Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-16
MILWAUKEE HARBOR
TO GET $4,000.
Improvements in Many Other
Places.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 10
Especial. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie,
chief OF engineers, reports TO the war
department that $4,000 can be profit
ably expended for Milwaukee's harbor,
including the harbor of refuge, during
the next fiscal year.
Other amounts he recommends in this
section are as follows:
RESERVOIRS and headwater improvements
OF river from st. Paul to Minneapolis OF
rivers In Wisconsin and Minnesota trlou-
| tarIes to the Mississippi, of Warroad harbor
ana river, Minnesota, ana or the Red river
OF the North, Minnesota and North Dahota'
tonka, 1853, 543.
Reservoirs at headwaters between Brain
erd and Grand Rapids, 100000.
harbor at Duluth, Mimi, and Superior,
! Wis, $4,000
Manistique harbor. Michigan, 100000.
chicago and Calumet harbor, surveys OF
Illinois and Desplaines rivers from water
way from Lockport, Ill, to St Louis, Mo-,
$3.50, 900.
Calumet river, Illinois and Indiana, $780,
900.
Michigan to Get Big Share.
Holland BLACK lake. harbor, Michigan,
S1O5, 400; Grand River, Mich, $4,000; Mus
keSon harbor, Michigan, $1O0, 400; Grand
River, Mich, $4,000; Muskegon harpor,
Michigan, $11O. coo; harbor of refuge at Har-
Dor Beach, Lake Huron, 100000; st. Mary's
river at the falls, Michigan, 100000 Hay
lake and Neebish channels, st. Mary river
Sl,0VO,OOO; Detroit river, Michigan, S3Oo,OOo
Mississippi river commission eStlmates)
, head OF passes to the mouth or the OhlO
with salaries of commission, S3O0O,OOO;
southwest pass Mississippi river, S1,OOJ,OOO;
South pass, Mississippi river, recommended
that annual appropriations for maintenance
be increased from 100000 TO Sl0oUOO; MIS-
sissippi river, between Ohio and Missouri
rivers, $6000O0; between Missouri river and
st. Paul, 100000
IN Distant Regions.
Harbor of refuge Sandy Bay, Cape Ann,
Mass, 100000; harbor at Boston, Mass,
$1,43O, 900; Pawtucket (Seekonk) river, L. l.,
100000; Providence river and harbor and
Narragansett bay and Green Jacket shoal
K. l., $lO2, IT'S; breakwaters at New Haven
Conn, S1JO,OUO; East river and Hell Gate,
n Y, $4,000; New York harbor, New
Bay Ridge, and Red Hook channels. New
York harbor, 100000; enlargement of gov
ernors' island, New York harbor, 100000:
Arthur Kill, or Staten Island sound, New
York and New Jersey, 100000; channel
between Staten Island and New Jersey,
100000; Delaware river. New Jersey and
PennsylTania, 1884, 4G3; Patapscoo rive river and
mac river at Washington d. c., $2oo,0U.
For War Equipment.
Gen. Mackenzie has reported to the
secretary of war that $16,051, 431 will
be required to complete the engineer work
upon the Notifications projected by the
board convened under the Presidents
order of January 81. 1905.
During the year the number Of guns
available for service was increased by
the addition of eight mOrtarS. four -
inch guns, and ninety-fOur rapid fire
guns, SO that altogether the status of the
requirements for which Congress has APP
propriated funds was 376 twelve-inch
mortars, 10J Pinch guns. 1873 10-inch
guns, 80 S-inch guns, and 5ST rapid fire
guns.
For continuing the construction of gun
and mortar batteries an estimate of ST.,
241 400 is submitted; for modernizing old
requirements $342, 800 and for fire con-
troll engineer works 81 ,5G4, 1874.
Defense Plans Elaborate
Tor the purchase of sites for the forti-
fcations to carry out the plans of the
defense board the estimate of S3.31O, 800
is submitted, and for searchlightS and
connections $685., 700; for preservation
and repair of Notifications, $500 900;
supplies for seacoast defenses, 10000;
sea walls and embankments, $236315;
preservation and repair of torpedo struc-
lures, $550,000 submarine mines, ST.
852,S19; construction of batteries in in
sular possessions, $2,303,O0O @25O,OOO
going to Guantanamo bay, $500 to
Honolulu and Pearl harbor. Hawaii,
1914, 600 to Subig bay, Philippine isl
ands, and $1,359, 900 to Manila, Philip
pine islands,; fire control at batteries in
these stations, $152, 800; fertilization
sites, Hawaiian islands, $176,10 sub
marine mines, insular possessions, $3.50,
500