Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-12-08
SPEND MONEY
IN NEW JERSEY
What Part of Uncle Sans
Appropriation Will Be
Spent in This Section.
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
lEr0m he NEWs correspondent.l

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Washington, D. c., Dec S:-If
appropriations recommended by the
secretary of the treasury are made
by the present congress, for the fis-
cal year ending June 80, 1910, the
sum Of s2,379,S25 will be spent in
the state of New Jersey by the feder-
| al government for public buildings.
river and harbor improvements and
improvements at the Dover powder
works and the proving grounds at
Sandy Hook. The estimates of the
appropriations required for the next
fiscal year have Just been submitted
to congress. and will be taken up by
the Committee on Appropriations.
Public Buildings In New Jersey.
The estimates for public buildings
and sites in New Jersey aggregate
$451,250. The federal governm ent
is spending $155,000 this year on
public buildings and grounds. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 will be re-
quired for the Asbury Park post
Office building. and $4,000 was ap-
propriated for this year. For the
post Office building at Bridgeton the
sum of $4,000 is wanted, and at
Burlington it is estimated that
S25, 900 can be spent next year, and
s25, 900 is being spent this year. For
the completion of the post Office
building at Elizabeth the sum OF
s71,250 is required.
For the enlargement of the post
office at Hoboken the sum of s40,-
600 is asked, while $4,000 will be
spent this year. The sum of $780,
600 is required for Jersey City. and
at New Brunswick $4,000 is to be
spent this year with $4,000 next
year, which will take all of the ap-t
preparation made for the enlarge
ment of this post Office building. At
Plainfield $4,000 is recommended
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1910, with an expenditure of s25,-
900 for this year, while at Trenton
the amount being expended this
year is $35,000 with $4,000 esti-
mated for next year.
For current expenses at Sandy
Hook proving grounds the sum of
s74,900 is asked, the same as is be-
ing expended this year. For various
improvements at the Picatinny Ar
senal, Dover, the sum of 1922, 300 is.
estimated, with an expenditure this
year of $1,000. For various i'm
provements at Sandy Hook the sum
of s73,600 is asked, while the
amount to be expended this year is
s17,490.
New Jersey Waterways.
New Jersey will fare splendidly
for rivers and harbors. If the esti-
mates receive favorable considera-
tion, as the amount estimated aggre-
gates $1,557,575. 1t is estimated
that 100000 can be profitably
spent in improving the Arthur Kill
between New Jersey and Staten ISL
and. $265,000 for improving Cold
Spring Inlet, at Cape May; S125.000
for improving the Delaware river be-
tween Pennsylvania and New Jersey;
and 100000 for improving the Pas
safe river from the mouth to the
Nairm Linoleum works.
For the maintenance and i'm
provement of Keyport Harbor, Mata-
wan Creek, Raritan river, South
River Nand Cheesequakes creek, the
estimate calls for $15S,095. For the
maintenance of the channel of Ar
thur Kill $4,000 is asked For the
Improvement and maintenance of
Raritan Bay $4,000 is required.
other items maintenance follow:
Alloway creek, $1,000; Cohansey
river, $4,000; Mantua creek, SAL
600: Cooper creek. $1,000; Passaic
river, $4,000; Raecoon creek, S15,-
600; Salem river, s14,600; Shrews-
bury river. $4,000; Tuckerton
creek, 1850; Woodbridge creek,
$4,000.
For maintenance of the improve
ment of the Delaware river from
Point to Delaware bay,
s265,O00; and for maintenance of
the improvement of the Periwig Bar
between Trenton and Bordentown,
$500. For range lights on the
Delaware river at Eagle point the
estimate calls for $3.50.
Gardner Guest of Honor.
Representative Gardner was the
guest of honor at banquet given at
the New Willard last evening by
Harry Baeharach, postmaster of At
antic City. Representative Louden-
slager, of Camden. was one of the
guests.
Representative 1 ill has intro
iuced a bill to increase the cost of
he post Office building $1,650,000,
making the aggregate to be expend-
ID $2,000,000.
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