The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-18
MUSCLE SHOALS GETS $150, 1000; ALABAMA IS
 WELL PROVIDED FOR
$125,OOO Given Alabama River, S156,25O Mobile Harbor and S64,O0O for Tombigbee River

nual river and harbor appropriation bill, carrying $34,13S,5sO for water way improvements throughout the country, was completed tonight by the House river and harbor committee. Army engineers estimates were re- duced by nearly $2O,OO0,0 ,0OO and the bill appropriates only for work on projects which already have been be- gun, making no provision for new undertakings.
 Alter the defeat of the river and har- Dor bill at the last session of Congress and the appropriation of s2o,Oo0 0oo to maintain work on existing projects. the board of engineers submitted es- inmates aggregating s5s,o00, 900. These the committee, according to Chairman sparkman. pared to the bone.s
 All big improvement projects were Involved in the committees efforts to cut the appropriations. The measure gives Mississippi river undertakings $6.9s7,O0 out of s1o, 5oo 900 recom- 4 mended; the Ohio $5,es4,0 ,000 of sa,ss4.- oe0 recommended; the Hudson sl,5oO- 900 of $a,670.000 recommended: the Tennessee ss22,coo of 'sa,oOo,oo 900 rec ommended; the Columbia s1.ss5.Oo0 of s2,500,ooo recommended the Missis- sippi $1,s5O.ooo of s2,5oo,0oo recom- mended. The Delaware river received the full estimate of sl.5OO,0Oo. No Actions on Reform Plans 3r As agreed to by the conlnittee the measure carries no legislative proposal to alter the present method of making appropriations for waterway improve ments. No action was taken on various reform plans recently agitated Rep resentative Sparkman Of Florida, chair man, explained that the committee had worked under pressure to speed up the bill. He said that numerous legisla- tive proposals were pending before the Senate committee which will consider the bill after it leaves the House and that any action would come from the Senate side of the capitol.
 Appropriations for large projects in the bill include the following:
 Mississippi river, head of passes to the Ohio, and levees from GirarGeau to Rock Island (under Mississippi river commisslon). $5,000,00o: Ohio to Mis- souri rivers, $500000; Missouri river to Minneapolis $1,200, 900; St. Paul to Minneapolis, $235,0 1000.
 Missouri river, mouth to Kansas City, 31,200.0 .000
 Ohio river, locks and dams, cash s2,- 500.o0o; continuing contract, s2.50o, 900; open channel work, $6S4,000
 $150,00O for Muscle Shoals
 Tennessee river above Chattanooga, JS265. 900; Muscle Shoals, $150,Oo0; Flor ence to Riverton, Ala, $120,000; below Riyerton, $287,O00.
 Cumberland river. below Nashville. e445,0O0.
 Among the appropriations in the annual rivers and harbors bill. as completed, are: Virginia: Mataponi and ramunkey rivers. $6000; Rappahannock, $10,000; James, 100000; inland waterway. Norfolk, Va, t9 Beaufort inlet, North Carolina, $6uv,0 North Carolina: Beaufort harbor, $17. GOO; Beaufort, inlet s5Ouu; Morehead City, ssS0J; 6cuppernong river, S5400; Palnlico and Tar fivers. $S205,: waterway Pamlico sound to Beau'cr- inlet. $S000; New river and waterway to Beaufort har-
 Dor. $s7soO; Northeast, Black and Cape
 Fear rivers above Wilmington. open chan
 mel work, $l3,o00; Cape Fear river above Wilmington locks and dams N73,O0o; Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington. s205,- 600; Waccamaw river, $56,5O0. South Carolina: Winyah bay, s00.000; ssntee. Wateree and Congaree rivers, s2o,- co.
 Georgia: Savannan ss775.ooo; Brunswick, N1,0W; Savannah river below Augusta, ss5.0O0; Atamsha, Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, S40O00; Flint river, $50,000; water way, Savannah to Fernandina, Fla, s3S, 600 Chattahooochee river, $120,00 Coosa | river, Rome, Ga, tol dam No. {. Alabama, K G5.0o0.
 Florida, -Fernandina, 5000; St. Lucie inlet, N0o000; Miami harbor, S50,O0O; St A1ary's river, $500; Tampa bay. 5000 HiIlsboro bay, yl2o.000: Carrabelle bar and harbor, u5,0o0; Apalachicola bay, $l5, ,O00 | St. Andrews bay, $5o.O0o; Narrows, Santa
 Rosa sound. 5000: Pensacola harbor, $50,-
 900; St. Johns river. $S70,0o0; Oklawaha It river. $100o0; Indian river. $lo.0O0; Caloo.
 sahatchie river, s5oO0; Manatee river. sa5,. O00: Anclote river, $5000; Withlacooches river, 5000; removing the water hyacinth from the navigable waters in Florida Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas. s25.0O0; Apalachicola river, s20.oO0 Holmes river $500; Blackwater river O6O00; channel. Apalachicola river to St Andrews bay. s10,000.
 Florida and Alabama: Chocta whatchee 5000: Escambia and Conecuh ziyers {. s5ooo.
 4 Alabama Appropriation Alabama: Mobile harbor and bar, $156.. a60: Alabama river, 125.Ooo, Tombtgbet river. Ssl.Oo0; Coosa river, Lock Nos4 and Dam No. s, $56000. Hississippi. Pascagoula. $l5,0OO: Gulf port. $106. .250; Pascagoula and Leaf 'ivers fs.0oo; Wolf and Jordan rivers, lS62bo earl river below Rockport. s24000; Yazoc river mouth. Sl5,O0o: Big Sunfower river t216,000.
 \ Lpuisiana: Mississippi river. Southwes \ Pass, $too.000; South Pass. s50,000; Bayo, K p1aquemine. Grand river and Pigeor bayous. $30.0oo; Bayou Teche Q0.00o Havou FaIfa Bavou Manchac. Amft> Cheftncts and Tickf9w riverA 5000 Bayou verlnilion and Mermantau river eoQ00: Waterway. Mermentau to Sabin'
 B1vef. 600; Bayou Terrebonne, 356, ,ooo At
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