson makes an earnest n1eo fo,
tne reinforcement of the engineer Gowns
W@nich @ mas been overtaXed bv the ad
ollioiai work required on account of the
acquisition of new territory.
RIVERS AND HARBoRs
The second section of tha re,,or+ +..
OIL river and harbor improvements of az
country for which estimates for +bo
aHos alscaf year ending 1902, aggregating s90
UOo,VOo are submitted. to which arc 1855
$aooOoO % ~ for surveys and contingencies.
poo9U'Ooo o;S". =. lor the Mississippi river COM
i
commission, $4,000 under the C1a1;foraso 49,
ueoIls commission, and $72, 800 to nreven4
deposits in New York harbor Tbe ~
Pc peholtures for the year ending 1900 were
F'o.7t4'Z9o' winch does not include $195 GO0
pald the Eads estate for maintaining tbo
JetLles at the mouth Of the Mississinni
ana $6l,OO0 for surveys and exano;na 49,,
Atlantic 'AeS ~ Inc
Inc report is review of all the work
uohe curing the fiscal year and refnrc
esPecliily TO a number of important slh
Jeets; including the Chicago drainage
&c hai' Pearl harbor, Hawaii and the nro-
MpoSeu M memorial bridge connecting Wash
lhgton and Arlington. Of the Chico oo
drainage project the report saws that an
the interests affected cannot be satisfied
ana tne subject must be referred to oo;o
sreSs Tor ultimate settlement. AS tn +bo
covering of the water level O.. the Ialrec
Hen. wilson says that investigation rrada
uhuer the direction of the deem water
May COMMISSION and by others NAV
furnsh data upon which further COY,
slaerauon of the question NAV be hased
Among the estimates above s25 Oc0 fo,,
tle river and harbor works next wear arc
the following: 0
cd3ilG aarbor of Sabine Pass. Tex. $37s OOO.
ship canal and Buffalo BAYOU Te% SSiN s390 con
Ouo; mouth of Brazos river, Tex. Si90 OO0.
mouth Of Yazoo and Vicksburg haTbor'
Ohio ana 9GdIoyGe Mssor mississippi river between
SSlpp1 river between Missouri river and
St Paul, Mimi. $75O,OO0; Mississinni riuer ftlar
s55. s9st"een 9ar St; Paul and Minneapolis, $l57,-
600; reservoirs, sep headwater of Mississ mi
rClVer; $zZz, ,5O0; Missouri river betWeen
Stubb,s Ferry, Mont, and Sioux CT
2KzcU,VVO; w. w.: Cumberland river, Tennessee and
tennessee ddoeennessee river, below Chattanooga' $500
Ohio 0ro rye, rlyer yer ooo 0oO movable dams
MINI, and Superior, Wis. $500. 900: dlus,' 4sb,'
land harbor, Wis, $4,000: waterwrav
across her IS KeWeenaw eve e1 point from KeweenaWaa
quette harbor. Mich. $54, 500: Harbor i''1 of
eRefuge, Grand Marias, Mich, $40 OO0.
snegeon cenai s15 ma d66aay and Lake Michigan ship
S1S OoG SaTb; SSlo;gVo; 81 Sfheyboygan harb0r, Wis,
N.Y.; W. Milwaukee dlU harbor $51, 900; Fox river,
hica Mhlis; $6oUG0; ; Cheago haarbor Ill, $100 o06
Ill H'agG agG fnd FGer $50 H o $500 Calumet river
$SO 600; illinois river. Ill, $50. COO: fIinois 1d
and mississippi canal III. 81 600 G0o: Micb
1gan City Harbor, Ind. $48. 0O0: ST 10
sepns harbor, Mich. $4,000; Kalamazoo
Mich $4,000 Grand River roiSahf Micb ssaE69G s75 ooG
TIIsaegon Talsa harbor Mich. $55, 200; White
hhairpor h&ir5 "a Mich, dS, 300; Manistee harbor
Mich, $4,000; harbor of refuge at Portaoe
Mdb Make' IN Mieh .oh $45 600; Frankfort harbor
O9O; Saginaw river. Mich, S37, 800: Detroit
e1ver edEo r.: Mich. 100000; Toledo harbor. O
sroV'QVO; Sandusky harbor. O., $125, ,OGO: TIu,
O.. $l5O,OOO: Cleveland harbor o. sanS0n. sie0 S06.
t'alrport river. O., $210, 900; Ashtabula har,
Dor. O., $150,0O0; Erie harbor, $50 900: Con
neaut harbor, @, $21O, 900: Buffalo harbor.
suislaw river; Ore, $S5,OOO canal at Cas-,
Seaaes, Columbia, river. Ore, s9O O0O vii
1amette Ian river, above Portland, Ore. $40
wv vO ColnmpIa river and lower Willamette
peaoW fhe R1or{land, Ore, $S25OO0; mouth of
iInngton, Ing 100000; Gray's harbor, wash ash !
$zSo, ,Vo0: Puget sound and tributary wa
ters, $4,000; Olympia harbor. SIS 600. wa-
1erway connecting Puget sound with lakes
Union and Washington, SIPS 900; Snolo-
mish slough, Wash, $4,000; Everett har-
Dor, $4,000 81 ns'r-
The estimates under the Mississinni
river river commission e.. are $a.S9OOO0, and IN
Orleans, 100000 Missouri river riyar 1EuM
commission from Sioux City to the month
OF the Missouri $1,000, 000
Under the head of miscellaneous one of
the estimates is for the sum of 81 561. 900
the American system of liberation of the
water supply for the national canifaI
Another item is $3800 for improvements
III the Yellowstone national park.