The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-29

routes and charging some of those
already existing.
The general estimates aggregating
more than $22.OOOOO are applied to
211 works. OF this amount about
10 per cent is for the restoration or
maintenance of completed projects
at 1876 localities, so as to secure the
continuance of benefits resulting from
past expenditures. Practically sew
enty per cent Is for the prosecution
of work on the Ohio, Mississippi, De-
troit, Hudson, Delaware and Column
bia rivers and at eleven important
harbors. The remaining twenty per
cent is for the prosecution and COM
pletion Of eighty-two other works.
General Bixby says in his report
that liberal appropriations are con-
sidered proper and desirable for snag-
ging and other work necessary to
make natural channels available
wherever water-born commerce ex-
lists. or is reasonably provided for
in the estimates, have been omitted,
either on account of sufficiency of
funds now available, ON account of
lack of urgency or of relative impOr-
lance, or on account of defective pro-
jects which were adopted many years
ago and are in need of denomination
with a view to revision or abandon
ment.
Included in the total of So ,627 ,361,
which the chief of engineers believes
to be necessary for expenditures dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1912 is
a lump sum OF 100000 for examina-
ton. survey and contingencies for
which there may be no special ap-
preparation. The estimates follow:
THE ESTIMATES.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from Mt. Des-
ert to Porcupine Island. $4,000; Pep
perells Cove, $4,000; Saco River, Me.
$4,000.
Vermont-Harbor at Burlington,
VT. $4,000.
achusetts-Harbors at Glol-
cester, $4,000: Nantucket, $4,000;
New Bedford and Fairhaven, $4,000
and Harbor of Refuge at Sandy Bay,
Cape Ann, 100000; Mystic and Nal.
den rivers. Mass. $4,000; Taunton
river, Mass, $4,000.
Rhode Standardization at Block Is.
land, $4,000; harbOr of refuge at
Point Judith. $4,000; Pawtucket riv.
er. r. l.. $4,000.
Connecticut-Impro harbors at
Five Mile river, Stamford, Southport
Greenwich, and Westport, and Sauga-
tuck river, $4,000; breakwater at New
Haven. s35,OO0 harbor of refuge,
Duck Island harbor, 100000.
New York-lmproving Black Rock
harbOr, $500 600: harbor 1T Charlotte
$50, 900: at Great Sodus Bay, 100000;
Hampstead harbor. $4,000; at Little
Sodus Bay, 100000; New York Har.
Dor. for maintenance improving An
brose Channel. 100000; harbor at
Oswego, $4,000; at Roundout and
Peekskill, $4,000; improving Bronx
river and East Chester Creek, $4,000;
removing distractions in East River
| and He'll Gate, y. Y, 100000; i'm.
proving Harlem River. s750OO i'm
proving Hudson river. $750,00O; New
ton creek. $50 900: Westchester creek
s32,7S0: Arthur Kill in New York and
New Jersey. $4,000.
New Jersey-Improving Keyport
| harbor. Matawan creek. Raritan and
South rivers, Shoal Harbor and Comp
ton creek, and Cheesequake creek,
S30,500: maintenance of Raritan riv.
err $4,000; Alloway creek, $4,000:
Cooper creep, $4,000 and Mantua
~ SSN' VV,VOO, oNIuS IdSSdlC Il|
er. $4,000: Racoon creek, $4,000; Sa
lem river, S10,600; Shrewsbury river
| $4,000; Tuckerton creek. s23,3SO and
Woodbridge creek, $4,000.
PennSy lvania-Delaware rivers for
maintenance and continuing improve.
ments for 35-foot channel from AL
| legheny avenue, PHILADELPHIA. to the
sea. S1.20O.00O; harbor At Erie, $50,
600; harbor at Pittsburg. $4,000.
Delaware-Harbor of refuge. Della.
ware Bay. $4,000: pier near Lewes
| $1,000: Wilmington harbor, 500. 900
! APPOINTMENTS. Murderkir and Misil
lion rivers. $4,000; Broad creek riv.
er. $1,000: Broadkill river, $4,000
Saint Jones river. S11.700: Smyrna
| river, $4,000: Nanticoke river. Della.
ware and Maryland, $780, 900.
aryland-Harbor at Baltimore
$4,000; channel at Curtis Bay. Bal.
| timore. $4,000: harbor at Rocknall
| Queenstown, Claiborne. and Cam.
bridge. and Chester. Choptank. War
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