The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-10

isfter.
Washington, November sixteen
million dollars will he necessary TO COM
plete the engineering work Of FORTH
lc1tions under the sea coasts OF ,ha
United States under plans of the End
icott board. according To the report Of
Brigadier General Alexander
zie. chief Of engineers. There has nj.
ready been appropriated for this pur-
pose S2s,6B,4 3+. Permanent proj.c:s
ut 81 different points have been
adopted and most or them are well
under way. These points include:
Baltimore, Washington, Hamilton
Reads. Nentrance 10 Chesapeake BAY Mt
Cape Henry, Cape Fear river Charles
ION. Fort Royal. Savannah. 81. John's
River, Key West. Tampa BAY. pensa-
eoia. Mobile. New Orleans, and Gal
weston.
The defense of the Great Lakes and
'he 81 Lawrence river is under con-
Sideration.
The estimate for the completion of
these Notifications does not ccntem-
piate anything more than the projects
iouthned by the Endicutt board.
Modern appliances and additional pro-
IJects which may be adopted 10y the
Taft board appointed last summer and
the fortificatlons of the insular pos
sessions may increase the estimates
when additional work is approved by
congress. 1t is estimated that 81, 263.-
I364 will be required 10 put into execu-
Ton by the engineer department the
schemes of the artillery and signal
corps for control of the sea coast de-
lenses.
Ihe reconstruction Of the works de-
stroyed by the storm of 1900 Mt Calves
ton Is nearly completed, but the bar
racks and quarters and other post
buildings which must be located at
Forts Travis and San Jacinto are un-
protected, as well as range-finder sta
mons and other engineer accessories.
WORK has been progressing on the
Notifications for the d~efenses of Ma
Mia Bay and Subig Bay, Philippine Is
lands. II at the naval station at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. and for the
purchase OF sites Off for tififications In
Hawaii.
Negotiations have heen continued for
~ dtlHi-ltIOl III q tT.ttI II AODlIe.
Ala. ana another near Charleston, y.
{. The total estimates for fortifica-
ton works. under the engineer depart
ment for the fiscal year 1901, amount
to Sl1,424, 1913. including $i.433.953 for
sea wall defenses at Galveston. Tex,
Denfenses OF inSulaT possessions:
Sea coast batteries. Manila. $780,
GN: sea coast batteries. Subig Bay,
Philippine Islands, SJOU.OOO harbor.
Hawaii. SI20.OO0: procurement Of land
for sites for d~efenses of the Hawaiian
Islands, $500. 100.
Expenditures OH river and harbor
Improvements in the United States
reached S22,3S3.G23. This does not in
Clude S2,265,O13 under the Mississippi
river commission. No estimates are
made this year for river and harbor
improvements saw those provided for
under continuing contracts. This
amounts 10 Sl7.4JG,S01.
An estimate Of 2,O0J. 900 for the
Mississippi river commission il made.
The estimates for the continuing Of
contracts include the following:
Delaware river. New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA. S1.Oco,OO0. Savannah
liarbor. Ca. $4,000: st. Johns river
Florida. 500. 80: Hillshoro Bay, Flor
ida. S3iS,35O: Black Warrior and Tom
.bigbee rivers. Ala. $500. 45J: Southwest
Pass. Mississippi river. 100000; South
Pass. Mississippi river. $4,000: BayoD
Plaquemine. Louisiana. 100000; Gal
weston ship channel, Texas. 100000;
Cumberland river above Nashville,
Tenn. $4,000: Tennessee river. Chat
tanooga. Tenn, TO Kiverton. Ala,
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