The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-07
Detailed Estimates.

.,rritoTial Governments. lnV,oVlN
Independent Offices. S.S66,O2O.Ot
district of COlum bia.. 1858, fS4.2s
Var department ...... 1S6,615,3I3.Sl
mama Canal ...-.. lS.SSl,oo0-9e
NV Department $500 147,764. OS6.Ss
Interior Department -. O6.2S2,S45.2
'"stoclice Department
proper ..---.----- l,olV'oSo.VN
POSTAL Service. payable
from postal revenues. 2S1,350r lo4.Ot
department Of Agricul-
department. of Com
mcrCe ~ f'V"S.Vo
department OF Labor 4,4+S,2l O-OV
department of Justice. lO,S I'sle.oU
Total. including the
Postal Service -. lOsV,a o'lSA-oo
Tho estimates call for a river and
rarbor bill of approximately S5o.OoO.OVO'
.rIt no recommendation are made Tor
70 biz public buildings bill. The only
,ublic building item is the provision
or reappropriat.ng and making avail
bic until expended the unexpended
tppropriation for various public build
uEs which have already been started,
ND small item OF S2l6o0 to cover
he slight remodeling OF various pub
nc buildings or the rent OF temporary
quarters.
Unexpended balances reappropriated
arc mainly for small postoffices, ap-
roximately 100 in number, where
mounts heretofore made available
ave not been fully utilized.
New Proposals.
The only new proposals under the
mead Of public buildings are as follows:
Washington, D. C. additional story
70 Butler building, 5000.
Washington, u. c. sidewalks, Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing, 50 600. and
Increasing boiler capacity of old Bureau
e Engraving and Printing building,
900.
Detroit. Mich, mail handling devices,
1870: East St. Louis, Ill, temporary
quarters. Government Officials. sl2,Oe';
Kansas City. No, rent of temporary
quarters. SIS 100; Nashville. Tenn. rent
.cmporary quarters. go 600; New Or
leans. La. mail handling devices, w.,
80: St. Louis, No, additional man
handling devices. $500, ana Ouca, N
!. rent temporary quarters. $4,000.
small appropriations ranging from
s. co.. 10 s. 00n are recommended for rent
IF temporary quarters Tor Government
officials in the following towns: Alex
,ndr!a, La: Evansville. Ind; Hagers-
ton Nd: Huntington. W. Va; kirks-
,iIle and Moberly, Mo-; MIssoula, Mont /;
NIuskegon and Port Huron, Mlch.'
wilmington, y. c, and Winchester, Ny.
These are the only public buildings
Ems except those relating to repairs
nd Dre.ervatiou of buildings now in
use, provided for in the following lump
,um appropriations recommended:
Rivers and HaTbors.
Repairs and upkeep all public build
nrs now occupied, including $4,000 for
marine hospitals and quarantine sta
IONS, S575,ODo.
Mechanical equipment for various
ubnc buildings. including marine hos
tails and quarantine stations, $685.;
auIts and safes for public buildings
oyy occupied. $1,000: general expenses
s public buildings now in use, SJ6S,55p;
Nv OF architects services on PUBLIC
r.ildinSs, $500, making total Tor
gblic buildings of only s2296 tS5.
The total amount recommended for
..cr and harbor work, including the
rrying on OF continuing contracts Is
o.. 3S7. 222-20. as compared with the APP
ro1imateIy S27 600 900 appropriated last
ession for river and harbor work. this
alter figure being made up Of the 800
600 lump sum river and harbor bill
nd special appropriations Of about ST.
The larger appropriation requested for
ivers and harbors include the follow
Continuing Improvement of Eiissis-
u0i river. from head Of passes, Sc
0OT0. continuing improvement or Ohio
yer below Pittsburgh. 100000; con-
huIiu- Improvement OF Ohio river be
Y7 Pittsburgh under previous contract.
2ra 90; completing Improvement "a
'Uison river. s3.g00.260: continuing inn
.Huycment Missouri river 70 secure six
Dat channel between Kansas city and
ra-Ith ~ river. t3.200. 90: improving
.1nesseN river. in Tennessee. Ala
IN M.
owing the Delaware river. 3. so. 600;
.ntinuinE Improvement Columbia river,
.an Orn
appropriations OF 100000 each ara
commended for continuing the i'm
-oyemeut Of tho Cumberland river be-
~ Nashville: st. Mary's river. Mich.
nd the inland waterway from Norfolk,
~, 20 Beaufort, y. c.
Other sums for improvement on con-
'-scts already in operation include Hud-
on river $4,000; harbor at Marquette
Hich-. 500. 600; New York harbo-. North
irer channel, $4,000; Providence river
nd harbor. s527, 500; Tillamook Bay.
)rs.. ,217 600.
Other Large Items.
other comparatively large items un-
.>r tho head of river and harbor i'm
movements. are as follows:
Portland. Ne, harbor. sl05. 00O: Boston.
isss.. harbor. 500. go; Point Judith, z.
harbor. So. go: Connecticut river. be-
go Hartford. $4,000.
Buffalo harhoT. SlS7 $40; Gowanus hsv
y. ". $4,000. Hudson river channel.
.N.noo. Oswego harJor ~. Y. 800 OJ0:
.rVnN river ~. y. $4,000: East river
". y. $40 O00r Staten Island sound
y. =. and y. j.. 500 600: passaic river
=. j.. sl55. go: Erie pa harbor. $50 COO:
GonOugahela river pa. S2ll 900: inland
aterways between Rehoboth bav and
delaware bay DelD, $4,000; James
liver Na.). 10000; Cape Fear river,
bove and below Wilmington. S476 90:
harleston harbor. SO, 900: waccamaw
r.yer q. c. and s. c.. $50 900: Winvah
Az Is. c.. 800, on; Savannah CGa.)
arbOr, $4,000; Brunswick harbor.
900. Chattahoochee river harbor
,2oOo0: Coosa river CGa. and Ala.
l3l 900: Miami harbor. So. 900; ST. Lucie
Met G'la.). 800 900: St. Johns river
Fis) SG07, 900: Mobile harbor, SI56 900:
.lsbsma river. 1925. go: Gulfport CMiss.)
arbor. :l55. 900: Southwest, pass. Mis-
issippi rive. $500 900: Galveston CTeX.),
rbor. $500 100: Port Arkansas TEX.
10000: Sabine Pass CTeX.). $1,000:
.ouston ship channel. S250.0po: BrazOs
river CTex.D $4,000: Ouachits river
Ark and LAD. s775, 900: Rcd river. $780,
r.. Arkansas river. t237.0 coo.
cizveIsnd harbor. 10000; connesut