Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-02
sSyODO,OO0 FIGURE
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
IN RIVERS AND
HARBORS
Increase of 100000 Over
Last Year in Estimates of
Chief Of Engineers w. H.
Bixby.
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI
RIVERS GET BIG SLICE
my b,ssssa Wire to EVssisE Herald

Washington, lEt 2.---Ehtlrlutes az
gregAtlnE $50 5sG.Hy2 Tor improve
ments Ia rit,r and hnTbOr works
throughout iu. country during the
fisral yenr wrf. submitted 20 congress
to-day la thu annual report al General
William n l.,H.. cher ~ engineers
nf the ARM Tu.- sum is &l5.3lI3i2
grcntrf than . urupridt"d Tor th" last
fiscal year fyi Pc" same purpuHc bt
the total -" ..'.lu. including flju,-
900 Tor exam "liIuns, surveys AMI
runtingcucir. uf tiNurs aud hurbuts.
fpr which tho. may lee 40 special az
prupriutIuu united IL to JC pro
,Id,d lu ~, o.. .ilr ttNur uud hHrbut
augmentation ...i Ht' tins session al
congress Fm ..' continuing at con.
tract work ...t.t,HS2 h asked 81
congress To- . appropriated In the
sundry eva .Ipprlutlon bill
Estimate .f Improvement in
cIudp. M.SrI.. 900 overhead OF passes
10 ohio rItrr SOL. UuU. GHU. onto river
~ Missouri p, .r. SI.Ui0.0 Mis.
suuri u.,r 60. .uu,hpols, Si.,oU. o"".
htPu lu,a lu. Htm between 81 PAU
aud Mtuu,ur 4lN5.gUu. southwest
Pass. SOU. MisHpuri riI,r pix
foot ,hauuo, rDuns cay 10 mouth,
-. ino. ""u ulIH nN"tu"ni, Kansas 'NN
To- Sluus Cf' {lJu,puHi Sioux tlly
tu Fort I3,uu... 'l5U.OV0.
Columbia rs,r. Mouth. ) 900 900,
~ Ca-rad,4. tlu0.00O. at Thror-MiI"
Rapids SGUO,nrp. at Upper columbia
aud Suuk, ''.'rA 1Asj. O0O. between
bridgeport nnd Kettle Falls. ta'.ono,
Columbia and tower Willamette bee
low Portland S.sD.O0O.
Texas Galveston hHrhnr. t3i3.u0G'
Houston ship canal. $3.50. 900, Sabine.
N"rhes canal, fsH",H00; channel, 'n,l-
weston {" TcNIa rlty. s2On.U"U; chan
mel TO Port Bolivar 150,0Op. Subin"
Pass and p"rI Arthur canal. fGJo,"np
Iirazos river. t225.OdO, Arkunms
Pass uud lidN. il00,pOn; Trinity river.
S2,0.pUu. INLAND water way un coast
81 T,Nur, s.o.""".
Illinois chDaE" harb"r f.io,0np.
lluu"ip tivrr, tla0.0o"
California. san francisco hhrhnr
removal ut Irutissina Rock. SiO0,
900; san LOUIS DbiHuO hnrhOr. 1iG,-
OOO Humboldt, haTbur ana bay
132O. 400, san Pablo bay, S2iN,UOO'
|, san Dicp" harhur, S3;,nDn, Loo An
gcl"s harhur, tl.l,Uuu. Oakland hdr
hur, t2ii,p0u. sacramento aHd I"uth'
- rivers. $1,000, san joaquin river
ElsG.I31.
! oregon 'uus 30, hHrhut. i'o,"u"
lIillimouE b., ana bar, $50 Gu"", NI
hulrm bay, SlO0,0o0, Willamette nnd
Yamplli rivers above Portland, Si2.'
/ 900; Slusla river. $4,000.
Grny'H harbor aud Chrhaln r1rI
&3o.0oO, skaglt river I25.o"o, water
/ way connecting Puget Sound WI
| Lakes Union aud WdshuHl"r
.OOa." WiIldpa river aud harnw
| &f3.l
/ Hawaii Honolulu harhur. i.t.. """
lIIlu hnrbur. Sljo,oo0
: IN that portion uT hts report treat
| ing on Qualifications General lhNh
states TINT thu plans Uf tho ualt"ua
| coast dcfcnHc board are sufficient lvl
present needs. He submits 'stludtr
1 on account Of Notifications IN tn,
| United states proper aggrrgai,ni
I4I.lIl.00O. some Uf the details bcinl
| for gun mortar batteries tlOh, bbO
| modrfning old cmplacem"nts, flo".
600. electrical Installations, F3b,hun
searchnghta, s25O.OOO. sites for torn
ncatlons. $4,000. ana reservation
and repair ~ forts. S300,00". For tn
| fOrllflcatinna In the inBular cuuc"s
SlonH the estimates aggregate &,s2i,
sBg, Including sea coast batteries I"
Hawaii. so, 900 for the Philippine,
l1I.O0O. 0uu for electrical installation
i3i,4GS. For classmates and gull"r
les Tor mines Ia the Philippine
$4,000.