New-York tribune., 1910-12-07
ESTIMATES, S748,4l4,86l
Secretary MacVeagh Sends Fig
ures for Next Year to Congress.
MANY REDUCTIONS MADE
Total of S19.546,843 Asked
for Panama Canal For
tiflcations

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Washington. Dec s-The estimates of
appropriations required for every branch of
the federal government in the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1872. asgregating S74S. .s6f
were submitted to Congress to-day by Sec
retary MaeVeagh. This amount stands
against estimates of s745.067 .197 and appro-
priations of SSa5. .o13 for the current fiscal
year. which included over s11,eeo,0O0 for the
census, over $1,000, 0e0 for the postal de-
ficiency and other deficiencies.
The estimates to-day were distributed as
follows:
War Department. sos .22557. .546: Interior De-
partrnent. $1s9 151, SIS Treasury Department,
s141.59 .9sI; Agriculture s196s1. .o66; Navy De
partnent. $12S, az. 1853; Commerce and Labor,
SIC. ,970 District of Columbia, Sl360 ,l86
Legislative. s13. 426 sos: Justice, s10063. .576:
State. s4.S75.576; independent Offices includ-
ing Interstate Commerce Commission,
s.. .63S. .695; Postoffice Department proper.
81, ,697. $50; deficiency in postal revenues, no
estimate yet: executive, s99S,1.o; territorial
governments, 500, $50.
There are no particularly striking feat
Ures in this years estimates Among the
items are: Increase in the navy. So 2294, ,etS.
including s12.S40. 42S for construction and
steam machinery and armor and armament
in the proposed building programme for
1912, and $4,000 for armor on vessels al
ready authorized
For hulis and outfits of vessels and steam
machinery Of vessels heretofore authorized
g. .051.7Ss IS asked: for submarine torpedo
boats and subsUrface destroyers. SS90,S34
An estimate of S31. 900 is made on account
of two fleet golfers already authorized. and
it is pointed out that in order to construct
collier on the Pacific Coast in ;he gov
nd thp
limit of cost of the second collier from
s. coo 000 to s. 100000
A lump appropriation of 81 10000 is asked
to enable the Secretary of the Navy to es-
tablish at such places as he may deem
necessary suitable depots for coal and other
fuel for the supply of warships. The esti-
mate for naval barracks and quarters in
the Philippines Is 100000 in place Of the
present appropriation of $4,000. and 5000
is estimated for wireless experiments in the
Philippines with view to system hav-
ing relation to the army, navy, Philippine
government and the commercial community.
For dummy guns and mortars for in
struction of the coast artillery 100000 IS
asked. For q torpedo station near the
Pacific Coast 81. 600 is asked in addition
| to the $145.0o0 appropriated FOR this year
There is S100.0000 increase for the Alaska
Canada boundary work and $4,000 for en-
forcement of the insecticide act
There are many items of appropriations
needed for public works OF various kinds.
aggregating S2S SIS S99 civil and So. AIS, 959
under War Department,
The largest amounts are $1.OOoGO0 for con
tfnuing the erection of the postoffice build
ing at Denver: sf1Go0 for site and
continuation of appraisers building at
Boston: s550,0oo for continuing New Orleans
postoffice and courthouse construction;
81 2J0, 600 for continuing New York post
office construction: $4,000 for Oklahoma
City post office completion; $350.000 for com
pleting reconstruction of Richmond post
office and courthouse: s.. 1.255,696 for site
and completion OF erection OF d building for
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at
washington: 100000 for completing d post
office at York Penn: $l.5000Oo for COM
rnencing the erection of d postofice build
ing in Washington. and $500 Geo for begin
ming the erection Of a building for the
State Justice and Commerce and Labor
departments in this city; s250,Ooo for build
ing two revenue cutters for which $50.0o
was appropriated previously.
For the defence of the Isthmiau Canal
the estimates ask S7,o10.000 10 be iumedi-
ately available and ask authority for sl9-
546, ,S43 in all for this fortihcation project,
with view to completion within three
years This work will include sites, en-
placements. guns. carriages, searchlights.
camps and posts. and is based on the
report of the joint board of army and
navy officers The estimates also carry
- 600. 600, Immediately available, for crea-
ton Of d naval establishment in the Canal
Zone as a necessary part Of the defences
Of the Isthmian Canal The total apprO-
priations asked for the Isthmian Canal
service are 500. 8,S47.
For examina tons, surveys and Coutin-
gencies on rivers and harbors for which
there may be no special appropriation,
$500 coo is asked. The total river and har-
Dor estimates for the work in the next
fiscal year aggregates go 81. .361 which is
reduction Of $l.763.00O by direction of
Secretary Dickinson. and is against SAL
339, liz appropriated for the same purposes
in the current fiscal year.
For the Ellis Island immigration station
sS69. 200 is asked.