Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-06
ANOTHER COMMISSION tLABoRATINe THEN
No Hint at What Osst These Extended
Plans Will Be.
lNsUlAR DEFENsEs ARE NOT INCLUDED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.--Sxteen million
dollars will be necessary to complete the
engineering work Of fortihcations Of the
seacossts of the United States under the
plans Of the Endicott board, according to
the report of Brigadier General Alexander
Mackenzie. chief Of engineers. There mas
already been appropriated for this pur-
pose s2s.6sS 4S4 Permanent projects at
thirty-one different points have been adopted
and most of them are we'll under way.
These points are:
Frenehman bay. Maine; Penobscot river
Maine; Kennebec river, Maine: Portland,
Maine; Portsmouth N. H; Boston, Mass;
New Bedford Mass. Narragansett bay. r.
l.; eastern entrance to Long Island sound,
New York, N. Y; Delaware river, Balti-
more, Nd; Washington, d. c.; Hampton
Roads, Va; entrance TO Chesapeake bay
at Cape Henry: Cape Fear river, N. c.;
Charleston. s. c.: Port Royal, S. c.; Sa-
vannah, Ga; St. Johns river Fla; Key
West, Fla: Tampa bay. Fla; Pensacola
Fla; Mobile, Ala. New Orleans, La; Gal
weston, Tex; San Diego, Cal; San Fran
cisco, CAL; Columbia river. Oregon and
Washington: Puget Sound, Wash; Lake
Champain, at the head of the great lakes.
The defense of the great lakes and the
st. Lawrence river is under consideration.
The estimate for the completion for these
fortifications does not contemplate any
thing more than the projects outlined by
the Endcott board. Modern appliances
and additional projects which may be
adopted by the Taft board appointed last
summer, and the fortlhcations OF the insu-
lar possessions may increase the estimates
when additional work Is approved by con-
gress. II is estimated that 81. .26S.364 will be
required to put into execution by the en-
gineering department the schemes of the
artillery and signal corps for fire control
of the sea coast defenses. Tho report
says;
Likely to Exceed Estimates.
while the general principles of the fire
control system have been satisfactorily de-
terTnined and adopted, the actual details
onFwhich costs largely depend are still in a
condition OF experimental development by
the artillery, and It is anticipated that the
cost of actual construction will probably
largely exceed the above sum when such
development is complete"
1t is stated that the reconstruction OF the
works destroyed by the storm OF 1900 at Gal
weston are nearly completed, but the bar
racks and quarters and other post build
ings, which must be located at Forts Travis
and San Jacinto. are unprotected, as well
as range finder stations and other engineer
accessories. Very heavy sea walls and ex-
tensive sar2d filling will be essential to
making protection complete at those points.
Work has been progressing on the fortih-
cations for the defenses OF Manila bay and
Subig bay. Philippine islands. and on the
purchase Of sites for fortihcations in
Hawaii.
Negotiations have been continued for the
acquisition of one site at the eastern en-
trance TO Long Island sound and of tract
at Mobile, Ala. A tract on the Kennebec
river, Maine; one near Charleston, 8. c.,
and on the Columbia river, Narragansett
bay and Puget sound were acquired dur
ing the year. The total estimates for forti-
ncation works under the engineer depart
ment for the fiscal year 1907 amount TO Sl1.-
q 424.l53. divided as follows: Construction OF
gun and mortar batteries. A.Oo0,O0o; moder-
) nizing older emplacements, S492, 500; sites for
fortihcations under sea coast defenses, $500,
600; searchlights for harbor defenses. $780,
900: protection, preservation and repair OF
fortincations. $4,000; preparation Of plans
for fortifcations. 5000: supplies for sea
coast defenses $4,000: sea walls and en-
baDlments, s2l50OO; sea walls. defenses OF
Galveston, Tex, 8, ,483 S5S; easements, gal
leries, etc, for submarine mines $40 100
preservations and repair OF torpedo struc.
lures $4,000.
Defenses of InsuIar Possessions.
Defenses OF insular possessions: Sea
coast batteries, Manila. s2OOO.OOO sea coast
batteries, subig bay. Philippine islands
s5Ooooo: Pearl harbor. Hawaii, $4,000 pro.
curement OF land for sites for defenses OF
the Hawaiian islands. 1875, 100.
An estimate of $4,000 is made for i'm,
provements in the Yellowstone National
park,
Expenditures on river and harbor i'm.
prOyements In the United States reached
s22sss.628. This does not include $. 265 o.;
under the Mississippi river commission anC
sgI575 for the enlargement of Governor,
Island. New York No estimates are mad,
this year for river and harbor improve,
ments save those provided for under con.
tinuing contracts. This amounts to 81, G5s
son. TO which is added $S5. 80 to prevent de
poslts Ia New York harbor and $4,000 to b,
expehded under the California debris com
mission, and also an estimate of 100000
for the Mississippi river commission. Anon,
the estimates OF the continuing contracts
are the following;
Mississippi river between Missouri rive
and ST. Paul. Mimi. $4,000: San Pedrt
harbor, California, SO0O0o. mouth OF Colum
bia river SSoo.oOo Honolulu harbor. Hawaii
sO0O0Q; Galveston harbor. Texas, $4,000
Galveston ship channel $4,000; southwes
Pass Mississippi river, SCI, eco; South Pass
Mississippi river, $4,000; Bayou Plaquemin
Louisiana, Sl0OOo0; Sabine and Nechezrivers
!. Texas. taO.0O0; Trinity river. Texas. sl6i sS7
Brazos river. Texas, $3.50; Aransas Pass
Tex, 100000; Ouachita and Black rivers
Arkansas and Louisiana. S32 a66: Mississipp
liver az Moline, H., ssS6,OOO; CumberIan,
fver above Nashville. Tenn. $4,000; Ten
lessee river Chattanooga. Tenn, 70 River
on. Ala, s2i0,oO0; Kentucky river. u7AOOO
Wilmington harbor. California. $4,000: Oak
and harbor California. s.5OOOO; san Pedr,
Il ,sy. California. S1O0o; Columbia river a
A. The Dalles Ore. $4,000; Columbia rive
between Vancouver Wash. and the wa
jeanette, Oregon Sso,O00; Columbia an,
Lower willamette rivers below Portland
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