The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-11-09

Sixteen Msiion Dollars More
For Coast DefenCes
FOR RivtRS AND hARBORS
Chief Of Engineers Nakeaxie's Re
port Makes Estimates. in Addition
to s2s, ,6as. asa Already Expended.
For Construction Of Ses Coast Fer
tihcatioa.

| Washington, Special Sixteen mil
hon dollars will be- necessary 10 CON-
plete the eugimeerin. work of fortlti-
cations al the sea coast of the United
States under plans Of the kndieoit
board, according 10 the retort Of
Brigsdier General Alexander Neksn-
zle, chief of engineers There has al
ready been appropriated for this pur-
pose S2s.693.i3i. 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 lay at
| Cape Henry, Cap@ Fear river. Char
lest"n, Port Royal, Savannah. 81.
John : River. Key West. Tampa BAY.
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans ard
| Galveston.
| The defense oi the Great Lake and
the 81. Lawrence river is under coli
sileration.
The estimate for the completion of
these Notifications docs not coutem-
plate ANYTHING more than the projects
! outlined by the Endicott board
Modern appliances and additional pro-
Jerts which may b. adopted by the
TAFT board appointed last summer
and the Notifications OF the insular
possessions may increase the csli-
mates when additional work i ap-
proved by Congress. 1t Is estimated
that T4,263 ,364 will be required 10 put
into execution bv the engineer de-
partmcnt the schemes Of the artillery
and signal corps for control of the sea
coast defcnses.
The reconstruction OF the works de-
| stroped by the storm og 1900 at Gal
weston Is nearly completed. but the
barracks end quarters and other post
buildings which must be located al
Forts Travis and San Jacinto are m
protected. as well as range-finder sta
tions and other engineer accessories.
Work has been progressing OH the
| fortiticationS for the defenscs of Ma
Mia Bay and Subis Bay, Philippine
Islands, and at the naval station nj
Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. and for the
purchase Ot sites for fortitieations In
| Hawaii.
Negotiations have been continued
| for the acquisition of tract AT Mo-
bile, Ala, and another near Charles
! ton. S. {. The total estimates for
fort iifica ION works under the engineer
department for the fiscal year 1907,
amount to Sll ,424.153, including 81
433.953 for sea wall defenses at Gal
weston, Tex.
Defenses Of insular possessions:
Sea coast batteries. Manila. 90
900. sea coast batteries, Subj" Pay.
PHILIPPINE Islands, $4,000; harbor
Hawaii, $520,O00; procurement OF
laad for sites for defenses of the Ha-
waiian Islands, S326,l00.
Expenditures on river and harbor
improvements in the United States
reached so. .3S3,623 This does not III
clude S2.26j.O73 under the Mississippi
river commission. No estimates arc
maze tniS year loT river anu Haibpf
improvements save those provided foI
under continuing contracts. This
amounts TO 81, ,456, sol.
An estimate of $2,G00,000 for the
Mississippi river commission Is made
The estimates for the continuing Of
contracts include the following:
Delaware river, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, s1,OO0,oo0: Savannah
harbor, Ga, $4,000; st. Johns riv-
er, Floriada, 5000, $50; Hilsboro Bay,
Florida, $34s, $50; Black Warrior and
Tombigbee rivers, Ala. $6G3, ,466;
Southwest Pass, Mississippi river,
$500, 900; South Pass, Mississippi NV
er, $4,000; Bayou Plsque,nine, Lou
isiana, 100000; Galveston harbor,
Texas, S250,000; Galveston ship chan
mel, Texas. 100000; Cumberland rir-
or above Nashville, Tenn, S20D,ooo;
Tennessee river, Chattanooga, Tenn,
to Riverton, Ala, $4,000.