The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-09
Committee 10 Recommend
Appropriations Be
Paid In Full.
SUM OF $3.50, 000
CARRIED IN BILL
AnacOstia River and Flats Get
100000, While the Potomac
Is Granted 100000.

The District Of Columbia receives an
appropriation OF $4,000 in the. river
and harbor appropriation bill which is
now ready for report 10 the House
OF this amount, S100elo is to so toward
continuing the Improvement Of the An
acostia river and the AnaCostia fats
The Potomac river in and about Wash
inEton gets $4,000
Both of the appropriations are known
as continuing appropriations aud-were
necessary 10 carry on the work already
begun. The Rivers and HarbOrs Com
mittee OF the House, IN line with the
PreSiGen. 5 economy recoTnlnenQaiIOlS
and the epOTL of the army engineers
have au-' IOrlzed practically no new pro-
5ects in -he bill which VIII be reported
soon
bill yesterday afternoon II = uaa1L-
stood that the total amount carried VIII
be approximately - Dutrutt- Chairman
Alexander VIII aSE that the House take
I'D the river and haTbor bill as soon
as consideration of the Inulan appfo-
pTiation bin IS ended
District Fares Well.
Although the work Of the Rivers and
Earbors Committee vs. done in eNecu-
tive session and the bill has not yet
been made public, It Is understood that
there was manifested no disposition 10
District, and that the committee auII-lI
ICED the full appropriation Whlcn the
Secretary OF the Treasury declared
necessary for the continuation OF DIS
trict work when ne submitted his estl-
mates
The Potomac river in and about
Washington Is IN good shacpef hence the
comparatively small sum appropriated
for its maintenance and improvement
The AuaCCStia river. however needs
much and It's channel has not yet
reached the status OF deep water Ell
HCIeuCE-
OF Columbia fares Wei at the hands OF
the Rivers and Harbors Committee
Some Of the Appropriations
Among some Of the larger aPproPria-
tons are
For improving -he Delaware river IN
PENNSYLVANIA and New Jersey and con-
tinufrz Improvement for q thirJy-1ive-
foot channel from Allegheny avenue .
the sea. 81 51.lp1-
For rrs-orasion and maintenance
Wilmington harbor, 100000
For improving Erie, Pa h--rbOrs
Sn.oco- Eitrs5ilrE. $500: Delaware bay
AvafabIe for the harbor Of Norfolk,
Va $4,000
James river improvements slS1,yo0-
York, Nattaponi and ParnUnSey rivers
and Ccc0quan and Carriers creek i'm
prDVemeutS. $1,000
Additional for NOrfOIk haLbOT, i'm
proving approach from deep water at
Hampton Roads, and removal OF
shoals, S1G0,000-
Improving channels IN Newark bay
and Passaic river, New jersey. $4,000
The sum OF $4,000 is appropriated Tor
the Baltimore, Md, harbor and a num-
Der of streams on the Eastern Shore
receive a total Of $4,000 between them
The sum Of $4,000 is allowed for i'm
"a 8
Improving the Ohio river below Pitts
burg. S1.55O,000-
For continuing improvements BY ex-
cavatiug q channel twelve feet deep
from Allegheny avenue, IN Phtladel-
phia, to Trenton, S160. 600
The smaller streams through New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
Virginia. upon which projects already
had been started. were given amounts
sufficient TO cary On the work author
fzed BIZ previous COnETesses.