The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-17
MONEY FOR WATERWAYS Major Hervey Rep9..s on Alabama Stre1ns. WORK IN MoBur? hARBoR Asks That More Ids Shall Be
 Approp- -~ted. l Government Engineer Proposed To Provide Thirty Foot Channel 300 Feet Wide-ProEress ln Work
BY A. J. STOFER.

Washington, D. C.. July 16-(Spe- cial )-Reports of army engineers re- garding the improvement Of rivers and harbors are being received at the War Department.
 The report of Major H. Hervey states that the work contemplated under the approved project for the improvement Of Mobile harbor Is about two-thirds completed. On July l. 1907. the avail able balance on hand was S1S9.000. To complete the project. Major Hervey estimates that $360.000 will be re- quired for work of improvement and for maintenance of improvement S1O0.- 900. He asks that these amounts be appropriated for the next fiscal year. On July l. the available balance for removing obstructions" fund was $9l.- SS6.S0. Major Hervey asks for S12.- 900 more for the next fiscal year.
 The total amount appropriated under the act of last March for Mobile harbor was $30o.o0o. From May 20. 1926 to appropriation for Mobile harbor ag- gregating S5.14s.731.47. The two larg- est sums voted were $500,000 each in the years 1893. and 1900.
 Major Hervey says that with avail- able funds 1t is proposed to use the sea-going hydraulic dredge Charles ton, now in the Mobile district. to Hldlntd tno eXiStlnS CldHHcl anu deepen 1t to thirty feet throughout the projected width of 300 feet
 Warrior and TOmbigbee.
 Regarding the project for the Black Warrior. the Warrior and Tombfgbee rivers the engineer reports four of the locks G0. II. 12 and 1S) are completed. and open for traffic. Six locks are not locks GA and 15) has been completedI plans prepared. and sites purchased. Proposal for construction of the locks can be asked for as soon as titles for the lands are approved. A party has been organized for survey of four re- maining lock sites and is now in the field making location, survey and foun- The following extrats from the re- ports show progress of the work: "Warrior River. below Tuscaloosa Three locks c. 8 and 9 completed and in operation, and other three, begun | under continuing contract. are under construction with hired labor. The last three locks are about So per cent completed.
 During the past fiscal year con- struction at locks l, and 3, has been carried on whenever the stage of the river would permit. and the high water season utilized as far as possible Tor the delivery of supplies and materials at lock sites by barges. Work has been seriously delayed by an unusual amount of high water. No funds have been available for maintenance work Considerable dredging Is needed at the upper end of each lock pool and snags and trees should be removed.
 "Tombigbee river-At lock 3, pro ceedings have been instituted for ac- ouiring additional land needed. It Is about 75 percent completed. Locks 2 and have not yet been commenced. Amount pended last ye ar$4S2.625.44. balance available July l. 1907. $711.176.- 31; amount that can be profitably ex- pended in next fiscal year. in addition to balance on hand. $70O,Ou0.
 'Tombigbee, mouth to Demopolis- Little work was done outside of re- moving 400 bad Instructions during the year. Amount expended $3,781.62; available balance on hand July 1. $26. 58S.30; amount asked for next year. $16.O0O.
 "Tombigbee. Demopolis to Columbus About 11O miles of the river were worked over with the snag boat. Ex- penditures $5.049.65; available balance $13,553.43; amount needed next year. $12.000.
 "Tombigbee. Columbus to Walkers s Bridge-No work done since September 1905, owing to lack of funds. nor have any expenditures been made. Avail able balance. $2,291.95; amount needed for next year. $5.000."