Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-07
ASK S53,OOO,OOO
FOR MAINTENANCE
OF HARBOR WORK
$40, 900 Sought for Raritan Bay
Improvement, SIS, 900 for
Passaic River.

WASHINGTON, Dec. More than
$53,000,000 is estimated for improve
rnents and maintenance of the ma
tion's waterways and harbors during
the fiscal year of 1916, which begins
July I, 1915.
The greater waterways require the
larger part of the money. Tho total
of the works is made up OF a COM
paratively small number Of large
items and a comparatively large num-
Der of small items. The Mississippi
river estimate is $10500,o00; the Ohio,
$9,Ss4,0 o0;. the Hudson, $3.50, 600; the
Tennessee, more than s3.00O,00 the
Columbia and tho Missouri, $2,5O0,OOV
zach, and the Delaware, $1,5Oo,0OO
Estimates of appropriations for the
larger waterways are:
Mississippi River-Southwes Pass,
100000; South Pass, $4,000; passes to
mouth of Ohio Including expenses OF
Mississippi River Commission), S.
100000; mouth of Ohio to Minneapolis,
sS,7S5. 900; between Brainerd aAd
Grand Rapids, Mimi. $4,000; Missis-
sippi and Leech rivers, Mimi, 100000
Ohio River-Below Pittsburgh, 49,
$4,000.
Hudson Rivers, 67o.0oe.
Missouri River-Kansas City to
mouth, 6-foot channel. s2,2OO,0Oo; Kan
sas City to Sioux City, S150,0o0; Sioux
city to Fort Benton, S150,000.
Tennessee River = Above Chatta-
nooga. 81, 1872, 900; between Florance and
Riverton, $12o,O0o; below Riverton,
S287 600.
Cumberland River-Below Nash
vile, 81 900, 900.
Delaware Riyer-Philadelphi to
sea, 81 500, 900; above Trenton, $47,5OO.
st. Mary's INSTRUMENTATION or
fourth lock, 100000.
Columbia River-Mouth. Sl,4oo,Voo;
Columbia, and Lower Willamette,
$500. 900; at Cascades, $4,000; at Three
mile Rapids, 10000; Upper Columbia
and Snake rivers, $4,000.
Monongahela River-Reconstruc
of Lock and Dam No. 6, S21l,2
Allegheny River-$10, 900.
Inland waterway, Rehoboth bay to
Delaware bay, 100000.
Potomac River-At Washington,
$4,000
Estimates of harbors and smaller
Maine@Portland, sio5,OOo; St. croix
river. $4,000
Observation-Disclosures $1,000; mar
rows of Lake Champlain, $4,000:
Massachusetts, - Boston, 80 foot
channel, 100000; Fall river harbor,
$4,000; New Bedford and Fairhaven,
$1,000: Newburyport. $4,000: Merr1-
mac river, $1,000; Woods Hole chan
. mel, $4,000: Point Judith harbor ref
uge, $4,000.
Rhode Island-Providence river and
harbor. 1927, 800.
Connecticut-New Haven, $4,000;
Connecticut river, below HARTFORD,
$4,000 Housatonic river, $4,000;
Thames river, S14.500.
New York-Buffalo, s1s7,3f5: Char
lotte, $4,000; Gowanus bay channel
$4,000; Great Sodus bay harbor, ~
900; New York Hudson river channel,
$3.50. 900: Oswego. 100000; Port Ches-
ter. $40, 900; Mattituck, 100000; Mama
roneck, $14,S00; Rondout and Peek
skill. $1,000; Sheepshead bay, 5000;
Tarrytown, $4,000; Bronx river, $780,
900: Browns creek. $4,000; East Ches-
ter creek, $4,000; Harlem river, Sloo,-
900. Newton creek, $780, 600; Arthur
Kill. s505 900; Huntington, $4,000; Fort
Jefferson, $4,000 $4,000
Porto Rico-San Juan, $4,000.
New Jersey-Absecon inlet, S4o,ooo;
Keyport harbor, Raritan and Eliza
beth rivers, S25.500; Raritan bay, So
600: Cooper river. $4,000: Maurice
river. $4,000 Passaic river. s155,0oo;
Raccoon creek, $4,000; Salem river,
81, 900; Shrewsbury river. $lO,ooo;
Tuckerton creek, $4,000.
Pennsylvania-Erie, $4,000; Pitts
burgh, $500. 1900
'Delaware-Pier near Lewes, $1,000;
Wilmington, s6O, 900; Appoquinimink,
Hurderkill and Hispillion rivers, $l6.-
900: Broadkill river, $4,000; st. Jones
river, $1,000.
Maryland - Harbors at Rockali'
Queenstown, Claiborne and Cam
bridge and Chester, Choptank, War
wick. Pocomoke, La Trappe, Wicomi-
co and Manokin rivers. $3h,S00; Elk
and Little Elk rivers. So.ooo
District of Columbia = Inacostia
river. $4,000