Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-03
JADWIN ASKS
SO MILLIONS
FORHARBORS
Chief of Army Engi-
neers Inclu a
Small Sum For Use
AT Brazos Island

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-CPj-Im-
provement of river and harbor pro-
Jects throughout the country and
their maintenance will require $751;
isl,SsO, exclusive Of Mississippi flood
control work during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880. Maj. Gen.
Edgar Jadwin submitted estimates Of
the various projects 70 congress to-
day with his annual report, showing
that $4I,295.2I6 was expended on
these projects in the year which
ended June 80, 1928 and that $751;
lsl,49O was available for the work
during the concurrent year which
ends June 80, 1929.
Seacoast harbors and channels will
require $20,4lS.26O. while the Mis-
sissippi river system Will require
S2u.O33 goo. Lake harbors and chan
nels will require Ss,S97 800 and in
ternal waterways S3,43l 500.
New York harbor and adjacent
bays and river channels including the
Hudson have been listed for an ag-
gregate of more thar $4,000, 900;
Philadelphia including the Delaware
70 the sea, $4,s45. GOO; Baltimore
rhrbor and channels. 1871 300; Nor
NIX harbor and Hampton Roads
ihfnnels, $9l2,010; the st. Johns
1Her from Jacksonville TO the sea.
$4,000; the Savannah River. $780,
vuu. Miami harbor. 5000 900; Mobile
ntarbor, $335,00; the Sabine-Neches
waterways in Texas. S9T5,O0; Gal
weston harbor and channels includ-
big Texas City channel $700,600;
Houston ship channel. S5s6, 700; and
the Los Angelus harbor. s245,6 soc.
For the Mississippi River system
which evils for $20,0a3 900 IL is esti-
mated $~2.500.0O0 will be required
between the Ohio and Missouri rivers
and $4,000. 900 between the Missouri
river and Minneapolis; for the Mis-
souri, river $5,000.0O0. between kans-
as City and the mouth and 81 ,00O, 900
between Kansas City and Sioux City.
The Tennessee river will require
$1,000; the Ohio river. 1880. 600;
the Monongahela River. $500 900. the
Allegheny river. 1903. 600; the IL
linois river, 100000. and the St.
Mary's river in Michigan, s~2.125,000.
On the Great Lakes. Milwaukee
harhor will require S630.000: San
dusky harbor. S2S0,000, and Buffalo
harbor Sl0s.00
For internal waterways, the inland
waterway from Delaware Bay to
Chesapeake Bay will require 81, 000.-
900 and thta between Beaufort and
Cape Fear river in North Carolina.
81 1000. 900.
Estimates Of the amounts that can
be profitably expended on various
Texas projects during the fiscal year
\ 1880. beginning July 1, 1929. and
amounts remaining unexpended
Conleach product on July |, 1928. for
Pho, fiscal year Of 1928. include:
bine-Neches waterway. 500 .OOO
, s1,A53.529. respectively; Gal
le c'.on harbor $212.300 and S22i,5l4;
I'd o ston channel s23O.s00 and S69l,-
pr Galveston ha~rbor-Texas City
,ycb S257.5O0 and S257.496; Port
A, /, 3, harnel S23,5oO and s36'9's;
Al VI shin channel s56S, roo and
n wsy1 F.>port harbor $4,000
me- '.65.sGG; Ararsas Pass-Corpus
Both a channel $4,000 2 S5SS'-
- ort Aransas $4,000 and $3.50
Brazos Island Harbor Sll-OnO
rance ;27.723; Double Bayou $1,000
There 1917: Anahuac charIel $4,000
| Bro si2.S2t: Trinity river $1,000
nm Z. , 5,644: Cedar Bayou $4,000 and
-.,,2A33; Clear Greek $4,000 and
n 80 2O3; Bastrop Bayou $4,000 and
! s2,6S2: Cypress Bayou and waterway
= between jefferson. Texas. and
d Shreveport. La. $4,000 and Sl3.5A4;
/, Louisiana-Texas lntracoastil water
!, way, New Orlcans-Sabine river sec
I. tion. 81. SOC, 900 and 81 .920.6l6; Sabine
river-Corpus Christi section S35O,OOO
and S~i.4o9,5i3.
other estimates included -cuh-
9 west Pass. Mississippi River. Louisi-
|. .na. 1915. 900 for fiscal year 1880 and
! s53S.6S6 unexpended on July 1. 1923;
Mississippi river between Baton
Rouge and New Orleans $4,000 and
G S2s.g42: Pigeon Bayou, La. $1,000
and 1854; Red river below Fulton,
} AK. 1925. 900 end S47,sS2: Ouachita
ard Black river. Ark. and La, $4,000
and s55,25i; Arkansas river. Okla.
and Ark. $4,000 and Si9.o3s; White
river. Ark. and Mo. $4,000 and
Ss5.5i4; Black river. Ark. and Mo,
$4,000 and S6i.076; Rlackfish Bayou,
Ark. $4,000 ard S27.207.