Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
S1O5.0OO ASKED FOR
WILMINGTON HARBOR
WORK FOR YEAR 1921
Chief Of Engineers Also Asks 81,
500. 900 for Delaware and
Chesapeake Inland Route
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
RIVERS AND HARBORS
~ Associated Press to Eyerv Evening

Washington Nov 2g II the coming
session of Congress accepts and adopts he
recommendations ~ The chief ~ army
engineers. IN his annual report made pub
ltc TODAY. the government will set aside
sIflS 600 for work on Wilmington harbor
fnr the fiscal year 1921, and 50. 500 600
for she inland waterway Delaware river
10 Chesapeake Bay Other aDproprIA-
tions recommended incllde $50 600 FOR
the inland waterway. Rehoboth 70 Della
ware Bay, 5000 for Appoquinimink
river. s25. 900 for SMYRNA river. - 900
for Ieipsic river. 5000 for Little River,
s3n.000 for St Johns. SIS. OO0 for MUIR
dcrk,ll, s25.OO0 for misplllion, $4,000
for Br0adkill
Harbor and waterways Improvement
and maintenance will require appropria-
tions Of s7s. .207 .665 for the fiscal wear 81
1921, according 10 estimates 81 Major
General Lansing II Beach chief OF army
engineers. in his annual report made
public TODAY He recommended n rivers
and harbors bin total 81 S57 ,206. us, sup
plemented by sundry cIvllitems aggregat-
ing $40. 1852 $50 for continuing contracts
and other items in other money bills.
The recommendations viii be incor-
porsted IN the annual estimates submitted
10 congress at its session December 8
The Mississippi river. from It's mouth N
Minneapolis, vii require SIG 100 600.
the report sald Muscle shoals nitrate
plant $4,000. NeR York harbor and 10
adjacent waters. s.. 500 600. the Ohio
river. b. 80 600 Philadelphia and the
Delaware River Uill require 81, $50, 600
and he Delaware and Chesapeake inland
waterway. $500. 900
Recommendations for appropriations
in the various districts include Pruvl-
dence district Pawtucket river, $1,000,
Connecticut river below Hartford. 1913
600: New Haven. S35. 600 Milford. Sl4.-
900. Housatonlc river. $4,000; Bridge
port. Sl65.OO0, Stamford, 1882, 900;
Greenwich, $4,000.
Second New York district Newark
Bay. 20-foot charnel, $4,000, Wood
bridge Creek. \ J.. $4,000 Raritan Bay,
$40. 600 Raritan river 100000; hey
port, SO. 900. Shoal Harhor and Compton
Creek, $4,000: Shrewsbury river $780,
600.
Philadelphia district Delaware river,
Philadelphia TO Trenton. S25. 600, Phil
adclphia TO sea. iiston Range, S45o,0O0;
Mameluke Rock. $3.50 600. dredging Phil
adeIphia harb0r. S30O0O0, maintenance,
50, 300. 900, harbor q refuge Delaware
bay. S32, $40
Wilmington district Cooper river.
$4,000. Woodbury. creek. Sc. 600: Man
tua Greek. s. 900: Raccoon creek, s., 900;
Salem r;ver, $1,000; Cohansey river
5000, Maurice river. S250OO; Cold
Spring Inlet. $4,000: \bsccon Inlet
SlO5. 600, Absecon creek, 81, 200 Tucker
ton creek, $4,000, Toms river. sl9S. 200
Wilmington harbor, Sl05,0 900, Inland
waterway. Delaware river 70 CheSapCake
Bay. s2.500,oo0; Appoquinlmink river,
$4,000, Smyrna river. S25, 00O; Leipsic
river. 5000; Little river, 5000; st
Johns river. $50 900; Murderkill river.
$4,000 AIispillion river, S25, 900; Broad
Kill river, S25. 900: inland waterway. Re
hohoth Bay 10 Delaware Bay $50, 900
Buffalo district Ere Pa, harhor.
SOS 600
Pittsburg district Allegheny river.
channel work. $4,000; locks and dams.
s5o0OO0; Pttsburg harbor, $4,000