The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
LARGEOUTLAY
Sixteen Million. Dollars More
For Coast DefenCeS
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS
Chief of Engineers Mackenzie Re
port Makes Estimates, in Addition
to $23 3,693. .434 Already Expended,
For Construction of Sea Coast For
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Washington. Special.-Siytecn mil
hon dollars will be necessary to COM
plete the engineering worl. of fortiti-
cations OF the sea coast Of the United
States under plans of the Endicott
board; according to the report Of
Brlgadier General Alexander McKen-
zle, 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 we'll
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 fortifications 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 fortitications Of the insular
possessions may increase the esti-
mates when additional work is APP
proved by Congress. It is estimated
that 81 ,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 the
barracks and quarters and other post
buildings which must be located ut
Forts Travis and San JacintO are un-
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 tract at Mo-
bile, Ala, and another near Charles
ton, S. c. The total estimates for
fortification works under the engineer
department for the fiscal year 1907,
amount to $11 ,424, ,153, including ST.
433,953 for sea wall defenses at GAL
weston, Tex.
Defenses Of insular possessions:
Sea coast batteries. Manila, $2..
600, ;sea coast batteries, Su5i% Pay,
PHILIPPINE Islands, $5OO,OOO; harbor
Hawaii, $52O,OO0; procurement Of
land for sites for defenses Of the Ha-
waiian Islands, 1896, 100.
Expenditures on river and harbOr
improvements in the United States
reached $22,3s3,623. This does not in
clude s., 1850 under the Mississippi
river commission. No estimates are
made this year for river and harbor
improvements save those provided for
under continuing contracts. This
amounts to $17, ,456,SO1.
An estimate of $2,OOO,OOO for the
Mississippi river commission is made
The estimates for the continuing OF
contracts include the following:
Delaware river, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, $1,O0O,0OO; Savannah
harbor, Ga, $210,OO0; st. Johns riv-
er, Floriada, $3O9,730; Hilsboro Bay,
Florida, $34S,35O; Black Warrior and
Tombigbee rivers, Ala, 1903, ,466;
Southwest Pass, Mississippi river,
$50O.OOO; South Pass, Mississippi riv-
cr, $4,000; Bayou Plaquemine, Lou
isiana, 100000; Galveston harbor,
Texas, $25O,OOO; Galveston ship cham
mel, Texas, $2OO,OOO; Cumberland riv-
or above Nashville, Tenn, 100000;
Tennessee river, Chattanooga, Tenn.
to Riverton, Ala, $240,OO0.