New-York tribune., 1922-12-05
Ask $8,OOO,OOO
For Betternent
OF Harbor Here
ArmyEngineers Recommend
S3,O25, 900 for Improve
menis in East River From
Battery to Port Morris
Want 40-Foot Channel
Congress Asked for Total OF
$7l,5I5,4lO on Water
ways Throughout Nation

WASHINGTON. Dec. G.-Mor. than
100000 for improvement and main.
tenanee Of projects In New York Har-
Dor and the waters Of its Immediate
vicinity, In New York and New Jersey.
during the fiscal year 1924, which be-
gins July 1, 1923, was recommended for
appropriation by Congress to-day By
the chief OF engineers Of the army who
had charge Of these works. Tho total
for the nation is t71,5l5,Gl0.
The East River. from the Battery 10
Port Morris, would receive the largest
share Of the appropriations. with a
total Of ta,o25.ooo. This project calls
for channels as follows: Upper New
York Bay 70 Brooklyn navy yard, 40
feet deep and 1000 feet wide; Brook
lyn navy yard to Throg-s Neck, 8b feet
deep and varying from $50 20 1000 feet
wide, including 40 feet depth over reef
between Negro Point and Negro Point
Bluff; east OF Blaekwell's Island up 70
English Point, Long Island City, 30
feet deep and varying from 500 to 900
feet wide; between South Brother and
Berrian islands, 20 feet deep and 300
feet wide; removal Of Coenties Reef 10
depth Of 40 feet; also removal Of reefs
and rocks outside main channel 10 give
access 70 wharves; Fulton Ferry Reef,
to a depth Of rs feet; Jay Street Reef
and Corlears Reef, 80 feet; Shell Reef,
20 feet; Horns Hook, 40 feet; Rhine
lander Reef. % feet, and reef Of Oak
point, 80 feet. and for construction OF
! a dixie In Pot Cove In He'll Gate.
SI6,753,21s Already Spent
To July 1, this year, there had been
/ expended fi6,753,2le, while II was esti-
mated S36,0O0,000 would be required 10
{ complete the work. There is being
I spent during the fiscal year which be-
! gan July / last total Of S2,li4 1888, az
. follows: Diamond Reef Channel. ST.
, 250,0OO; between Brooklyn Bridge and
Hunts Point, 100000; vicinity OF
North Brother Island, 100000, and
other work, s264,3s5. For tho year be-
ginning July 1 next II is estimated
S3,025,000 will be spent, as follows:
He'll Gate, Sl.000,000; between Brook
lyn Bridge and Hunts Point. 100000;
Middle Ground, 100000; Negro Point,
! Ss25, 900, and other work, 100000.
Removal Of a rock ledge Of old Slip,
/ Manhattan, TO a depth Of 30 feet has
been completed, and the dredging in
/ Shell Reef, between Grand and East
Fifteenth streets, 10 a depth Of 20 feet
I Is finished. By January 1 next the
work OF dredging and rock removal 20
I. depth Of 40 feet and a width Of 100
/ feet adjoining tho southern limiting
line Of the projected Diamond Reef
I Channel OF the Battery, Manhattan,
will be finished, and by tho same date
tho removal Of rock from He'll Gate 20
I provide an emergency channel of 30
feet depth through the gate will be
completed.
! Staten Island Sound, between New
4 York and New Jersey, would be given
/ 100000 for continuance OF the work
Of providing a channel 80 feet deep
and 400 feet wide from upper New
York Bay through Kill Van kull and
Arthur Kill 70 deep water opposite
Perth Amboy, a turning basin at Fresh
Kills and a channel north Of Shooters
| Island, 20 feet deep and 400 feet wide,
protected by a dixie. To date SO, ,l22 ,430
| has been spent on this project and 1t
Is estimated ss,200,000 Will be required
to complete II.
The $1,000. 900 for the year beginning
July 1 next would be used in dredging
and rock removal in Kill Van kull.
constructing the dixie and dredging the
channel north Of Shooters Island, and
in dredging all soft material to project
depth where possible and 20 rock else.
where throughout the entire length OF
the channel. The funds would bo ex-
uended at the rate Of 100000 a month.
Navigate Larger Vessels
In Newark Bay It is estimated $780,
600 will be necessary for tho year. This
project, on which $5S5,399 has been
expended TO date and for which II is es-
timated s1,4i0,33o will be required 10
complete, 10 rendering navigation
easier and safer and has made 1t pos
sible TO navigate larger vessels up 1s
far as Newark, N. J.
For the cooperative project for max
ing a general harbor Ia jamaica Bay,
I. I. $500 900 would be appropriated for
the year for dredging the 50-foot chan
mel entrance. On this project S7s2,7o3
has been spent TO date and II 10 esti-
mated til, ,i8s, 400 will be required 70
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