The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
ELEVEN MILLION
DOLLARS WANTED
ON IMPROVEMENT
Long List of Projects In
South To Be Given AS
sistance If Chief Engi-
neer Roach's Report Is
Approved By Congress

neer Roach s Report Is
Approved By Congress
Washington Dee. 17.-An eXpendi-
ture OF approximately S1l ,00O.0O0 for
rivers and harhors in eleven south
ern states during the next fiscal year
is recommended by Major General
Beach. chief OF army engineers. in his
annual report today to the secretar!
I war This to;al is exclusive of IA
proposed S7.50O00u for the Muscle
Shoals. Ala. project in the Tennes-
see River. and S6.670.000 Tor the Mis-
sissippi River commission Ulood CON
jrol and represents about one-fourth
of the sum proposed for the entire
G untrl
Principal harbor projects for the
South are Norfolk. S500.0U0; Savan-
rah. 81 .o25.0uO; Brunswick. Ga. $780,
coo; Jacksonville. St. Johns River. to
sea. $5N$.000 Tampa Bay. S14S,500;
Tampa and Hillsboro Bays. $500. 900;
Mobile. $3o0.u0o; Houston Ship Cham
mel. $i0U.OUO; Galveston Channel,
S25o.0o0 and Port Arkansas, $500 900.
Principal waterway projects are: IS
Southwest Pass, Mississippi River. ST.
l36.000; Intracoasial waterway, Mis-
sissipp River t. Bayou Teche. $780,
900; Inland waterway. Norfolk to
Beaufort Inlet. North Carolina. S4eQ,-
600; Cumberland River Lelow Nash.
vile. Tenn. $424.o00. and Ouachitl
ana Black Rivers, Arkansas and
Louisiana. $500 900. $
Aside from those mentioned. pro-
jccts proposed follow. grouped by
states:
louisiana South Pass Channel.
Miss .ssippi River. $250.000; Bayou
Teche, $4,000; Bayou Queue De Tor
tue $4,000, Calcasieu River and
pass. $35 600; removing water hy-
acnth. Louisiana. $3O, 800; Bayou Pla-,,
cueminA. Grand River and Pigeon
Bayou, 100000; Bayou Grossetete, S.
600; Jchnson's Bayou. $4,000; Cypress
Bayou and waterway between Jeffer
son and Shreveport $1,000; Boeuf
River $4,000; Tensas River and
Bayou, 1000; Bayou Bartholomew. 81
..oo: Saline River. $4,000 and BayCus
D'Arbonne and COrney. $4,000
Texas Galveston lIarbor. $40 900;
Channel Galveston to Texas City.
$10o.ooo; Freeport Harbor. $50, 600.
Ilarbor at Sabine Pass and Port Ar
thur Canal $l50.0o0: Sabine-Naches
Canal. S15o.oOo: West Galveston Bay
and BlaZos River Canal. $50. .000
Channel Brazos River to Magadorda
Bay. 10000 channc! from Arkansas
Pass To Corpus Christi, $l20.O 900.
channel to Pert Bolivar. $4,000:
Double Bayou. $1,000: Anaruac chan
mel. $1,000; mouth of Trinity River.
Slo,o0O Turtle Bayou. $l0,000; Cedar
Bayou. Sl,O00: Clear Creek. $4,000;
Dickinson Bayou. $4,000, and Channel
Pass Cacallo to Arkansas Pass, $10,-
nU0
Virginia Nansemond River. 500
0o0 AppomatoX River. $25.00O; Pa
gan River. $4,000: Potomac River at
Washington. $33 900; Oquia Greek.
S39.7U0; Rappahonock River. S2l,0QG; T.
Mattaponi River. $4,000. -
North Carolina-Cape Fear River,
at and below Wilmington. $9O,O0o's
above Wilmington, $l5.00o; Beaufort
inlet. 1000; Beaufort Harbor, S24.-
100; Scupperhong River. $1,000;
Pamlico and Tar Rivers. $1,000;
Neuse River. $12,0On; Trent River
$500: inland Waterway Beaufort to
jacksonville. 100000; waterway Core
Sound to Beaufort. $1,000: Cape
Lookout Harhor of Refuge $1,000:
Northeast River. $4,000. and Black.
River. 81 900.
South Carolina-W Winyah Bay. S45,-
600; waterway Beaufort to ST. Johns
River. Florida, $4,000 Sante River
and Esthervile-M Minim Creek canal.
$4,000; Congaree River $4,000. and
waterway Charleston to Winyah Bay,
10000
/ Georgia Savannah River below
/ Augusta. 10000; at Augusta, $4,000;
above Augusta, $4,000; Darien Har-
Dor. $4,000; Fancy Bluff Greek, ST.
POO; Satilla River. $4,000; St. Mary's
River. Georgia and Florida, $4,000;
Altamaha River, $1,000; Oconee
River. $4,000; Ocmulgee River $780,
600; Flint River. $25 900, and Chat
tahoochee River. Georgia and Florida.
$4,000.
f orida-St. johns River to Palatka.
100000; Palatka to Lake Henry, $751;
zoo: channel Clearwater tn Tampa
Bay. $4,000; Miami Harbor. SAG. 600:
Key West Harbor. $SS.500; Fernan-
dina HarbOr and Cumberland Sound.
$4,000; Indian River. $1,000; Kissim
NEE River. 10000; CaloOsahatchee
River $25 900; Sarasota Bay, $55 900;
Anclote River. $1,000; Hillsboro
River, $4,000; Apaachicola Bay, $1S.-
1876; Apalachicola River, $17,000 Up
per Chipola river 81 500; channel Apa-
lachicola River to ST. Adrews Bay.
si7 900; St Andrews Bay, $4,000.
Choctawatchee River. Florida and
Alabama. $4,000; rarrows Santa Rosa
Sounds, $1,000, and Pensacola Harbor.
$4,000 7Ns
: Alabama-Channel Mobile bay to
Mississippi Sounds. $4,000; Alabama
River, $4,000; .Coosai River $4,000;
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