The Detroit times., 1914-12-08
U. S. ESTIMATES
$4,OOO,OOO LESS
THAN LAST YEAR
McAdOO Exercises Merciless
Economy in Schedule Sent
to Congress
TOTAL ASKED FOR
is $1,090,775,134
Army and Navy Get Big Slice;
Amended Pork Barrel Bill
$53,OOO,000

WASHINGTON Dec. 7.-Merciless
economy was applied to estimates fur
nished to congress today by Secre-
tary Of the Treasury McAdoo for gov
eminent expenses In the fiscal year
beginning July /, 1915. They total
81, 090,775, 134-about s4,000,000 less
than in the present fiscal year.
Deducting for the postal service,
payable from postal revenues, $685.
1880 was asked, as against $780,
sos, ABS appropriated for the present
year. Although this was a net in
crease IL was not comparable with
some Increases of other years.
The naval building program called
for two battleships, six torpedo boat
destroyers. one oiler and one gun
boat at S7575, 900, estimated TO begin
work on all these new vessels next
year, in addition To eight or more
submarines-one OF sea-going type,
the others of coast defense type, at
S2,225,000, and armor and armament
at $9,424,99S. The navy's total esti-
mates were $l47,764,086, and the
army's $ls6,675,373.
Although the last congress extract
ed most of the pork" from the riv-
er sand harbors bill, this years esti-
mates OF the army engineers called
for more than $53,000,OO0. Pensions,
on the other hand, showed remark
able decrease from sl69.150,000. to
Sf66,l00,00
More than $lS,00O,000 was asked
for Panama canal, a decrease Of near.
ly $4,000 09. In the newer branches
OF the government were included the
following estimates:
Federal trade commission, $3.50 900;
board OF mediation and Cancellation,
$4,000; commission on industrial re-
lations, $4,000.
Among the larger rivers and lhar.
bors appropriations recommended
we're:
Mississippi river. up to Ohio river,
$6.000,000 Ohio river, below Pitts.
burgh. S6,000,000: Hudson river, So
260,000; Missouri river, from Kansas
City, TO mouth. 100000; Tennessee
river $2,199,000; Columbia river
mouth, $l,750,000; fourth lock at ST.
Mary's, Mich, $l,000.000; Erie, Pa.
harbor, 100000; Monongahela river,
Pennsylvania, s211, 900; inland water
way, Rehoboth to Delaware bay, $780,
600; James river. Virginia, 100000.
Galveston. Tevas, harbor. $500, 900:
Port Arkansas, Texas. 100000; Sabine
Pass, Texas, $4,000; Houston, Tex
as. ship channel. $3.50, 900; Brazos riv-
err, $530,000; inland waterway, Texas
coast, s125,000; Ouachita river, Arkan-
sas, and Louisiana, $775.0O0; Red riv-
er, Louisiana and Arkansas, SAC, 900
Arkansas river, Arkansas, 1897 900:
Cleveland, Ohio, harbor, 100000;
Conneaut. Ohio. $481 900; Toledo, o.,
$4,000; Harbor Beach, Mich, $780,
900; Ludington. Mich, $163, 900; Chi
cago harbor, $4,000; Indiana har-
Dor, Ind, s52QOOO
Humboldt harbor, and bay, Califor-
MIA, $4,000; Los Angeles, $4,000;
Oakland, California, $150,000: Sacra-
mento and Feather rivers, California,
$250,000; Coos bay, Oregon, $4,000;
Coquille river, Oregon. $4,000; Sius-
law river, Oregon, $4,000; Columbia
and Willamette rivers, below Port
land, Oregon, 100000; above Port
land, $42.500; Upper Columbia and
Snake rivers, Oregon and Washing
ton, $65,000 Three Mile rapids, Ore
gon, and Washington, $4,000: Homo
lulu harbor, 100000.