The Washington times., 1912-12-02
SUN Of {56,935,252
NEEDED FOR RIVERS
AND HARB0RS WORK
Estimate $l4,376,260 High
.er Than Last Fund-$Ss3,-
800 for Local Use.

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the United States Will have spent by
June 30. 1914, the vast sum Of S737. 900. QUO
on river. ana ha arhor.
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mendations for the expenditure Of aSs,.
10 in and around Washington. OF this
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wasninston water dis'r'ou'ion system.
tenance Of public structures under -su.
peryision Of the army enxineers and
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= sensse s,,t,S,o tr,sSConaemuaaon aauO. t ep.m
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Fund to Maintain Improvements.
The engineers estimate that $4,000 can
bs prohtably expended In maintaining
the improvements wh'ch nave oeeh
msoe In the Fotomsc river AZ WASH
ineton. The project Tor which appro-
prtadon has been made included tho
dtedging OF the washington ana vir-
sinia channeis' the reclamation OF fo-
tomac fark' which the army engineers
declare is now one OF the most beau
tiful parks in the country. and the con.
struction and repair Of the sea wall.
The area OF land reclaimed since the
army engineers took hold Of the Po-
tomac proposition is 63S acres. The en-
tire work contemplated In the project.
On Sad hss mp 10 naS cent Conn
pleted.
The sum Of $4,000 Is asked for the
continuation Of work on the Anacos.ia
river. So far Si5.54 has been spent on
this project, and It 70 estimated that II
Ia 80 per cent completed. The improe-
nient already made have greatly bene.
flted navigation. according to the report,
and have relieved the rapidly congestiny
situation In the Washington channel.
The traffic handled In and out Of the
Aanacostia river was worth $H, $4,000
reduction in freight rates has resulted
from the work DONE" states the report.
At "a. M, for Aousduc< Rriave
~. ,und, now ava,iap,e for IN. i'm.
provement Of the Potomac river at
AIexandr,a are sufY,c,ent. according to
the report. and no additional sum 10
asked. Three thousand dollars IL asked
for work at Lower Cedar Point, Nd:
a. 200 for Upper Machodoc creek, Va; no
,,",,, on,rorr,a t,op 4. asked for Aouia
msa.l spr,y.ons miles south of Wash.
, G,.eeN. es SoO ;s asLa5 Sor rsdredeinw,
rane;r. ~ ietties and maintenance OF
,,Sp.n repIn a, ~ don. an % occ"nnan creek.
"SrS ,,, a,ea"y h,;y,5na uue snr @ demo, shons and
traae sshoois a. t' ,s as,,mstsd that
recks ~ askea. .,.,, o,s. ,SS 90 >''"-
me s'ruc."ree s.n W' roo S"Ss o. ,,rysni,v neeaed
Inc SUN y, s," ,he nn,,nrahsn.
,Hr tns coH,p.et ,nr no. ong;neer mast nnst and
school sSs P'aa at %ashins,on. VA @ ba, .ssinx di:
rectiy under order from the Secre.aay aay
ot war tne o aImy a Gns'eers s,,s,, ,nnr".
TOT Only $'vO' Mh'cn sum .n ,, ~ nip.,,o,, Ipt,U
of'ISe' Of the wes. W u Barracks. aSrS KS ''' '''
a maximum ni approprlat,io" % Sso reconN
is asked Tor the removal ana recon-
strucuon OF Aqueduct prioge. Inc Lne
army engineers nave examined tnis
repaired It with funds available. 1t 10
only q matter Of time until such re-
pa''s VII. DC ''"p'a'''.Ao'e'
An'ee F'~ns VI "ePe"'
Three effective plans OF repair are
proposed. the same as were suggested
In 1910: the complete removal Of the
present bridge and its rebuilding at
cost Of @9500O the complete removal
Of the five old piers. and their re-.
placement. together with repairs to
Inc ahutments' at n cost Of sa5S OoO' and
the thnrourh renair ~ the niers and
aHu+ments at a cost ~ sISO M
The rena,rs suggested Under the last
ana lee NJ exnensiwe nrnnnsai might ds.
uu 'eSns 80 t% ., poPoso. .r,aae
u.. u..ss.. itSn' tSn rort .me 'eauS ~ ,,suaSer.
aes e t.pof.. al" 10 .neTo ,. .
ausssssteu te Wheh onsress aaMss 'so
uP vhIs u.esuon u at.eE ~ msasuIe
70 the yuosment OF tns Comiss,on 2. y
r,ne Ar.s, 70 wmtsn she esthsue 'S siSe
oI tne repair question may no suo-
mitted. .,. A..
Inc Sum OF <S.WV - esked for tne
maintehance OF tne Wasnngton aque-
duct and ts accessories. Note 70 mace
of the tact that the repair Dill Tor
CONDUIT roao mas been greatly increased
because OF the wear and tear caused by
AUTOMOBILES IT IL recommended that
prlo9e NO D. across ROCK creek. no
longer q part OF the water distributor
system. pc transferred to the city. The
sum OF N2,OO is asked for continuing
the hninG OF the aqueduct.
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