Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-05
ALL0TMENTs FOR WORK
ON RIVERS AND HARBORs
Projects to Share in S3O.OOO,OOO
AUTHORIZED by Congress An
nounced by Garrison.
CUT FROM SUM OF $4,000, 900
Made After Months Care
full Consideration - James River
Gets 5O,0OO-Provisions Made for
Other Virginia Waterways.

harbor Improvement projects to share
in the S30,o0o.000 authorized in a lump
sum by Congress for those public works
deemed most desirable in the interests
or commerce and navigation were an
nounccd to-day by Secretary Garrison.
Congress left TO the chief OF engineers,
of the War Department the cutting OF
the original estimates. which amounted
to $53.0O0,oO0.
After months careful considera-
ton. the following projects and
amounts TO he expended upon them
have been selected:
st. CroiX River, Maine. $50. 900: Fort
land, Maine. 100000; Boston, Mass.
Sl3o.1G9; New Bedford and Fairhaven,
Mass" S56.610 Fall River Mass, |
$1,000; harbor OF refuge at Point
Judith. r, l., $4,000; Pawcatuck River,
Conn. $1,000: Thames River, Conn,
Sl4.5oo: Connecticut River. below Hart
FORD, 100000: Branford, Conn, $4,000:
liousatonic River, Conn, $4,000.
Port Chester, y. ". $4,000: Mamaro-
neck. \, Y, sl4,SoO: East Chester Creek.
\. y. $1,000; Bronx River, y. Y. $780,
900; Harlem River. n. Y, SIS.
Plattshurg. n. Y, $4,000: narrows of
Lake Champlain. y. y, and Vermont,
$4,000; Hudson River. n. y, sS77.7So
Gin addition to this there has been al
lotted by separate act s622,220. thus
making available for Hudson River n
total of s1.5oOo00): Rondout, y. V,
$4,000: Tarrytown. y. Y. $4,000; chan
mel in Gewanus Bay, y. Y, Bay Ridge
and Red Hook channels. SIPS, 200; New
ton Creek, n. Y, $4,000: Great South
Bay. \. y. $4,000; Browns Creek, ~ y.
$1,000: Shccpshead Ray. \. y. $4,000:
Huntington. y. Y. $4,000: Arthur Kill,
or Staten Island Sound, y. " and NJ j.,
100000; Passaic River. y. j.. slo0, 900:
Shrewsbury River, n. j., $4,000: Rari-
tnn Bay. n. j.. $4,000 Keyport Harbor
Matawan Creek. Rartan, South, and
Elizabeth Rivers. Shoal Harhor and
Compton Creek, and Chesapeake Creek.
\. j., $4,000: Woodbridge Creek, y. j.,
$4,000.
Delaware River Pa, and y. j., above
Lalor Street. Trenton, y. j., s6,612;
Delaware River, Pa. and y. J., from
Philadelphia to the sen. 81 900. 900: will
mington, Del, $4,000: Absccon Inlet.
n. j.. 100000; Ractoon Creek, y. T..
$4,000: Appoquinimink, Murderkin and
Mispillion Rivers. Del. $4,000: inland
waterway. between Rehoboth Bay and
Delaware Bay, Del, s4I.Oo: Broadkin
River. Del. $4,000; Tuckerton Creek. n.
j.. $1,000: inland waterway, chinco-
teague Bay, Va. to Delaware Bay, Del,
$1,000: Elk and Little Elk Rivers, Md,
$4,000; harbors at Rocllhall, Queens
town, Claiborne and Cambridge. and
Chester, Choptank. Warwick, POGO
moke. La Trappe. Wicomico and Mano-
iii
$35.Soo; Corsica River, Md. $500: Po-
tomac River. at Washington. D. c.,
$4,000.
RIVERS IN VIRGINIA
THAT GIT ALLOTMENTs
York, Mattaponi and Pa:nunkcv
Rivers, $4,000: Rappahannock River.
$4,000; James River. $4,000: Pagan
River. $1,000: Appomattox River, $1,000;
Waterway from Norfolk to Sounds of
North Carolina. $4,000: waterway from
Norfolk. Va. to Beaufort Inlet. n C.,
100000.
Scuppernong River y. c.. $4,000;
Swallowing Bay. n. c.. $4,000; Fishing
Creek, n. c.. $1,000: Pnmlico and Tar
Rivers, n. c.. s36,S00: Bay River, n. c.,
$1,000: Centennial Creek, ~ c., 81 900;
Smiths Creek. n. c., S1.40O: Neusc and
Trent Rivers. n. c., $4,000: waterway
from Pamlico Sound to Bcauror, Inlet.
y. g., $4,000: Beaufort, y. c., 1000;
waterway connecting Core Sound and
beaufort Harbor, y. c., $4,000: More
head City. ~ g., $500; New River. y.
G. including inland waterways be-
tween Beaufort Harbor and New River
md between New River and Swanshoro
$4,000: Cape Fear River above VIII
mington, y. c. Clocks and dams), sl73.-
900: Cape Fear River Mt and below Will
minEton, n. G., 100000; Shallotte
River. n. c.. I.loO: Waccamaw River,
\. G. and S. c.. $4,000.
Winyah BAY. S. c., $4,000: Santee.
Waterer ana ConKarce Rivers. S. C..
$4,000: Charleston. s. c.. $3.50; Sa-
vannah, Ga. twcnty- six foot projectl,
S235.o00: Savannah River below Angus
Ia, Ga. $4,000: Waterway from Savan-
nah. Ga, to Beaufort, s. c., $4,000:
Sapelo. Ga. $4,000; Altamaha, Oconee
and Ocmulgee Rivers. Ga $4,000:
Fancy Rluff Creek. Ga. $4,000; st.
Marys River, Ga. and Fla. $4,000:
channel between ST. Johns River and
Cumberland Sound. Ga. and Fla, $4,000;
81. Johns River. Fla: Jacksonville to
the ocean. s350.Oo0 Jacksonville to
Palatka, $4,000. palatka to Lake IIar-
ncy. 10000 Indian River. Fla. $4,000;
ICaloosahatche River. Fla. 1000; Mana
tee River. Fla, s35, 900: ST Petersburg.
Fla. 81 500: Ilillsboro Bay, Fla. Sl2O.-
( 900: channel from Clearwater IInrbor
to Tampa Ray, Fla. $4,000: Anclote
River, Fla, $4,000: removing the water
hyacinth in the State OF Florida. $4,000:
rarrab"llc Bar and Harbor Fla, 500
( 600. Apalachicola Bay, Fla. $4,000;
Apalachicola River. Fla. $4,000; Flint
1 River. Ga. $4,000: Chattahoochce
( River. Ga. and Ala, $4,000; st. An
drcws Bay. Fla. $4,000; Choctawhat-
chez River. Fla and Ala, $4,000:
Holmes River. Fla. $1,000: narrows I'm
Santa Rosa Sound. Fla. $4,000: Black
water River. Fla $1,000: Pensacola,
Fla. $4,000; Alnbama River, Ala.
$4,000. Coosa River. Ga. and Ala.
lock in Dam and Dam :. $4,000: