Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-02
MILLIONS ARE ADDED
Increase of WATERWAYS Bud
get to $34, 053, 530.5O.
COMMITTEE TO REPORT
Engineer School Building Here, to
Cost 100000, Is Provided.
RIVER FUNDS UNCHANGED
Bill Takes Away From City Heads
Control of Harbor
RIVER FUNDS UNCHANGED

Amendments to the rivers and harbors
appropriation bill passed by the House.
involving additional expenditures of ST.
United States. are recommended by the
Senate committee on commerce in its re-
port on the measure, to be submitted to
the Senate in few days. The Senate COM
mittce proposes specific increases of ap-
preparations of $sO64,O10 and decreases in
appropriations of $273,OOO If the bill
passes, as recommended by the commit
tee, it will carry total of $,4 O53. $40 80
or chief local interest are the amend
ments providing for a new one-hundred-
thousand-dollar building at the Engineer
School at Washington barracks and TAX
ing away from the Commissioners au-
thorIty 1t has had over the fixing Of har-
Dor lines in the District Of Columbia.
For District Rivers.
No additional appropriations beyond
those provided for in the House are rec
commended for the Potomac or Anacostia
rivers in the District of Columbia The
House had provided $4,000 for continuing
the Improvement of the Anacostia river
and $4,000 for continuing the improve
ment and for maintenance of the Poto-
mac river.
But the Senate committee on commerce
mas recommended an amendment to the
provision making these appropriations.
which will take away from the Commits
sioners the control they. now have over
the harbor lines in the District of Co
lumbia. Back in 1899 provision was nut
IN the river and harbor act saying that
the Commissioners were to he consulted
by the army engineers in charge of rivers
and harbOrs as to harbor lines in the
N ho ar T0ar orfy,
called attention to this provision while
| the Senate committee on commerce was
looking over the bill.
II was pointed out that all over the
United States the army engineers have
control over harbor lines. and the only
exception was in the District of Column
| bia.
In the same paragraph is a provision
allowing the army engineer in charge OF
waterways and waterway improvements
| in the District to hire larger quarters and
to pay the larger rent, pro rata, out of
| the appropriations for the river improye-
ments. The War Department complained
to the committee that the present limita-
ton as to the amount of rent to be paid
for the local engineers office compelled
| his office force to work in crowded quar-
tiers. and produce satisfactory results at
| great disadvantage
Engineer Building.
The new one-hundred- thousa nd dollar
building at the Engineer School, it is
| specified is to have library accommoda
tions and other facilities for the instruc-
ton of officers of the Corps of Engineers,
in duties pertaining to the improvement
of rivers and harbors.
An amendment recommended by the COM
mittee provides an appropriation of 81 AGO
for the improvement of Aqua creek. Nir-
ginia, from Goals landing to the Potomac
river. This creek enters the Potomac
about forty-One miles below Washington.
1t is now proposed to make channel six
feet deep and from 10 to 100 feet
wide from the mouth of Goals land
ing, a distance of five and three-quarter
miles, with turning basin of the same
depth and $50 feet wide at the latter place.
This project had been recommended as
worthy of completion by the army engi-
neers. and is inserted in the bill on their
statement.
Another amendment provides $500 for
the improvement of Elk river Maryland.
Important Surveys.
Several surveys, to which importance is
attached by owners and masters Of ves-
sells on the Potomac river. are provided
for in other amendments which the Sem
ate committee has adopted:
Chesapeake bay, with view to pro-
viding a suitable channel to Tangier, Va.
Chesapeake bay, with a view to
Strengthening the north side of the chan
mel at the entrance of the harbor at
Cape Charles City, Va. and to increasing
the width of the channel 200 feet.
Savages creek. Virginia, with view to
providing a suitable channel from CheSa-
peake bay to Eastyille.
From deep water to Oyster. Va, to
provide a channel 100 feet vide and
feet deep, with a suitable anchorage for
small boats.
Jackson Creek bar, Va, with view
to cutting through same to provide
harbor at Deltaville.
Bar to Be Removed.
Nassawadox creek, Va, with a view to
the removal of the bar at its mouth SO
as to connect with the bay and provide a
suitable channel,
Hampton creek, Va, for purpose of
making this river deeper and more suit
able for anchorage and use of boats and
vessels.
| Hunting Field creek. Md.
Rock Hall harbor. Md. with a view
to extending navigation beyond it's pres
ent head.
Breton bay, Md.
Chesapeake bay, Nd off Pooles Island
on the route between Baltimore and
Philadelphia, between the southwest bar
creek, Md, to connect with the main
channel from the Patapsco river to the
| pier of the Baltimore and Ohio river.