The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-23
ASK APPROPRIATION
FOR LOCAL HARBOR
Money TO Be Used for Dredging, Care
of Plant and OverhauIins Of
Caucus"

WASHINGTON d. c., Dec. 81
Congress was asked to appropriate
SIC 900 for continuing the Improvement
Of Pensacola harbor during the fiscal
year beginning July l, 1922, in the an
nual report of the rivers and har'bors
board sent to the house today
This amount is to be expended on
emergency dredging that may arise
through a shoaIing in the channel, care
of the plant and a general overhauling
of the dredge Caucus" The board re-
ports that the harbor channel is in
good condition and needs no great
amount of work done upon it.
The board asks that .sS7 600 be ap-
propriated for work during the next
fiscal year in st. Andrews bay This
sum is proposed to be used for dredg-
ing by the Caucus, restoring the
channel to depth of % feet and width
of 200 feet. Practically no work has
been done on this channel since July l,
1921.
For the channel from ApaIachicola
river to st. Andrews bay, the rivers
and harbors board asks that SAT, 900
be made available for removing sand
and mud from Dyers Shoal, at the head
of East bay, and from various portions
of the canal extending into Lake Wi
mico, where the project depth and
width have been lessened by shoaling
and a sloughing Of the banks. This
sum it is expected Will provide for use
of the pipeline dredge Blackwater for
about four months, in addition to other
work
In the budget sent to congress last
week President Harding recommended
appropriation of $27,635,260 for work
on rivers and harbors during the next
fiscal year. It is proposed to obtain the
money asked by the rivers and harbors
board for improvements of the Florida
waterway out of this sum. Congress
last year appropriated a lump sum of
s15,00O000 for rivers and harbors work.
It is generally believed that congress
will adopt the presidents recommends
ton for waterways Improvements att
this session to cost $27,635, 200.
The recommendations of the board of
engineers made to congress with refer
ence to other river and harbor i'm
provements in Florida are as follows:
Chattahoochee river, appropriation
of 1922, 900 to be applied as follows:
Dredging operations between Columbus, |
Georgia, and EufaIa, Alabama, $25.O0o
repairs and extensions to existing jet
ties, $4,000; new steel hull for tow
boat Columbus, $4,000; construction of
new barge, 5000; miscellaneous re-
pairs, maintenance etc, 1900.
Upper Chipola. river, from Mariana
to its mouth: Appropriation of $500
asked for clearing the channel Of snags
and to constructing training walls to
prevent the flow of water from the
channel through the adjacent swamps
at several places. This viii provide for
using The snag boat Flint, to be rented
from the Flint river Improvement for |
two months at a cost of $4,000 includ- |
ing rental $4,000 for the construction
of the training walls, and $1,000 for |
overhead expenses.
Apalachicola river, the cut-off, lee |
slow, and lower Chipola river $1,000 is
asked to be appropriated. of this, /
SO, 900 is to be used for dredging sand +
and gravel at Blountstown bar. which I
will complete the project; $4,000 for re-
pairing and refilling the jetties at /