The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-19
Two NILE IONS
RIG ENIDE
FOR OHIO YER
CHIEF Or EN- elNEERs or UNITED
STATES ARMY SUBMITS
HIS REPORT.
AeeREeATE APPROPRIATION OF
FiFTY MILLION DOLLARS IS
ASKED FOR.


cations during the coming fiscal year
ii his annual report transmitted to
the secretary OF war
on this sum, approximately 100000
900 IS for existing contracts on river
md harbor improvements $4,000, 900
Tor general work on rivers and mar
bors, including examination, surveys
and contingencies. and $2,O0OOOO for
work proposed by the Mississippi rIr'
81 commission.
A k The amount recommended for fort;'
iicaticns is $77S2,23S, Of which the
I most important estimates are $780,
900 for sea coast batteries at Manila
and s449, 400 at Honolulu and Pearl
Harbor; sea walls and defenses OF
Galveston, Texas, $4,000; repair and
protection of defenses at Pensacola.
Fla. s507,1OO; for undermining older
emplacements generally, 100000; for
electric installation, $9S4,253, and for
searchlights, 100000
Urges Defenses at Manila.
Commenting on the Qualifications Of
our insular possessions, the report re.
iers to the every necessary additional
dsfenses at Manila" and suggests that
IT. the amount recommended cannot be
fully appropriated at least $2,OO0E00
should be made available during the
coming year, so that substantial
plant can be provided and work BIZ
conducted in an effective and econom,
ical manner"
a considerable proportion OF the
Suggested appropriation for - rich.
lights is recommended to be expend-
ed in the Philippines and Hawaii
Some Of the more important esti.
mates for the year for river and lar.
Dor work in General Marshalps report
follows:
Massachusetts-sandy Bay harbor.
Cape Ann, $4,000; Boston habro,
s1,400,0OO; New Bedford and Fair Ha.
ven, S29T,0oO; Provtncetown, $685..
900
Observation-Disclosures at New
Haven, 100000; New Haven harbor,
$4,000; Bridgeport harbor. $4,000
Connecticut river below Hartford,
100000.
New York-East river and Hell
Gate 100000; Harlem river. 5000.
600; Hudson river, $4,000; New
York harbor, $6S5,OOO; Gowanus bay.
4 100000; entrance to Erie basin and
Black Rock harbor s1,6OO.OOO; oswe.
go h1rbor. SlS5.5OO; New York harbor
general improvements. $4,000; Am.
brose channel, $G35.OOO.
New Jersey-Passaic river. 1910.
600; Staten Island Sound, 5000, 900:
Staten Island channel 100000; Cold
Springs inlet, $265,0e9; Raritan bay,
$4,000.
The Mononeatta River.
Observation-Disclosures river $3.50.
\ 600; MonongaIia river, S243,0OO.
Delaware-Wilmngton harbor, S2a7,.
900.
Observation-Disclosures river and chan.
d ell to Baltomore. s965OOO; harbor at
4 Southwest Baltimore, $4,000.
vlrginia-James river. $4OO.OOO; Ca.
teFs creek, s66,4OO; Rappahannock
river, $4,000.
North carolina--Cape Fear river,
100000.
Georgia Savannah harbor. $4OO..
600
Alabama Mobile. $4,000; TombIg.
bee river. $1.0O0.OOO.
Florlda-St. Johns river. 1857. 900;
Jacksonville, s215,OOO
4 Texas Galveston harbor, $270,000;
channel. 100000; ship channel, $3.50,
Z goo, Port Arthur canal, $4,000.
Misslssippi-St Louis district Mis-.
stssiprf river, $2500oo; Mississippi
river between St. Louis and Minneap.
Oils, 100000.
Minresota-st Paul district, $3.50.
i 600; upper Missouri river, $35O,OOo;
Cumberland river, sS45,OOo.
Not Much for the Ohio.
Ohio Cleveland harbor, $775.0OO:
Fuirpert h5rbor, s26OOOO; Ohio river,
general channel improvement. s545..
00O Jock and dam No. 81, s23O,OOO:
slocks and dams between Pennsylvania
a State line and Cincinnati. $1,6O4,0O
Kentucky-Kentucky' river, $3.50.
900.
Minnesota-Duluth harbor, $797 900.
Observation-Disclosures $2sS.462.
Illinois Chicago tunnels under CHI.
cage river, 100000
Michigan-Grand Haven A1arbor
s194,O00: Detroit river. $2.75o.0OO.
Caltfornia-san Dlega harbor, $780,
600; San Pedro bay. 800. 900: Oakland