The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-02-13
6.9)0,O]O GWEN
J TEXAS WATERWAYS
lie AND HARBoRs COMMIT
avLs WIND UP LABORS ON
APPROPRIATION BILL.
nl.D]0HOUST0N SHIP CHANNEL
.,.. pass Project Scheduled to Re-
vi live s55o,ooo, and other Improve
aents Throughout State Well
: provided for In Measure.

washington.-Texas waterway pro-
,ets will receive appropriations total
. aver s3,5OO,OOO in the annual ap-
:, ..,Driation bill that has been prac-
s.ollv completed by the rivers and
ss,bors committee Of the house. The
figures:
uonston ship channel, 100000; Sa-
,no pass $55O,OOO; inland waterway,
Galveston al to Sabine, $4,000; Gal
Soslon seawall, $1,185,000; Galveston
,ssnnel. 100000; Port Bolivar chan
u $4,000; Port Arkansas, 100000;
West Galveston bay, $4,000; inland
gateway, Corpus Christi to Rio
e,snde $4,000; for maintenance of
If inland waterways in Texas, $780,
s0. Brazos river, at mouth, $4,000;
p,azos river to Old Washington, $685.
i0o, Brazos river to Waco, 100000;
sbsnuel to Port Lavaca, $4,000; chan
ri from Arkansas Pass to Corpus
christi, $4,000; Trinity river, $685..
ooO. Cypress bayou, $1,000; Red river.
10000; Colorado river, $4,000. To
nI ss,715,OOo.
IN discussing the bill, which will be
spOrted this week, Representative
George F. Burgess, the Texas member
d the committee, said:
after over two months work the
ennittee has finally agreed on all
bs appropriations. 1t was more diff
mil to frame the measure this year
than ever before, in my judgment.
me bill totals $44,OOO,0OO. The sur
yeys have not yet been agreed to and
lean not give them out at this time,
but will at later date. The items |
have given you constitute the Texas
appropriations as agreed to in COM
hittee
Not only have the Texas projec-
tons been held up to practically every
Slimate OF the engineers for the year
adng June 80, 1915, but at least two
projects. have been added to these
carried in the last bill These are
the request of Congressman. Garner
for $4,000 for the construction work
On the section of the intercoastal
canal from Corpus Christi to the Rio
Gfande, which is known as section
u; and the second addition, while
not altogether new one, is a pro-
Tsion for the beginning of two addi-
tonal locks on the Trinity river at
satiors 3 and 5.
The bill reported in January, 1913,
anied 1924, 900 for Texas river and
fafbors project, while the present
MEASURE carries $3,715,OO0 for Texas
ssterways Improvements. The total
appropriations provided for in the
isl4 bill were about $4O,80O,0OO, while
ne total in the current bill will ex-
asd S44OO0,0O0, and when it reaches
ne senate number Of amendments
all be added that will bring the
htai to approximately $5O,O00,OO0 as
aglinst s47,S68,G94, the total appro-
Natioa for the year ending June 80,
islA
TIE bill also contains a provision
siich releases Beaumont and Orange
nom the maintenance of the canal to
as gulf now nearing completion so as
make possible and satisfactory
qsning Of the cut into the lake to
sRe Port Arthur an outlet into the
lsAnel This set aside a portion of
ae contract drawn when work was
2san on the canal and reduces the
@aded liability of the two Texas nav
xAlloa districts mentioned.