The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-09
.ALLOTS LARGE SUN
Northwest Receives S2,S26,l7s for
River sad HsISei Work.
Other Projects Are Designated.
but FSaishing Touches on
Cello Canal Deferred

Washington, d. Cone million avs
hundred thousand dollars has been al,
iotted by the secretary Of war to con
tinue work on the north jetty at ths
mouth OF the Columbia river during
the Ii. months ending June 80. 1916.
This 10 within $780, 900 Of the
amount that would have been appro-
priated had the rivers and harbors bill
been passed a. it was repuorted to the
senate and $3.50. 900 greater than the
amount proposed to be appropriated by
the house. Furthermore, this allot-
ment is the largest made out Of the
$50. 900. 900 lump appropriation, ex-
eept the allotments for the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers.
The total amount allotted by Secre-
tary Garrison for Oregon and Wash
ington Is 81, 926. IT'S. or within s646.-
500 Of the amount carried by the rivers
and harbors bill when il failed. Some
Oregon projects will receive the same
amount provided by the bill, and in all
instances the amount allotted to these
projects Is higher proportionately than
the average for the entire country.
The only important project for which
no allotment was made and for which
an appropriation was proposed is the
Cello canal, and this was left out be-
cause the $s0.0 900 first recommended
was for finishing touches. which can
be put on later.
Other allotments for Northwest wa
terways are as follows: Columbia and
Willamette, below Portland, $3.50. 900;
CoQuille river, $4,000; Coos bay,
$40, 900; Coos river, $4,000: Siuslaw
river, $ll7,500; Yaquina river. $4,000;
Nehalem bay, Sll6,lT5: Snake river.
$40, 900; Upper Columbia river. Cello
Falls to mouth Of Snake river. $751;
900; Willamette and Yamhill rivers.
above Portland. $25, 900; Cowlitx and
Lewis rivers, $l5,0 900; Clatskanie
river, $1,000; Gray's harbor and bar,
$460, 900; waterway connecting Port
Townsend Bay and Oak bay. SIS. 900;
connecting Puget Sound and
Lakes Union and Washington. ST.
boo.
For other work on the Pacific Coast,
allotments were made as follows:
Los Angeles, SIS, 1000; San Francisco,
SIS, 900; Oakland, Cal, $50, 600; San
Pablo bay, SIS, 900: Humboldt bar and
bay, $500, 900; Petaluma creek and
Napa river, $3.50. 900.
The Mississippi river and its tribu-
taries receive the largest allotment Of
all. The Hudson receives 81, 500, 900
In ali. General allotments for the
country at large include:
Hudson river. $s77. 7s0. in addition
10 which there was appropriated by
separate acts $622, ,220, making the
total for the Hudson l.500, 900; Del
aware river from Philadelphia to the
'ea, 81, 900, 900; Savannah, Ga, $685.
100; Jacksonville, Fla, to the ocean,
1850, 600; Southwest Pass, Mississippi
liver, s400, 900; channel work at Gal
Teston, Port Bolivar and Texas City,
1870, 900; Houston ship channel,
200, 900; inland waterway on coast Of
Texas, s625, 900; Mississippi river be-
ween mouths Of Ohio and Missouri
ivers, $500, 600; mouth Of Missouri to
minneapolis, $1,065, 900; Missouri
liver, Kansas City to mouth, $1,000
100; Ohio river, open channel work,
$40, 600; locks and dams, SO, ,000, 600;
,hicago harbor and rivers, $3.50, 900;
Il. Mary's river, Mich, 81, COG, 900.