The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-09
MANY MILLIONS
FOR WATERWAYS
Chiei OF Engineers Estimates
That 4l,4S3,S95 Is Needed for
This Purpose.
JAMES RIVER GETS $4,000
Other Virginia Streams Provided
For i'll Report to Sccrc-
tary of War.

Washington. December S.Aiorc
than $4,000, 900 for the Aississippi
River almost saooo.ooa for tho Ohio
River. more than s2.oo0.ooo for the
Missouri River, almost S2,ooo.0oV for
the Columbia Riycr, ana si.o0t,ooc FOR
the Delaware River are the amounts
considered necessary by the chief OF
engineers Of the army for the inn
irOvcment and maintenance of those
great waterways during the fiscal %eer
uf 1915.
In submitting u the Secretary OF
War his report, made public to-day,
the chief Of engineers makes csti-
mates aGgrcgutins s4l.i85.Se5 TO bc APP
iilicd to 2Cl river and hnAcr projects
during the year ending J1nc 80. 1915.
fhis IL S",Gjt,|ti less than the amount
appropriated 10y Congress tor river
and harhor works for the fiscal year
az I3li
Should lie Liberal.
Liberal appropriations &rc consul
cred proper aud desirable Tor su~r
rug and other work necessary 10 make
natural channels available wherever
N1ttv-Dorn commerce EXISTS o. ia r.a-
sonholy rrospcctivc" says the chief OF
'hrinecrs ii Is believed that cxpcn-
dituies fot aucn improvements are al
most Away useful ana advantageous
the lntroductiOl ana rapid DEVELOPMENT
q small sasolene motor boats for
combined trcight aud passenger trans
north ion
Es,ima,cs Of amounts needed tor
iortlicati"ns On the Untted states 81
gresatc ii.o35.oeo. and III the insuisv
pcsscssious sH2@.50o
The estimates In detail arc
mississippi I;1ver-Southvcst pass
'-'e,co0 Head OF Passes TO Ohio River
lnciHd!ng expenses OF Iiississipul
liver commission. 56.300.ooo. between
onto and Missouri Rivers 81 00u 06G
net"een Missouri RIVER ana Minnea-
boiis S'.''p,0op' between MINNEAPOLIS
ma - Paul $4,000. inproviu.- Ais
eissippi ana l<.cch Rivers. s3o.ooo. h.,
,H.eh Briun"rd ANA Grand Rapids.
MINI. sSO0l
''hi" Rivcr-For confirming cons,ruc.
won o. locks and dams below pi,,s-
purgh. |a,sS'V0c. foI new work in con
ttruction ~ locks and dams bclov
fit'sbIrrh 10000 coo; oper channel
Missouri River-Kansas CITY to
mouth. s.0oo.o0o. Kansas Citv TO sion.
lty Sl19,o"". sioux city TO For; Ben
ION. 'l5poco. osag" River, $1,000;
Gatc.nadc iNycI ST.. 900.
columbia Rivcr-Improving mouth.
y uOo.pue; improvements below Port
Land, $2)n,coo. At Cascades. $4,000: at
Thrccmlc Rapids 1925. 900: Uppor 90
luInbia AND snake Rivers. $4,000: VII
Jeanette River above Portland. 100000.
'latekario River. $1,000
Delaware Observation-Disclosures 10 the
tea, thirty i've foot channel. 81 900 600
Momongahela cr-R.buildinr Lock
-1d Dam No s. Sl.s.e00
Cumberland Eivcr-Bolow Nashville
100000
Tennessee Nivcr--Above chat.anoo-
"a, $4,000: between Florence and
IIverton, $e40,co4; below Rtvertou
Sl2o,oot: French Broad anu Litti.
Pigeon River. $23.Il5.
rginia-Aiattaponi and Pamunkey
ltivcrs Occoquan and .>quia Greeks
S"cOci Eappahannock River. 10000:
Eanscmond River. $4,000: James River
turning basin AT Richmond and works
"a fourteen mile reach. $4,000. .Ap
pomauoX River. 5000; Waterway.
Norfolk To North Carolina sounds. So
600; Inland Waterway. Norfolk 10
Beaufort Inlet. y. g. 100000; operat-
ing and care Of same $1,000.
North carolnn-Meherrin River. ST.
600; Roanoke River. S2.CC0: Scupp"r-
nong River, $1,000 Fishing Creek. ST.
"oo: Pnnlico and Tar Rivers. $4,000;
Say River. $1,000: Con;entia Creek. So :
600; Smiths Creek. $1,000: Neuse and
Trent Rivers, $4,000; inland waterway,
Fainlico Sound 10 Beaufort Inlet. St-
L,
construction of brcakwater. etc, $500.
900; Beaufort hgrbor, $4,000: Beaufort
Inlet. $4,000: Morehead city harbor.
$1,000. New River. including island
waterways, S2S.5oO Northeast ind
Black Rivers and Cape Fear River
above Wilmington. $4,000; Cape Fear
River above WilminEton. locks and
dams, sol 900; Cape Fear River at and
below Wilmington. $4,000.
South Carolina-Great pecdce River.
$4,000: Santce. Watorec aud Congarcc
Rivers, $4,000; Charleston harbor. SIS
coo
Georgia-Savannah harbor twenty
siX-foot project. $3.50, 600: Savannah
liver below Augusta. $4,000; Alt;.ma-
ha Oconoe and OsInulgcc Rivers, $40
eco; Brunswick harbor. $500 Flint
river. $4,000: Chattahoochec River be-
low Columbus Sl2O00o
tlorida-F.rnaHdina harDor, $4,000:
channel between 81. Johns River and
t'um bcrfand sound. ia, SJ1 200. ST