Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-07
ESTIMATES TAKE CARE
OF VIRGINIA PROJECTS
Nearly S2,30O,0u0 Will BE Spent in
This State II Congress Gives
Approval.
VAST SUN ASKED FOR NORFOLK
apparent That Navy Department H.
tends to Make Sencoast City Great
Naval Reserve 900
Sought for James River.
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WAsItlNGroN. Dccrmbcr Nir
rinia is well taken care Of III the de-
partmental estimates for government
work. Nearly $4,000. 900 will hc spent
III 'hc state IL Congress approves thcn.
These include $685. tor work ut the
Norfolk naval station: including the
yard. st. l1clcua and 80 Iulicms sta
tons. a recommendation is also sub
united that 4 storage house he erected
NJ the 81. Juliens station for reserve
ammunition. This indicates that the
Navy department plans to make Nor
folk orc of the great naval reserve
stations on tho coast
The estimates also carry Sl.S6I. 900
/, for construction of sea coast dctenses.
which is taken to mean that a large
slice o! this sum will be spent in start
ing the biz for, ut Cape Henry
Other Virginia Estimates are:
FOR completion Of new post oiicc a:
Franklin. $1,000: for Front Royal
post office. $4,000: for man-carryinr
device at Norfolk post office $4,000: for
mail-carryinE device at Richmond post
ONCE. $1,000: I'ulaski post office, SEA
900; South Boston post office. SI5, 900:
IL
horo post Office, $4,000
VAST SUM Is SOUGHT
ron RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Almost s46.ooo,0oO is: asked by
inc army engineers for mnintc-
nance and Improvement OF rivers
ami harbors for the twelve months
beginning July |. 1916. Estimates
Tor that work submitted to Con-
gross day call for appropriations
agGregating s43.S3?.5Io. That amount
Is sa,53S,30S less than was estimated
last December would be required for
the year ending on July |, for which.
after tilibustcr in tho Senate defeated
the rivers aud harbors arpropriation
bill. Sao.0oo.00o was appropriated i'm Il
lump sum TO be used among project :
selected by the Secretary of War
The great commerce hearing rivers
i'll the new estimates demand the larger
portion OF the money, the Mississippi
leading with n call for almost $40. 900. :
600 and the Ohio following with
$5.5o9,Jo0.
The country's greatest port of for
ciHn commerce. New York, asks moro
than 100000 for channels main
tenancc and Improvement over Its large
area, which includes the water from,
and rivers in adjoining New Jersey and
Long Island.
FirgiAia-Jamcs River. $4,000:
Rappahannock River. $4,000 York
Mattaponi aud pamunkey Rivers. and
Uccoquan. Lower Machodoc, Nandua,
Aqua and Carriers Creeks, $4,000:
waterway on Virginia coast. $1,000:
inland waterway, Norfolk 10 Beaufort
n. c., $1,000. 900.
North Carolina -Harbor of Refuge
Cape Lookout. $500, 900: Beaufort Inlet
10000; beaufort harbor $500; More
head City. $1,000: Swallowing Bay,
$1,000: Bay River. $1,000; Cape Fear
River. above Wilmington. $4,000. be-
low Wilmington, sl35,06o; Contentneia
Creek, $1,000; Fishing Creek. $1,000:
Mehcrrin River, $500: Ncusc and Trent
Rivers. $4,000: New River and water
ways to Beaufort. 5000; Northeast,
Black and Cape Fear Rivers, $4,000:
Pamlico and Tar Rivers $4,000: Soup
pernong River. $1,000: Shallotte River.
$1,000; Swift Creek, $1,000 waterway.
hamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet. So
500: waterway, core Sound TO Beaufort
harbor. $1,000
District Of Columbia -Anacostia
NNrr. 100000: Potomac River. $40, 900.