Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-03-29
BIG WATERWAY
PROJECT NEAR
House Plan Includes Raritan
Bay and Other Local I'M
provementS
REVOLT BY CONGRESS
Against Cutting Down Appro-
priations of Director OF the
Budget Dawes
BY GEORGE II. MANNING
Washington Correspondent OF inc
Perth AmbOy Evening News

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The
Arevolt of the House against the pro-
oSam Of the budget director ana tne
administration leaders for rigld
ieconomy in expenditures for river
and harbor improvements, resulting
in increasing the appropriations FOR
vaterway improvements for next
GEAR from s27,G35,260 to $42.S . 90 l.
means that liberal sums Will pc
spent on improving New jersey
waterways during the fiscal year
commencing July /.
Had the appropriation remained at
s27 900, 900 it would have been I'M
possible to have done any WORK on
number of New Jersey rivers anu
harbors now badly in need OF III, :
provement and on other Jersey wat
erways only part of the work re1uir-
ed could have been done.
Hut with the appropriation IN
nrs1t.%kof s42, 100000. and an un, uno
exnended balance of $l5, ,ooo,oov
frnm last year, making total OF
es7 100000 available for the mex.
fiscal year it will be possible TO pul
the Jersey waterways in the peS'
condition they have ever been IN.
THE twelve New Jersey members
IN the House, led by Congressman
Radcliffe. member of the rivers anu
barhors committee, voted ,solldly ioi
sha big rivers and harbors appropria-
tion in the hope of having the water
yays of the state put in coHoitioii
~ accommodate the prospective
commerce. ,todau
when. entirely foresaking party llhes
the members by vote OF 100 70
howled over Republican Fioor Leao,
or Mondell, Chairman MAIDEN
the appropriations committee an.
the other party leaders and wlth !,
burrah adopted the pork parreI
!. hill marks the first important stani.
Sade since the budget system was
adopted. .o+ oon,
II shows unmistakably that con,
,rass members will not stand by the
budget director or follow the go
onny arguments of the admlnlstra
tion when direct appropriations fol
their districts are concerned:
II is expected the senate will stan'
Nv the House in increasing the rlVer
and harbors appropriation TO ap
proximately $42,00O,OO0.
%rhe district engineers in charse o
river and harbor work in the varlou
localities presented reports shoWiI'
that S67,0OO.0O0 would be neede'
for the next fiscal year. Genera
Lansing Beach, chief of the en-
gineers in charge of river ana mar
bor work, needing the ADMINISTERS
finn plea for economy, cut the sun
of $4,000, 900 in his estimates MAD
~ the President. but said that wa
the lowest sum with when IN
u,aterways could be kept in any sor
Nof condition. ,,o+ airec
~, admittedly without knowini
,,,,tbing about the proposition, Gu
tl,e estimate to $13,00p,000. When
rner went up against This slicing h
rrad Il /s27,O0 900 which is jus
half way between the Saz,ooo'op y
asked for and the sl3,ooo'ooo !,
first recommended, scarcely sciei'
tific way to arrive at II.
Under the economy program
maintained during the past 81
~. seven years. with very sna
river and harbor appropriatlon
many Of the New Jersey rivers an
harbors have been allowed 10 81
and fiji with the result tnat man
.channels are not now as-deep as pre-
.,i1ed for by Nv and too shallow
70 scbmmoda the present com
with the larger sum that will no
hk made available the engineei
nropose to undertake the followin
river and harbor work in New Jei
sew during the fiscal year commene
ing July 1st: .,
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