The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-06
L1yslAILLlON is
:, = ASKED FOR AID
y ON WATERWAYS
$4,000 Wanted for Work on
Missouri River From Sioux
City to Fort Benton

Shington, D. c., Dec. 6.--Hl---
Chicapcnit of $55,s86,310 was placed
,rospectty by the army engineers on the
throughout which could be profitably
with incsnded on the ordinary develop
business It and maintenance OF the ma
seloped tt waterways during the year
ported solning next July !, exclusive OF
If Mexic.special appropriation that may
he pritadc for flood control.
Wheat =, the same time Major General
,clped bar Jatlwin, chief Of engineers,
Corn losed that at the beginning of
rent net current fiscal yeas, July l, 1927,
IN: oats at vas an unexpended balance on
provisions If $66,S75,9d9 which had been
line to n available for Improvements
1t was maintenance OF rivers and har-
t n,aase' Tae total Of s5s.s8s.slo recon-
sid ,nended for next year does not m
wh cIr,de the $4,000, 900 which is al
hat lotted each year for the Mississippi
lat River commission but it does in
cer clude on. item Of 100000 which
A would be used for various general
cal surveys as part Of q continuing
prt program Of research work into the
an, ultimate possibilities Of waterway
abb resources which last year carried a
4 volume of tariffs amounting to j.
VIII U9l 49, 800 tons.
pos The report showed that seacoast
to larhors and channels would re-
Ger utire Sl5,061 600 for improvement
poe and S11,12e,460 for maintenance for
on the fiscal year beginning next July.
try Lake harbor5 and channels would
viy REQUIRE 1929 500 for improvement
Rei and s1,76l,5oo for maintenance and
jn& internal waterways Sla99I ,ooO tor
tin Improvement and $3,644,S20 for
maintenance.
MI Largest Allotments
VIZ sfhe Mississippi river and its
tributaries were given as usual the
We largest single allotnlents. The Mis-
stl si5sippi itself in addition to- the $10,-
to, 100000 allotted the Mississippi
fir river commission for expenditure on
da the lower river would receive $3,-
LAT 100000 for the Upper reaches from
let the mouth of the Missouri to Min
&C neapolis, and $2,5OO,OOO for use be-
tween the mouth of the Missouri
pa and the mouth of the Ohio.
1.A The allotment for the Ohio
SEQ, klver was fixed at $4,590,0O0. The
M Missouri river was allotted $4,000
err poo from Kansas City to the mouth,
r with lesser allotments for the up
firm. Der river. Hudson river, New York,
CO would receive SZ,ouU,UUVs East river,
and New York, $1,775,OOO; Delaware
The liver from Philadelphia to the sea
and l2,750,000; st. Mary's river in Mich
dun gan $1,542, 900 and Allegheny river
one. 3 Pennsylvania and West Virginia
terd 1,253,O00.
Onf The engineers recommendation
in killed. for expenditure of $1,085, 75(
bet the intercoastal waterway be-
off. x,aeen Beaufort and the Cape Beal
qua river in North Carolina and Slate,
q goo on the Sabine-Neches waterwa,
dem IN Texas. The larger allotment.
{ o, for harbor work included $1,445 ,OOt
r, for Jamaica Bay. New York, ant
be k1.042,00O for Biscayne Bay a
DEM kiami, Fla.
IT 1 Included in the detailed allot
Fla1Aents are the following for rivers
demann midwest states:
- St. Louis district - Mississippi
q er, between Ohio and Missouri
So hrs, $2,500O00.
~ Rock Island, ILL.,, district-Missis
class lpi river, between Missouri rive
at n h Minneapolis, $3,500,000.
and st. Paul district-St. Croix river
war; j, 900.
she Kansas City district-Missour
ters liver, Kansas City to mouth, So,
7.25, 100000; Kansas City to Sioux City
wei iowa, $6OO,00O; Sioux City to For
cra 1Benton, Mont, $4,000; Usage rive
e 5000, Gasconade river $4,000.