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

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-(P1-Im-
provement of river and harbor pro-
Jeets throughout the country and
tneir maintenance will require S5c,-
iel,oSO, exclusive of Mississippi flood
control work during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880. Mai. Gen.
Edgar Jadwin submitted estimates of
the various projects TO congress to-
day with his annual report, showing
that ~SI7,295,276 was expended on
shese projects in the year which
ended June 80. 1928 and that 3d.
lsl,4y0 was available for the work
during the concurrent year which
ends June so, 1929.
Seacoast harbOrs and channels will
require $20,4lS $50, while the Mis-
sissippi river system will require
s2O,O33, OO0. Lake harbors and a
nels will require Si,s97 800 and in
ternal waterways S3,i5l 500.
New York harbor and adjacent
bays and river channels including the
Hudson ave been listed for an ag-
gregate of more than $i.600,eOO;
Philadelphia including the Delaware
70 the sea, $i.4I5, GOO; Baltimore
harbor and channels. $57l 800; Nor
folk harbor and Hampton Roads
channels, $4,000; the St. Johns
river from Jacksonville 20 the sea,
sl5O,OO0; the Savannah River, $751;
600; Miami harbor. $500 600; Mobile
harbor, $685., 90; the Sabine-Neches
waterways in Texas, $4,000; Gal
weston harbor and channels includ-
lug Texas City channel S1O0,6OO;
houston ship channel, $3.50 200; and
the Los Angeius harbor. S245,60O.
For the Mississippi River system
which cells for S20.033,000 il is esti-
mated $4,000 will be required
between the Ohio and Missouri rivers
and 1000. 900 between the Missouri
river and Minneapolis; for the Mis-
souri, river S5.000,000. between kans-
as City and the mouth and 81 100000
between Kansas City and Sioux City.
The Tennessee river will require
$3l 900; the Ohio river. 81, 100000;
the Monongahcla River. 100000, the
Allegheny river. Sl.303,000; the IT.
linois river. 100000 and the St.
Mary's river in Michigan, s2.l25.0 900.
On the Great Lakes. Milwaukee
harbor will require 5000. 600; San
dusky harbor. $3.50 1000, and Buffalo
harbor SOS, 900.
For internal waterways. the inland
waterway from Delaware Bay TO
Chesapeake Bay will require $1,000
900 and thta between Beaufort and
.Cape Fear river in North Carolina,
: Il 900. 900.
~ Estimates Of the amounts that can
RE profitably expended on various
r'exas projects during the fiscal year
n 1880, beginning July !. 1929, and
amounts remaining uneXpended
7, !. Zach product on July J. 1928. for
u ;" fiscal wear Of 1928, include:
get bine-Ncchcs waterway, S915.0OO
s~1.A53,529. respectively; Gal
sss. on harhor S2l2.3o0 and S22i-5l4;
81 weston channel S230.S00 and $751;
.95; Galveston harbor-TeXas City
channel s257.5o0 and S257496; Port
Bolivar channel S23.500 and S36,9IS;
Houston shin channel s56S, 200 and
.'ss10,a9O: F.-port harbor $4,000
and $685. 66; Arkansas Pass-Corphs
Christi channel S259.500 and $780,
COS; Port Arkansas $4,000 and $3.50
ssh; BrazoE Island Harbor Sii, 600
and s27.723; Double Bayou $4,000
and s7.3i7: Anahuac charyel Sl2.5OO
and s12,S2t; Trinity river $1,000
and s25,644; Cedar Bayou $4,000 and
s2.433: Clear Creek $4,000 and
Sl2.203; Bastrop Bayou $4,000 and
S2,632: Cypress Bayou and waterway
between jefferson. Texas. and
Shreveport. La, $4,000 and Sl3,554;
Iouisiana-Texas lntracoastal water
way, New Orleans-Sabine river sec
ton. 81. 100000 and s~l,920.6i6; Sabine
river-Corpus Christi section $55O,OOO
and $l,409,543.
Other estimates included ~tyth-
west Pass, Mississippi River. Louisi-
ana. s3T5,00 for fiscal year 1880 and
$685. $50 unexpended on July ]. 1927
Mississippi river between Baton
Rouge and New Orleans $4,000 and
sos. 942: Pigeon Bayou. La. $4,000
and 1854: Red river below Fulton.
Ark. SIPS. 900 and s47.sS2; Ouachita
and Black river, Ark. and La. $4,000
and s55.264: Arkansas river. Okla.
and Ark. $4,000 ard Si9.o3s. White
river. Ark. and Mo, Sd 600 and
s65.5la; Black river. Ark. and Mo.
$4,000 and s64,076: Blarkfish Bayou.
Ark. $4,000 and S2T.20T.