The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-07
FIGURE APPROPRIATION
TO MAINTAIN Waterways
Great Rivers and Harbors Require the
Larger Part of the Money-Missis-
s;ppi River Estimate Alone Is SiO,-
100000
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Washington. Dee. 7.-More than
So3,00O,O00 is estimated for improve
ments and maintenance of the nation 5
waterways and harbors during the tis-
cal year of 1916. which begins July /.
1915.
The great waterways require the
larger part of the money The total
of the works is made up of compare
lively large number OF small items.
The Mississippi river estimate is s1O.-
oOO.OO0; the Ohio. s9.SS4,OOO; the
Hudson, sS,670,O00: the Tennessee
more than 100000; the Columbia
and the Missouri, s2.50O,OO0 each. and
the Delaware, 81 100000.
Estimates of appropriations for the
larger waterways are:
Mississippi River-Southwes Pass
100000; South Pass, $5O,OOO: passes
to mouth of Ohio (Including expenses
Of Mississippi River Commission. So.
100000; mouth of Ohio to NIiuneapolis
s3,I 5000; between Brainerd ami
Grand Rapids, Mimi. $4,000: Mississip.
pl and Leach rivers, Mimi, $4,000.
ohlo Rver-Below Pittsburgh So
$4,000.
Hudson River--s3.67O,OOO.
Missouri River-Kansas CITY to
mouth, 6-fcot channel. S2,2OO, 900;
Kansas City to Sioux City, S15O,OOO
Sioux City to Fort Benton, 5150.OOO.
Tennessee River-Above Chatta.
nooga, S1,792,O0o; between Florance
and Rivertor, $4,000; below River
ton, $2S7,0OO.
Cumberland River-Below Nash
Vile, S1,000,000.
Delaware River-Philadelph to
sea. sl,50O,000; above Trenton, S47,-
500.
St. Marv's River-Construction of
fourth lock. $1.010,000.
Columbia River-Mcuth. s1.75O.-
OOO; Columbia and Lower willamette.
S6OO,OOO; at Cascades. $4,000; at
Threemile Rapids. $4,000; Upper Co.
iumoia and Snake rivers. 5000.
Monongahela River--Reconstru
of lock and dam No. 6. S211.2O0.
Allegheny River-s10,000
Inland Waterway, Rehoboth. Pa, to
Delaware Bay-S130.000.
Potomac River At Washington,
( $4,000.
Estimates of harbOrs and smaller
Waterways:
Maine = Portland. s1O5,OOO; st.
erik river, $4,000.
/ Vermont-Burliagto $4,000: Mar
rows of Lake Champlain. $4,000.
Massachusetts - Boston. 35-foot
i oh S9nn nnn. r.
| $4,000; New Bedford and Fairhaven.
S61 200; Newburyport. 100000; Mer-
rimae river, $4,000; Woods Hole chan
nel, 1000; Point Judith harbor ref
uge. $4,000.
Rhode lsland-Providenc river and
harAor, s327,S00.
Conmecticut-N Haven, $4,000;
Connecticut river below Hartford,
$4,000; Housatonic river, $4,000;
Thames river, S14 4,a00.
New York-Buffalo. s1S7.375;
Charlotte, $4,000; Gowanus bay chan
mel. s150,000; Great Sodus bay harbor,
$4,000; New York Hudson river chan
mel, s250,000: Oswego. 100000;
Port Chester, s20. 1000: ,Mattituck, S10,-
000; Huntingdon. $4,000: Port Jeffer-
son, $4,000; Mamaroneek. s14,S00;
Rondout and Peeksllil, $4,000; Sleeps
head bay. $1,000; Tarrytown, $4,000;
Bronx river, 100000; Brown 5 creek,
$4,000; East Chester creek, 10000;
Harlem river, $3.50. 900; Newton creek,
100000; Arthur Kill, s505,000.
Porto Rico-San Juan, $4,000.
New Jersey-Absecon inlet, $45,-
600; Keyport herbor. Raritan and
Elizabeth rivers, 800; Raritan bay,
$4,000; Cooper river $4,000: Maur-
ice river, $4,000; Passaic river, 1885,
600; Raccoon creek, $4,000; Salem
river, $4,000; Shrewsbury river, $10,-
600; Tuckerton creek, $4,000.
Pennsylvania-Erie, $4,000: Pitts
burgh, $500.
Delaware-Pier near Lewes, 5000;
Wilmington, 100000: APPOINTMENTS.
Murderkill and Hispillion rivers, SIS
900; Broadkill river, $4,000; st. Jones
river, $4,000
Maryland - Ha-bors at Rockall,
Queenstown, Claiborne and Cambridge
and Chester, Choptank, Warwick, POGO
noke, La Trappe, Wieomieo and dan