Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-11-08

Sixteen Million Dollars More
For Coast DefenCeS
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS
Chief of Engineers MaKenzie's Re
port Makes Estimates, in Addition
to So ,693,434 Already Expended,
For Construction of Sea Coast For
LITIGATION.

Washington, Special.-Sixteen mil
lion dollars will be necessary to COM
plete the engineering work of fortif-
cations Of the sea coast Of the United
States under plans Of the Endicott
board; according to the report of
Brigadier General Alexander McKen-
| zie, chief Of engineers. There has al
ready been appropriated for this pur-
pose $2S,693 ,434. Permanent projects
at 81 different points have been
adopted and most of them are well
under way. These points include:
Baltimore, Washington, Hampton
Roads: entrance to Chesapeake Bay at
Cape Henry, Cape Fear river, Char
lesion, Port Royal, Savannah, St.
Johns River, Key West, Tampa Bay,
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and
Galveston.
The defense of the Great Lake and
the St. Lawrence river is under con-
sideration.
The estimate for the completion of
these Notifications docs not contem-
plate anything more than the projects
outlined by the Endicott board.
Modern appliances and additional pro-
jects which may be adopted by the
Taft board appointed last summer
and the Notifications of the %insular
possessions may increase the esti-
mates when additional work is APP
! proved by Congress. It is estimated
that $4,263,364 will be required to put
into execution by the engineer de-
partment the schemes Of the artillery
and signal corps for control Of the sea
coast defenses.
The reconstruction Of the works de-
stroped by the storm og 1900 at Gal
weston is nearly completed, but tie
barracks and quarters and other post
buildings which must be located at
Forts Travis and San Jacinto are I'M
protected, as well as range-fnder sta
tions and other engineer accessories.
Work has been progressing on the
Notifications for the defenses of Ma
Mia Bay and Subig Bay, Philippine
Islands, and at the naval station at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for the
purchase of sites for Notifications in
Hawaii.
Negotiations have been continued
for the acquisition Of a tract at Mo-
bile, Ala. and another near Charles
ton, S. G. The total estimates for
fertilization works under the engineer
department. for the fiscal year 1907,
amount to $11,424,153, including ST.
433, 1858 for sea wall defenses at Gal
| weston, Tex.
Defenses Of insular possessions:
Sea coast batteries, Manila, 80
900, sea coast batteries, Su5i@ Pay,
PHILIPPINE Islands, $500,000; harbor
Hawaii, $4,000; procurement of
land for sites for defenses Of the Ha-
waiian Islands, $326,l00.
Expenditures on river and harhInu
improvements in tthe~>Unl
reached $22.3S3 ,623. This
clude )$2,265,O 73 under til
river commission. No
made}this year for river
Improvements save those
UNDER continuing contra
amohnts to $17,456,S01.
An estimate Of 100000
mississippi river commisst
! The estimates for the CO.
contracts include the folio
Delaware river, New u
Pennsylvania, $1,00O,000;
harbor, Ga, 100000; st. john
er, Floriada, 5000, $50; Hilsbor5 h.
Florida, $34S,350; Black Warrior and
Tombigbee rivers, Ala, 1908 ,466;
Southwest Pass, Mississippi river,
100000; South Pass, Mississippi riv-
cr, $4,000; Bayou Plaquemine, Lou
isiana, 100000; Galveston harbor,
Texas, $250,000; Galveston ship chan
mel, Texas, 5000, 900; Cumberland riv-
or above Nashville, Tenn, 5000 900;
| Tennessee river, Chattanooga. Tenn,
to Riverton, Ala, $240,000.