The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-23
To Complete River Improve
ments and Not Up to
Engineers.

gtneerss Unfted States army in his
annual report to Congress. naade-p1b-
I lie today. makes II plainifhnt the prof
ect OF completing the locks and dame
IN the Ohio river within the twelve
years fixed by. Congress in 1910 for
their completion, Is feasible and tina.
Z! no reason exists why the work should
! not be completed in that time II suf-
(, hcient representations are made. In
effect, the CHIEF OF engineers throws
down the gauntlet to Congress and
makes Il plain that II there IS to be
delay In the work IL will be the fault
OF Congress and not of the engineers.
! Speak king OF the work on the Ohio
river. General Bixby says:
/ rEompletion OF this extensive inn
years, as ordered by Congress-. re-
qnires a vigorous and continuous
prosecution OF the work and necessi-
| tates ample provision by cash appro-
prtntion and contract authorization.
II provision Is made for commencing
n sufficient number of ne wIocks and
dams each year, no reason is known
Why the Improvement should not be
con plcted within the limit OF time
! fixed by law"
A total cash appropriation OF ST.
100000 and the right TO contract for
work to the extent OF $3.50. 900 more
are recommendation the coming ses-
sion Of Congress. as necessary TO carry
out the plan OF Fastening the Ohio
river work and General BixGoy adds:
/ I'm order to complete the canaliza-
ton Of this river within the time limit
set by Congress st is essential not only
that the amounts now recommended
for appropriation be provided in the
river and harbor and sundry civil acts
during the next session OF Congress,
bat also that additional contract au-
thorization to- the amount recommend
ed be granted
! OF the total of Sf,40O,OoO asked as
cash approximations. Gen. Bixby asks
/ for $1.2OO,OOO to cover obligations in
ccnnection with the work on locks and
dams which have been commenced
and which are to he constructed uu-
der continuing contract authorize tions
contained in previous acts He says:
THAT this sum is not larger Is due
solely to unavoidable delay to wo-ls OF
contractors. caused by floods during
the fan of 1871"
In addition to the $1,000. coo asked
for this purpose. General B!xi1y asks
IEE Sos@UOtOuO " lLAGtl NAAC ~ pN@AAs7Ns'
of operations during the next fiscal
year at other localities where work
Will be done with hired labor with
government plant on locks and dams
now authorized, an dthe expenses at
other sites where work should be COM
nenced in the near future by con-
tract or otherwise. Gen. BiXby says:
since the construction Of lock
and dam will require Mt least four
years, the cash appropria ton esti-
mated for should be supplemented by
a continuing contract authorization In
the further sum of $3.50, 900, in or
der that additional contracts may be
made for those locks and dams for
which only partial provision has here
tofore been made, and in order that
the additional locks and dams which
should be commenced during the next
fiscal year in order to carry out the
program OF completion announced by
Congress may be placed under con
tract"
showing the status of the work.
the report shows that the project of
making a nine foot stage from Pitts
burg to cairo contemplates "a dams
and an outlay of $63,T$1,4ss. Dams
%os. Ito G.incfusive, 8. II, 3, 8, and
81 and the dam at Al have been COM
pIeted. or practically so. Numbers
10 and &c are well under way. Since
the adoption by Congress in 1910 OF
the project to complete the Ohio river
work in ten years work has been
started on locks and dams Nos. q. -
-, IL, Is, 30. IS and 30. Land has
been purchased or is being purchased
FOR all unpurchased sites for locks
and dams above No. 20, for lock Al
and for lock and dam IS.
NO allotment of money has been
made from the appropriations so far
for the construction OF the two dams
next above Marietta, for the five be-
tween Belleviile and Gallipolif or for
the first one below Gallpolis.
ITnde rthe old system money was
appropriated directly for each prof.
ect. Under the new plan, adopted IN
1910. blanket appropriation Is MADE
for the work In course of construction
and It is appropriated by the engin-
GERS among me different projects IN
hand as II is required. The appor-
comment OF last years appropriations"
a : srated IN Gen. BiHby's report, was
ns Follows: 40. z; S35O,Ooo; No. D.
S3oo 600; No. IL. 100000; No. H.
sa3So 600; No. Is. $305.ooo; NO H.
saoo. 900; No. 20. $24s,O00; No. ~
$3.50. 900; No. 90. $5n2,Ooo; 80 a.
s35o 600; No. As, $435,Ooo: surveys.
purchase Of sites and preparation OF