The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-13
RIVER AND HARBOR
BILL MADE PUBLIC
Measure Is Agreed On by House
Committee, and Carries Appro-
priation of S43,OOO,OOO.
TO BE PRESSED FOR PASSAGE
Advocates OF Waterway Improve
ments From Various Sections
Make Urgent Appeals,

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
rivers and hnrbors appropriation piu'
carving s4s.o0O,000 for waterway I'M
provoments throughout tho country.
to-day was formally made pubic
Chairman Sparkman. OF the House
Rivers ard Harbors Committee. soon
VIII report it 20 the House. and press
Tor its speedy passage
Last wears river and harper PHI caf
ried appropriations aggregatinE ABOUT
S4S 600 600 This years appropriations
aro larger than was at first conteni-
plated. because of the urgent appcais
of advocates OF waterway improve
lncnts from various parts OF the S"uh
my.
she bill in addition to the large
n!mber OF appropriations for continu-
inr work already in progress In many
States provides for many new projects.
Tho sum OF Sl3.4oe.oo0 is provided for
developing the East River and rcmov-
ms Hell Gate and other ledgss there
that threaten navigation in New York
ilarbor. other projects include the
purchase of the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal between Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays for s1.30o,o0o and ITS
development to accommodate ocean
commerce, and q S7.ooo.00O appropria
ton for Improvement of the Mississippi
The bill does not provide for the
proposed waterway from the Delaware
Bay to New York, upon which the War
Department had adversely reported.
The project is part of the ultimate
scheme for an intercoastal waterway
from Boston TO Beaufort, n. c.
Both the army engineering board
and the Rivers and Harbors Committee
agreed that the time was not yet ripe
Tor an appropriation for the proposed
waterway.
Southern Rivers and Harbor..
Many Southern rivers ami harbors
received appropriations under the bill,
both Tor immediate use. and, in some
cases, larger authorizations for total
projects, whore the work will require
several years Tor completion These
Included.
Virginia Harbor and chan
ncl to Newport News, S210,ooo: Malta
poni ana Pamunkey Rivers and Deco
1uan and Aqua Creeks, $500: Kappa
hammock Rivcs. $4,000: Nansemund
river, $500; James River 100000
APPROXIMATION River $4,000: Blackwater
liver $1,000. Hampton Creek. So 900
Vangter Channel. sl6,a34: oyster Chan
net. SLIGO; l.ocklis Creek. S4.i0o: DC
eoquan Creek, S2l,5o0: waterway on the
coast Of Virginia $1,000.
Virginia and North Carolna-inland
waterway from Norfolk, Wa, to Beau
fort Inlet, y. e., 100000; waterway
from Norfolk, Va, To the sounds OF
North Carolina. $4,000.
North Carolina--Capc Lookout Har-
hor of Refuge. 100000; Beaufort Har-
Dor. $1,000; Beaufort Inlet $4,000
Morehead CITY Harhor, $4,000; Alchor-
rin River, $1,000: Roanoke River, s., OUo:
ScuppernonE River. S33,S00; FislinS
Creek, $1,000 Pamlico and Tar Rivers.
SlS.6o0; Eay River. $1,000: Contentuea
Greek. $1,000; Smiths Creek s.. 900:
Neucse and Trent Rivers, So 900: Swift
creek. $500; Northeast Cape Fear
River. s25,355; Northeast and Black
Rivers and Cape Fear River, above
Wilmington topcn channel worll), Sls,-
900; Cape Fear River nj below
Wilmington. $l65.o00 Shallotte River.
$1,000; Bennett River. $4,000; Deep
Creck So, 41o: Newbcgun Creek. 81, coo:
waterway from Panlico Sound TO Beau
fort Inlet $1,000; New River, including
waterways between New River ana
Swansboro and between Beaufort IIar-
Dor and New River, SIS, zoo.
North Carolina and South Carolina
Lumber River. s2,0o0.
south Carohna-Charlcston Hnrhor.
$4,000; Great Pceoiee River, 10000.
Santee River ard Esthcrviuc, Minim
Creek Canal, $4,000; Wateree and Con-
saree Rivers. 100000; Jeremy Creek.
$4,000; Ncclellanville Winyah Bay
waterway, new project adopted 10 be
prosecuted with funds on hand: water
way from oranceburg 10 Charleston.
S35. 00c.
South Caroline and Georcia-Water
way from Charleston, s. O., 10 Savan-
nah, Ga, $4,000