The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-14
Oen. McKenzie's Estimates of An. propriation Are Ready for Sec
 retary Taft's Anoroyal.
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORs s27,ooo,ooo
'n's ls all for Continuing Work Al. ready Under Way and no Estimates TOT New Projects are Included in the Report-S23,4s1,st1 for Fortl. caticn Work.

ASov. 1o.-EStlmateS O appropriations aggregating $23,4e1 .e11 are made by Gen. Alexander MacKen zie, chief engineer of the army fo, fortiflcaticn work during the fisca year 1909. This contemplates wor, in the United States, Cuba, Honolulu Porto Rico and the Philippines. | includes gun and mortar batteries electrical Installations at seq coas, notifications, $1,0O0,00O; sites for for tincations and sea coast defenses sS.47S.500; search lights for harbo, defenses. $1,000,OO0, preservation and repair of Notifications. $500 900, sea wall Fort Moultrie, s. C.. s125. 500; repair and fortification of Pensa cola defense. $5ss,455; repair and ore lection for Mobile defense s5s9 800. defenses of Galveston, s1.275 900. casemates and galleries for submarine mines, $464,964; experimental auto mobile torpedoes, $l0O000; sea coast batteries at Guantanamo. $1.020. 900. Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. s1.11O. 900; Manila, $6.4SS ,00o; installation ol electric plants at these places and at Subig bay, $502,s92; for search lights at San Juan, Porto Rico, Guantanamo Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Guam and in the Philippines s502,090; torpedo structures of defenses of Honolulu and Pearl harbor, Hawaii. $129, 900.
 Ken. MacKenzie's report deals also with the question of the improvement of rivers and harbors It submits es. inmates aggregating over 27,00o, ,00O for the fiscal year 1909 which will be included by Secretary Taft in his re. port to congress. These are made up as follows:
 For continuing work already begun $25.142.744; Mississippi river commis. sion for carrying on works under Its charge. s2,o00,000; expenses of Cali fornia debris commission, $15.000, 900, prevention of deposits in New York harbor. $155,260; and the enlargement of Governors island, New York, $75, 900.
 At the last session of congress river and harbor appropriation bill was passed carrying large amount of money and authorizing the War de partment to enter into contracts for various projects. Because of the i'm probability of any legislation of that character during the coming session. except to make appropriations fof carrying on work already authorized and contracted for. Gen. Mackenzie does not submit any estimates for now projects.
 The estimates submitted by Gen Mackenzie include the following among the amounts asked for, they in some cases being in addition to large unexpended balances now on hand.
 Southwest Pass. Mississippi river 1,500. .000.
 Louisiana: Inland waterway from Franklin to Mermentau. s200.00O.
 Texas: Harbor at Sabine Pass. $2O0,000; Galveston harbor, s7o0,ooo; Galveston ship channel and Buffalo bayou, s200,000; inland waterway on the coast of Texas, s300,000; Aransas Pass, s2O0o00; Brazos river from old Washington to Waco. $150,000; Trin. fly river. $15000O.
 Arkansas and Louisiana: Owachita and Black rivers, $401,135.
 Mississippi river between Ohio and Missouri rivers. $250,00o; between Ng;..o,r{ ond Ct pauI sSn0 mn. ha. tween St. Paul and Minneapolis. $239 600.
 Missouri: Osage. river, s160,000.
 Tennessee and Kentucky: Cum. berland river above Nashville. s250, 900; Kentucky river, s519.000
 California: Deep water harbor at San Pedro bay, slOO,000; San Luis obispo harbor, s1O0,O0O; Oakland har' bor. s250,000.
 Columbia river, between the foot of the Dalles Rapids and the head oi Cello Falls, $500,0o0.
 Mouth of Columbia river. $1,700,000.
 Washington; Grays harbor and bar entrance, $400.000.
 Alaska: St. Michae's canal. $l5o, 900.
 Hawaii: Honolulu harbor, $500. ooo; harbor at Hilo, $2O0,Ooo.
 Porto Rico: Harbor at San Juan' $500. 900.
 Improvement of the Yellowstone National park, s2Oo,0OO.